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The league I'm in has been using this rule for a couple years, and it's worked out well, but only been needed a few times.
Many of us simply can't be sitting in front of a tv and/or on our phones all day every Thursday, Sunday, and Monday. We have families, jobs, etc. things more important than ff. We got fed up with being tricked by coaches playing games with the injury report, and last minute announcements.
Coach lists RBX as questionable, says he should play, we start RBX, he doesn't play. We get screwed.
Or, 2 minutes before kickoff, while we're outside playing with our kids, player X is unexpectedly ruled out. We get a zero for player X. Sucks.
So we implemented a simple system where each owner posts a message before kickoff(s) stating if player X is out, player Y subs in. Problem solved.
For example, you have Julio starting but he's questionable. You have Calvin on your bench. You've got plans and won't be able to monitor Julio's status all day. Simply post a message stating if Julio is out Calvin gets the start. Commish makes the change if/when necessary. Doesn't matter what time the games are. So each week most owners post a message with subs listed, and we don't have to worry about taking a zero for player X. I haven't seen any downside, and it eliminates a major frustration.
It's more realistic as well. I mean, if an NFL team's WR is ruled out last minute, another WR simply steps into his position. The team isn't forced to play without that position.
Also want to add that it's up to owners to manage their subs appropriately. You can come up with all kinds of unlikely scenarios that could be problematic, but we've yet to have a problem. If there were to be a problem, a good commish would sinply have to make a ruling.
Many of us simply can't be sitting in front of a tv and/or on our phones all day every Thursday, Sunday, and Monday. We have families, jobs, etc. things more important than ff. We got fed up with being tricked by coaches playing games with the injury report, and last minute announcements.
Coach lists RBX as questionable, says he should play, we start RBX, he doesn't play. We get screwed.
Or, 2 minutes before kickoff, while we're outside playing with our kids, player X is unexpectedly ruled out. We get a zero for player X. Sucks.
So we implemented a simple system where each owner posts a message before kickoff(s) stating if player X is out, player Y subs in. Problem solved.
For example, you have Julio starting but he's questionable. You have Calvin on your bench. You've got plans and won't be able to monitor Julio's status all day. Simply post a message stating if Julio is out Calvin gets the start. Commish makes the change if/when necessary. Doesn't matter what time the games are. So each week most owners post a message with subs listed, and we don't have to worry about taking a zero for player X. I haven't seen any downside, and it eliminates a major frustration.
It's more realistic as well. I mean, if an NFL team's WR is ruled out last minute, another WR simply steps into his position. The team isn't forced to play without that position.
Also want to add that it's up to owners to manage their subs appropriately. You can come up with all kinds of unlikely scenarios that could be problematic, but we've yet to have a problem. If there were to be a problem, a good commish would sinply have to make a ruling.
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