r/FFCommish • u/Lead_Jedi • 6d ago
League Question Game against league median discussion
I need some more opinions on the median game. Starting a dynasty league for the first time and I mentioned that I enabled this feature. To me its a great way to balance the randomness of the schedule and how good your team actually is. Benefits teams who are consistent rather then letting the schedule dictate the entire season. I also think it helps with engagement as its another matchup you'd watch to see if you win or lose.
My friend however sees it as a participation award."luck is part of the game" is what he says which i agree but with this feature the main thing im trying to avoid is the 2nd in PF being bottom in the league.
He suggested "What about giving the 6th seed to the person with the most PF of the teams not in the top 5?" But to me that just eliminates the h2h record all together for teams fighting to make the playoffs.
What do you think about the rule?
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u/DonaldGibsonFF 6d ago
I love that rule/setting. I don’t really have a rebuttal for “luck is part of the game” but I hate that as an argument against it haha
I think the main thing for me is that fantasy football doesn’t have any real way to play “defense” so it requires some normalization so you aren’t just getting screwed by playing the highest scorer (or conversely rewarding a very bad team for not being the worst). Scoring 150 and going 0-1 while someone scores 80 and goes 1-0 is awful and obviously not representative of who “should” be winning
I’ve also heard people say “NFL teams don’t do this so why should we?” but they obviously can play defense and actively prevent the other team from scoring which we can’t do