Official SB Fantasy Football League - sign up details + rules debate

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<u>Official Sports Betting forum Fantasy Footbal League (SBFFL): Sign up details and rules debate</u>

NOTE THAT OFFICIAL DOES NOT MEAN IN ANY WAY SPONSORED OR SANCTIONED BY 2+2 just the "official" FFL organized through this, the Sports Betting forum, much in the same way the 3+1 picks challenge is not sponsored by 2+2 but is the "official" picks challenge of this forum.

We'll be drafting and playing on ESPN: http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/frontpage

Ten to twelve players (teams) per league. We'll run as many leagues (divisions) as we had interest.

Live draft, of course. Here is the NEW NEW draft schedule:

Wednesday August 23rd
Hall of Fame ($200) : 10:15pm CST (11:15pm EST, 8:15pm PST)
Pro Bowl ($100) : 10:45pm CST (11:45pm EST, 8:45pm PST)

Thursday August 24th
Veteran ($50) : 8:45pm CST (9:45pm EST, 6:45pm PST)
Rookie ($25) : 9:45pm CST (10:45pm EST, 7:45pm PST)



Note that the times were all pushed back 15 minutes, except the Rookie draft thursday which was pushed FORWARD 15 minutes.
ESPN jacked up the start times on the Hall of Fame draft, so those had to be pushed back several hours.

See this post to vote for your top date range...

Payout format: 40%/30%/20%/10% structure for the top four if leagues are 10-12 players. 50%/30%/20% if leagues are 8 man.

Before anyone asks, I'd limit it to one thread per week on the topic of the SBFFL, as to not clutter the forums with it.

Here's the sign-up list. If you're interested, post here or send me a PM with the stakes you'd be interested in playing. I'm willing to start an interest list for any stakes.

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SIGN UP LIST - post here or PM me to sign up
paid status = * | payment details: here
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HALL OF FAME ($200) - 20 paid <font color="green"> LEAGUE FULL</font> unless four more show up together
Performify *
TonySoprano9 *
DankHank *
Morphling29 *
Drossxyu *
bugstud *
atomicchaos *
Punker *
BriMc *
Rizen *
DarkKnight *
Alex Levin *
Bull_Shade *
Utah *
AEJones *
Schwatt *
Caldarooni *
bills217 *
chalk7 *
AJo Go All In *
Shoe



PRO BOWL ($100) - 18 paid <font color="green"> LEAGUE BALANCED - signups in pairs only</font> can take two more
bugstud *
Bishop22 *
michw *
Punker *
Drossxyu *
DangerGoodson *
atomicchaos *
Rizen *
sirio11 *
Spleen *
Bull_Shade *
lastsamurai *
Gunnarr *
HtSizzle *
Caldarooni *
bills217 *
chalk7 *
Bushman *
Thremp
Performify (will sign up if we need it)



VETERAN ($50) - 12 paid - <font color="green"> LEAGUE FULL</font> unless four more show up together
livin_a_lie *
Faded *
Chigger *
bugstud *
HtSizzle *
Spleen *
Diggity_Dale *
TexML *
fingokra *
Hawklet *
Caldarooni *
sirio11 *
Taciturn (would alternatively do $100)
Justaguy33


ROOKIE ($25) - 8 paid <font color="green"> LEAGUE BALANCED - signups in pairs only</font> can take two or four more
MCS *
onthebutton *
tedtodd *
IRUNTHIS21 *
fingokra *
livin_a_lie *
golfbumm *
Hobo McCracken *
Shantanut
lastchance
Luxorr





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SBFFFL Rules and details
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We used the the default Yahoo rules as a starting point. I am intrigued by some of the Sports Guys suggestions on how to improve Fantasy Football however.

Major details, kept up to date if we agree on any changes:

we will go for 10 or 12 teams per league. More than 12 dilutes the pool too much, in my opinion.

Starting rosters will be 1 QB; 3 WR; 2 RB; 1 TE; 1 K; 1 DEF (team).
Teams will have 15 total players, so six bench players (any position). No injured reserve beyond the bench.

We will use a Free Agent / Waivers system.

Regular season will run from week 1 to week 14. we'll have two playoff brackets: the top four teams (1vs4, 2vs3) for a superbowl and the next four for a toilet bowl. postseason will be week 15 and 16.

Offensive statistics and point modifiers:
Every 25 passing yards: 1 point
Each passing TD: 6 points
Each interception thrown: -2 points
Every 10 rushing yards: 1 point
Each rushing TD: 6 points
Every 10 receiving yards: 1 point
Each receiving TD: 6 points
Each return TD: 6 points
Each Off Fum Ret TD: 6 points
Each 2-point conversion: 2 points
Each fumble lost: -2 points

Kicking statistics and point modifiers:
Field goal 0-39 yards: 3 points
Field goal 40-49 yards: 4 points
Field goal 50+ yards: 5 points
Each extra point: 1 point

Defensive statistics and point modifiers:
Each sack: 1 point
Each interception: 2 points
Each fumble recovery: 2 points
Each TD: 6 points
Each safety: 2 points
Each blocked kick: 2 points
0 points allowed 10
2-6 points allowed 7
7-13 points allowed 4
14-17 points allowed 1
22-27 points allowed -1
28-34 points allowed -4
35-45 points allowed -7
46+ points allowed -10

[Thremp]

Gah fantasy sports are such a crapshoot. I'm in.

[bugstud]

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[Caldarooni]

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[Bishop22]

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[michw]

I'm in. Would play for up to $100. Thanks for taking this on!

Sidenote: I'm commish in another league for the first time and am planning on using Yahoo's Live Online Draft mode, since we're all from different cities. Have things ran pretty smoothly when you've used this in the past? Several members of the group are not terribly computer savvy and I'm a little worried.

[Performify]

Yahoo's live draft is excellent.

People will need the java runtime. They should go to the live draft section of the site at least 15+ minutes before the draft starts (if not days before) so they can ensure they have the right version of java...

[Thremp]

Used it before. It's the [censored].

[michw]

Thanks. Good to know. When looking for the best method to chat and talk [censored] during the draft I came across this site.

chatzy

Takes just a minute to create your own private chat room, and no registering or software download is required. Although using this forum may be just as easy.

[Performify]

Yahoo's live draft has a pretty good chat feature built in, as well.