Fantasy Football for 2010?

[Thirsty Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Thirsty]

Commish, are you getting those last chance to save $30 on your league emails? Offer ends on on Thursday.

We are all set

[philsfan Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close philsfan]

We are all set

$13 sent

[Chap7 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Chap7]

I'm in.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

$13 sent

Is that what each of our annual dues are? If so I'll send it right out.

[Thirsty Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Thirsty]

Is that what each of our annual dues are? If so I'll send it right out.

Yes.

[Thirsty Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Thirsty]

why not just have 2 leagues?

That is a good idea if someone wants to do it. I think there might be enough interest.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Yes.

Dues sent.

When's the draft?

[ddrink Member Find all posts View Profile Close ddrink]

Dues sent.

When's the draft?

Does it really matter? I figure everyone else is just playing for second anyways

[Thirsty Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Thirsty]

Does it really matter? I figure everyone else is just playing for second anyways

I think you said that last year

[ddrink Member Find all posts View Profile Close ddrink]

I think you said that last year

It wouldn't supprise me if I did. What were you doing up so late, wasn't that passed your bedtime?

[Chap7 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Chap7]

Does it really matter? I figure everyone else is just playing for second anyways

You're probably thinking of me as last year I was in fact just playing for second (which I got by the way). It was my first year and I didn't want to come on too strong. This year, however, I'll be playing for the grand prize.

[ddrink Member Find all posts View Profile Close ddrink]

Makin it a keeper

What's everyone's thoughts on making this a keeper league?

[VIKINGBOY Bronze Contributor - Cigar Buddy Find all posts View Profile Close VIKINGBOY]

keeper league

keeper league sounds very interesting

[Thirsty Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Thirsty]

The NFL season starts September 9th so we can draft on or before the 6th, 7th, or 8th. I think in the past we have drafted the week the NFL season starts. Any thoughts or ideas?

We have 12 teams signed up and I think that is a good number. With 12 teams it leaves some players to pick up from the waiver wire during the season.

TennisWalt = Sack Pack
Ace2000 = A-Team
Fisch = Beach Bums
lawren2 - Ex-Ops
Thirsty - Green and Gold
Gophish = Pelikens
Bigfrank = BigFrank
Little Sal = Goose Squad
Jimmy = Purple People Eaters
Philsfan = Doom
Ddrink = Little Lion
Chap7 =


A keeper league is something I think we should try. I copied this from another website so everyone has an idea of what a keeper league is.


You've probably heard keeper leagues called a variety of names: carryover, rollover, etc. Whatever you call it, they all rely on one basic concept: the ability to keep a player or players from one season to the next. It's a simple concept but with plenty of variations.

Keeper leagues can be as simple as keeping one player. Some leagues allow a team to keep one player, regardless of position, for the following season. Other leagues allow a team to keep a player from each position or specified positions depending on how many players are allowed to be carried over to the next season. The concept is the same, and the number of players kept from year to year is a matter of preference.

The mission is to find the right amount of players teams can retain to provide the right amount of parity. Parity ... sounds similar to the NFL, doesn't it? If you only allow one, then the idea of a keeper league seems almost moot. If you allow seven players to be retained, it will be more difficult for any of the bottom-feeding teams to get back into contention quickly.

Keeper leagues can remain competitive each season by putting limitations on the years a player can be retained. For instance, if a team has the rights to Player A, that owner can only keep Player A for three seasons (or any number of years decided upon by your league) before he has to be returned to the draft pool or traded to another owner.

Limitations on the number of keeper players retained per position also can occur. If your league allows three keeper players, perhaps the limitation is no more than one player can be retained from each of a team's quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers. However, this would limit a team's ability to continue to benefit each season from a loaded running back squad.

Other variations used are allowing that only players drafted after a certain round can be kept. This rewards the value picks you made in the later rounds of your draft. Draft placement can also be limited in the selection of your retained players. For example, if you carry over a third-round pick, you forfeit this year's third-round selection. Another variation of this rule is to give up early round selections for steals you made in later rounds of last season's draft. This means if you are keeping a player drafted in Round 10 last season, you must give up your fifth round selection this season.

When all of the teams in a league have selected their keepers the rosters are cleared and all of the remaining players are put back into the draft pool. Any player not kept is available in the league's draft.

Whatever rules your league uses, they are put in place to create a balance in a keeper league. The best strategy for an owner is to simply know the rules and follow them.

One of the main benefits of having a keeper league is keeping owners involved all season long. All too often, teams that have horrible record go hand-in-hand with the disappearance of an owner, or worse yet, a bitter owner who unloads his roster to free agency or another team just to screw up the league. The ability to retain players is usually enough of a carrot for a losing team to keep their good players or get something valuable in a trade with a winning team.

Trades are another likely benefit for keeper leagues. Trades can certainly shake up a league during the season, especially during a playoff run. A losing team with a stud may trade said stud for a couple of holdover players to build for next season. Also, if your league allows player for draft pick trades, this scenario likely will rear its head during the playoff run. Teams making a run at the championship will almost always entertain trading next season's draft picks for the stud that could put them over the top.

Trades can also become more important in leagues with limitations on keeper players. One team may be loaded with more keeper potential players than they can actually retain while another team may not have enough worthwhile players to hold over. This can lead to stocked teams trading with lesser quality teams to better their squad while giving the lesser team a better selection of players to retain. For example, a team with three dynamite running backs but no receivers could trade their third back to another team who is loaded with receiver options but lacking in the running back department.



Read more: KFFL - Article - What is a keeper league and why play?

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I want to keep my WR's from last year