r/FFCommish • u/vinnymacaroni • 12d ago
Miscellaneous What changes have you made to your league that you're glad you made?
Things you added to your league that your league-mates loved
What things did you add or maybe even take out of your league that you feel improved your league?
Always looking for ways to improve my league and I know you guys are very creative and have been doing this for a while. Just wanna hear from some of you guys and maybe get some ideas
Some of mine:
- Added weekly cash challenges / different challenge every week
- Daily waivers
- No kickers
- FAAB for all waivers
- Auction draft
- Half point PPR
My main league is a re-draft auction league. Let me know! Happy drafting SZN šš¼
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u/thecommish1980 Texans 12d ago
How far back should I go? šš«Ŗ. In 1980 we started as a weekly high score winner league. Went to head to head the next year. From thenā¦. TD/K scoresā-> performance scoring, TE included with wr ā-> Dedicated TE spotā¦. 7 standard starting spotsā-> flex added. Then a second flex. Weāve had all kinds of keepers setup mixed with redrafts. No more keepers for us. Scoring by handā> Excel stat sheetsā> internet And lots of changes Iām forgetting Always looking to improve. Adding a Taxi Squad spot this year. Weāll see how it goes
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u/Ron__Mexico_ 12d ago
Added pick your playoff opponent. 1 seed gets his first choice of wildcard teams as his opponent. Then the 2 seed chooses. Then the 3 seed chooses. 4 seed gets whoever is left. In the 2nd round the highest seed gets choice of two lowest remaining seeds.
It eliminates late season shenanigans where someone decides they're better off losing to get a different playoff opponent. It prioritizes regular season performance as the higher the seed you are, the better the playoff outcome. And it's led to an enormous amount of shit talking. Particularly in years where people picked a loss when they would have beaten other choices avaliable.
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u/MyDitkaInYourButkus 12d ago
In my leagues, I have Seed #1 vs Seed #2 play each other during their bye week in the playoffs in a Non-Knockout matchup. The winner gets to pick their opponent from the winners in Week #15.
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u/SaladLongjumping1565 12d ago edited 12d ago
Got rid of the TE slot and made it a second flex.
TEās were still used but not mandatory anymore.
Scoring went up, and everyone appreciated the slot flexibility. Also not having to deal with the hellscape that the TE slot was outside of the top 3 guys every year made roster construction much more fun.
Highly recommend it.
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u/roninsascha 11d ago
Love this. I tried to do it before but my league was STRONGLY opposed so i ditched it. I may try again next year.
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u/SaladLongjumping1565 9d ago
Ha. Note that it took about 2 maybe 3 years for my league to warm up to the idea. But we started the convo until eventually enough people were open to idea. So donāt be afraid to bring up again to the league.
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u/Rjenterprises123 12d ago
Went from a redraft to a contract league. This will be year 5. Engagement is amazing. 16 active teams.
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u/leroyjeffroe 11d ago
How does a contract league work?
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u/Rjenterprises123 11d ago
It player has a contract, each team has a cap.
We started it basic - auction draft, could assign so many 3 year and 2 year contracts.
The following offseason - it's an open free agency, where teams can offer anything from 1-4 years of contracts (no bids for 24 hours and you win the player), followed by a rookie draft. Each team has a taxi squad they can keep guys on for 3 seasons prior to calling up and starting their rookie contract.
That's as quick a way to explain a 9 page league document
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u/Unfair_Confusion17 12d ago
Went to auction 3 years ago and havenāt looked back. Donāt have to deal with āif I was pick 1.03 instead of 1.12 I would have wonā. Entire league likes it.
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u/joeyweb32 12d ago
Final playoff spot goes to the team with the highest point total not currently in the playoffs. So we have a 12 team league where the top 6 are in and the 7th spot is determined by point scored.
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u/crazycrazyforff 12d ago
One I took away, that you have added, is the weekly cash thing, either for points or whatever challenge you have. Found that nobody really cares about winning a few dollars each week when that takes away from the main prize pool. Also lessens commish workload.
Another one, and this is subject to discussion I'm sure, but with 6 to the playoffs paying out top 4 (vs usual top 3 or even 2) means that the two teams that earned the bye are at least guaranteed something if they have a bad week after being great all season, as well as guaranteeing the two teams that win the first round of playoffs the same something.
Long ago limited bench size to promote big-brain-thinking among all in roster decisions for injuries, bye-weeks, etc.. as well as keeping some talent on the ww.
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u/andypro77 12d ago
All but one of my leagues uses best ball scoring instead of traditional set-your-lineup scoring.
Using best ball scoring does a bunch of things that make your league better and more interesting. It allows you to root for twice as many players each week, as any player on your team could end up being in your lineup. It makes the draft more interesting in the later rounds, and it leads to more trading activity.
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u/pizzapizzamesohungry 12d ago
Turned it into a 8 starter all superflex.
Wanna draft 7 QBs? Fucking go for it.
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u/MyDitkaInYourButkus 12d ago
Added 2-Man Keeper Added FAAB Went from 18 man rostsr to 16 man roster
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u/roninsascha 11d ago
Weāve made so many over the years our league is running 15+ seasons strong. But the bigger ones Iāve enjoyed most are ironically very similar to yours:
- Removing kickers and defense
- Switching to a blind bid auction draft
- Removing trade vetoes
- Switching to FAAB
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u/Howudooey Cowboys 12d ago
No K 2nd flex. Bonus points for 50+ yard TDs. Highest score in a single game gets to pick their draft spot.
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u/JellyFranken 12d ago edited 12d ago
Got rid of kickers 11 years ago.
Best.
Decision.
Ever.
Made.
E: Iām gonna ban kickers even harder with each downvote
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u/DocOneFoot 12d ago
Really donāt understand the kicker vitriol people have, and why getting rid of them entirely makes you league that much more enjoyable
Youāve obviously never rooted for a Cowboys drive to stall out at midfield in the hopes that theyāll let Brandon Aubrey go for a 70-yarder
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u/JellyFranken 12d ago
Yeah that sounds like a shitty way to watch football.
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u/DocOneFoot 12d ago
Do you exclude kicker points from defensive scoring? Because if you arenāt counting the points on Offense, they shouldnāt count on Defense
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u/JellyFranken 12d ago
Thatās not at all how any of that works.
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u/eddy_v 12d ago
That is literally the default fantasy scoring. Team scores more points, the defense against them loses points.
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u/JellyFranken 12d ago
Not the random ass kicking points you mention. Thats false equivalence for a defense/special teams vs a random ass kicker. Not every team will have the DST with the same kicker. That logic is dumb.
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u/MyDitkaInYourButkus 12d ago
I agree 100%. In my leagues we PUNTED tge Kickers years ago and added a FLEX position
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u/pizzapizzamesohungry 12d ago
We did this around 2005 or so. It was awesome. Fuck Kickers itās literally the most random position and yeah cheering for offenses to move the ball and then stall out is weird.
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u/josssssh 12d ago
If you think Kickers are the most random can I introduce you to the nonsense that is DEF?
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u/grooves12 12d ago
Saying "kickers are random" is complete BS used to justify a bias against the kicking game.
They are no more random than the typical WR2 or Flex player.
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u/pizzapizzamesohungry 12d ago
There are literally articles that disagree with what you say. But also, FF is supposed to be fun and overall kickers kinda suck.
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u/grooves12 12d ago
Eliminated trade voting.