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  1. Ray D

    Ray D Staff Member Mod Team

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    Right now, we want to gauge interest in setting a league, or several leagues up. We will have to move rather quickly once August gets here, so if you are interested at all in participating, please respond in this thread.

    The league(s) will be strictly for bragging rights, and TTF might have a board shiny for winners (to be determined). If we end up getting 2 or more leagues going, NEXT year, we have a wrinkle coming. We'll make a "Winners' League." We'll put the owners who placed the highest into this "elite" league. If this ends up being a yearly thing, you can make it into the top league by placing well in your league... or find yourself down in the farm leagues by placing poorly. :)

    We're also gauging interest in a salary cap league which can have an unlimited number of participants.

    So, if you are interested in one or both, post which you'd be interested in this thread.

    I might not be able to do this alone for long if we get a ton of interest. Each league may need a different commissioner (depending on the site we use). So if you have experience running a league, and would like to help out in deciding rules, scoring, which (free) site to use, live draft options, etc, add that to your response.
     
    Ray D, Jul 10, 2012
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  2. romeo863603

    romeo863603 Well-Known Member

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    I would love to join both. I've never done a salary cap one but doesn't hurt to try lol :yeehaw:
     
    romeo863603, Jul 10, 2012
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  3. pjgruden

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    I am a Fantasy Football FREAK. I love to play. I've never done a capped league either, but it sounds like something I'd like to give a whirl. Count me down for both leagues.
     
    pjgruden, Jul 10, 2012
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  4. Lizard72

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    I'm in!!
     
    Lizard72, Jul 10, 2012
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  5. Jack LHambert

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    I'm down :thumbs_up: for both!
     
    Jack LHambert, Jul 10, 2012
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  6. Azhriaz

    Azhriaz Active Member

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    I'd love to play too. Yahoo's fantasy football is free (i think). My family plays a league there and i like the layout for choosing players/making changes etc. plus they have an iphone/ipad app so you can make changes on the go. :)
     
    Azhriaz, Jul 10, 2012
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  7. shaner82

    shaner82 Well-Known Member

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    I'm in for sure. I currently run a very intense league so if you're looking for a commissioner, or just someone to help, I'm more than willing.

    I'm only interested in a standard league though, not a salary cap league.

    Also, the problem with most free leagues is people don't pay attention and it falls apart halfway through the season. I hope that doesn't happen in this case.
     
    shaner82, Jul 11, 2012
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  8. beastlyqb7

    beastlyqb7 Well-Known Member

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    I am in!! For the last 4 years I have used NFL.com Fantasy, that seems to have the best system. ESPN is pretty good too. I have used Yahoo once and hated it. Yahoo's sysytem seems to be the worst out of the 3
     
    beastlyqb7, Jul 11, 2012
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  9. csykescollege

    csykescollege Active Member

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    in message me
     
    csykescollege, Jul 11, 2012
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  10. TheSteelHurtin2188

    TheSteelHurtin2188 Well-Known Member

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    I'm in
     
    TheSteelHurtin2188, Jul 11, 2012
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  11. TwentyFourSeven

    TwentyFourSeven Well-Known Member

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    I'm in. I've only done live draft leagues. I'd like to try a salary cap league as well. Let me know.
     
    TwentyFourSeven, Jul 11, 2012
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  12. bnasty23

    bnasty23 Well-Known Member

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    I am a die heart FF player I would like to be in both :rawk: :thumbs_up: :cool:
     
    bnasty23, Jul 11, 2012
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  13. truckin9999

    truckin9999 Well-Known Member

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    I'll play.. I usually play in 3 leagues each year and I have always use CBSSports.com. But, I'm open to using other sites if the league/rules are decent.

    CBSSports.com has free leagues, 12 owners per league
     
    truckin9999, Jul 11, 2012
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  14. SteelByDesign

    SteelByDesign Well-Known Member

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    I'm in
     
    SteelByDesign, Jul 11, 2012
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  15. cajunyankee

    cajunyankee Well-Known Member

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    I might be in, I've never played FF. I'm so diehard steeler and so busy with other studd I just never got into it.

    As info comes in I'll decide. It sounds cool.

    Cajun-
     
    cajunyankee, Jul 11, 2012
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  16. shaner82

    shaner82 Well-Known Member

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    CBS doesn't have free custom leagues though. You can join public leagues, but I don't think we'd be able to get all 12 people from this site into the same public league. Also, the scoring rules and roster settings are set in stone in the public leagues I believe.

    I use CBS sports as well and things it's the best, but it's not cheap.
     
    shaner82, Jul 11, 2012
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  17. victimofchanges

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    Count me in.
     
    victimofchanges, Jul 11, 2012
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  18. mthomas184

    mthomas184 Well-Known Member

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    Im down 110%! :herewego: :herewego:
     
    mthomas184, Jul 11, 2012
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  19. Ray D

    Ray D Staff Member Mod Team

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    Keep them coming, boys and girls.

    The goal is 12 man leagues. But if we make several leagues, we'll try to make them as even as possible with number of owners.

    I'll be in touch with a few of you for commissioner / scoring as we get a tad closer and have a fuller picture of who all will be joining. As far as free leagues not having enough incentive halfway through a season? Yes, that can be true. But you're still going to have to face your opponents in here. :D Even if you're in last, one win might get you SOME smack talk rights. ;)

    Because we'll be going for custom leagues, we'll likely use Yahoo as it's the only one I know of that can do a custom league for free.

    Personally, I would prefer to do a live draft. To me, it's half the fun of FF. Of course, if for some reason someone cannot participate in a live draft, they CAN still rank their players and the computer will auto-draft for them. The big question would be what date and time to do the drafts. If you have preferences, edit your post, or post your preferences as we start forming up. I'm a big fan of doing the drafts labor day weekend, as it's closer to the season, and most people tend to be off work. But if we run multiple leagues, there's no reason we can't cater each league based on draft day preferences if we have a disparity.

    Let's whip up some more interest. We have over 1000 members. We're all football junkies. It's all in fun.
     
    Ray D, Jul 11, 2012
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  20. Steel_Elvis

    Steel_Elvis Staff Member Mod Team

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    I am definitely in for a standard league. I'm a FF freak, and usually do pretty well. Maybe the salary cap league as well. I've never done one of those.
     
    Steel_Elvis, Jul 11, 2012
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  21. Myronwemissyinz

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    Im in for a standard league. Pass on the salary cap league. Played in both Yahoo and ESPN free leagues last year. Yahoos was better!!

    One of the problems you are going to have is getting every body together for a draft. As someone said previous "The draft is half the fun" and they are right.

    Im going to guess you are going to have alot of people who want to play.

    My suggestion is... Have a East & West league.

    That way you can have a draft at say 7 or 8pm (local time) on a certain day in their own time zones (or close to it).

    That way you dont have a player in California saying "Why do I have to draft at 4pm (at work) while Myron is drafting at 7pm from home?"

    Just a thought. But this is what you will run into with a nation wide league.

    Not to mention the overseas members we have. Dont even want to think how we will accommodate them!!
     
    Myronwemissyinz, Jul 11, 2012
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  22. bigsteelerfaninky

    bigsteelerfaninky Well-Known Member

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    I'm in
     
    bigsteelerfaninky, Jul 12, 2012
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  23. bignasty92

    bignasty92 Well-Known Member

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    Im in. Never done FF but would like to give it a shot!!
     
    bignasty92, Jul 12, 2012
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  24. SSylvester

    SSylvester Well-Known Member

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    Interested in the standard league. It will be weird going against 7 or more other owners who are also trying to pick up Steelers' players for their roster.
     
    SSylvester, Jul 12, 2012
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  25. shaner82

    shaner82 Well-Known Member

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    I avoid Steelers players like the plague in my fantasy leagues. I don`t like to mix the two. If the value is right, I`ll obviously take a Steelers player, but I don`t want to have Redman and be happy that Ben threw a TD from the 1 yard line, but at the same time unhappy that Redman didn`t get the call.
     
    shaner82, Jul 12, 2012
    shaner82, Jul 12, 2012
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