Does your league award a final playoff spot to most total points of re (1 Viewer)

[Jersey35]

If your method of seeding the playoffs doesn't take total points into account in some manner, then you are not making attempt to seed the best team(s). Seems silly to consider placing anything but the "best teams" in the playoffs, but if that's what you think is best, no problem - you certainly have the right to feel that way, but don't come in here spewing your head-to-head rules as the right way to do it, because they aren't. The whole point should to reward only the best teams with the opportunity for the prize pool.

Head-to-head record, while a fun and necessary (IMHO) part of the enjoyment that is fantasy football, is pretty much the worst determinant of the quality of the teams. Might as well just flip a coin.

Quick quiz:

Which team is better and is most deserving of an opportunity to win the prize at the end of the season?

Team A, who scored the most points in the league

or

Team B, who scored more points than Team A in week 2 and in week 9

If the answer to this question isn't obvious to you, you probably shouldn't be posting in this thread.

Really? Why is that so obvious?How many more points did Team A score than Team B over the course of the season? 1? 10? 50? 100?

It’s very possible that if the two teams played against only each other over the course of the season that Team B could have a winning record against Team A despite being outscored for the season.

Don't be obtuse. There's no perfect measure of which team is better in FF, mostly due to small sample size, but total points is a far, far better evaluator that head-to-head record.

Like I said, if head-to-head is your thing, and you don't mind a system where the best teams often may not make the playoffs, then go for it. If you're interested in rewarding the best teams, then total points should be accounted for in some manner (be it power rank, victory points, or straight-up total points).

I think I am going to have the highest scoring team in a Zealots league this season and I will not make the playoffsIt sucks but I am ok with it because it is a head to head league

I just wonder why leagues would award 5 teams playoff spots based on H2H and then do something totally different for the 6th and final playoff spot

If getting the best teams in the playoffs is your goal and you think that total points is the best way to detrmine the best teams why not use total points for all playoff spots? Be consistant

While I agree with your sentiment about consistency, the reason so many do this is because they want the best teams in their playoffs - but don't want to give up the fun of head-to-head competition. Unfortunately, what most leagues need to do is think outside the box and move beyond simple head-to-head. Victory points, a decent power ranking system, all-play matchups, etc. are all options that serve to help ensure that the best teams are actually the most successful.FWIW, my league does not grant the final playoff spot to the highest scoring team. We award two wins or losses per week - one for the head-to-head matchup, and one for scoring in the top half, or bottom half of the league. Division winners are awarded by record, then one wild card is awarded to the next highest ranked team. Our first tie-breaker is total points. Divisions are then ignored for seeding, best plays wildcard and the other two matched up. I'd love at some point to get our #1 seed a bye, but it hasn't happened yet.

IMO, this weighs 50/50 to head-to-head and total points (with ties going to total points). In 10 years of using this system we've never had the top scoring team miss the playoffs, and we've never had a single person complain that they felt they should have made it when they didn't. It's very similar to what is now being called "Victory Points".

 

[CaptainHook]

no

its hilarious when someone gets completely screwed thats part of the appeal in fantasy football

 

[belljr]

noits hilarious when someone gets completely screwed thats part of the appeal in fantasy football

:hi: Just happened to me - at least I get a total points prize