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[Wrigley]

Well do you?

Also, how many teams make the playoffs(12 team 3 division league)

I've commished a 12 team league for the past 10 years or so

Guys are looking to change it up a bit, and are proposing going to 6 teams making the playoffs vs the 4 that do now

One guy also proposed to split the pot 50/50 with 50% going to the top 3 finishers in the playoffs, and 50% going to the top 3 teams with most regular season points.

Shark Pool don't let me down

 

[roadkill1292]

We've always split the pot 50/50 between the playoffs and regular season. Because we do, we can let a high percentage of teams into the playoffs since the best teams during the season have already won a bunch of money.

 

[Yenrub]

The scoring champ does get some money but it’s not much.

5 of 12 teams make the playoffs (which means we have a wk. 17 championship)

3 division winners plus 2 wildcards. If you make the playoffs you at least get your entry fee back

Champion...38%

2nd place...18%

3rd place....16%

4th place....14%

5th place....12%

Scoring Champ...2%

$10 to the weekly high scorer

 

[stugnut]

The problem with 6 teams is that:

1. 50% of teams are now going to the playoffs, which I feel is too high

2. One of the division winners won't have a bye, which is a hard pill to swallow

If you send 5 teams you can give the 3 division winners a 1st round bye, have the two wildcard winners battle it out in week 14, then you are down to 4 teams in week 15, super bowl in week 16.

For winnings, we don't give a dime to the season winners; going to the playoffs is their reward. 3rd place gets back their entry fee, 2nd gets double their entry fee, winner gets the rest.

 

[hotboyz]

We just went to a 12 team this season after running 10 teams for 15 yrs we went with 3 divisions 6 playoff teams. 13 week season top 2 seeds get a bye in the 1st rd we give $100 to all division winners $50 to all wildcards $100 to the top overall seed $800 to the champ $250 to the runnerup

 

[Wu-banger]

12 Teams...

6 make playoffs... top 2 teams get a bye.

We pay $100 to each Div Winner (3 Divisions)

We pay $100 to Total Points Winner

We pay $100 to the Loser Bracket Champ

Rest of the pot ($2000+) is divided %55/30/10/5 for top 4 teams.

Works out well in 10 + years so far.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

yes Points champion should always be rewarded

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

yes Points champion should always be rewarded

I agree, as it is the best measure of who had the best team throughout the year. Once you make the playoffs it's mostly all luck. However, sometimes someone just uses the reg-season to get their team finely tuned.That said, some of my leagues do, some don't.

 

[ChuckLiddell]

Well do you?Also, how many teams make the playoffs(12 team 3 division league)I've commished a 12 team league for the past 10 years or soGuys are looking to change it up a bit, and are proposing going to 6 teams making the playoffs vs the 4 that do nowOne guy also proposed to split the pot 50/50 with 50% going to the top 3 finishers in the playoffs, and 50% going to the top 3 teams with most regular season points.Shark Pool don't let me down

Your new proposal is how we do it. Switched to this format about 8 years ago, and never considered turning back. I think it is a great system, because the highest point total is a better indicator of skill to me than the playoff winner. I understand the strategy involved in stocking up on guys with good matchups in the post season games, and agree with it, but more often than not the best team overall does not win it. There definitely should be a payoff for scoring the most points over a 17 week season. Plus, it keeps people involved even after they are eliminated from the playoffs.We also give our 6th playoff spot to the team with the highest point total that does not make the playoffs on record. Love this rule too.

 

[Grahamburn]

12 team league, 6 teams make the playoffs.

$700 to league champ.

$400 to runner up.

$100 to 3rd.

The total points champion for the regular season collects all the waiver wire transactions for the year. $10 per transaction. This is often higher than the champion's payout.

I also agree that total points is the most accurate indicator of who had the best overall team.

 

[bonscott]

12 teams, top 6 make the playoffs, bottom 6 go to the toilet bowl runoff where the winner gets the #1 pick next year (keeper league).

$150 buy in, $5 per transaction.

Payout:

$10 wkly high pts: $160

Total Points Champ: $150

Total Points 2nd place: $50

1st Place: 55%

2nd Place: 25%

3rd Place: 15%

4th Place: 5%

So the total points champ weeks 1-16 gets their buy in back, 2nd place gets a bit. But most of the money by far goes to the top 4 playoff finishers.

 

[whitewizard]

points winner is a good indication of best overall team, but there is luck involved. i had tom brady in 07 did not make the playoffs because i kept getting outscored every other week. i was #2 in points and fell to the guy who set the single week scoring mark with anderson, braylen, peterson and LT way back in that week 4 where the bengals and browns threw like 9 TDs or something. he had a good enough team he only fell behind like 10 points a week or so after that. the difference between us and a playoff birth was that week 4 total.

as for not giving a divisional winner a bye it is not unlike the real NFL where there always seems to be 1 team that really does not need to be in the playoffs. best records get the bye's. 1st gets 225, 2nd 150, 3rd and 4th 75 and a loser pool for the teams not in the playoffs so they have something to get of $25.

your opinion differs i am sure but everyone in our league likes it and it rewards the playoff minded drafting.

 

[-jb-]

Super Bowl Champ - $2,500 + free entry and moves

2nd Place - $1,150 + free entry and moves

3rd Place - free entry and moves

High point total for single week - 50% of move pot

High point for total season - 50% of move pot

(Move Pot is usually ~$1,500)

Weekly high point total (weeks 1-13) - $100 each week

 

[Buckeyedawgs]

Champion...38%

2nd place...18%

3rd place....16%

4th place....14%

5th place....12%

Scoring Champ...2%

$10 to the weekly high scorer

this is a pretty good rule of thumb to follow but I beleive in more weekly hi's/

I pay 20 to best scoring team each week and 10 to second best AND KNOCK % AWAY FROM 3RD ,4TH, 5TH.

I like 6 making playoffs. Top 2 get a bye. All 6 playoff teams get something.

Week 17 for champinship is a no no. It became understandably un popular recent years with most the top teams

resting starters. However I like to run the point total champ thru 17 weeks. Just no head to head week 17.

Biggest mistake I find out there is most commishes don't even know how to make an even SOS for 12 teams.

AND MFL DON'T EVEN SUPPORT IT. U CAN ARRIVE AT IT AND THEY CAN HELP U ACHIEVE IT BUT U HAVE TO DO IT BY HAND.

Takes 4 divisions of 3. Play everyone once.... The other 2 in your division twice. Top 4 DIVISIONAL WINNERS AND 2 best wildcard make playoffs. It is important for $$$ leagues to have even SOS. It's a joke how many fraud 12 TEAM $$ Leagues are out there because of uneven SOS.

 

[senor peso 2006]

I run a 10 team keeper, $50 buy in, $2.50 transaction. Year end pot runs about $1000. Payouts are 1st 55%, 2nd 30% and 3rd 15%. 4th place and the winner of the consolation bracket get buy-in back. We also pay $5 for the weekly high score. If I were to redo it all, I would add a payout for the team that finishes first (I've opted to change it but the league votes it down). In the nine years that I've done the league, only once has the first place team from the season has won the playoffs

 

[Dragon1952]

How do you guys collect the 'per transaction' funds, or do you just keep track and collect later on the honor system?

 

[Pickle Rody]

12 teams, 3 divisions, 6 teams enter the play-offs (3 division winners and next 3 best records regardless of division,) 14 week regular season, $60 Yearly Dues (which pay for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes.)

Top 2 division winners on bye week 15. (Yes, 1 division winner must play that week. No one seems to mind as it's never come up.)

Champ - $360

2nd - $240

3rd - $120

Yes, 3 play-off teams win no money, unless they've already captured one of the following additional cash pay-outs:

Elimination Pot - $120 ($10 buy-in, low scorer eliminated weekly until 1 team remains.)

Pick 'Em Pot - $60 ($5 buy-in, CBS Sportsline game.)

Trades/Waivers Pot - Total generally around $400.00 (Split 15 ways between each of the 14 regular season weekly team high scores and the regular season high scoring team.)

In addition to those cash prizes we also have this:

Pro Bowl Pot - $120 ($10 buy-in, all fantasy players rostered that are in the NFL play-offs accrue points until the end of the NFL Super Bowl, high scoring team wins.)

HTH,

Rody

 

[Pickle Rody]

How do you guys collect the 'per transaction' funds, or do you just keep track and collect later on the honor system?

We are a local group, so we all get together for an Awards Meeting. Cash prizes and transaction monies change hands at that time as well as dues collected for the next year.

 

[FF Maestro]

12 Team League - 6 Team Playoff (No Divisions)

Regular Season Points Winner - $150

Regular Season Points Runner-up - $50

Weekly Points Winner - $25

Week 16 Championship Winner - $800

Runner-up - $400

Toilet Bowl Winner (Bottom 6 Teams) - $50

 

[bonscott]

How do you guys collect the 'per transaction' funds, or do you just keep track and collect later on the honor system?

My league is all local guys. Most pay up at the trade deadline party what they owe so far. Rest pay me as we watch games at the bar. We usually gather at the bar for the NFL playoff championship games. All money is due by the Superbowl and you are kicked out if you don't pay or make other arrangements. Haven't had to kick anyone out in 10 years for that.

 

[stugnut]

Takes 4 divisions of 3. Play everyone once.... The other 2 in your division twice. Top 4 DIVISIONAL WINNERS AND 2 best wildcard make playoffs. It is important for $$$ leagues to have even SOS. It's a joke how many fraud 12 TEAM $$ Leagues are out there because of uneven SOS.

You don't need to have 4 divisions to have an "even SOS". If you do 3 divisions of 4 each, hold a double header in one of the weeks. That way you play everyone in your division twice and everyone else once. We hold our double header in week 13 which makes for a lot drama.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

We've been paying half of the prize money to the highest scoring teams in my leagues for years. The best way to ensure the best teams get paid. Also believe that only 4 of 12 teams deserve to make the playoffs. With all the bad things that can happen o a great team any given Sunday, this system places more emphasis on the regular season (large sample size) and minimizes the chance of a bad luck playoff KO.

 

[void]

We play a 20 team 2 divisions of 10 each holding its own draft

point champion receives $1,200

2nd in points receives $500

3rd in points receives $300

4th in points receives $100

Super Bowl playoff champ receives $800

Super Bowl runner up receives $400

3rd place in playoffs (winner of consolation game) $100

weekly winner pts total gets $95

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

I think paying on total points is horrible.

That'd be like letting NFL teams carry over points from week to week.

My personal preference is 80% to 'bowl winner, 20% consolation.

 

[jagbag]

12 team league. 4 teams make the playoffs. 3 divisional winners and a wild card. Payouts are as follows.

Three Divisional Winners $ 75.00 Each

Wild Card Winner $50.00

Super Bowl Winner $175.00

Super Bowl Loser $100.00

Third Place Game Winner $70.00

Third Place Game Loser $25.00

“Best of the Rest” playoff Winner $50.00

Regular Season High Points Winner $25.00

 

[AcerFC]

My league does not pay total points but instead the breakdown winner. That is after all the best team

235 entry

6 teams make playoffs

Each week during the season (post season included), the team with the highest point total will receive $50.

The team with the best breakdown record in the league (if there is a tie, total points for the season will act as tiebreaker) will receive $150.

All teams that make the playoffs will receive a $50 prize

Teams that play in the consolation game for spots 3 & 4

The winning team will receive $130, while the losing team will receive $70

The Boondocks Bowl will be split 70%/30%

The winner will take home $833 (plus all transaction money)

The loser will take home $357

The Boondocks Bowl winner will receive the trophy for the year after they win and a championship ring.

There will be a Toilet Bowl Tournament for all teams that do not make the playoffs. The winner will receive $50.

Any extra money goes to stat service (MFL) and draft board, party etc

 

[AcerFC]

How do you guys collect the 'per transaction' funds, or do you just keep track and collect later on the honor system?

Honors system. Never had one problem. Friends and Family league

 

[bonscott]

I think paying on total points is horrible.That'd be like letting NFL teams carry over points from week to week.My personal preference is 80% to 'bowl winner, 20% consolation.

The reason we pay out for high point total of the week as well as total points all season is to keep everyone's interest even if you're out of it and keep teams from tanking. Even the worst team in the league can win a weekly high score. And even a team out of the playoffs can win total points and thus keeps making transactions and stays interested instead of their season being "over" week 13. A couple times we have had teams that didn't make the playoffs get 2nd place total points. Keep them playing for something meaningful all the way to week 16.This coupled with our toilet bowl system playing for the #1 pick keeps every single team in the league, no matter how bad they are, involved and interested at least thru week 15 if not all the way to week 16.Works for us anyway.

 

[fissure man]

We split it 50-50.

Never liked head-to-head. Horrible, horrible indication of who has a better team. I remember one year we had a guy who was several hundred points ahead of everybody else, but had the worst record in the league. For whatever reason, the team he would face every week had their best scoring week.

He ended up winning the scoring title by almost a thousand, and didn't even make the playoffs.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

How do you guys collect the 'per transaction' funds, or do you just keep track and collect later on the honor system?

Honors system. Never had one problem. Friends and Family league

Same when I was in a work league with this. We also got something for weekly high score. Just settled up who owed and who was owed at the end of the season. It wasn't a problem, but I guess it depends on who you're playing with.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

I remember one year we had a guy who was several hundred points ahead of everybody else, but had the worst record in the league. For whatever reason, the team he would face every week had their best scoring week. He ended up winning the scoring title by almost a thousand, and didn't even make the playoffs.

Good example of why I like the idea of rewarding high points.

 

[beavers]

Payouts 10 owners:

$200 x 10 owners = $2000

$2000 - $150 (league fee) = $1850

$1100 1st place (winner of championship game)

$500 2nd place (loser of championship game)

$25 Loser of semi-final game (week 15)

$25 Loser of semi-final game (week 15)

$100 total points (determined after last game of regular season)

$25 Week 3 drawing (random drawing of high week scores 1-3)

$25 Week 6 drawing (random drawing of high week scores 4-6)

$25 Week 9 drawing (random drawing of high week scores 7-9)

$25 Week 13 drawing (random drawing of high week scores 10-13)