Lehigh98
Footballguy
One of my leagues has finally decided to go from redraft to keeper.
I've seen good examples of rules / constitutions but not too much detail on money.
I would think one of the most important things to keep the league healthy would be to keep turnover to a minimum and keep the same people year after year.
One thing that makes me a little nervous is that some of the guys are new to the league and only a year or two into FF at all. Some other guys are going through some big life events like getting married / having kids. The problem with that is they would not have as much problem walking away from a bad team as some guys that have been in the league for the past 8 years. I've even had a guy tell me, and I quote from his email, "I would walk away from a crappy keeper team and I wouldn't want to get in that situation since I like doing fantasy football."
I'd like to make sure I have good rules around money collection and what happens if an owner decides to split that will keep the league going.
Some things I'm kicking around...
- Initial buy in to the league will be the dues for the next 2.5 years. Before the beginning of each year, dues for one year will be due keeping each team paid up for that year and the next 1.5
- If someone decides that they want to leave the league, they have to let the commish know ASAP to give him ample time to find a replacement. If an acceptable replacement can be found in time who is willing to take on the full financial burden of the team, the original team owner will receive a full refund. If the initial owner screwed up his team so bad that no one is interested in it for full price, a new owners financial burden will be subsidized by the original owners forward payments. The commish promises to make a good faith effort to get the new owner to pay as much as possible of the fees to the departing owner will get as much of his money back as possible. The departing owner will not lose more than 50% of the money that they have paid forward.
Not sure if we're doing draft or auction yet but...
- Draft picks (or any other forms of future compensation) can only be traded for years that are paid for. If you pay for 2.5 years today (before the 2006 season) you can trade picks for the next three drafts (2006, 2007 and 2008). If you choose to, you can prepay further into the fututre to be able to trade those picks as well.
What do you think?
What am I missing?
Could you guys cut and paste your rules around this type of stuff?
TIA
I've seen good examples of rules / constitutions but not too much detail on money.
I would think one of the most important things to keep the league healthy would be to keep turnover to a minimum and keep the same people year after year.
One thing that makes me a little nervous is that some of the guys are new to the league and only a year or two into FF at all. Some other guys are going through some big life events like getting married / having kids. The problem with that is they would not have as much problem walking away from a bad team as some guys that have been in the league for the past 8 years. I've even had a guy tell me, and I quote from his email, "I would walk away from a crappy keeper team and I wouldn't want to get in that situation since I like doing fantasy football."
I'd like to make sure I have good rules around money collection and what happens if an owner decides to split that will keep the league going.
Some things I'm kicking around...
- Initial buy in to the league will be the dues for the next 2.5 years. Before the beginning of each year, dues for one year will be due keeping each team paid up for that year and the next 1.5
- If someone decides that they want to leave the league, they have to let the commish know ASAP to give him ample time to find a replacement. If an acceptable replacement can be found in time who is willing to take on the full financial burden of the team, the original team owner will receive a full refund. If the initial owner screwed up his team so bad that no one is interested in it for full price, a new owners financial burden will be subsidized by the original owners forward payments. The commish promises to make a good faith effort to get the new owner to pay as much as possible of the fees to the departing owner will get as much of his money back as possible. The departing owner will not lose more than 50% of the money that they have paid forward.
Not sure if we're doing draft or auction yet but...
- Draft picks (or any other forms of future compensation) can only be traded for years that are paid for. If you pay for 2.5 years today (before the 2006 season) you can trade picks for the next three drafts (2006, 2007 and 2008). If you choose to, you can prepay further into the fututre to be able to trade those picks as well.
What do you think?
What am I missing?
Could you guys cut and paste your rules around this type of stuff?
TIA
1-Work on your league by getting good owners and competitive rules that owners will feel like they have a chance. (how many keepers?)2-As commissioner, I ALWAYS, ALWAYS have a list of 2 or 3 names that want to join the league when there is an opening. If you have a competitive league that owners like, then it's even easier, but even in the offseason, I come across friends/colleagues/poker buddies and make mental notes. That way, I'm never caught offguard and if an owner "threatens" to quit.........I just say "goodbye, I've already got a replacement".
