Perry, I don't care all that much about a playoff for third place. My issues are that 1) more teams belong in the Natl Championship; and 2) total points accounts for way too much of the NFFC on all fronts.
I like the auction setup, although I don't think we need to go six deep for the main event. That's the beauty of all of these suggestion threads this week: Everyone has a different view of what determines the best teams. There's an entire thread saying h2h is meaningless and total points should determine the best teams. There's another thread for more emphasis and value being given to h2h records, and not only for first place but second place too to determine third place money. And there are posts to add all-play to prove who really is best.
In fantasy football, it's not as cut and dried as fantasy baseball to determine who is the best and most balanced team. There are a lot of factors that go into that in the NFFC. We reward h2h here and we especially reward total points, as do most high-stakes leagues. As you mentioned, if you like h2h more than total points, the auction leagues and the Ultimate League are set up perfectly for that. Heck, Mark wishes the Ultimate League was total points through the final three weeks, whereas a lot of our guys love that h2h feel with $15,000 on the line during one final game. We have a lot of different formats that reward different areas of skill, luck or whatever you call it.
The main event does reward teams that post the most points over anything else. H2H is still important, but maybe not as much as some would like but even more than others would like. You can't please everyone all the time.
I like our setup right now and again Kevin, all the data I posted this week is there for you to dissect and prove otherwise that the system isn't fair. I just don't see it yet. But keep the discussions going as I like all suggestions to improve the game.
