klo91 Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 whats the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake_the_builder Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Keeper varies on the amount of players you keep year to year, dyansty you keep your whole roster every year and just have a rookie draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klo91 Posted June 17, 2006 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 o ok thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Most dynasty leagues are active for most of the year, and needs very active owners. Free agent periods, bidding on player's who's contract has expired, the rookie draft.... both of my dynasty leagues have already done all that for this year. My one keeper league doesn't do much of anything until shortly before the NFL season starts. Once week 16 is gone, it shuts down for the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustOfBeenDrunk Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 i know very few people who after joining a dynasty league ever join a redraft again. Dynasty leagues are world of thier own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 i know very few people who after joining a dynasty league ever join a redraft again. Dynasty leagues are world of thier own. True. I will never join another re-draft, though I plan on staying in the two I'm currently in. The same can be said for keeper leagues. I'm in two of them and will stay in them. Should at some future point I have to a pare back the number of leagues I'm in, the re-drafts would go first, and the dynasty leagues last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I'd add to the basic difference between dynasty meaning that owners retain their entire roster while keeper leagues retain a limited number of players each year. Dynasty leagues typically draft only rookies, though there are some that will include FAs with their drafts. You have pay very close attention to your team to build it to championship caliber, and FA acquisitions and trades become vital, since rookies can be dicey prospects. If an owner makes a mistake with a high draft pick, the results can felt on the team for an extended period. Similarly, if an owner makes wise draft picks, especially in the middle to late rounds, the benefits will last an extended period also. Dynasty leagues also typically draft fairly close to when the NFL draft ends, though some do wait a while. This is to enhance the dynasty experience and give FF owners the same type of exsperience that NFL owners have drafting rookies - they don't have an opportunity to watch the preseason to see if the rookies will actual compete - or be stars - at the NFL level. You'll typically see dynasty leagues take a hiatus from the end of the FF season to about the middle of April, when the activity will start to pick up significantly with the oncoming of the NFL draft, the subsequent dynasty draft, and then offseason FA periods in June & July. Keeper leagues retaining limited players typically will wait until mid-August or later to declare keepers, though some leagues do declare earlier. Trading can be very interesting, as teams that are overloaded with star players will be trying to trade to teams that don't have many good keepers as the keeper deadline approaches, since the loaded team can't keep all of its stars and the lesser teams are looking to upgrade their keepers. This allows the better owners to enhance their draft positions and strength as they trade their excess stars for weaker teams' draft picks, or moving up in the draft. There is no off season FA period, since FAs go back into the player pool for the draft. That means that keepers leagues are usually inactive from right after their FF season ends until about 2 weeks before keepers are declared. Beacuse drafts are usually later, there is less of a risk of making a bust rookie pick, and the effect of blowing a high draft pick can be remedied the following season, though shrewd later round draft picks can enhance a team for years in you can find a jewel in the rough. A good dynasty league is much closer to the experience of being an NFL owner and owners are usually active for greater portions of the year, whereas a keeper leagues are kind of a compromise between dynasty leagues and redrafts - where teams can build a core of solid players but can jettison mistakes and start over the following year, and the leagues typically don't have as long of a FF year as the dynasty leagues by about 3 months give or take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shot_Kings Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I'd add that the number of keepers (& any limitations on keepers) can have a big effect on the style of the league. A league with only one keeper per team is quite different from one with 5 or more. And the dynamics of league where players may be protected indefinitely is quite different from one where a keeper may only be protected for a limited duration - especially if that duration is linked to the player's original draft round. I play in a league with 5 unlimited duration keepers & it plays much more like a dynasty league than many other keeper leagues I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyalboyd Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Just to compare these two Keeper league - can be very lazy and still win Dynasty league - got to be very active or you LOSE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackass Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I'd add that the number of keepers (& any limitations on keepers) can have a big effect on the style of the league. A league with only one keeper per team is quite different from one with 5 or more. And the dynamics of league where players may be protected indefinitely is quite different from one where a keeper may only be protected for a limited duration - especially if that duration is linked to the player's original draft round. I play in a league with 5 unlimited duration keepers & it plays much more like a dynasty league than many other keeper leagues I have seen. very true. i'm in a similar league where we keep 8 players and they are unlimited duration. it's sort of a hybrid between keeper and dynasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smittyoc Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I run a keeper league. We acquire players via auction. You can protect 5 players each year but their salary increases 20% if you keep him. This 20% increase allows the big priced players to be available on a more frequent basis. We also conduct a supplemental draft where you can draft anyone you choose: pro, college, high schooler your buddy. This supplemental pick is given a dollar value. If he is activated he has a $ figure for the following year. Any free agent p/u salary is doubled if kept the following year. I'm leaning towards starting a dynasty league for all the reasons posted previously. Just make sure that you have dedicated players for your league. It's different from the annual redraft where continuity isn't as important. Trades can have long lasting repercussions when an undedicated owner bails on a league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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