Very interesting primetime situation

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:16 am

Originally posted by Cocktails and Dreams:
quote:Originally posted by Eddiejag:
In the famous Boston league that has seen it all' teams not showing up for the draft and another team who accused others of collusion well there is still some drama left.There is a team in 3rd place that has to lose to the first place team to get into the playoff.If he does this and he has a 25 point lead over the team in 2nd which he has to beat in total points for the 3rd playoff spot.This is insane as he still need's points but has to lose to get in. Insane.

I can only imagine if Donny were to miss the playoffs due to someone having to lose. It would not be good for his well being so I hope it isn't him involved:) [/QUOTE]Despite his whining, DT is 4 points out of top total points in his league. He has a chance to still win $5,000 or he could win just $1,250. Boston is a very, very interesting and competitive league and there's still a lot of money on the line. DT's fate is in his hands if his team can put up a big point total in Week 13. After all the complaining, total points will likely decide his fate moreso than h2h.

da bears · Post by **da bears** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:18 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
Yup KJ, three deserving teams. One gets left out, which sucks to be that team. Unless you expand the playoffs to three teams someone deserving would get left out in your above example. But that's why we have wild cards, to make sure that really deserving teams get in.

This is all a great discussion. I like our playoff formats and I'm glad we don't have one week league playoff matchups for the big money. I can't imagine playing last week for big bucks after a successful regular season and then seeing CJ and Gore and other top stars stumble in Week 12. I agree Greg as the NFFC playoff format is by far the best out of all the high stakes contests. I lost two huge playoff games in another contest by less than ten points because of CJ!!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:23 am

Originally posted by da bears:
quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
Yup KJ, three deserving teams. One gets left out, which sucks to be that team. Unless you expand the playoffs to three teams someone deserving would get left out in your above example. But that's why we have wild cards, to make sure that really deserving teams get in.

This is all a great discussion. I like our playoff formats and I'm glad we don't have one week league playoff matchups for the big money. I can't imagine playing last week for big bucks after a successful regular season and then seeing CJ and Gore and other top stars stumble in Week 12. I agree Greg as the NFFC playoff format is by far the best out of all the high stakes contests. I lost two huge playoff games in another contest by less than ten points because of CJ!!

[/QUOTE]Painful. To each its own, but 11 weeks isn't long enough for me to have a regular season and one week league playoffs, I just never understood the importance of one week. Hopefully we reward the teams that excel in the regular season as much as possible and THE BEST teams win the loot. That's the way it should be in all contests.

Eddiejag · Post by **Eddiejag** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:23 am

Originally posted by Cocktails and Dreams:
quote:Originally posted by Eddiejag:
In the famous Boston league that has seen it all' teams not showing up for the draft and another team who accused others of collusion well there is still some drama left.There is a team in 3rd place that has to lose to the first place team to get into the playoff.If he does this and he has a 25 point lead over the team in 2nd which he has to beat in total points for the 3rd playoff spot.This is insane as he still need's points but has to lose to get in. Insane.

I can only imagine if Donny were to miss the playoffs due to someone having to lose. It would not be good for his well being so I hope it isn't him involved:) [/QUOTE]Hey Chad - Super Donny T is safe and isnt one of the teams that cant get in.Super D is fighting for most points so he is down 5 and if he doesnt take first then he will be 2nd in points and 3rd place so big week for Super D.HE HAS A GREAT TEAM but passing on Foster in the 3rd round and recent injuries to Hakeem Nicks and Big Mike Williams wont help.He also has Calvin Johnson and i think the Shaun Hill injury will hurt Calvin.

[ December 03, 2010, 05:24 PM: Message edited by: Eddiejag ]

Cocktails and Dreams · Post by **Cocktails and Dreams** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:36 am

Originally posted by Eddiejag:
quote:Originally posted by Cocktails and Dreams:
quote:Originally posted by Eddiejag:
In the famous Boston league that has seen it all' teams not showing up for the draft and another team who accused others of collusion well there is still some drama left.There is a team in 3rd place that has to lose to the first place team to get into the playoff.If he does this and he has a 25 point lead over the team in 2nd which he has to beat in total points for the 3rd playoff spot.This is insane as he still need's points but has to lose to get in. Insane.

I can only imagine if Donny were to miss the playoffs due to someone having to lose. It would not be good for his well being so I hope it isn't him involved:) [/QUOTE]Hey Chad - Super Donny T is safe and isnt one of the teams that cant get in.Super D is fighting for most points so he is down 5 and if he doesnt take first then he will be 2nd in points and 3rd place so big week for Super D.HE HAS A GREAT TEAM but passing on Foster in the 3rd round and recent injuries to Hakeem Nicks and Big Mike Williams wont help.He also has Calvin Johnson and i think the Shaun Hill injury will hurt Calvin. [/QUOTE]I see. At least he doesn't have negative kicker scoring to worry about like at the FFOC:)

kjduke · Post by **kjduke** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:59 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
Yup KJ, three deserving teams. One gets left out, which sucks to be that team. Unless you expand the playoffs to three teams someone deserving would get left out in your above example. But that's why we have wild cards, to make sure that really deserving teams get in.

This is all a great discussion. I like our playoff formats and I'm glad we don't have one week league playoff matchups for the big money. I can't imagine playing last week for big bucks after a successful regular season and then seeing CJ and Gore and other top stars stumble in Week 12. Greg, not advocating a 3-team playoff under all circumstance ...

It could look like this:
(1) If one team sweeps W/L and PTS, teams wins 1st and there is no playoff.
(2) If one team wins W/L and a different team wins PTS, there is a 2-team playoff
(3) If one team wins W/L, a different team wins PTS, and a third team finishes 2nd in both WL and PTS, there is a 3-team playoff.

Seems to me if a team finishes second in both categories, they should not be lokced out of a playoff for the last $1500 if they beat both of those teams in either WL or PTS.

Dyv · Post by **Dyv** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:40 pm

You could just divvy up the prize money differently, that would solve things:

League Money = $5,000.

1st Place H2H: $1800
1st Place Points: $1400
2nd Place Points: $1000
3rd Place Points: $800

And no playoffs unless someone is tied in record AND points. If the H2H winner is NOT in the top 3 in points he gets $1800 for being lucky as hell and should have nothing to complain about. If he's 1st in H2H and 1st in points he gets $3,200, etc.

I personally would rather de-emphasize the random luck of H2H record and emphasize piling on the points. (It's how we hand out the big money overall, why isn't it good enough for leagues?)

Eddiejag · Post by **Eddiejag** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:44 pm

OK what is the story in this league i know the points are still within the 25 points as Spiderman Bacon picked up ten points but does his win get him in or no.Frank fill us in.

BLACKHAND · Post by **BLACKHAND** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:07 pm

i dont know. it looks good for my total pt lead over dt. i just dont know what other team can do not to beat me and get third. either way i look ok so let them duke it out. im up by 16 and he has balt def and branch.

[ December 05, 2010, 07:08 PM: Message edited by: THE_BLACKHAND ]

Eddiejag · Post by **Eddiejag** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:18 pm

Frank isnt Bama in if things hold but if he gets that 16 from Branch and the Balt D he would bump himself out and cost you the championship.