Fantasy Football Question of the Day 8/18

Starting July 25 until August 26 my friends Uly Velez, Josh Bede, and I will ask each other one fantasy football related question a day and give our individual answers to it. Feel free to check out my other fantasy football related posts on my blog, including questions from previous days. And if you have a question you would like us to answer just leave a comment below.



What out of the norm league rule or setting would you like to try in a fantasy league? 

Charles:
This idea was brought up in our council meeting this year and I've found it to be very interesting: Relegation. You set up two leagues, one designated as the "major league" and the other designated as the "minor league". At the end of each season, the two worst scoring teams in the major league will be sent down (relegated) to the minor league. In turn, the champion and the highest scoring team for the season will be promoted up from the minor league to the major league. There will still be an entry fee and prize money for the minor league, but it wouldn't be as much as the major's and there wouldn't be a trophy. But it would be such a fun setting to incorporate, and would really bring out a lot of competition amongst owners.

Another rule I want to really try, and it's one that I've been interested in for a while, is the "2 wins a week" setting. In addition to the head-to-head win each week, a team is also awarded another win if they finish in the top half of scoring amongst teams that week. This helps eliminate the instances where a team will be one of the higher scoring teams in the league from week to week but will have a bad record because they keep playing teams that score higher than them. Anything that minimizes luck and emphasizes/rewards actual skill is good for fantasy leagues.

Uly:
The captain rule - you choose a team captain for the week and for that week they get a bonus, like 20%, in points scored. I would also like to try a league where before halftime you can make any lineup adjustments for your roster.


In regards to the relegation rule Charles talked about, while it's a great idea for redraft leagues, it really doesn't work well with a Keeper league. It would make for less trading because teams will be less willing to give up good players for keepers if they aren't going to be around to reap the benefits.

Josh:
Mine is draft rights. In this day and age it's hard to get 14 people to do a dynasty league. Keepers are great, but with draft rights you are implementing the ability to draft a college player a year early, giving the league something that's a bit closer to dynasty. For example, last year at the end of the auction draft someone could have grabbed Fournette for a few dollars and this year would be rewarded with a starting RB for cheap. Or they could have grabbed Nick Chubb and wasted a few dollars and got no reward. You add yet another layer of risk-reward to the draft.

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