Jump to content
[[Template core/front/custom/_customHeader is throwing an error. This theme may be out of date. Run the support tool in the AdminCP to restore the default theme.]]

Whats your opinion on my leagues Waivers Situation


Patriots
 Share

Recommended Posts

I am in a 12 team local league that has been together for 11 years. Its almost impossible to change anything in our league. We have a free for all waivers system. It has never really been an issue before but I have been noticing that everytime I go to pick someone up the one guy who is not local has already picked the guy up. Now he lives on the west coast.

 

So my question is do you think the 3 hour time difference gives him an unfair advantage at pickups?

 

For example he picked up Jon Kitna at 6:30 pm PST which would have been 9:30 EST our time. We charge $5 a transaction and he just rifles through transactions. It may just be a coincidence this year but every single person I wanted to grab he has already beaten me to the punch.

 

Thanks

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah, I guess it is sour grapes. I might see if someone on this site wants to run my team for me next year. Working 70+ hours a week and spending time with the kids on the weekends leaves no room for fantasy football.

 

 

I was trying to figure out if the time difference gave him a one up on free agents. But I guess not

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I was trying to figure out if the time difference gave him a one up on free agents. But I guess not

 

 

Well, it does, to a certain extent, if you have your ww open on Monday night during or right after the game.

 

IMO, a ww should be closed during the games. I don't think that somebody should be penalized for going to the game, or working in the yard or doing anything but standing guard at a PC just waiting for an injury or some other reason to scoop up a player of the ww. I wouldn't play in a league where that was encouraged.

 

So if you want first come first serve waivers pretty much all of the time, it seems to me that you could close your ww at 1:00 pm on Sunday and open it at noon EST or later on Tuesday. Or restructure it altogether.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

the problem is your league's moronic waiver system. And stubborn owners for not realizing that and refusing to change it. Set up a waiver priority system that is fair (i.e based on reverse order of standings each week followed by rolling). Put all FAs on waivers 1:00 Sunday. Set a deadline for claims to be submitted i.e. 9pm Eastern time on Tuesdays. Waiver claims to be processed after the deadline. This gives everyone a fair and reasonable time to make waiver claims. Gives no one an unfair advantage. The way your league does it now would never fly in most leagues. I'm surprised there haven't been any issues all these years.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I think most of the people don't really care. They love the league the way it is. But it gives the guy that sits home on a Sunday watching all the games while logged into the league the best chance at picking up that weeks hottest free agents. Even if I sit home and watch football on Sundays I still don't make the pickup when available becuase I am usually having a good time with friends and I just don't care at that point.

 

Maybe I am just fantasy footballed out.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I think most of the people don't really care. They love the league the way it is. But it gives the guy that sits home on a Sunday watching all the games while logged into the league the best chance at picking up that weeks hottest free agents. Even if I sit home and watch football on Sundays I still don't make the pickup when available becuase I am usually having a good time with friends and I just don't care at that point.

 

Maybe I am just fantasy footballed out.

 

 

And this is why free for all pickups at all times is not an ideal set up for fantasy football (yes, this is an opinion). At minimum close it during the games, at best lobby to have the system changed so that at minimum there is a waiver or bid period prior to the first come first serve period.

 

He is doing nothing wrong and has no advantage over anyone as everyone is free to pick up a player at any time they want. His only advantage may be availability during games to watch and make moves, but everyone has the chance to do that in your league, most apparently aren't.

 

You are not the only person on this site working 60-70 hour weeks, spending what time they can with kids, lugging them to practice in the evenings and games on the weekends and being happy if they can catch more than a quarter of football over the weekend much less have a chance to breathe.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well, it does, to a certain extent, if you have your ww open on Monday night during or right after the game.

 

IMO, a ww should be closed during the games. I don't think that somebody should be penalized for going to the game, or working in the yard or doing anything but standing guard at a PC just waiting for an injury or some other reason to scoop up a player of the ww. I wouldn't play in a league where that was encouraged.

 

So if you want first come first serve waivers pretty much all of the time, it seems to me that you could close your ww at 1:00 pm on Sunday and open it at noon EST or later on Tuesday. Or restructure it altogether.

This

 

And this is why free for all pickups at all times is not an ideal set up for fantasy football (yes, this is an opinion). At minimum close it during the games, at best lobby to have the system changed so that at minimum there is a waiver or bid period prior to the first come first serve period.

 

He is doing nothing wrong and has no advantage over anyone as everyone is free to pick up a player at any time they want. His only advantage may be availability during games to watch and make moves, but everyone has the chance to do that in your league, most apparently aren't.

 

You are not the only person on this site working 60-70 hour weeks, spending what time they can with kids, lugging them to practice in the evenings and games on the weekends and being happy if they can catch more than a quarter of football over the weekend much less have a chance to breathe.

Agreed

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I guess I am missing something. The game was played in Dallas with what a 8:30 PM EST Kickoff? So at kickoff it was:

 

8:30 PM on the east coast

7:30 PM in Dallas and

5:30 PM on the west coast

 

So at 6:30 PM on the West Coast the game had been going on for 1 hour and was viewable nationwide.

 

Therefore the information that Romo was injured would have been available to anyone watching or listening to or even just following the game on live nfl.com

 

So at 9:30 EST, 8:30 CST or even 6:30 PST anyone anywhere could have went out and grabbed Kitna, right?

 

The only advantage I can see your West Coast Owner having is that he doesn't hesitate to pull the trigger.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

the problem is your league's moronic waiver system. And stubborn owners for not realizing that and refusing to change it. Set up a waiver priority system that is fair (i.e based on reverse order of standings each week followed by rolling). Put all FAs on waivers 1:00 Sunday. Set a deadline for claims to be submitted i.e. 9pm Eastern time on Tuesdays. Waiver claims to be processed after the deadline. This gives everyone a fair and reasonable time to make waiver claims. Gives no one an unfair advantage. The way your league does it now would never fly in most leagues. I'm surprised there haven't been any issues all these years.

 

 

Bingo

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Limit the bench. I the one money league I have with the free-for-all system, we are only allowed three players on the bench; one QB, one RB, and one WR/TE. It makes folks churn those free agents (@ $2.00 a transaction). You can play free agent bingo if you want, but if you miss, you are going to owe beau coup bucks at the end of the year.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

You really need to change your waiver system - that's all. All players go on waivers the second their respective game starts and stay there until Wednesday morning. My 2 leagues used to be run like yours but people got sick of it real quick - you can't give a HUGE advantage to someone simply because they're a loser (which is essentially what this equates to).

 

No offense intended to the many losers (myself included) who post here . . .

Link to comment
Share on other sites

One other note: The west coast owner always pays the most in transaction fees by a longshot every year. So yes, he picks up a lot of crap along the way. And he has never won the league.

 

All the better for you guys then. That said, I'd still change the waiver rule - it makes no sense to have open FAs during games, especially when you've got a league full of people married with kids.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I live on the West coast and am in a 14-team league where the majority of owners, including the commissioner, live in the DC area. We have priority rolling waivers that run Wednesday evening. Open waivers start at 9 am EST on Thursday. I almost always make my waiver pickups during priority waivers because there's no way I'm getting up at 6 am my time to pick anyone up.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information