Scoring System Suggestions for Dynasty League (1 Viewer)

[mambomambo]

Hello, we are starting a 5 year Dynasty League on MFL with an Auction Draft, Hard Salary Cap ($45M cap and $425k min salary with 10% increases) and player contracts (4 yr max and 60 yrs cap). After the initial draft,players will remain on the same roster from one season to the next unless they are traded, released or contract expired. Each year after the initial season, a draft is held for rookies only.

There will be 4 years of “regular season” with the last year being the CHAMPIONSHIP RUN with ONLY the 8 best teams from the prior 4 seasons participating in a H2H format, playing each other twice (The winner of each season + the top 4 teams based on points accumulated over the 4 yr period).

Entry fee is $200. $80 to be distributed in the current year and $120 to be accumulated over 5 years and given to the winner after the Championship Run in year 5.

It will be a 12 Team League, with the possibility to go to 14 teams in 3 weeks.



We have been arguing and discussing internally the best way to set up the scoring system for the league and we need suggestions. This is the agreed rosters setup:

Minium Roster size at all times: 20 players. An additional 4 players on practice squad and unlimited IR. Maximum is 28

Starting line up is 12 players: 1QB, 2RBs, 2WRs, 1TE, 1 FLEX (RB, WR or TE), PK, 1 Special Teams, 1 DL, 1 LB, 1 DB

We would like every yard to count (whether is 0.4 pt/yd passing or 1 pt /yd rushing or whatever) with the appropriate pts for TDs (should we do 4 pts/TD for QBs?). This is the first year we go to IDPs. We will start with only 4 positions. How should we allocate pts between tackles, sacks, etc....

If this was your league, could you give us some suggestions for a scoring system using our proposed set up?

 

[cstu]

$7360 to be split among the winners in year 5?

How are you going to make sure that owners don't quit?

Winning the first season seems huge because that team can focus on gearing up for year 5.

 

[mambomambo]

$7360 to be split among the winners in year 5?How are you going to make sure that owners don't quit?

We are hoping to be more than that, if we invest at a 10% return, we will be looking at about 10 grand in yr 5 (we will have a 2-member investment committee investing the money in a E-Trade account as an investment club). We are hoping the incentive for $$ is enough for owners not to quit. Even if you suck the 1st 3 years, you still have a chance to make it to year 5. Plus all the owners are somewhat hardcore players...we are still missing 2....

 

[mambomambo]

Any suggestions as to the scoring system?

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

Any suggestions as to the scoring system?

Simple, simple, simple. you don't want people arguing over a nuanced rule in the scoring. Keep the system as easy to remember as you can so there's little to no griping. And decimal scoring, of course.I really like PPR, but in this kind of format I'd say just make it yards and touchdowns. All FGs are worth three. Scoring defenses is always tricky, so I'd just eliminate it and add a flex spot.Seriously, everyone should just look at the yardage and scoring and immediately know their score. You don't want some obscure something argument blowing up in year five with thousands on the line.

 

[mambomambo]

Any suggestions as to the scoring system?

Simple, simple, simple. you don't want people arguing over a nuanced rule in the scoring. Keep the system as easy to remember as you can so there's little to no griping. And decimal scoring, of course.I really like PPR, but in this kind of format I'd say just make it yards and touchdowns. All FGs are worth three. Scoring defenses is always tricky, so I'd just eliminate it and add a flex spot.Seriously, everyone should just look at the yardage and scoring and immediately know their score. You don't want some obscure something argument blowing up in year five with thousands on the line.

I hear you, but we all agreed that we want to use IDP's. WE are only using 4 positions, so it should not be a problem.Any other suggestions?

 

[mambomambo]

Anybody else?

 

[gianmarco]

Well, sorry again for not answering the original question, but 8 teams out of 12 in the playoffs? I don't really see the point of that either. It's essentially $1000 league entry with season 5 being the target year. First of all, good luck keeping those 4 teams that didn't make it, especially in that 5th year if they are out of it. Second of all, 2/3 of the league making playoffs kind of defeats the purpose to me. Third, I can see a team dominating for the first 2-3 yrs (or even longer) and just a couple strokes of bad luck could be VERY costly.

It's an interesting concept, but I just don't know how applicable it is when year-to-year turnaround is so high and selecting essentially one arbitrary year (5th year) as THE year that you want to be the main one. I guess my suggestion would be to try this as a 2 yr or 3 yr deal (instead of 5) at first and see how you like it. I think that might be quite appealing, actually, as things still change but not so dramatically and shooting for a 2-3 yr endpoint is a lot more feasible to plan for and would actually take some strategy. 5 years out is simply a crapshoot. Look at the top guys from 2003 and see how relevant that is now. Just my $.02

 

[mambomambo]

Well, sorry again for not answering the original question, but 8 teams out of 12 in the playoffs? I don't really see the point of that either. It's essentially $1000 league entry with season 5 being the target year. First of all, good luck keeping those 4 teams that didn't make it, especially in that 5th year if they are out of it.

We got our final 2 teams this morning, so it will be a 14-team league.Those 4 teams (6 now) are not going to have to pay for the last season. They are out of it completely. But their players will be locked, unless their contract expired.

I can see a team dominating for the first 2-3 yrs (or even longer) and just a couple strokes of bad luck could be VERY costly.

True, but that is football right? We all want to make FF as real as possible...so we need to accept these drawbacks too....Look at the Patriots!...Won every game and lost in the Super Bowl. This will be all about strategy managing your team properly.

It's an interesting concept, but I just don't know how applicable it is when year-to-year turnaround is so high and selecting essentially one arbitrary year (5th year) as THE year that you want to be the main one.

That is the point of a Dynasty league right? You want serious, experienced players only. Please note that every year still counts, as you can still make $1000/yr. Plus, if you leave, you are forfeiting your 60% of the pot yearly that is going towards the big prize.

I guess my suggestion would be to try this as a 2 yr or 3 yr deal (instead of 5) at first and see how you like it. I think that might be quite appealing, actually, as things still change but not so dramatically and shooting for a 2-3 yr endpoint is a lot more feasible to plan for and would actually take some strategy. 5 years out is simply a crapshoot. Look at the top guys from 2003 and see how relevant that is now. Just my $.02

That was the original idea. But everyone involved asked for a 5-year plan. I completely disagree with you. I think that there will be much more strategy involved in a 5-yr league than in a 3-yr league. You have to actually be a good manager to arrive at year 5 with a great team.Thanks for tips....but I was really looking for tips on scoring....

 

[mambomambo]

Any suggestions out there?

 

[gianmarco]

Any suggestions out there?

Anybody else?

Any suggestions as to the scoring system?

Nothing like continuing to bump a thread repeatedly....

 

[mambomambo]

Any suggestions out there?

Anybody else?

Any suggestions as to the scoring system?

Nothing like continuing to bump a thread repeatedly....

If I could only get what I asked for instead of opinions about the league this would not be necessary...Anyway..forget about it....we figured it out...thanks for nothing.