No pickups after regular season (1 Viewer)

[bshell27]

How many leagues have this rule?

I was the top team with 1st round bye and get lowest advancing seed matchup week 15. You can guess what my lineup is

Brandon Jacobs

Frank Gore

MJD

Hillis

My starting lineup all year was Gore, MJD and Jacobs with Calvin as my WR. I am forced to decide between Lee Evans, Chester Taylor, Derrick Ward, Fred Taylor, Cotchery for the two open spots with NO PICKUPS ALLOWED. I might not have picked up anyone anyway, but if I had to I couldn't. Should I recommend a change?

 

[Buffaloes]

How many leagues have this rule?I was the top team with 1st round bye and get lowest advancing seed matchup week 15. You can guess what my lineup isBrandon JacobsFrank GoreMJD Hillis My starting lineup all year was Gore, MJD and Jacobs with Calvin as my WR. I am forced to decide between Lee Evans, Chester Taylor, Derrick Ward, Fred Taylor, Cotchery for the two open spots with NO PICKUPS ALLOWED. I might not have picked up anyone anyway, but if I had to I couldn't. Should I recommend a change?

No injury provisions? For example, you can't add/drop a certain position only in cases of injury?

 

[Man In The Box]

Not only would I never play in a league with such a rule, I can't fathom why such a rule would even exist. I could see locking teams that are out of the playoffs from picking up players. Ridiculous rule.

 

[Howie]

We have the injury exclusion in our league...

 

[Limp Ditka]

We have the injury exclusion in our league...

We'll be doing that next year. Right now I'm in the OP's situation with Winslow. Not as bad as missing RB1a and RB1b, and then some, but still troublesome.

 

[wombatcarn]

We have this same rule. Next year it's going to change. We have really large rosters however, so in theory, we should be prepared for injuries and guys being rested. We have the large rosters so we can handcuff our top QB's or RB's...again, in theory.....

 

[jojooboo]

Have this same rule in my league but everyone gets two extra roster spots after the regular season and before the playoffs. That seems like a decent balance between allowing pickups all the way through and cutting them off entirely.

 

[PosterNutBag]

Is this the Billy Volek rule? ... haha ... It seems the point of it is that the league doesn't want people to win the league with a hot free agent pickup in the playoff weeks. Obviously (as others have already said) it is shortsighted in the case of injuries. Maybe the league could specify that if you have a player that you started in the past 4 weeks the you could pick up a replacement at that same position (or something like that so that people don't benefit if a bench player you never play gets hurt).

None of my league's have a rule like this, but I can see why some do.

 

[montana_grizzly_bears]

We have an IR for the playoffs. Only thing is you can't use the replacement player until everyone else at that position is exhausted. We implemented the rule a few years ago when A team had Culpepper and Bouman and both got knocked out for the season in weeks 15 and 16 and the Player with both lost the Championship in week 17.

 

[Man In The Box]

None of my league's have a rule like this, but I can see why some do.

I can't. Not for the life of me.

 

[Burning Sensation]

We have the injury exclusion in our league...

He has enough players to field a starting lineup, this is just another disguised WDIS thread.

 

[blackjack23]

None of my league's have a rule like this, but I can see why some do.

I can't. Not for the life of me.

If there are only 4 teams remaining then those 4 teams have their pick of the litter of free agents

 

[PosterNutBag]

None of my league's have a rule like this, but I can see why some do.

I can't. Not for the life of me.

I am not saying I would want to play in a league with one, but league's are likely trying to minimize teams reinventing their teams with the hot pickup of the week once they are in the playoffs. I can see that perspective even if I don't want that for my league.

 

[Man In The Box]

None of my league's have a rule like this, but I can see why some do.

I can't. Not for the life of me.

If there are only 4 teams remaining then those 4 teams have their pick of the litter of free agents

I think it's being too cute. Working the waiver wire is one of the key ingredients to winning a championship. I don't like having different rules once the playoffs start. To each their own I guess. Carry on.ETA: This coming from a guy who had the team to beat in '04 and lost to Volek.

 

[bshell27]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

 

[-OZ-]

one of my leagues has this rule, the other changed in the last couple years. Both were large enough so most difference makers were already rostered.

If the league is smaller, I'd hate it.

 

[Burning Sensation]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

 

[Limp Ditka]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

 

[Burning Sensation]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

 

[Limp Ditka]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

You only posted one question in this thread. If you're having a hard time figuring out what it is, then I'll do my best job of pretending I'm surpised by that.

 

[Burning Sensation]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

You only posted one question in this thread. If you're having a hard time figuring out what it is, then I'll do my best job of pretending I'm surpised by that.

I asked because i wanted to know why he listed his players if all he wanted to know is if other leagues allow FA signing after the regular season.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

You only posted one question in this thread. If you're having a hard time figuring out what it is, then I'll do my best job of pretending I'm surpised by that.

I asked because i wanted to know why he listed his players if all he wanted to know is if other leagues allow FA signing after the regular season.

But the smart guy that you are already knew this as shown by your accusation of it being a WDIS thread. So I ask again, why ask?

 

[bshell27]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

You only posted one question in this thread. If you're having a hard time figuring out what it is, then I'll do my best job of pretending I'm surpised by that.

I asked because i wanted to know why he listed his players if all he wanted to know is if other leagues allow FA signing after the regular season.

I listed to show that I will have a chance so I am not angry about it, plus I knew the rule coming into the playoffs. However, I wanted (and got) responses regarding the specific rule. I think you are the only one who considered it a WDIS, if that is what it was then there would have been 10 posts before yours telling me wrong forum. there wasn't, yet you still felt the need to comment how it was. So I ask you, why ask if this is a WDIS when you clearly could have noticed that it was not?

 

[Burning Sensation]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

You only posted one question in this thread. If you're having a hard time figuring out what it is, then I'll do my best job of pretending I'm surpised by that.

I asked because i wanted to know why he listed his players if all he wanted to know is if other leagues allow FA signing after the regular season.

But the smart guy that you are already knew this as shown by your accusation of it being a WDIS thread. So I ask again, why ask?

Because maybe the original poster had another reason i cant figure out for listing his players.Although being the smart guy that you are, you probably already know that i know that he knows that he has no other reason.

 

[stugnut]

I would hope that any league that uses a blind bidding system would not use this rule. Part of the strategy of submitting bids over the course of the season is whether or not you want to spend money early or sit on some cash for the end of the season/playoffs. Teams should be rewarded for saving money to the end becuase they probably drafted well and deep and if they have a money advantage during the playoffs, good for them.

In a "worst to first" waiver league I can see how having first pick at a hot pickup during the super bowl would not be fair, but that just illustrates why a W2F league is lame to begin with; if it isn't fair in the playoffs why is it fair during the regular season?

 

[Burning Sensation]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

You only posted one question in this thread. If you're having a hard time figuring out what it is, then I'll do my best job of pretending I'm surpised by that.

I asked because i wanted to know why he listed his players if all he wanted to know is if other leagues allow FA signing after the regular season.

I listed to show that I will have a chance so I am not angry about it, plus I knew the rule coming into the playoffs. However, I wanted (and got) responses regarding the specific rule. I think you are the only one who considered it a WDIS, if that is what it was then there would have been 10 posts before yours telling me wrong forum. there wasn't, yet you still felt the need to comment how it was. So I ask you, why ask if this is a WDIS when you clearly could have noticed that it was not?

Nice try, why not just say that you have enough players that it didnt matter?

 

[bshell27]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

You only posted one question in this thread. If you're having a hard time figuring out what it is, then I'll do my best job of pretending I'm surpised by that.

I asked because i wanted to know why he listed his players if all he wanted to know is if other leagues allow FA signing after the regular season.

But the smart guy that you are already knew this as shown by your accusation of it being a WDIS thread. So I ask again, why ask?

Because maybe the original poster had another reason i cant figure out for listing his players.Although being the smart guy that you are, you probably already know that i know that he knows that he has no other reason.

Just for humor, what I know that you obviously don't know is that you just responded to the OP. My intention was not to ask if I should start lee Evans or Jerricho Cotchery, and just for your sake I can edit their names out to make you happy. Or a novel approach to that, DONT FRIGGIN RESPOND/POST. You are clearly the only one who has a cynical view to an honest question so let it go man.

 

[bshell27]

I think I got the answer I was looking for. Thank you to all who replied to the validity of the rule. I have recommended a change. It is a 12 man league with 16 man rosters. I think the league is too thin for this kind of rule, but at this point in the year anyone besides the players who are backups are taken, so what does it hurt? Like I said though, I am fortunate enough to be able to field a decent team despite injuries to both of my RB1's.

 

[Burning Sensation]

I think I got the answer I was looking for. Thank you to all who replied to the validity of the rule. I have recommended a change. It is a 12 man league with 16 man rosters. I think the league is too thin for this kind of rule, but at this point in the year anyone besides the players who are backups are taken, so what does it hurt? Like I said though, I am fortunate enough to be able to field a decent team despite injuries to both of my RB1's.

Hmm, then your thread title is a bit misleading:

No pickups after regular season, This league rule of ours will KILL ME

 

[big_donkey]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

You only posted one question in this thread. If you're having a hard time figuring out what it is, then I'll do my best job of pretending I'm surpised by that.

I asked because i wanted to know why he listed his players if all he wanted to know is if other leagues allow FA signing after the regular season.

But the smart guy that you are already knew this as shown by your accusation of it being a WDIS thread. So I ask again, why ask?

Because maybe the original poster had another reason i cant figure out for listing his players.Although being the smart guy that you are, you probably already know that i know that he knows that he has no other reason.

Just for humor, what I know that you obviously don't know is that you just responded to the OP. My intention was not to ask if I should start lee Evans or Jerricho Cotchery, and just for your sake I can edit their names out to make you happy. Or a novel approach to that, DONT FRIGGIN RESPOND/POST. You are clearly the only one who has a cynical view to an honest question so let it go man.

He can't let it go because----------------------------------- he's an extra special kind of D-BAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Limp Ditka]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

You only posted one question in this thread. If you're having a hard time figuring out what it is, then I'll do my best job of pretending I'm surpised by that.

I asked because i wanted to know why he listed his players if all he wanted to know is if other leagues allow FA signing after the regular season.

But the smart guy that you are already knew this as shown by your accusation of it being a WDIS thread. So I ask again, why ask?

Because maybe the original poster had another reason i cant figure out for listing his players.Although being the smart guy that you are, you probably already know that i know that he knows that he has no other reason.

Just for humor, what I know that you obviously don't know is that you just responded to the OP. My intention was not to ask if I should start lee Evans or Jerricho Cotchery, and just for your sake I can edit their names out to make you happy. Or a novel approach to that, DONT FRIGGIN RESPOND/POST. You are clearly the only one who has a cynical view to an honest question so let it go man.

He can't let it go because----------------------------------- he's an extra special kind of D-BAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for being excellent.

 

[Burning Sensation]

I am not trying to ask who I should play out of my bench. I am merely asking about the rule which is how most are responding. Thanks though Burning. I will never understand people. What was the purpose of that???

Why list your players if that is all you wanted to know?

Why ask?

Why ask what?

You only posted one question in this thread. If you're having a hard time figuring out what it is, then I'll do my best job of pretending I'm surpised by that.

I asked because i wanted to know why he listed his players if all he wanted to know is if other leagues allow FA signing after the regular season.

But the smart guy that you are already knew this as shown by your accusation of it being a WDIS thread. So I ask again, why ask?

Because maybe the original poster had another reason i cant figure out for listing his players.Although being the smart guy that you are, you probably already know that i know that he knows that he has no other reason.

Just for humor, what I know that you obviously don't know is that you just responded to the OP. My intention was not to ask if I should start lee Evans or Jerricho Cotchery, and just for your sake I can edit their names out to make you happy. Or a novel approach to that, DONT FRIGGIN RESPOND/POST. You are clearly the only one who has a cynical view to an honest question so let it go man.

He can't let it go because----------------------------------- he's an extra special kind of D-BAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bshell27]

I think I got the answer I was looking for. Thank you to all who replied to the validity of the rule. I have recommended a change. It is a 12 man league with 16 man rosters. I think the league is too thin for this kind of rule, but at this point in the year anyone besides the players who are backups are taken, so what does it hurt? Like I said though, I am fortunate enough to be able to field a decent team despite injuries to both of my RB1's.

Hmm, then your thread title is a bit misleading:

No pickups after regular season, This league rule of ours will KILL ME

At least concede that I am severely hamstrung by this rule. That is a good concession. Or at least say I like really thin pancakes, that is also a fair compromise.

 

[Burning Sensation]

I think I got the answer I was looking for. Thank you to all who replied to the validity of the rule. I have recommended a change. It is a 12 man league with 16 man rosters. I think the league is too thin for this kind of rule, but at this point in the year anyone besides the players who are backups are taken, so what does it hurt? Like I said though, I am fortunate enough to be able to field a decent team despite injuries to both of my RB1's.

Hmm, then your thread title is a bit misleading:

No pickups after regular season, This league rule of ours will KILL ME

At least concede that I am severely hamstrung by this rule. That is a good concession. Or at least say I like really thin pancakes, that is also a fair compromise.

It appears you got unlucky, but i dont think a player that is a FA right now would really help.

 

[Challenge Everything]

Not only would I never play in a league with such a rule, I can't fathom why such a rule would even exist. I could see locking teams that are out of the playoffs from picking up players. Ridiculous rule.

-1

 

[machogrande]

Our League started like this, but a couple guys got burned w/ injuries (esp Kickers because who wants to carry 2). Owners were feeling forced to carry 2 kickers & 3 QB's "just in case" and it started to feel silly. After a couple seasons we just got rid of it all together. Add /drops run all year now....

I know some people have a problem w/ the possibility of getting burned in the playoffs by a "one week wonder WW pickup", but I think that's the exception to the rule. If a owner wants to chance it w/ a longshot, he'll be the one that gets burned more than not. To me, the argument goes both ways. I would be pissed if after paying and playing all year, my starting and backup QB's both got injured and I had to play my next playoff game w/out a QB because the WW's locked.

We've never had any problems.

 

[Man In The Box]

Not only would I never play in a league with such a rule, I can't fathom why such a rule would even exist. I could see locking teams that are out of the playoffs from picking up players. Ridiculous rule.

-1

Like I said, to each their own. "Yay, I won my playoff matchup. So what that my opponent suffered 4 injuries in week 14 and couldn't field a full team." Lame.

 

[comfortably numb]

Never played in a league that allowed FA pick ups in the playoffs

 

[the spanker]

Never played in a league that allowed FA pick ups in the playoffs

Our league does not allow FA pickups because of the pick up a hot WW player discussion. The stronger teams that spent 3 months in the regular season building their rosters should be rewarded in the playoffs by having the odds favor them to win a championship.

 

[Challenge Everything]

Never played in a league that allowed FA pick ups in the playoffs

Our league does not allow FA pickups because of the pick up a hot WW player discussion. The stronger teams that spent 3 months in the regular season building their roster showed be rewared in the playoffs by having the odds favor them to win a championship.

+1

 

[J R]

We have the injury exclusion in our league...

He has enough players to field a starting lineup, this is just another disguised WDIS thread.

Sure. But just about every thread in the shark pool is a WDIS. I say let them all in. Or maybe those gameday threads could start up on Monday as a place to analyze the game.

 

[hove]

Never played in a league that allowed FA pick ups in the playoffs

Our league does not allow FA pickups because of the pick up a hot WW player discussion. The stronger teams that spent 3 months in the regular season building their rosters should be rewarded in the playoffs by having the odds favor them to win a championship.

Totally agree here, this is what our league works by. Non-playoff teams can't run waivers for week 14. The playoff teams get one last waiver run in week 14 then they are locked. It's interesting to see a lot of WR6, WR7 get dumped for that second Kicker and extra QB.

 

[george]

2/3 of my leagues do not allow waivers during playoffs. I prefer it that way.

If everyone knows the rules they cut the WR5 or RB5 and backup there other positions as needed. Play with who got you there. The only league that I play in that allows moves during playoffs is a keeper league.

 

[Nemesis]

WHY NOT JUST COMPROMISE?

In my league, transactions cost $4 each during the regular season and we lock FA transactions right before the playoffs. However, every playoff team is allowed 1 Emergency FA move after the lock & during the playoffs.......COST $10.

Allows some relief in case of a disaster, but makes that owner pay extra $$ to the pot and he's limited to just 1 pickup. If they want/need that player bad enough, they'll have to pay. This has worked well for us.

I run a "Plan Ahead" type of league. I'm not a fan of letting teams pickup the hot WW player with the easy matchup each week of the playoffs.

 

[puckalicious]

None of my league's have a rule like this, but I can see why some do.

I can't. Not for the life of me.

Ditto. Terrible rule. Having different rules between reg. season and playoffs is just dumb.

 

[dino259]

How many leagues have this rule?I was the top team with 1st round bye and get lowest advancing seed matchup week 15. You can guess what my lineup isBrandon JacobsFrank GoreMJD Hillis My starting lineup all year was Gore, MJD and Jacobs with Calvin as my WR. I am forced to decide between Lee Evans, Chester Taylor, Derrick Ward, Fred Taylor, Cotchery for the two open spots with NO PICKUPS ALLOWED. I might not have picked up anyone anyway, but if I had to I couldn't. Should I recommend a change?

No injury provisions? For example, you can't add/drop a certain position only in cases of injury?

We have the injury provision of picking up a player at the same position of the injured player.

 

[comfortably numb]

None of my league's have a rule like this, but I can see why some do.

I can't. Not for the life of me.

Ditto. Terrible rule. Having different rules between reg. season and playoffs is just dumb.

Just curious, can you trade in the playoffs?

 

[belljr]

We have the injury exclusion in our league...

 

[Johnny Ice]

My league doesn't allow FA pickups in the playoffs either. In my 7 years of playing there has never been a case of a team not being able to fill a lineup because of injury.

 

[VaCatFan]

Same rule applies in my league.

Hurts with these guys who "may or may not play".

Gore,

Portis,

Addai,

McGahee,

Winslow