Cocktails and Dreams wrote:If that seems like it would be too big an advantage(and most years a robinson situation probably wont happen) another option is to still give everyone a buck. However, if there are multiple bids on a player, then nobody gets the player. So in this case nobody would get robinson unless the other three already used their move. It also allows everyone to have a fallback emergency plan. I believe last year Santos went into diamond with 6 wides. Ended up with 2 healthy guys by the end. Just a miserable feeling not being able to do anything about it. Maybe this would be something you would be more comfortable with as the game operator. I know I would be more comfortable as a player with this in place, and it would not create a lot of extra work which some don't want. I think either option is better than ending it week 13 in contained leagues. Almost every league out there has free agency go through the end, and I think it should be considered here at the NFFC well Your contained leagues are really great already, and that minor tweak would improve them even more IMO.
I'm not against rules changes in future years, but this seems like a bigger one than folks are anticipating. I sure would like to vett this thoroughly before just adding one player in the playoffs. Again, with $130,000 on the line in the Platinum and owners battling through Draft Day and 13 weeks of FAAB, I'd sure hate for all that money to be won by a "fortunate" pickup. It could be Denard Robinson by the top scoring team during the regular season, but it also could be Bryce Brown or someone else by the 4th place team who never would have won the top prize without that one fortunate free agent pickup in Week 15. Let's think this through thoroughly because there is a LOT of prize money on the line in these leagues and all it takes is one guy to change the final standings.
Like Billy said, he's looking for a tight end to fill a need, so the rule would help him today. But one playoff pickup isn't just filling a need; it could be a 40-point RB who got the start because of an injury in Week 13. Tim Hightower would have been that guy last week, right? Denard Robinson is that guy this week? Right now they are likely on the sidelines in these private leagues, but with this rule change they could be fantasy MVPs in each league.
Again, the example above of Mike Santos couldn't be completely corrected with one free agent pickup. We're all going to suffer injuries over a 3-week playoff. But I do understand the desire for a playoff fill-in. Let's just make sure we're making the contest better, not worse with any move we approve.
I'd like to vett this much further and hear from more of these owners. We've never been afraid to make changes in the NFFC, but I see negative consequences to this one as well as positive ones. Carry on.
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