Weekly
Scoring Systems So many leagues have different scoring systems and if you are starting your own league
you can usually choose pretty much what you like and it is up to the owners to adjust to
it. My personal favourite is the one used by the WCOFF (World Championship of Fantasy
Football). The basics of that scoring system are: 1 point per 20 passing yards, 4 points
per passing TD, 1 point per 10 yards rushing and receiving, 6 points per rushing and
receiving TD and 1 point per reception.In
most of my analysis on this site I will use this scoring system. It is a very good scoring
system that you can tweak to your personal preferences or keep as is.
Season
Scoring Systems Head to Head: In this type of scoring, each team faces another team each week and
records a win or a loss at the end of the week. Playoffs are usually the last two or three
weeks of the season where owners faceoff and the loser is eliminated. The league final is
in week 16 instead of the last week of the regular season in week 17 because quite often,
NFL coaches choose not to play all their starters in that last week. This system is used
by most leagues but the downside is there is a lot of luck involved depending on which
opponent you face and occasionally some of the best teams miss the playoffs because of
unlucky matchups. Head to Head – Victory Points: This scoring system is relatively new and it is
a combination of the two above. It is very similar to the regular head to head system in
that you faceoff against another team each week but with an important difference. You will
earn two points for a win and zero point for a loss as well as two point if you are in the
top third in scoring for that week, one point if you are in the middle third and zero
points if you are in the bottom third. The idea behind this is if you are one of the best
team in a given week, you will at least earn two points even if you lose your match. It is
a much fairer system and highly recommended. Points only: In this scoring system, there is no head to head game each week. The
only thing that matters is the amount of points each owner earns throughout the season and
the one with the most points in the end wins. Although this is probably the fairest
system, it is nowhere as exciting as the head to head system.
Trades and Waivers
Once the draft is completed, trades and waivers are the only two ways to modify your
roster. Trades are pretty simple; you negotiate with an owner and agree to trade players
or draft picks (in a dynasty league). For waivers there are usually two systems that are
used which are priority list and bidding points: Priority list: In this system, a priority list is set the first week of the regular
season using usually the reverse order of the initial draft. Each week, every owner can
claim one or many free agents and players are awarded based on the priority list. If an
owner claims a free agent, he must drop one player on his current roster and he moves to
the bottom of the priority list. Bidding points: Each owner has a predetermined number of bidding points and owners
bid on free agents every week. Whichever owner bids the most points for a player is
awarded that player and must drop one player from his current roster. This system is
similar to an auction draft at the beginning of the season in the way that no one is
favored; if you really want or need a specific free agent, you can get him.
How to get started The best way to get started is probably to gather a group of friends who like football
and setup a league. There are several sites that will allow you to play over the internet
for free, the most well-known being Yahoo.
The site My Fantasy League can help you setup
your league and will allow you to draft online (including auctions), calculate scores for
you, allow each owner to submit their starting line-ups every week and although it costs
$60 per season it is a great site with tons of options. If you do not know anyone who
plays fantasy football and are looking to take this to another level by competing for
money, CBS Sportsline is a very
good and secure site, although it only gives back about 60% of the money in prizes. The
other way is to find trustful owners like you looking for leagues by surfing through
message boards. Most of the leagues you find will give 100% of the money back in prizes
although there is a risk since you never know who you are dealing with.
This site contains a lot of information
that will help you get started with fantasy football. Some of the information I provide
may be for more advanced players but I try to simplify things as much as possible. Do not
hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about this article and I will do my best to answer them as quickly as
possible.
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