local league quitters vs NFFC quitters
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:44 pm
On the local level, 2 days ago I dropped an owner for repeatedly starting players on bye week. I found another person to take over their team and I am covering the $100 entry.
The owner started bye week players 3 times in one week and one time in 3 other weeks. They have an 11-7 won/loss record (we do doubleheaders) and are leading their division even though they are near last in the league in total points and all-play. Their H2H opponents have scored unbelievably low points against them consistently all season.
The owner was very angry with me for dropping him from the league. He was not giving up, but just very absented minded about setting his line-up. It was very strange dropping an owner against his will when he is 11-7, but starting bye week players in 4 different weeks was too much. I reminded him 4 or 5 times not to start bye week players but it kept happening. It was his first year and I did not want someone that careless staying in our league.
I have replaced owners in season twice in 4 years. And, try to be very careful about who I let in the league to avoid the problem in the first place AND give a few e-mail pep talks about the importance of everyone trying until the end for the good of the league.
I can not think of the best way to handle owners who give up in these NFFC high stakes leagues.
Is the best answer to just do nothing? Is it just one of the flaws with fantsy football that there is not a good solution to?
OR To keep track of any owners who give up and do not let them join a league the next year? Giving up would have to be defined. Starting bye week players or players on IR more than twice?? Not sure what the definition would be. If an owner knew they could not join a league again at this site they may be less likely to give up.
OR Have the site not allow you to start a bye week or IR player? Not sure how to select the player to take the place of the bye week or IR player. Maybe lowest average weekly score of the players on the bench elgible for the position??
OR A little less emphasis on H2H? Maybe the 4 playoff teams could be. 1. best H2H 2. best total points (not including 1.) 3. best all play (not including 1. and 2.) 4. best all-play (not including 1-3)
It is a really bad situation for Team A when Team A and Team B are in a close H2H race and Team B plays a team late in the season that starts 2 or 3 players on IR. Not really good for Team B either because a lot of owners do not want to win like that.
I really detest owners that give up and will always deal with it at the local level, but I am not sure of the best solution for the leagues at this site.
The owner started bye week players 3 times in one week and one time in 3 other weeks. They have an 11-7 won/loss record (we do doubleheaders) and are leading their division even though they are near last in the league in total points and all-play. Their H2H opponents have scored unbelievably low points against them consistently all season.
The owner was very angry with me for dropping him from the league. He was not giving up, but just very absented minded about setting his line-up. It was very strange dropping an owner against his will when he is 11-7, but starting bye week players in 4 different weeks was too much. I reminded him 4 or 5 times not to start bye week players but it kept happening. It was his first year and I did not want someone that careless staying in our league.
I have replaced owners in season twice in 4 years. And, try to be very careful about who I let in the league to avoid the problem in the first place AND give a few e-mail pep talks about the importance of everyone trying until the end for the good of the league.
I can not think of the best way to handle owners who give up in these NFFC high stakes leagues.
Is the best answer to just do nothing? Is it just one of the flaws with fantsy football that there is not a good solution to?
OR To keep track of any owners who give up and do not let them join a league the next year? Giving up would have to be defined. Starting bye week players or players on IR more than twice?? Not sure what the definition would be. If an owner knew they could not join a league again at this site they may be less likely to give up.
OR Have the site not allow you to start a bye week or IR player? Not sure how to select the player to take the place of the bye week or IR player. Maybe lowest average weekly score of the players on the bench elgible for the position??
OR A little less emphasis on H2H? Maybe the 4 playoff teams could be. 1. best H2H 2. best total points (not including 1.) 3. best all play (not including 1. and 2.) 4. best all-play (not including 1-3)
It is a really bad situation for Team A when Team A and Team B are in a close H2H race and Team B plays a team late in the season that starts 2 or 3 players on IR. Not really good for Team B either because a lot of owners do not want to win like that.
I really detest owners that give up and will always deal with it at the local level, but I am not sure of the best solution for the leagues at this site.