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Formats to give an advantage in H2H matchups


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Does anybody play in a league where a designated "home" team is given any type of advantage in a H2H matchup... spotted X number of points, advantages setting lineups, yours or your opponents, etc... No real point to it, just curious what else is out there.

 

The thing that actually got me thinking about it is having a bye in the 1st round of the playoffs this week, and the inevitable part where my team goes off this week when there's no matchup, then stinking it up next week when it counts. Made me wonder if any leagues allow the bye team to use the higher of wk 14 or 15 points...

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Does anybody play in a league where a designated "home" team is given any type of advantage in a H2H matchup... spotted X number of points, advantages setting lineups, yours or your opponents, etc... No real point to it, just curious what else is out there.

 

The thing that actually got me thinking about it is having a bye in the 1st round of the playoffs this week, and the inevitable part where my team goes off this week when there's no matchup, then stinking it up next week when it counts. Made me wonder if any leagues allow the bye team to use the higher of wk 14 or 15 points...

 

Nah, if you expected this to happen, you should have tanked last week so you didn't get the Bye, then won this week, then still lost next week for the same outcome.

 

And I've nevefr heard of your suggestion of using either of the 2 weeks. Bad idea IMHO.

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My ESPN h2h league. The commish has given a 5 point home field advantage for 3 years now through out the season and into the playoffs (non money) last year people didn't like it me being one of them. A few Pushed to have it removed he stubbornly kept it. This year even more asked it to be ride of. So he said it would not make next years rules and scoring system. Completely idiotic idea.

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Having a "home field" advantage in fantasy football is one of the stupidest concepts ever ... except perhaps for the idea of letting teams that has bye get to use the highest score out of two weeks.

I've never played in a league that did this nor pushed for it, but it's far from being a stupid idea. As it is, H2H leagues already place far too much importance on how your players do over the stretch of 2-3 weeks. Especially considering that you have little to do with it. It makes sense, in sports where you can dig deep and bring your A game when it matters most, but FF is not like that at all. There's only so much savvy match-up magic you can do. Chances are, if you're in the play-offs, you're there because you have a few studs. If those studs happen to have crappy match-ups those weeks, you're kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't.

 

So, why is it so stupid to reward those teams who put up the best effort all season long with a little extra love come play-off time? Given the somewhat random nature of the game. It actually makes a ton of sense.

 

I agree that they shouldn't get to use their choice of weeks. It's not enough that they're assured a spot in the next round where lesser teams had to fight it out to move on?

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If you have first round byes for the top teams, I think that's a sufficient reward.

 

IF you don't have byes, then I think you need to reward the top teams in some other way.....either by spotting them a few points, or giving them a free 'substitution' after the fact (both approaches I've seen before).

 

If you don't reward the top teams, then there's really no difference between having a dominant 12-1 season and going 6-7 and qualifying on a tiebreaker. And I truly believe there should be a reward for the former in FF.

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Simple - pay the top X number of teams in the regular season some tacos for having the "better" teams in the regular season. No need for any advantage as they were already paid for their performance.

 

This is what my local league does ... top 4 teams make the playoffs, but there is no 'bye week' for the top 2 finishers ... however, the 1st place regular season team gets 45% of the regular season prize money and the 2nd place team gets 27%, with the remaining dollars distributed proportionally to the 3rd/4th place finishers. There is prize money awarded for winning a playoff game and then a bonus for winning the FF super bowl game (roughly 80% of the total awarded to the regular season 'champion') but the system is designed to ensure that the team with the best record thru the regular season is guaranteed a substantial cut of the overall prize pool available each year, no matter how that team fares in the FF playoffs ... which in this league consists of only 2 games.

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I play in one league where the home field team gets the following advantages.

 

Playoffs

The higher seeded playoff team receives a 2 point home field advantage.

 

Tie-breakers

Also home field advantage is used as one of the tie-breakers for post season ties as shown below.

 

 

 

4.3 Playoff Tie-Breakers

 

 

 

a. The first tie breaker in a playoff game is average reserve player points, rounded to one decimal point. Players on a bye are excluded from these calculations. However byes should be completed this late in the season.

 

b. Second tie-breaker is team with highest scoring reserve player.

 

c.
If after 14.3 a&b the game is still tied. The higher seeded team, the home team, is awarded the win, by the three points.

 

 

 

 

14.4 Championship Game Tie-Breakers

 

 

 

a.
The higher seeded team will have a one half point home field advantage.
Awarded in the event of a tie after 14.4 b&c

 

b. Total average reserve player points is the first tie breaker for championship game, rounded to one decimal. Players on byes are excluded.

 

c. Second tie-breaker is team with highest scoring reserve player.

 

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Interesting replies, thanks. I do agree my notion of using better of 2 weeks points is much too extreme, just wishing there was some way to be rewarded at least a little bit for a strong showing during the playoff bye week.

 

Case in point, it's starting already for me. Had Antonio Brown go for 23.5 last night when it doesn't count.

 

Our league pays 500,250,150,100 to the top four, 5th and 6th split transaction money (usually around 90-110, each waiver move costs $1). There's no payout for regular season performance, the only reward is the bye for division winners. Just all too often in our league the overall best team through the season isn't taking down the top prize, or even top 2. I do realize H2H playoffs will always be partially dependent on luck/schedules/matchups and the real solution is to pay a percentage towards regular season performance, be it weekly points, total points, whatever. However our league has been this way for 10 years and there's probably not much support to change it, hence I'll just stick to crying about it on The Huddle. :wacko:

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Simple - pay the top X number of teams in the regular season some tacos for having the "better" teams in the regular season. No need for any advantage as they were already paid for their performance.

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Interesting replies, thanks. I do agree my notion of using better of 2 weeks points is much too extreme, just wishing there was some way to be rewarded at least a little bit for a strong showing during the playoff bye week.

Case in point, it's starting already for me. Had Antonio Brown go for 23.5 last night when it doesn't count.

 

Our league pays 500,250,150,100 to the top four, 5th and 6th split transaction money (usually around 90-110, each waiver move costs $1). There's no payout for regular season performance, the only reward is the bye for division winners. Just all too often in our league the overall best team through the season isn't taking down the top prize, or even top 2. I do realize H2H playoffs will always be partially dependent on luck/schedules/matchups and the real solution is to pay a percentage towards regular season performance, be it weekly points, total points, whatever. However our league has been this way for 10 years and there's probably not much support to change it, hence I'll just stick to crying about it on The Huddle. :wacko:

Rewarded for a strong showing during a BYE week? C'mon, man :tup:

 

I would say stop paying the 5th and 6th place teams and put that money toward a prize for winning a division if you think there should be more of a reward for a good regular season. Some cash is appropriate for a team that (via luck, skill, or both) outperforms the competition throughout the course of the season. Otherwise, a first round bye is more than enough reward. Be careful you dont go too far making it easy on the top teams or you will take the fun out of the playoffs. Might as well just give out all the money at the end of the regular season if that's the case.

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