CBS does not allow free custom leagues? (1 Viewer)

[aquafish82]

is it true that cbs fantasy does not allow you change the scoring, free agency or other rules if you want a free league...you have to accept their default or pay money?

 

[mquinnjr]

If baseball can be used as a basis, CBS is awful when you DO pay. Avoid and use any flavor of NFL.com, ESPN, Yahoo, etc. that meets your league needs and is customize-able for no charge.

P.S. - Nice avatar

 

[Adam Harstad]

If you're looking for a quality free site, I'd recommend Fleaflicker. I haven't used CBS in a few years, but my free fleaflicker leagues always had fewer problems than my paid CBS leagues.

 

[ty247]

If you're looking for a quality free site, I'd recommend Fleaflicker. I haven't used CBS in a few years, but my free fleaflicker leagues always had fewer problems than my paid CBS leagues.

Another vote of confidence for Fleaflicker.

Very few, to none, problems over the 5 years on the site.

 

[Captain Hook]

If you're looking for a quality free site, I'd recommend Fleaflicker. I haven't used CBS in a few years, but my free fleaflicker leagues always had fewer problems than my paid CBS leagues.

Another vote of confidence for Fleaflicker.

Very few, to none, problems over the 5 years on the site.

I looked at Fleaflicker but was unable to customize a league for several options - BUT very good and free for basic leagues

 

[Captain Hook]

is it true that cbs fantasy does not allow you change the scoring, free agency or other rules if you want a free league...you have to accept their default or pay money?

It IS a pay site .. why are you surprised you can't have a custom league for free?

 

[aquafish82]

If baseball can be used as a basis, CBS is awful when you DO pay. Avoid and use any flavor of NFL.com, ESPN, Yahoo, etc. that meets your league needs and is customize-able for no charge.

P.S. - Nice avatar

u like the rack?...name is denise milani i think

 

[aquafish82]

I have set up a league on flea flicker, but my problem seems to be that it doesn't say the bench size and there is no way to adjust it, right? and also I tried Fox sports and it seems it doesn't give you the option of an auction draft, right?

 

[aquafish82]

it seems flea flicker does not allow auction drafts as well...they are way behind the times in that regard and i guess you can change your bench size by simply changeing the max roster spot for each position, but it seems to make more sense to actually have a seperate option of total bench size.

 

[Captain Hook]

I would try ESPN because I know they have auction capability but you might not be able to customize as much as you want there

 

[Adam Harstad]

it seems flea flicker does not allow auction drafts as well...they are way behind the times in that regard and i guess you can change your bench size by simply changeing the max roster spot for each position, but it seems to make more sense to actually have a seperate option of total bench size.

Yeah, Fleaflicker doesn't support auctions, although they say they're working on adding that capability soon (next season, hopefully?).

To change your bench size, go to Settings > Edit Roster Requirements > Custom. You should have a list of all of the positions, along with min and max values, and on the right hand side a column of "edit" buttons. At the very bottom of the list is a total of all positions; there should be an edit button on the "total" line, as well. Editing the total should edit the number of bench spots for you (bench = total - starters).

 

[aquafish82]

why do virtually no sites have the option of having 2 weeks per round of playoffs? And most also force you to play week 16 in the playoffs which I don't like because some coaches bench their starters for those weeks if they have the playoffs locked up.

 

[aquafish82]

To change your bench size, go to Settings > Edit Roster Requirements > Custom. You should have a list of all of the positions, along with min and max values, and on the right hand side a column of "edit" buttons. At the very bottom of the list is a total of all positions; there should be an edit button on the "total" line, as well. Editing the total should edit the number of bench spots for you (bench = total - starters).

Adam,

look at it this way...say there are 6 positions (QB, RB, WR,TE, K, DEF) and say I want to allow a max of 5 per position, but that doesn't mean I want my total roster to be 30 players deep because you aren't maxing out every position on your bench which is why they need to specify total bench size and not just max per position.

 

[hines]

it sounds like you should use ESPN. never had any problems with them, though they aren't as fully customizable as I'd like

 

[Eulogys]

why do virtually no sites have the option of having 2 weeks per round of playoffs? And most also force you to play week 16 in the playoffs which I don't like because some coaches bench their starters for those weeks if they have the playoffs locked up.

What kind of schedule are you looking to have with 2 weeks/round in the playoffs? ESPN does have this option as long as there's enough weeks to complete the playoffs.

 

[Adam Harstad]

why do virtually no sites have the option of having 2 weeks per round of playoffs? And most also force you to play week 16 in the playoffs which I don't like because some coaches bench their starters for those weeks if they have the playoffs locked up.

Most sites are trying to appeal to the broadest base possible, which means they're focusing on the functionality that they think will be used by the widest percentage of users. That's the biggest advantage of MFL- their core mission is more to cater to guys way out on the fringe of fantasy football. If you want a 32-team salary cap auction best-ball dynasty league with two copies of each player and two-week playoff totals, for instance, your choices are either MFL or going old-school and running it by hand.

 

[Adam Harstad]

To change your bench size, go to Settings > Edit Roster Requirements > Custom. You should have a list of all of the positions, along with min and max values, and on the right hand side a column of "edit" buttons. At the very bottom of the list is a total of all positions; there should be an edit button on the "total" line, as well. Editing the total should edit the number of bench spots for you (bench = total - starters).

Adam,

look at it this way...say there are 6 positions (QB, RB, WR,TE, K, DEF) and say I want to allow a max of 5 per position, but that doesn't mean I want my total roster to be 30 players deep because you aren't maxing out every position on your bench which is why they need to specify total bench size and not just max per position.

Right. Totally doable. I've attached a picture to hopefully make it more clear. In it, you can see that I've set the max per position to 20 players, but the max for the whole roster is still just 30 total. The key is to use that very bottom button in the edit column, (the only one without a red X next to it).

 

[solorca]

If you're just looking for a simple, free option, I'd recommend Yahoo. I have played in a few Flea Flicker leagues over the years and just can't get used to the design of the site.

Obviously if you're willing to pay, I'd recommend MyFantasyLeague head and shoulders above anything else. If there is a setting you want, they have it. If for some reason they don't currently have it, email them and they'll make it happen.