renesauz
IBL Representative
I'm not talking about Best Ball, which seems to be the common answer. I LIKE having to pick a lineup. I LIKE evaluating who should perform the best and trying to put that player in. And Best Ball roster construction is radically different. I like best ball for some groups, but most of us prefer lineups for our main leagues.
I'm talking about not having to try to read the ridiculous tea leaves left by today's NFL coaches. I'm talking about night shift workers not having to wake up on 3 hours of sleep to evaluate whether or not that Q player is actually, you know, playing. Or not having to place an inferior option into a lineup just because the Q player plays in a game other than 1 PM. What about when your best backup plays on Thursday night, well before you have any reliable info for your normal starter playing on Sunday? WHY ARE WE MAKING THIS HARDER THAN IT HAS TO BE? This is fixable without going to best ball.
IN one of my leagues this week, the Lynch owner was at an actual NFL game and could not get access to swap Lynch out. In his case, he actually had a later option but simply couldn't gain internet access with his phone in the stadium. Another owner had and would have played Rawls, but didn't have a single player in his lineup that played RB or WR after the 1 PM start times. IE: Both owners were hamstrung by a condition outside their control and made the "correct" decision based on reports available at 1230PM (That Lynch was playing.), but the INCORRECT decision based on updated info at 330 PM.
I would argue that a simple conditional lineup rule should be utilized in most leagues, with simple rules. If a player is Q, owners can submit a conditional swap (before 1 PM games) in case the player is INACTIVE. "Swap Chris Johnson in for Lynch if Lynch inactive", or swap "Rawls in for CJ Anderson if Lynch inactive".
IImplementing such a rule is not a huge burden on commissioners if the rules are kept simple; Q players only, and swap only if inactive. The submission is to be made before any affected players team plays. Most owners can and will still make their own switches, but if the swap in player plays earlier, that's simply not possible without a commissioner.
Let's not pretend that the situation evens out over the year, because some teams play more late games than others. Owners with key players on West Coast squads face the problem more often than others.
I'm talking about not having to try to read the ridiculous tea leaves left by today's NFL coaches. I'm talking about night shift workers not having to wake up on 3 hours of sleep to evaluate whether or not that Q player is actually, you know, playing. Or not having to place an inferior option into a lineup just because the Q player plays in a game other than 1 PM. What about when your best backup plays on Thursday night, well before you have any reliable info for your normal starter playing on Sunday? WHY ARE WE MAKING THIS HARDER THAN IT HAS TO BE? This is fixable without going to best ball.
IN one of my leagues this week, the Lynch owner was at an actual NFL game and could not get access to swap Lynch out. In his case, he actually had a later option but simply couldn't gain internet access with his phone in the stadium. Another owner had and would have played Rawls, but didn't have a single player in his lineup that played RB or WR after the 1 PM start times. IE: Both owners were hamstrung by a condition outside their control and made the "correct" decision based on reports available at 1230PM (That Lynch was playing.), but the INCORRECT decision based on updated info at 330 PM.
I would argue that a simple conditional lineup rule should be utilized in most leagues, with simple rules. If a player is Q, owners can submit a conditional swap (before 1 PM games) in case the player is INACTIVE. "Swap Chris Johnson in for Lynch if Lynch inactive", or swap "Rawls in for CJ Anderson if Lynch inactive".
IImplementing such a rule is not a huge burden on commissioners if the rules are kept simple; Q players only, and swap only if inactive. The submission is to be made before any affected players team plays. Most owners can and will still make their own switches, but if the swap in player plays earlier, that's simply not possible without a commissioner.
Let's not pretend that the situation evens out over the year, because some teams play more late games than others. Owners with key players on West Coast squads face the problem more often than others.
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