Doubleheaders

[jayg920]

I am the commish of a 12 team league with 3 divisons. We play 13 regular season games with 3 weeks of playoffs. Last year the way the schedule broke down each team played divsion teams twice and non divison teams once except for one team. I would like to schedule a doubleheader in week 1 to avoid not playing one team. Does a doubleheader in week 1 sound appropriate or would another week work better? Any other options? We would like to keep the league format structure the same.

[Big John]

Week 13 would the be best slot and teams are more settled and there is a bigger chance of making a playoff chase there.

[Egret]

Week 13 would the be best slot and teams are more settled and there is a bigger chance of making a playoff chase there.

Agreed. That's how we've done it in my local. It keeps more teams interested late into the season.

[Big Country]

another vote for later in the season. More on the line then, teams are more established and there is more known aboutw which players are performing, etc.,.

[alchico]

Try to wait until after all the byes, makes it much fairer. 1st few weeks is too early.

[Savage Beatings]

First week after the bye weeks have concluded.

[Steelhead]

we've always done it in Week 2 before the bye weeks start. The reasoning for that is that if you go 0-2 it's still early and easier to recover than going 0-2. If someone goes 0-2 in weeks 11, 12 or 13 it could kill their playoff hopes. that would suck if you missed the playoffs because of a double header in week 13. It's much more palatable to do it early on.

 

I'd like to hear about why it's better to do it later...so if it makes sense I can work on getting the guys to switch.