Does your league have a unique rule? (1 Viewer)

[bruha76]

The league I am in has a few unique I have not seen in many others. Here are some:

If a players is involved in a play 50 yards or over which results in a td or a fg that player gets double the points. Ie- onlinson runs for a 51 yard td he gets 12 points instead of 6. A kicker kicks a 50 yd fg, he gets 6 points instead of 3.

The defense takes away points from your OPPONENTS final score. Ie- You have the bears d they score 20 points your opponent has 80 points that total doesnt get added to your score it gets subtracted from you oppents final which gives them 60. The reasoning is to make the scores look more like actual football scores.

you guys have any?

 

[IM666]

There is a very very good looking woman that is in our league.

Every year, I try to get a rule passed stating she has to draft naked. Every year, the Commissioner shoots it down, simply because she is his wife!

 

[gianmarco]

There is a very very good looking woman that is in our league.Every year, I try to get a rule passed stating she has to draft naked. Every year, the Commissioner shoots it down, simply because she is his wife!

You need a new commish.

 

[IM666]

There is a very very good looking woman that is in our league.Every year, I try to get a rule passed stating she has to draft naked. Every year, the Commissioner shoots it down, simply because she is his wife!

You need a new commish.

Agreed! This year I will first propose there be a new commish, then bring up the "all hot women must draft naked" rule...

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

pretty sure ive posted this in the pool before but i dont know why more people dont include it..

to avoid all the brouhaha of "will westbrook play this week or not.....i will be at church sunday morning and cant sit on the computer to update my lineup at 12:30 EST" scenarios.. we allow for injury contingencies

basically the rule goes like this..if a player is listed as questionable or worse (excludes 100s of players listed as probable), you may email/post/whatever an injury contingency and name the alternate player. Then if westbrook is declared inactive at gametime or whatever, your alternate gets put in the lineup. but if westy plays just one down, you get his stats.

i personally think its genius..although admittedly not bulletproof due to the shanahans of the world that manage to mess it up still

 

[FTRWRTR]

There is a very very good looking woman that is in our league.Every year, I try to get a rule passed stating she has to draft naked. Every year, the Commissioner shoots it down, simply because she is his wife! :X

You need a new commish.

Agreed! This year I will first propose there be a new commish, then bring up the "all hot women must draft naked" rule...

Or just remind him that as a commish he needs to set aside his personal feelings and do what's in the best interest of the leagueMy dynasty league uses a salary cap in the form of contracts, which isn't that unusual, but we have a rule that once a contract expires and you want to resign a player you have to sign him to a deal that's 2 years longer than his original contract. For example I acquired reggie bush in a trade and he's signed to a 1 year contract, after that deal expires this year I will have to resign reggie bush to a 3 year contract(his original deal plus 2 years) and after that contract expires I'll have to sign bush to a 5 year deal if I want to keep him

 

[FTRWRTR]

pretty sure ive posted this in the pool before but i dont know why more people dont include it..to avoid all the brouhaha of "will westbrook play this week or not.....i will be at church sunday morning and cant sit on the computer to update my lineup at 12:30 EST" scenarios.. we allow for injury contingenciesbasically the rule goes like this..if a player is listed as questionable or worse (excludes 100s of players listed as probable), you may email/post/whatever an injury contingency and name the alternate player. Then if westbrook is declared inactive at gametime or whatever, your alternate gets put in the lineup. but if westy plays just one down, you get his stats.i personally think its genius..although admittedly not bulletproof due to the shanahans of the world that manage to mess it up still

I like that rule, I may see if I can get that rule included into some of my leagues. I think it's unfair that those of us with computers at home can change our lineup because of a player's status all the way up until gametime while ppl without home computers are stuck with whatever lineup they decided on the last time they were able to use their work computer

 

[GregR_2]

There is a very very good looking woman that is in our league.Every year, I try to get a rule passed stating she has to draft naked. Every year, the Commissioner shoots it down, simply because she is his wife!

 

[SSOG]

pretty sure ive posted this in the pool before but i dont know why more people dont include it..to avoid all the brouhaha of "will westbrook play this week or not.....i will be at church sunday morning and cant sit on the computer to update my lineup at 12:30 EST" scenarios.. we allow for injury contingenciesbasically the rule goes like this..if a player is listed as questionable or worse (excludes 100s of players listed as probable), you may email/post/whatever an injury contingency and name the alternate player. Then if westbrook is declared inactive at gametime or whatever, your alternate gets put in the lineup. but if westy plays just one down, you get his stats.i personally think its genius..although admittedly not bulletproof due to the shanahans of the world that manage to mess it up still

I actually just started up a dynasty league, and I made pretty much the exact same rule. The only differences are that a player doesn't have to be questionable or worse to qualify for a conditional lineup slot, and there's a limit on the number of conditionals you can do during the week, and there are no double-conditionals. I also put the burden on the owners, saying they have to send me a link to the gamebook that shows that the player in question didn't play a single down before the scores will be changed. If a player is made active but still doesn't play a down (like Corey Dillon a year or two ago), the gamebook will still list that and you still get the backup's score.Edit: I also eliminated kickers. I hate kickers. There isn't a single other position where there's no real reliable way to predict performance from week to week or from year to year. It's such a lottery pick position, and I hate the fact that it impacts game outcomes.

 

[jesseasi]

We have a cool trade rule in our league. We got tired of trades getting vetoed because people would just vote no because they did not want one team to improve or because they had a person gripe against somone. Or someone would trade away a player that you would have interest in but had no idea they were on the market.

In our Dynasty league if you feel a trade is unfair - you have 24 hours to offer or propose a better deal to either of the parties involved in the trade. So in essence you can trump a trade. It is a put up or shut up rule. The original owners can except a "better" offer or renegotiate with thier trade partner if too many in the league jump into the fray.

This has been a great rule in our league - I believe in 4 years it has only been used 3 times (out of hundreds of trades). When a trade is trumped it makes for some of the best fireworks ever in a league.

 

[Obie Wan]

Each team must use one of the following formations:

RB WR TE

1-4-1

2-2-2

2-3-1

3-2-1

3-1-2

The unique aspect is that the home team determines what formation both teams will use for that week's game.

Thus, for half of its games, a team loaded with WRs can compete against a RB heavy team.

The 2 TE option also offers a diff twist.

 

[GregR_2]

pretty sure ive posted this in the pool before but i dont know why more people dont include it..to avoid all the brouhaha of "will westbrook play this week or not.....i will be at church sunday morning and cant sit on the computer to update my lineup at 12:30 EST" scenarios.. we allow for injury contingenciesbasically the rule goes like this..if a player is listed as questionable or worse (excludes 100s of players listed as probable), you may email/post/whatever an injury contingency and name the alternate player. Then if westbrook is declared inactive at gametime or whatever, your alternate gets put in the lineup. but if westy plays just one down, you get his stats.i personally think its genius..although admittedly not bulletproof due to the shanahans of the world that manage to mess it up still

I actually just started up a dynasty league, and I made pretty much the exact same rule. The only differences are that a player doesn't have to be questionable or worse to qualify for a conditional lineup slot, and there's a limit on the number of conditionals you can do during the week, and there are no double-conditionals. I also put the burden on the owners, saying they have to send me a link to the gamebook that shows that the player in question didn't play a single down before the scores will be changed. If a player is made active but still doesn't play a down (like Corey Dillon a year or two ago), the gamebook will still list that and you still get the backup's score.Edit: I also eliminated kickers. I hate kickers. There isn't a single other position where there's no real reliable way to predict performance from week to week or from year to year. It's such a lottery pick position, and I hate the fact that it impacts game outcomes.

This is something I'm giving serious thought to doing in my dynasty league. Any problems that you've run into with it that need to be addressed in the rules for it?

 

[remote controller]

We have 5 franchise players that cannot be touched, with no more than 2 from any 1 position. We also restrict 3 players on our teams, knowing we will likely lose 1 of them in the draft. During the first round of the draft, the team drafting can either steal from a restricted list, pick their own players, or draft from the board. If they steal a player, that owner stolen from is instantly on the clock. He has the same options. Once a player is taken from your restricted list, the other 2 are locked in. It makes for a wild first round.

 

[j3r3m3y]

pretty sure ive posted this in the pool before but i dont know why more people dont include it..to avoid all the brouhaha of "will westbrook play this week or not.....i will be at church sunday morning and cant sit on the computer to update my lineup at 12:30 EST" scenarios.. we allow for injury contingenciesbasically the rule goes like this..if a player is listed as questionable or worse (excludes 100s of players listed as probable), you may email/post/whatever an injury contingency and name the alternate player. Then if westbrook is declared inactive at gametime or whatever, your alternate gets put in the lineup. but if westy plays just one down, you get his stats.i personally think its genius..although admittedly not bulletproof due to the shanahans of the world that manage to mess it up still

We have that as well, we call it the skirt rule. We only allow it for one player per week per owner though.

 

[SSOG]

pretty sure ive posted this in the pool before but i dont know why more people dont include it..

to avoid all the brouhaha of "will westbrook play this week or not.....i will be at church sunday morning and cant sit on the computer to update my lineup at 12:30 EST" scenarios.. we allow for injury contingencies

basically the rule goes like this..if a player is listed as questionable or worse (excludes 100s of players listed as probable), you may email/post/whatever an injury contingency and name the alternate player. Then if westbrook is declared inactive at gametime or whatever, your alternate gets put in the lineup. but if westy plays just one down, you get his stats.

i personally think its genius..although admittedly not bulletproof due to the shanahans of the world that manage to mess it up still

I actually just started up a dynasty league, and I made pretty much the exact same rule. The only differences are that a player doesn't have to be questionable or worse to qualify for a conditional lineup slot, and there's a limit on the number of conditionals you can do during the week, and there are no double-conditionals. I also put the burden on the owners, saying they have to send me a link to the gamebook that shows that the player in question didn't play a single down before the scores will be changed. If a player is made active but still doesn't play a down (like Corey Dillon a year or two ago), the gamebook will still list that and you still get the backup's score.Edit: I also eliminated kickers. I hate kickers. There isn't a single other position where there's no real reliable way to predict performance from week to week or from year to year. It's such a lottery pick position, and I hate the fact that it impacts game outcomes.

This is something I'm giving serious thought to doing in my dynasty league. Any problems that you've run into with it that need to be addressed in the rules for it?

Like I said, I just started it up, so the rule hasn't been put in action yet; however, I put in a lot of effort to make sure the rule was pretty foolproof.Here's the exact language, in case you're interested:

Conditional Lineups:

- All conditional lineup requests must clearly list the desired starter, as well as the fallback starter should the desired starter not play.

- All owners may, at any time, submit a conditional lineup request. There is no limit to the number that may be submitted per week, or per season.

- All conditional lineup requests must be posted on the official league message board. They must also be posted one hour before kickoff of the earliest player playing. For example, if you wish to submit a conditional lineup request involving a player in a Thursday game, both players in the conditional request must be named by one hour before kickoff on Thursday (regardless of when the second player is playing).

- If the desired starter in a conditional roster request is declared a game-day inactive, or if he is not on field for a single snap during the day, then the fallback starter's score will be used.

- Double-Conditional lineup requests (i.e. a second fallback should the first fallback likewise be inactive) are strictly prohibited.

- In order to claim on a conditional lineup request, an owner *MUST* supply a link to the official NFL gamebook on the league message board (gamebooks available at www.nfl.com/scores). The gamebook *MUST* list the desired starter in either the "Did Not Play" category, or the "Not Active" category.

- All conditional lineup changes must be claimed by the Wednesday following the games in question. After that, conditional lineup changes are no longer valid.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

also on the fallback thing make sure you designate that actual lineup posted trumps what you said in your contingency. an example:

westbrook questionable. player submits injury contingency saying mcgahee for westbrook if westbrook is ruled inactive. player then INSERTS mcgahee into the actual lineup before the games. westbrook plays and outscores mcgahee. your lineup overrules who the contingency said you would start. mcgahee was in your lineup..you used mcgahee.

 

[GregR_2]

We use punters and NFL head coaches, both work well. Coach gets points for an NFL win and points for margin of victory. Punter for total yards. Need to add inside the 20.

Punter is better than PK, I think, in that they are a position that can be better predicted.

 

[flranger]

pretty sure ive posted this in the pool before but i dont know why more people dont include it..to avoid all the brouhaha of "will westbrook play this week or not.....i will be at church sunday morning and cant sit on the computer to update my lineup at 12:30 EST" scenarios.. we allow for injury contingenciesbasically the rule goes like this..if a player is listed as questionable or worse (excludes 100s of players listed as probable), you may email/post/whatever an injury contingency and name the alternate player. Then if westbrook is declared inactive at gametime or whatever, your alternate gets put in the lineup. but if westy plays just one down, you get his stats.i personally think its genius..although admittedly not bulletproof due to the shanahans of the world that manage to mess it up still

I like that rule, I may see if I can get that rule included into some of my leagues. I think it's unfair that those of us with computers at home can change our lineup because of a player's status all the way up until gametime while ppl without home computers are stuck with whatever lineup they decided on the last time they were able to use their work computer

We do this by posts on the webpage, and it works perfectly. It respects the fact that some of us have lives. We call it the "Steve McNair Rule".