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Thoughts on which free site is better for a start up keeper league?

Obviously want to be able to keep players. Also want to easily edit online draft order to account for trades and also for picks lost due to keepers.

Want to be able to edit tie-breakers and playoff seedings to my liking.

Would also like a site where I can save notes and league rules.

 
I used both ESPN and Yahoo last year for the two leagues I run. This year I'm using ESPN for both. Yahoo is less flexible and reliable...

although in ESPN I can't figure out how to tell it total bench points decides tie breaker...

 
I vote for Fleaflicker.com It's where we run our keeper league. The points scoring is HIGHLY customizable compared to other free sites. It's not flashy, nor is it great for player news, but as far as strictly running a fantasy league online, it's great.

 
Depends, are you doing the free one or the paid one?

I've never done paid for either, but all I know is you can't set Waiver time on Yahoo! so people can be picked up whenever.

 
Depends, are you doing the free one or the paid one?

I've never done paid for either, but all I know is you can't set Waiver time on Yahoo! so people can be picked up whenever.
If that's truly all you know, then you're in trouble....because that is not even close to being correct.Bill

Edit to add: of the two sites mentioned, I vote for yahoo.

 
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Yahoo and it isn't even close.

And the thing about the waiver time, I think he is referring to when the waivers are actually open. You can set it to first come first serve, or a Sun-Tue waiver system. They also have multiple options for waiver order (rolling list, last teams first, etc etc).

The UI is better, live scoring is better, news it better. All things being equal (ie price, availability) Yahoo is the way to go.

 
I haven't used Yahoo for a while because I am so satisfied with ESPN. I like the auction draft room, and they added free agent auction dollars this year. It has keepers and maintains league histories...and the live scoring works great.

I also like that, as commish, I can write newsletters and post videos on the front page.

My only complaint is that the custom scoring could be more robust.

 
Yahoo >>>>> ESPN

ESPN is all flash, with pay-to-read articles and a bloated website

Yahoo does everything ESPN does, but a little better and a little cleaner.

 
I vote for Fleaflicker.com It's where we run our keeper league. The points scoring is HIGHLY customizable compared to other free sites. It's not flashy, nor is it great for player news, but as far as strictly running a fantasy league online, it's great.
I've used Fleaflicker for 3 years now. Every year, I convince a couple more of my leagues to make the transition. It has its fault (I don't think it can handle best ball, for instance), but is still the best free site I've used.
 
thanks for the replies.

can you edit playoff matchups in yahoo? i'd prefer to use my tie-breakers over whatever theirs are.

 

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