The guy I'm playing this week has a few starters on bye and needs to pick up a TE to play one which is mandatory. He's currently in last place but has an outside chance at the playoffs. Personally and for the integrity of the league I don't want to play a team short on guys. I think the obvious answer is to try to contact the owner to see whats up. However, if I could not reach him, should I go ahead and insert who I think would do best for him? He'll still be short a TE.
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Commish (me) vs. possible tanking team (1 Viewer)
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Addai's Adidas
Footballguy
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Fair enough, but odds are 3 of his guys are going to score more than 0.
Grady Wilson
Footballguy
Agreed. I'm not wasting my time calling someone up, regardless if I was the commish or not, to let them know they need to fill out their lineup. It's not rocket science and we're all adults. Sucks to be him and it's an easy win for you if his lineup is not turned in. Now, if there were certain circumstances such as a personal tragedy, death in the family, etc then I would somewhat understand. Otherwise, laziness is not an excuse.
Crusaderfan
Footballguy
You need to handle this the same as you would if he was playing against any other team in your league. If you would go in and set his lineup for him against anybody else - then do it now. If not - leave it alone.
JohnnyU
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I would try to make some kind of effort to contact him and let the league know before the games today that you tired to contact him. Also, always follow the rules you have laid out for your league. If they need modifying, then vote for a change. The rule for the leagues I commish is that if it's an issue that threatens league integrity a rule can be changed during the season, otherwise wait until the off-season.
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al_falcons
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Email the league reminding them to submit valid line-ups or face expulsion from the league. You can't change his line-up this week unless you have something written in the league rules about a commish override of the line-up. If he continues to be a awol owner, out he goes.
TheArchitect
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agree with all of the above... you have to be consistent... also, I've found that some good smack talk during the week usually serves as a reminder to get lineups set. I'm facing the exact same situation. Good luck!
Does your league require teams to make transactions to cover bye week or does it require you to use an active player vs an inactive player. We require a competitive line up but we do not require anyone to spend money to pick up a player off of waivers if they dont want to. We had a team go 2 weeks with no kicker afew years ago because he wanted to use his waiver pick for other positions and he felt his team was strong enough he could survive a week with a kicker on IR
Kevin Ashcraft
Footballguy
yes....put 'em in and then find out why he cannot spare 10 minutes in his week to edit his lineup.
Man In The Box
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ft_ball_fn
Footballguy
Agree with the above and have a question I'm surprised no one has asked. Have you been viewing hist eam all along? Has he done this before? If so--did you update his line up that week? If not--no way do you do it now... you have to be CONSISTENT... if you manage his team for him one week... you have to do it EVERY week--no matter who he's playing... that's for the rest of the season. It stinks when people AWOL on their teams... but just leave it and everyone gets the same benefit--a free W. Manage his team for him and you open it up to biases (ie. you beat him when playing him but he beats other teams when they play him--league mates will say you were 'tanking' against yourself and trying against them...). I'd let it be and if he's gone AWOL boot him from the league. If its a one week thing... as others said rag him for it.
Kevin Ashcraft
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Not true. What about those who played him in Weeks 1-7? Why should they not get the same favor? That is where the phrase "integrity of the league" gets forgotten. What kind of league lets half the teams on a certain schedule face a full lineup, and the other half a partial lineup or none at all? I could see if it was a rotisserie-style setup, but most FF leagues are strictly H2H.
stealthrunner
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I had this issue. Two weeks ago an owner had one person on bye, and I sent him an email after that week was over and he said he forgot. Last week I played him and I sent him a reminder in the middle of the week because he didn't do any waiver movers and he needed to pick up a kicker. He made those changes but then still left a WR on BYE, and had one on the bench. This week he had 3 people on BYE and I sent him a last reminder which he got pissed at me about. I told him that not taking 5 minutes a week, (especially since moves are free) affects the integrity of the league because even though he may not make playoffs he could still win some games and affect other players.
I probably won't invite him back next year, which is really the only thing you can do unless you have a rule about not setting lineup and commish stepping in. Emails obviously didn't work, he understood my side, but I just don't think he cares, he already checked out.
I probably won't invite him back next year, which is really the only thing you can do unless you have a rule about not setting lineup and commish stepping in. Emails obviously didn't work, he understood my side, but I just don't think he cares, he already checked out.
Resident A
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I've been commish of my main league for 11 years & we have a League Integrity Rule which prevents any team from tanking. I will set the team in question's lineup (according to weekly player rankings) if somebody tries to tank. Any league that allows tanking of games, has a serious problem.
I'm actually playing a 1-6 team today that I'm watching in case he tries it (he did once before in a prior year). I was all set to fix his lineup & take out his bye week guys, but he just changed it a few minutes ago.
I'm actually playing a 1-6 team today that I'm watching in case he tries it (he did once before in a prior year). I was all set to fix his lineup & take out his bye week guys, but he just changed it a few minutes ago.
I agree that people leaving zeros in their lineups week to week is a huge problem for fantasy leagues in general, but if people aren't going to pay attention to their teams very much during the season then that's their choice. It's also your choice as commissioner to not invite them back.
Better to surround yourself with competent and competitive owners if you want a great fantasy experience, rather than play babysitter to someone who really isn't all that interested in their fantasy football team.
Now, the bigger issue is if you have a league rule where you draft by reverse order of finish, which may result in people like your opponent throwing games down the stretch because they want the #1 pick next year.
Better to surround yourself with competent and competitive owners if you want a great fantasy experience, rather than play babysitter to someone who really isn't all that interested in their fantasy football team.
Now, the bigger issue is if you have a league rule where you draft by reverse order of finish, which may result in people like your opponent throwing games down the stretch because they want the #1 pick next year.
32 Counter Pass
Footballguy
If you normally submit a competitive lineup for a team then you should so in this case. If not, then do nothing.
ft_ball_fn
Footballguy
I agree.. it does stink to have owners who go AWOL and for those who faced him week 1-7 IF they lost... however he's probably AWOL because he LOST most of his games weeks 1-7 so he's already out of it.. so what's the difference? Those teams got a W and now that's he's AWOL the teams that he's facing get one too... that's parity... not ideal but I'm not clear on the alternative. Does the commish manage a team for someone who's bailed for the rest of the year? Making adds/drops, etc? Again I think that opens up the 'you didn't try hard enough' argument... people question waiver wire work he does, etc. Ideally you'd find another owner to take over --but good luck filling that owner--who wants a loser team midway through the season?
SharkBait
Footballguy
Seriously? Leave it alone and hope like hell he doesn't put in a line up, just like everyone else in the league would do. I guess commish's get this "beyond the pale" mentality to help elevate their lofty position in their own minds, but really why would you treat this different than any other team any other week?
Topes
Footballguy
Exactly. I don't know if you have rules in place.The league I commish doesn't have tankers (currently), but has had the occasional goof/laziness/mistake over the years.I don't always see it.If I do, and I see it two weeks in a row, I may send an email, asking what's up.But, even then, it's almost dicey. Is it fair to the league to wait two weeks? Questions abound.
Instinctive
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Only way I contact this guy is if he is playing someone I need to lose. Otherwise, I take the win and run home leaping for joy
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