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Less than a full season
Posted on 9/1/20 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 9/1/20 at 1:46 pm
Are your leagues putting in any plans if the NFL season comes to a grinding halt due to COVID?
We are saying a 10 game minimum. If we get 10 regular season weeks we are going to call it an official season. If not, then the entry fees go towards next year.
The biggest debate has been the following:
NFL gets in 13 weeks and then shuts down... we are unable to hold our fantasy playoffs. Who is the winner?
Best record or most points scored? I'd like to hear your vote.
We are saying a 10 game minimum. If we get 10 regular season weeks we are going to call it an official season. If not, then the entry fees go towards next year.
The biggest debate has been the following:
NFL gets in 13 weeks and then shuts down... we are unable to hold our fantasy playoffs. Who is the winner?
Best record or most points scored? I'd like to hear your vote.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 1:58 pm to SaturdayTraditions
I'd go total points. Or split it between total point team and best record team. We like to have a 3rd place where they get their entry fee back. Keeps some incentive to keep going.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 2:03 pm to Nole Man
quote:
We like to have a 3rd place where they get their entry fee back. Keeps some incentive to keep going.
We do the same.
3rd gets money back
2nd gets 1/3rd of the remaining pot
1st gets 2/3rds of the remaining pot
Posted on 9/1/20 at 2:11 pm to SaturdayTraditions
Our league's cutoff is 7 games. Best record, then points. We also added bench spots for COVID only players.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 2:12 pm to SaturdayTraditions
FYI, can't link it to the paid site, but here's the gist of their recommendations...
Any of these would be fine:
Make the team with the most points scored is the champion.
Make the team with the best record the champion.
Make it a combination where half the money goes to the point-scored leader and half goes to the best record.
Make your season cover only 14 weeks.
If you have a playoff system in your league, you'll likely want something like this in the rules:
If the league playoffs begin before the NFL's season is canceled, only teams in the league playoffs are eligible to be the champion.
If the league playoffs do not begin before the NFL's season is canceled, all teams are eligible to be the champion.
But -- and this is important -- the actual rule doesn't matter. You just absolutely must have a rule. You don't want multiple people -- each of whom have a stake in the outcome -- to argue over how to disperse money or crown a champion. It could tear your league apart.
And consider an IR spot...
There will be players who get placed on the NFL COVID-IR list. To think otherwise would be very far outside the mainstream. For most of the teams in your league, however, this probably won't be an issue. They might have a player or two who misses a week, but that happens normally with injuries. Fantasy players just make it work.
But there likely will be a team or two in your league who gets very unlucky and has a rash of COVID hit their roster at the same time. These teams will need some relief from this random occurrence.
There isn't a need to increase everyone's roster size -- that would deplete the available free-agent pool. Instead, just allow a couple of COVID-specific reserve spots. Only players who are on the NFL's list would be eligible for this, so one of your teams wouldn't be able to put just anyone there. But this will help conserve the overall competitive balance in your league.
Any of these would be fine:
Make the team with the most points scored is the champion.
Make the team with the best record the champion.
Make it a combination where half the money goes to the point-scored leader and half goes to the best record.
Make your season cover only 14 weeks.
If you have a playoff system in your league, you'll likely want something like this in the rules:
If the league playoffs begin before the NFL's season is canceled, only teams in the league playoffs are eligible to be the champion.
If the league playoffs do not begin before the NFL's season is canceled, all teams are eligible to be the champion.
But -- and this is important -- the actual rule doesn't matter. You just absolutely must have a rule. You don't want multiple people -- each of whom have a stake in the outcome -- to argue over how to disperse money or crown a champion. It could tear your league apart.
And consider an IR spot...
There will be players who get placed on the NFL COVID-IR list. To think otherwise would be very far outside the mainstream. For most of the teams in your league, however, this probably won't be an issue. They might have a player or two who misses a week, but that happens normally with injuries. Fantasy players just make it work.
But there likely will be a team or two in your league who gets very unlucky and has a rash of COVID hit their roster at the same time. These teams will need some relief from this random occurrence.
There isn't a need to increase everyone's roster size -- that would deplete the available free-agent pool. Instead, just allow a couple of COVID-specific reserve spots. Only players who are on the NFL's list would be eligible for this, so one of your teams wouldn't be able to put just anyone there. But this will help conserve the overall competitive balance in your league.
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