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It really sux when someone else's real life difficulties disrupt your fantasy football experience....
Yes, you are overreacting. I've had 2 drafts so far and neither draft had all the owners present. Commish had to call an owner to pick each round. It's a little bit of a pain, but not that big of a deal. Sometimes life gets in the way of fantasy. Go figure!Edited to make more sense.
Sorry, I missed the part where the OP mentioned there was a valid reason for the no-shows, and it wasn't clear that the no-shows were going to be available by phone. If they are, it's probably no big deal. However, your response seems harsh when you are ignorant as to the degree of "difficulties" and whether the draft can go on given the absentees. Frankly, the speed at which you defended absolute strangers makes you sound like the sort of person who would readily inconvenience 10 people to polish your wife/GF's nails, and then make those 10 people feel like they did something wrong for being upset about it. The OP is right to be upset if the no shows turn the draft into a hassle or even force it to be postponed. I was once delayed by 45 minutes, which was no biggie. In general though, people who can't commit to a couple hour block on a single night, when an entire league is relying upon them, stink.It really sux when someone else's real life difficulties disrupt your fantasy football experience....
we had a guy drop out 2 days before the draft and couldnt find a replacement...we just set up the weekly schudule for double headers every week...worked pretty good...you get to play against 2 teams every week..so u split,lose 2 or win 2
You need to chill out....this is a fantasy football draft....Sorry, I missed the part where the OP mentioned there was a valid reason for the no-shows, and it wasn't clear that the no-shows were going to be available by phone. If they are, it's probably no big deal. However, your response seems harsh when you are ignorant as to the degree of "difficulties" and whether the draft can go on given the absentees. Frankly, the speed at which you defended absolute strangers makes you sound like the sort of person who would readily inconvenience 10 people to polish your wife/GF's nails, and then make those 10 people feel like they did something wrong for being upset about it. The OP is right to be upset if the no shows turn the draft into a hassle or even force it to be postponed. I was once delayed by 45 minutes, which was no biggie. In general though, people who can't commit to a couple hour block on a single night, when an entire league is relying upon them, stink.It really sux when someone else's real life difficulties disrupt your fantasy football experience....
Yeah, and people on a FF messageboard understand how unimportant a measily FF draft is.You need to chill out....this is a fantasy football draft....Sorry, I missed the part where the OP mentioned there was a valid reason for the no-shows, and it wasn't clear that the no-shows were going to be available by phone. If they are, it's probably no big deal. However, your response seems harsh when you are ignorant as to the degree of "difficulties" and whether the draft can go on given the absentees. Frankly, the speed at which you defended absolute strangers makes you sound like the sort of person who would readily inconvenience 10 people to polish your wife/GF's nails, and then make those 10 people feel like they did something wrong for being upset about it. The OP is right to be upset if the no shows turn the draft into a hassle or even force it to be postponed. I was once delayed by 45 minutes, which was no biggie. In general though, people who can't commit to a couple hour block on a single night, when an entire league is relying upon them, stink.It really sux when someone else's real life difficulties disrupt your fantasy football experience....
Like I said, if there is a way to contact them by phone, it probably is no big deal. However, if people are SOL this is no different than flaking out in any other circumstance when you've made a comittment and people are counting on you, such as not showing up to a softball game when the 8 other guys wasted their own important time to do so. I somewhat doubt multiple people in this guy's league were having surgeries.
yeah - imagine complaining about it in a FANTASY FOOTBALL forum.You need to chill out....this is a fantasy football draft....Sorry, I missed the part where the OP mentioned there was a valid reason for the no-shows, and it wasn't clear that the no-shows were going to be available by phone. If they are, it's probably no big deal. However, your response seems harsh when you are ignorant as to the degree of "difficulties" and whether the draft can go on given the absentees. Frankly, the speed at which you defended absolute strangers makes you sound like the sort of person who would readily inconvenience 10 people to polish your wife/GF's nails, and then make those 10 people feel like they did something wrong for being upset about it. The OP is right to be upset if the no shows turn the draft into a hassle or even force it to be postponed. I was once delayed by 45 minutes, which was no biggie. In general though, people who can't commit to a couple hour block on a single night, when an entire league is relying upon them, stink.It really sux when someone else's real life difficulties disrupt your fantasy football experience....
What an insensitive jerk. C'mon, you can't relate to the disappointment that someone might have for last minute cancellations of a planned event. What difference does it make whether you think It's important or not as long as it is important to the person planning the event or attending the event.Sorry, I'll let you get back to saving the world.You need to chill out....this is a fantasy football draft....Sorry, I missed the part where the OP mentioned there was a valid reason for the no-shows, and it wasn't clear that the no-shows were going to be available by phone. If they are, it's probably no big deal. However, your response seems harsh when you are ignorant as to the degree of "difficulties" and whether the draft can go on given the absentees. Frankly, the speed at which you defended absolute strangers makes you sound like the sort of person who would readily inconvenience 10 people to polish your wife/GF's nails, and then make those 10 people feel like they did something wrong for being upset about it. The OP is right to be upset if the no shows turn the draft into a hassle or even force it to be postponed. I was once delayed by 45 minutes, which was no biggie. In general though, people who can't commit to a couple hour block on a single night, when an entire league is relying upon them, stink.It really sux when someone else's real life difficulties disrupt your fantasy football experience....
Sorry, I missed the part where the OP mentioned there was a valid reason for the no-shows, and it wasn't clear that the no-shows were going to be available by phone. If they are, it's probably no big deal. However, your response seems harsh when you are ignorant as to the degree of "difficulties" and whether the draft can go on given the absentees. Frankly, the speed at which you defended absolute strangers makes you sound like the sort of person who would readily inconvenience 10 people to polish your wife/GF's nails, and then make those 10 people feel like they did something wrong for being upset about it. The OP is right to be upset if the no shows turn the draft into a hassle or even force it to be postponed. I was once delayed by 45 minutes, which was no biggie. In general though, people who can't commit to a couple hour block on a single night, when an entire league is relying upon them, stink.It really sux when someone else's real life difficulties disrupt your fantasy football experience....
Basically, its a few hours out of the year to draft and makes for the whole year. People should show up aside from an emergency. I would not want to be in a league where people flake out, even though it does happen.
I'm with you on this. I actually am surprised at the number of people (commissioners I assume) who have leagues where owners don't show up. Commissioning going on ten years now, one local and one online, and it's made clear to the local owners that if you fail to show you won't be playing, period. Didn't have a problem until this year, this past Saturday, when one owner thought the draft was on Sunday. We held the draft about 45 minutes. No big deal, but I guess I'm fortunate to have owners and friends who realize that yes, it's just a game and a hobby, but also that it's a commitment like any other. It's put on their calendars and planned for like any other holiday.
It sucks. But any commish who's been doing this for a while has a back-up plan. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people like dagwood who act like it's insignificant.
Dude...I have been playing FF for a long time...had several drafts where we had people not show up...some gave notice, some didn't...I was commish in some of those situations....we got by.....the draft went on.....the season went on...people had fun....sometimes the offenders were not invited back....sometimes they were....Breathe Deep.....it will be ok....jeebus...What an insensitive jerk. C'mon, you can't relate to the disappointment that someone might have for last minute cancellations of a planned event. What difference does it make whether you think It's important or not as long as it is important to the person planning the event or attending the event.Sorry, I'll let you get back to saving the world.You need to chill out....this is a fantasy football draft....Sorry, I missed the part where the OP mentioned there was a valid reason for the no-shows, and it wasn't clear that the no-shows were going to be available by phone. If they are, it's probably no big deal. However, your response seems harsh when you are ignorant as to the degree of "difficulties" and whether the draft can go on given the absentees. Frankly, the speed at which you defended absolute strangers makes you sound like the sort of person who would readily inconvenience 10 people to polish your wife/GF's nails, and then make those 10 people feel like they did something wrong for being upset about it. The OP is right to be upset if the no shows turn the draft into a hassle or even force it to be postponed. I was once delayed by 45 minutes, which was no biggie. In general though, people who can't commit to a couple hour block on a single night, when an entire league is relying upon them, stink.It really sux when someone else's real life difficulties disrupt your fantasy football experience....
Yep...or the no shows team actually makes the playoffs.....unbelievable....that's when you know luck plays a HUGE role in FF success...What really sucks is when you lose to the no-show during the season or better yet their auto-drafted team wins the championship.
We had a similar problem a few years back... we just threw a team on the schedule named "Average Joe".... the score for that team was the combined average of all of the other teams scores...If you were better than average that week, you beat Average Joe.... I thought it worked pretty well, but it was probably 12-15 years ago, so the memory is a bit fuzzy...
I can one up you. No show in my most recent draft drew the first pick. Now he has LT. I was thinking of quitting this league for various other reasons, but decided it would be tacky to quit since I won it last season. I think it will be my last season in that league, unless I win again of course. The first pick for a no show was just the last straw, there were several other reasons that I was considering dropping that league.Yep...or the no shows team actually makes the playoffs.....unbelievable....that's when you know luck plays a HUGE role in FF success...What really sucks is when you lose to the no-show during the season or better yet their auto-drafted team wins the championship.
Now THAT would piss me off....I can one up you. No show in my most recent draft drew the first pick. Now he has LT. I was thinking of quitting this league for various other reasons, but decided it would be tacky to quit since I won it last season. I think it will be my last season in that league, unless I win again of course. The first pick for a no show was just the last straw, there were several other reasons that I was considering dropping that league.Yep...or the no shows team actually makes the playoffs.....unbelievable....that's when you know luck plays a HUGE role in FF success...What really sucks is when you lose to the no-show during the season or better yet their auto-drafted team wins the championship.
I guess the "Be good to one another" is out the window in Mr. "I like to roll my eyes" mind. Pop a few vicodin and chill out man.dagwood said:Dude...I have been playing FF for a long time...had several drafts where we had people not show up...some gave notice, some didn't...I was commish in some of those situations....we got by.....the draft went on.....the season went on...people had fun....sometimes the offenders were not invited back....sometimes they were....Breathe Deep.....it will be ok....jeebus...dreadlocks said:What an insensitive jerk. C'mon, you can't relate to the disappointment that someone might have for last minute cancellations of a planned event. What difference does it make whether you think It's important or not as long as it is important to the person planning the event or attending the event.Sorry, I'll let you get back to saving the world.dagwood said:You need to chill out....this is a fantasy football draft....BigJim® said:Sorry, I missed the part where the OP mentioned there was a valid reason for the no-shows, and it wasn't clear that the no-shows were going to be available by phone. If they are, it's probably no big deal. However, your response seems harsh when you are ignorant as to the degree of "difficulties" and whether the draft can go on given the absentees. Frankly, the speed at which you defended absolute strangers makes you sound like the sort of person who would readily inconvenience 10 people to polish your wife/GF's nails, and then make those 10 people feel like they did something wrong for being upset about it. The OP is right to be upset if the no shows turn the draft into a hassle or even force it to be postponed. I was once delayed by 45 minutes, which was no biggie. In general though, people who can't commit to a couple hour block on a single night, when an entire league is relying upon them, stink.dagwood said:It really sux when someone else's real life difficulties disrupt your fantasy football experience....kneeunthaface said:
My two leagues draft on the Saturday and Sunday before the 1st game of the year, everyone knows almost a year ahead of time when the next draft will be, no excuses then...
with him, but I could tell in his voice he was in a no-win situation. We drafted a ghost team that was later assumed by another willing owner.
You let wives in?Some great posts in this thread. Bottom line, as a commish, you need to have an emergency plan in place in case something happens. I had an owner once call right as we were getting ready to start and say, "My wife has asked me install tile in the kitchen today. I can't make it." I waswith him, but I could tell in his voice he was in a no-win situation. We drafted a ghost team that was later assumed by another willing owner.When we were young and all of us single, we would start the draft at 10:00 am and drink and draft and eat and the draft usually got over at 6:00 pm or so. It was an all day event and something I actually do miss now.Flash forward 19 years, alot of us are married with kids, and things happen. This weekend our 4 year old got sick the day of the draft and my wife, who has been a very successful owner for the past 5 years, had to miss our draft. Cell phone with speaker and her on-line at home at home using the Draft Dominator--problem solved.Be creative and everything works out
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This pretty well sums it up for ours. This league has been going on 15+ years; only a few times have had to draft on remote (including me once) and it's a real pita. I've seen some of the other responses in this thread--married life vs single, family emergencies, vacation planning....the key is locking it in as a primary date. There aren't that many 'emergencies' if the planning is right. For the record--I can tell you when our draft is scheduled in 2021 with a quick calender check--it's always the Saturday before Labor Day weekend. Easy to remember and easy to schedule since the families will be planning their stuff the next week.cjack said:
My question to you is knowing you are the commish and that this guy is a long term owner so I know u knew his wedding was coming up, why would you not make arrangements in advance so maybe you draft a week earlier so 1 of your longtime owners could be there?? I've been commish of my league for 10 yrs now and my co-commish and co founder of the league quit the league 1 week before the draft. Not only did he quit on short notice he helped set the draft order!! He won the champioship for the 1st time last yr and now he quit. That's the kind of thing that's hard to plan for I really wanted to kick his a** What would other commish have done in this case. I should have a backup plan because 1 mos. earlier he told me that he might not be able to play because he's in a relationship now!!
That is maybe the gayest thing I ever heard but the next day after some ribbing he said he was playing, I should have took the hint
Excellent post!The Labor Day weekend thing came up in our league this year. A few years back we had a HUGE and passionate discussion as to whether we should draft as close to Week 1 as possible or whenever everyone could make it. The decision was made via consensus to have it as close to Week 1 as possible. This obviously meant Labor Day Weekend.This year, we have two owners who can't make it because of weddings (they are in the weddings). Ok, fine, legit excuse in my book. One of them will be drafting online and we actually started earlier in the day than normal so he could draft from Tahoe where the wedding is. Then my punk ### brother in law bailed because he had wine tasting this weekend. Ok, fine, we had a short list of replacements and worked it out.But I have informally polled the league in e-mail and phone convo and there is now a feeling that we should not have it on Labor Day Weekend. It was too late to have another debate and change the draft date but next year I think we will move it back 1 week.The owners in my league are pretty involved in trash talk and FA moves all year so I am going to accomidate them by moving it back. Not my preference but we are 8 years in with a nice travelling trophy and my #1 job is to keep the league together as long as everyone is involved and makes an effort to draft.As for the OP; yeah dude it sucks. Just try to work it out or have a smaller league this year with owners who are involved.***ETA*** Hey MOAT; Does Ryan Moats represent good value this year?
