alwaysrocking Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) Just wanted to know who played fantasy football before the internet. Anyone play with out it online now. It sounds to me like it was a royal pain in the ass if you were the comishoner. Edited September 26, 2006 by alwaysrocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 It was. Everything by hand. Owners had to call in lineups to the commissioner. Fax reports to the owners. It was brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 It wasn't too bad for me. Loved waking up Monday morning with the USA Today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysrocking Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 It's got to be a lot easier now for the casual player than it was before the internet. now you jump on the interent look at some stats or rankings for a few minutes and make a decision. The real players I would think had a real advantage in the days before the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 It was. Everything by hand. Owners had to call in lineups to the commissioner. Fax reports to the owners. It was brutal. everything here but fax reports. We snail mailed newsletters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 The real players I would think had a real advantage in the days before the internet. Truer words have never been spoken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 It's got to be a lot easier now for the casual player than it was before the internet. now you jump on the interent look at some stats or rankings for a few minutes and make a decision. The real players I would think had a real advantage in the days before the internet. Oh and nice member number. Maybe you get a prize Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 It's got to be a lot easier now for the casual player than it was before the internet. now you jump on the interent look at some stats or rankings for a few minutes and make a decision. The real players I would think had a real advantage in the days before the internet. Being commish gave me a HUGH advantage as I intimately knew which players were regularly scoring, etc. The info was made available to anyone, but none of them cared to sift through the scoring of every player to see who was doing what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10,000th User Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Oh and nice member number. Maybe you get a prize I'll file a complaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysrocking Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 Oh and nice member number. Maybe you get a prize I didn't even notice. Yeah that is pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeductiveNun Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Ah yes, back before the internet, when a USA Today was truly a weapon to behold. Even more so since those weren't easy to find in the sleepy little town of Hibbing. I'm in a league that still does everything by hand. It's a TD only league, so it's not so bad, but I hate the bye weeks when I have to update rosters like a madman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 When I started in '87 it was a bunch of BBS users. The Seattle Times was the final word on stats until USA Today started their own BBS and you download the stats for 10.00 a year subscription. I had a spreadsheet in Lotus where I typed everything in until USA Today came along and you could download into Lotus. Then uploaded everything to our BBS. Still had to use a pen and paper for a couple of things... but we had everything on the BBS. (We used PCBoard, a BBS software, and BBS stands for Bulletin Board System for you younger people.) Personally, liked it much better in those days. People were more excited and dedicated. There were no easy or clueless owners. Plus it was more of a crap shoot when it came to injuries and such, because there wasn't as much published in those days. Now a RB has pimple on his shoulder and everyone not only knows about it, but the repercussions on his game are analyized by 15 experts who never even played the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSab Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) USA Today was the way. Edited September 26, 2006 by NSab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blips Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) Anyone play with out it online now. It sounds to me like it was a royal pain in the ass if you were the comishoner. It wasn't a pain in the ass for me. I liked being the comish of the league I'm in because it paid $10/week. That is huge. And actually the league is a bunch of older guys who are not internet savy. I'm still the comish and do weekly reports and get paid $200 season. I'm enjoying it now because I don't know how long it will last. (It is a $300 per team league). Edited September 26, 2006 by blips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polecat Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) Being commish gave me a HUGH advantage as I intimately knew which players were regularly scoring, etc. The info was made available to anyone, but none of them cared to sift through the scoring of every player to see who was doing what. Definate advantage as Commish, back in the day. Had to check every game for scoring, so you could tell who was getting the ball and who wasn't. We used our local paper as the official stats, problem was, Monday night game stats weren't printed until Wednesday, due to press time at the paper. League updates were hand delivered, line-ups called into an answering machine. Draft day consisted of the newspaper with all the starters listed, if you had Street & Smith, you were way ahead of the game. My first ever line-up; KEN O'BRIEN JOE MORRIS KEVIN MACK JERRY RICE T CHRISTIANSON STEVE WATSON CHUCK NELSON Edited September 26, 2006 by Polecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I loved Monday mornings...grabbing the NY Post (until the USA Today becaus our official source) and figuring out scores. Yeah it is easier now (no more Excel!) and the web provides for a more level playing field but when I think of FF and the early days, I will fondly remember those Monday mornings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsnottatooma Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Scores and standings all calculated by hand, based on USA Today box scores. First year all owners took turns being commish for a week, being in charge of putting it together and getting it mailed. That was a major problem as some of the guys would shirk their responsibilities and we wouldn't get any news. Next year it was the Commish and me taking turns doing the newsletter. That still presented problems, so 3rd year, I took care of it myself and became the de facto commish. Nowadays with everybody on the internet it is a total breeze. Kids these days don't know how tough it was back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ts Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I had a spreadsheet in Lotus where I typed everything in ... LOL, Sky, at Lotus ... I forgot it existed until just now ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 LOL, Sky, at Lotus ... I forgot it existed until just now ... I think we used Quattro Pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Ya, by cracky, ya pups don't know what is was like, havin' to walk thru 6' of snow uphill both ways to the newspaper stand, then figurin' BY HAND all them there scores. And sometimes the radio went out on Sundays and we'd have to wait for a telegram to update us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz13 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 The USA today was always the official stat guide. Plus they were the only paper that printed IDP stats. You had to buy the paper on Monday for Sunday afternoon games, Tuesday for the Sunday night games, and Wednesday for the Monday night game. I was in college at the time and I would buy the paper in between classes and calculate my scores at the library. It was especially tough w/ IDP's because watching the games you had very little info on the tackle numbers. You would think a guy had 10 tackles only to find out he was credited w/ 3. We had no idea who was winning until Monday unless it was a blowout. Although I will say you had to do alot more work to find out info on players. These days it's too easy. Anyone has all the info right in front of them. I liked when you had to work to find it. The more time you put into it the better your team was. Ah those were the days. It was abig advantage when the net was new and some owners had computers and some didn't. That was a big advantage. Up until last year we still had an owner that didn't have a computer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysrocking Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 ah lottus and quota I learned those programs in college. Total useless programs now huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Ya, by cracky, ya pups don't know what is was like, havin' to walk thru 6' of snow uphill both ways to the newspaper stand, then figurin' BY HAND all them there scores. And sometimes the radio went out on Sundays and we'd have to wait for a telegram to update us. You had newspapers and radio? Must be nice. You kids have no idea what it was REALLY like in the early days of FF. Try carrying a 15lb slate with etched in scores around for awhile.... then you can come in here and talk about the OLD days. (And the snow was 15' deep, not your 6' light dusting.) Kids... whatcha gonna do? *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 ah lottus and quota I learned those programs in college. Total useless programs now huh. This is not a slam or anything like that... but I hafta ask.... You had to go to college to learn Lotus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 (edited) USA Today was the way. We used the local paper... Edited September 27, 2006 by Gunther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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