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heckmanm
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We (contract league) use NFL IR, so IR means "out for the season" (in both NFL and FFL); putting someone on IR frees up his roster spot, but you retain his rights for the next year (still counts against the contract years).ETA - we have 22-man rosters (10 starters), so teams can usually carry enough depth to cover in-season injuries. With a shorter bench, that may not be the case.
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xenith
Footballguy
I'm thinking something similar to this, but also considering a minimum 2 weeks on IR. You redraft guys/gals have any min/max IR stint?
tomarken
Footballguy
My .02: Please don't do this. IR is a pain in the rear, especially with the new NFL injury reporting procedures. As commissioner you are just asking for a gigantic headache by introducing the IR to your league. Just add another bench spot if necessary.
xenith
Footballguy
Hmm, thanks for the advice. Currently we have a daily lottery(manual name out of hat style) for waivers, and I'm done with that crap. Next year the waivers will be prioritized and automated, so perhaps I'll still get a net gain, even if IR is a pain. The extra roster spot might serve the same purpose tho. Nice tip!
NCPanthersFan
Footballguy
This is what I do as well. The league also voted to allow a bye week player to be located there.bez18 said:
fatness king
Footballguy
Unless its a Dynasty league, don't use it. You have to deal with the headaches of people not using it correctly, injury reports not updating quickly enough, etc.
Just expand your roster space.
Just expand your roster space.
buzzhunter
Footballguy
I'm a commish, but we don't have IR. Still, you gave me a reply so I'll throw mine your way as well.
I would not mind having an IR actually, but there would have to be strict and specific rules for usage to avoid shenanigans. For one, the guy has to be officially OUT. You don't want to be playing the "partially participated in practice" game. Hell, you could START Plaxico every week from the IR slot this year! Obviously, I'm kidding, of course the IR slot is a non-starter (literally).
I kind of like the idea of the 2 week minimum. It's like the 15 day DL in baseball. If you think he'll be back quickly, you might chance it. If you know he's out longterm and need a replacement, you can use it. Whenever he actually plays again, you have to take him off IR the following week or lose him.
Your thinking sounds about right on this one, and I really don't think it's that much of a hassle for you, as long as you only allow "OUT's" to go on there in the first place.
I would not mind having an IR actually, but there would have to be strict and specific rules for usage to avoid shenanigans. For one, the guy has to be officially OUT. You don't want to be playing the "partially participated in practice" game. Hell, you could START Plaxico every week from the IR slot this year! Obviously, I'm kidding, of course the IR slot is a non-starter (literally).
I kind of like the idea of the 2 week minimum. It's like the 15 day DL in baseball. If you think he'll be back quickly, you might chance it. If you know he's out longterm and need a replacement, you can use it. Whenever he actually plays again, you have to take him off IR the following week or lose him.
Your thinking sounds about right on this one, and I really don't think it's that much of a hassle for you, as long as you only allow "OUT's" to go on there in the first place.
The IR is a pain in the ###! We eliminated in back in 2001 because of the grey areas in a players injury status. Was the player out, doubtfull, questionable, probable? We had owners trying to stash extra players and it was a big problem. We brought it back this year because sportlsline was tying in the NFL injury report to their site. However, we allow 2 owners to go on the IR and they must be labeled by sportsline as 'out for the year' or something similar. In my ESPN league you can only put a player on the IR if they are listed as 'out'. However, you do NOT have to bring the player back once the player's status is no longer listed as 'out'. It's one big pain in the ###, which is why we went the way we did. Also, we don't allow owners to pick up injured players and put on the IR. I make it clear that the IR is for owners that have a player that is lost for the season. Our IR is not in place to stash players.
Jersey35
Footballguy
Commish of my dynasty, cap-driven league.
IR makes a lot of sense in our league, and I think it works pretty well:
Each owner may have a single player on IR at any time (25 man rosters plus 1 IR slot). Any player put on IR must be on NFL IR or PUP list. Players put on IR cannot be removed from IR for the year. This even means a player on IR that is traded or dropped and picked up is still on IR. By placing a player on IR it frees up one roster space, and elimanates 1/2 their cap $.
So far, so good. I've never had an issue in 7 years - but our rules for usage ARE pretty strict.
IR makes a lot of sense in our league, and I think it works pretty well:
Each owner may have a single player on IR at any time (25 man rosters plus 1 IR slot). Any player put on IR must be on NFL IR or PUP list. Players put on IR cannot be removed from IR for the year. This even means a player on IR that is traded or dropped and picked up is still on IR. By placing a player on IR it frees up one roster space, and elimanates 1/2 their cap $.
So far, so good. I've never had an issue in 7 years - but our rules for usage ARE pretty strict.
mozzy84
Footballguy
it not a pain if you just say whatever website you run your league on has to list them as out for the upcoming week. Its nice to have when you have a guy like jackson or whoever thats going to be out for weeks for sure. I have never had a problem with it in the league I commish anyways, mostly guys just use it for the big injuries.....adding an extra spot just gives the teams with no injuries an advantage imo....
Nemesis
Footballguy
I agree......adding an extra roster spot CHANGES the complexion of the league.Teams that don't have injuries just hoard more players..............and that in turn, reduces the number of available FA that could potentially be picked up by the teams that are experiencing injuries. (IMO, this counter-intuitive to what you want)
Do you really want another 10, 12, 14 players rotting on the end of owners benches?
(of course, all this discussion is relative depending on how tight your rosters are)
My IR WORKS:
A player can moved to IR slot if he's been officially listed as OUT or inactivated on Game day due to injury.
Once a player is placed in your IR slot, he can remain there until AFTER he plays.
The Tues/Wed AFTER he plays, that owner must activate the IR player or cut him outright.
As a commissioner, it's pretty easy to administer..........just look for the stats on Monday.
You don't have to worry about the L.Maroney crap where "he might play this week" b/c if that owner had him on his IR, he can keep him there whether he practiced or not.
And also, if that owner wanted to activate him early b/c he planned on making him a starter, he has that option too.
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