Topic: Fantasy Football 2014

[charlie]

So we don't have enough people on here to form a full league, and the same is true of other places I frequent. Since I've only been in one football league for the last few years and I'd like to be in two, I finally said fuck it and created this league.

It's a live auction draft, which I have found to be fun in basketball leagues. Otherwise rosters and scoring are Yahoo defaults.

http://y.ahoo.it/y1l9NrmW

Sign up esinkers.

I'm looking at you Cshot. And you PJYelton. kermi, ober, micah, jkim, jake, govt... you guys, too. I don't want to hear anything about girlfriends or husbands or marathons or kids taking up too much of your time. Just sign up and let the chips fall where they may.

[Govtcheez]

If you want to simulate having me in the league, draft a team for me and then ignore it

[ober]

I signed up.

[charlie]

I signed up.

Sweet!

Hope you can make the draft. The auction thing is weird at first but I really like it.

[Mike]

You are auctioning off players?  2/3 of whom are black?

[charlie]

No, we are purchasing the players. Yahoo is the one auctioning them off.

I've been purchasing players for years now, but usually in a serpentine draft format. That format gives unfair advantage to those with the privilege of selecting first. With the auction, if you find a person who you really want to own, you just need to pay a premium for him.

[ober]

Wait wait wait... what's the deal with the draft?  This isn't the serpentine kind we've always done?  I'm not going to pay for players.

[Govtcheez]

Auction drafts are really popular for baseball leagues.  I don't think charlie's suggesting this as a real money league - you get $100 or whatever and people bid on players until the rosters are full.

[Jake]

charlie, when is the draft?

[ober]

Aug 28th, 8:30 EST.

[charlie]

Yeah... this is a free league, no money, no prizes. Just like we did before.

And yes, it's an auction draft, not a serpentine draft. So you get $200 of fake money to spend on players at draft time.

Auction drafts do seem to be the wave of the future for most sports. I don't mind either way but I've never done one for football so I wanted to try here.

[Govtcheez]

It's too bad Adrian N Peterson isn't in the league anymore.  He would be fun in a league like this, like the multiple Ryan Brauns and Chris Youngs in baseball

[Mike]

No, we are purchasing the players. Yahoo is the one auctioning them off.

Oh, because that is soooooo much better.

[ober]

Thanks for the clarification.  I'm good with that.

[kermi3]

I think I'm game...but I really don't want to deal with drafting...