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Looking for some simple keeper league rules (1 Viewer)
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Ruffrodys05
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Our league is 14 teams and you may keep 2 people per team. You take the round they were drafted in, then subtract 2, and you have your keeper cost for the next year (and keep subtracting 2 for subsequent years). Players maintain this keeper cost through trades. FA players follow a schedule depending on when they were acquired in the year and can cost from a 10th to a 7th. If a player was drafted and then picked up as a FA, the cost assigned is the lower round number (more costly) of the two. Let me know if any of this isn't clear.
GoBears84
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We only keep one but follow similar rules. I borrowed these from 5thQuarter's league:Any players drafted in rounds 1 to 3 of the previous year cannot be kept. Players can only be kept two times. A player kept in 2010 can be kept again in 2011 and then must be returned to the pool. Players kept count as draft choices 3 rounds ahead of their prior draft position. Example 1: You picked player X in round 9 in 2009 and decide to keep him for 2010 he will count as your 6th pick. If you keep him again in 2011 he will count as a 3rd round pick. He cannot be kept in 2012. Example 2: You picked player Y in round 5 in 2009 and decide to keep him for 2010 he will count as your 2nd pick. Since he was considered round 3 or less in 2010 he cannot be kept in 2011. FA pickups will be considered 14th round drafts and will count as an 11th round pick in the following year. Keeper status follows player. When trading players, the players draft position and keeper status (years he's been kept) is traded with the player.
massraider
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I was in a very similar league, and we did it for top 3 rounds. 5 keepers, 1-3rd rounders excluded. One thing to think about: You have to consider how valuable that 1st 4th rounder is. It's the first potential 'keeper' pick. Do you want that pick going to the defending champ (in a snake draft)? Just something to think about.
belljr
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I run a very basic one. You either keep a player and lose your first or you keep no one.
We just look at it as a franchise tag. It actually lends to some strategy in drafts. There are times you reach a little on a rookie like I did with Peterson hoping he would be my keeper for years to come, others have kept guys because they had a good year only to have a player they used to own breakout. Others decide no keeper and just draft. pretty basic and easy but that's what we do.
We've talked about changing things many times but this was the rule we started with wayyyy back and everyone as just decided to keep it as is. There are some things I'd like to change but we tweaked the first few seasons and everyone is happy with the way our leauge is setup. We've had pretty much the same 11 of the 12 people since 94 in one way or the other so everyone is content. We do it mainly for fun and bragging rights. And for further flaming we don't snake draft
, we nfl style draft based on prior season to try and mix it up. Yes you can win from the 12 hole. We've had multiple teams repeat.
ETA: Another league we kept 3 and they had contracts 3, 2, 1. Each year you lose the 1 year contract, everyone else loses a year on the contract and you assign a new 3 year contract. So you can keep a player 4 years total. If you don't keep 3 players you get a compensatory pick after rounds 2/3/4. 2 if you only kept 2 players 2 and round 2 and 3 if you only kept 1, etc. That was pretty fun
We just look at it as a franchise tag. It actually lends to some strategy in drafts. There are times you reach a little on a rookie like I did with Peterson hoping he would be my keeper for years to come, others have kept guys because they had a good year only to have a player they used to own breakout. Others decide no keeper and just draft. pretty basic and easy but that's what we do.
We've talked about changing things many times but this was the rule we started with wayyyy back and everyone as just decided to keep it as is. There are some things I'd like to change but we tweaked the first few seasons and everyone is happy with the way our leauge is setup. We've had pretty much the same 11 of the 12 people since 94 in one way or the other so everyone is content. We do it mainly for fun and bragging rights. And for further flaming we don't snake draft
, we nfl style draft based on prior season to try and mix it up. Yes you can win from the 12 hole. We've had multiple teams repeat.ETA: Another league we kept 3 and they had contracts 3, 2, 1. Each year you lose the 1 year contract, everyone else loses a year on the contract and you assign a new 3 year contract. So you can keep a player 4 years total. If you don't keep 3 players you get a compensatory pick after rounds 2/3/4. 2 if you only kept 2 players 2 and round 2 and 3 if you only kept 1, etc. That was pretty fun
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Wide Right
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We have had these keeper rules for the past six years and they have worked very well. Our league is 10 teams, start 1QB, 1 RB, 2 WR, 2 Flex, 1 TE, 1K and 3 IDP's. Total roster is 18.
We keep 3 offensive players and 1 def player. What keeps the teams level is we you can only keep 1 player per position. Before that rule, people who got lucky with two or three stud RB's were set for several years. Most keep 1 QB, 1WR and 1RB however some with a top TE like Gates or Clark with keep them over another position.
Everyone must keep 4 players, which makes the draft easy as it simply 14 serpentine rounds.
Also we don't set a year limit on how long you can keep a player. We enjoy the continouity, we know who has Payton Manning team. You don't have to relearn the whole teams each year. This also sets up some blockbuster trades mid season, as teams try to balance winning this year versus having the best keepers next year.
We also have a keeper/draft pick trading period a few weeks prior to the draft. That allows people who may not have the best keepers to trade draft picks to teams that may have better players that can't be kept. So players do move around.
Overall, we find our keeper league more enjoyable.
We keep 3 offensive players and 1 def player. What keeps the teams level is we you can only keep 1 player per position. Before that rule, people who got lucky with two or three stud RB's were set for several years. Most keep 1 QB, 1WR and 1RB however some with a top TE like Gates or Clark with keep them over another position.
Everyone must keep 4 players, which makes the draft easy as it simply 14 serpentine rounds.
Also we don't set a year limit on how long you can keep a player. We enjoy the continouity, we know who has Payton Manning team. You don't have to relearn the whole teams each year. This also sets up some blockbuster trades mid season, as teams try to balance winning this year versus having the best keepers next year.
We also have a keeper/draft pick trading period a few weeks prior to the draft. That allows people who may not have the best keepers to trade draft picks to teams that may have better players that can't be kept. So players do move around.
Overall, we find our keeper league more enjoyable.
