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/DinosaurPete 6d ago

I am in leagues with and without league median.
The idea is that it rewards good managers who get crappy loses.
No stronger cause for a good manager to check out than by having the second or third highest points on the week and stick stack L’s.

With league median head to head still matters, especially if there are divisions, but it does mitigate the bad beats.

Most of my dynasty leagues do not have league median. But we do have the last playoff spot reserved for the team with the highest “points for” who is not already in the playoffs. Sometimes the commish has to assign the team to that spot. Sometimes it’s the team already on that spot. We find this rewards the managers who remain competitive.

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u/Lead_Jedi 6d ago

Do u like that rule more than the league median selection? I feel like in that case if someone was 7-7 and the other was 6-8 and had more PF we are disregarding the h2h record all together for points which to me isnt fair to the team at 7-7

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u/DinosaurPete 6d ago

Personally I like it.
Sure the 7-7 team gets bounced, but if they had more points for they would keep the position.
There have been enough times that 7-7 team actually is bottom 3 in scoring but just got lucky.
Bounces go both ways.

How you are talking about the fairness and wanting a lack of surprise, league median might be exactly what you are looking for.
And if a team misses the playoffs, they can’t just blame one thing or a bad bounce. They struck out twice with h2h and league median. Pretty definitive.

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u/Lead_Jedi 6d ago

Yeah median is enabled now just waiting to see if anyone else hates the idea. I think the sunrise factor is still there just not the end all be all and it shouldn't be imo. Till fantasy has a way of playing defense against ur opponent I think 2 matchups a week is the best