Update [2006-8-19 14:3:39 by Steven D]: Just so you know, my 11 year old daughter is the one who really has been pushing me to do this. She was my co-manager in a fantasy league last year, and she got hooked. So, it’s a father-daughter thing as far as we are concerned.
I’ve created a Free Fantasy Football League for Bootribbers at Yahoo.com. The league is open to all on a first come, first served basis. Here is the LINK To JOIN. Just click on the “Join Custom” button and follow the instructions. You’ll need to type in the League ID number and password provided below:
League ID: 505082
League Password: booman
The League’s Name: Frog Marchers
One catch: You’ll have to register at at Yahoo.com if you’re not a member there. Here’s Yahoo’s Help page explaining how to register if you are not already a Yahoo member: LINK
More information on the flip . . .
Once you’ve joined you can register a team, select an avatar and a team name. In the interest of making things as simple as possible I’ve selected an automatic draft function. Yahoo has a ranking system for all players, but you can customize the order before the draft. On draft day, Yahoo will automatically assign your team its players based on the order you’ve ranked them and their availability when your draft picks come up.
For those new to Fantasy Football, the rules are fairly straightforward. Each week, your team will be matched up against another team in the League. Your players will receive points for touchdowns scored, field goals kicked, passing yards, running yards, etc. Negative points can also be tallied based on fumbles, interceptions, etc. The total of your players’ points will be compared to the total points scored by your opponent’s players, and the winner is the team with the highest total. The four best teams with the most wins at the end of the fantasy regular season will advance to the playoff round.
Here are the current league settings which show all the ways points can be scored, as well as other important information regarding trades, waiver rules, etc. all of which should be familiar to those who have particiapted in Fantasy Football Leagues before:
Draft Type: Autopick Draft
Max Teams: 10
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Can’t Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports
Max Moves: No maximum
Max Trades: No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 2
Trade End Date: November 17, 2006
Trade Review: League Votes
Waiver Time: 2 days
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Playoffs: Week 15 and 16 (4 teams)
Roster Positions: QB, WR, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, K, DEF, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN
Stat Categories: Passing Yards (50 yards per point)
Passing Touchdowns (6)
Interceptions (-2)
Rushing Yards (20 yards per point)
Rushing Touchdowns (6)
Reception Yards (20 yards per point)
Reception Touchdowns (6)
Return Touchdowns (6)
2-Point Conversions (2)
Fumbles Lost (-2)
Offensive Fumble Return TD (6)
Field Goals 0-19 Yards (3)
Field Goals 20-29 Yards (3)
Field Goals 30-39 Yards (3)
Field Goals 40-49 Yards (4)
Field Goals 50+ Yards (5)
Point After Attempt Made (1)
Sack (1)
Interception (2)
Fumble Recovery (2)
Touchdown (6)
Safety (2)
Block Kick (2)
Points Allowed 0 points (10)
Points Allowed 1-6 points (7)
Points Allowed 7-13 points (4)
Points Allowed 14-20 points (1)
Points Allowed 21-27 points (0)
Points Allowed 28-34 points (-1)
Points Allowed 35+ points (-4)
Fractional Points: No
Negative Points: Yes
These settings can be changed if league members wish. I’m open to suggestions. I’ll be the league’s commissioner as well as manage one of the teams. My Yahoo member name is stevendbt. Hope to see you there.
One question, I take it the Autopick Draft means we don’t get to draft out own players?
Either way, you’re goin’ down! 😉
No, you don’t get to draft your own players, but as I said you can rank them in any order you prefer if you disagree with the fantasy ranking provided by Yahoo. Trades are also allowed, and players not selected can be picked after the draft as free agents.
Going down? Down where? ;o)
people on the bench.
Ok, so what positions? You go in and pick starters each week, then? I looked around a little on the site, but I didn’t see anything that laid out in detail how that works–and with an autopick league, that’s going to be very important.
I’m not really expecting you to lay out a ton of info for me–maybe you could point out to me where to look for the info on the site? I’m sure its there, somewhere, I’m just not seeing it.
Thanks!
I left a Commisioner’s note at the League site. That lays out some of the basics. Each week you must play 1 Quarterback, 2 Running Backs, Three Wide receivers, 1 Kicker and 1 Team Defense. The bench positions are up to you. Players not selected in the draft can be picked up as free agents from the players’ list as long as you cut one of your current players.
so this seems to be a great way to get my feet wet…
You must be the “Peacekeepers” — I’m now the “Regime Changers”; love the direction our team names seem to be going… 😉
how well I’ll do, considering Damnit Janet’s 11 year old daughter regularly beats my ass in our online hockey pool… 😉
Thanks Steven! I just signed up. I suck at Fantasy Football so everybody should enjoy beating my ass on a regular basis. I usualy use “Fish Pants” as my team name, but I went with my exciting Booman Tribune screen name for this one.
Good call–Game On.
Winner gets a free BT tee of choice, hand-signed by the Boo himself with “BT FF Champ 06” or some such on it. How’s that sound?
Cool!
Just a suggestion (ignore if you wish): I like picking individual defense players better than entire teams (mainly b/c I always get a crappy defense). Is anyone interested in switching to individual defensive players?
If not, that’s okay. I’ll just prepare myself for the Rams’ or Cardinals’ defense 🙂
Oh, and my team is Osaka Seafood Concern.
I played with defenses and individual palyers last year. My experience was that individual players are very spotty, stat wise, and they only let you carry a couple anyway. We can add that feature if people like, but defenses should still be employed imo. Besides in Yahoo, I don’t think there is an option to delete team defense.
Whichever way you want to do it is okay with me (just thought I’d make a plug for the other option). You can delete the team defense in Yahoo (I’ve done it each year), and just have three defenseive players in those slots.
No worries, though 🙂
With ten teams I think everyone ought to have a shot at at least one decent defense. Hopefully.