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Should dynasty leagues have mandatory activity rules? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter gianmarco
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You'd expect much of the answers here to be yes considering we're in the post-season and most, if not all, of the people on this board at this time are probably pretty active in their leagues.
If activity is important to people, I think they just need to be cognizant of that when joining up and ensure the group is largely active.
I agree with you, though. Inactivity in a league is painful.
If activity is important to people, I think they just need to be cognizant of that when joining up and ensure the group is largely active.
I agree with you, though. Inactivity in a league is painful.
jacobo_moses
Footballguy
YEs there should be activity league rules. Most leagues I'm in say you need to check in once a week. Unless of course you are busy with family, work, or on vacation. In that case we have a vacation tracker that you explain why are not on very much lately.
I think the penalty is you get 1 warning if you aren't active and haven't posted any reason why in the vacation tracker. Then after that you get kicked out. Most commissioners realize we have lives outside of football so they are somewhat leanient. But if you repeatedly aren't on then inactive owners must be replaced.
I think the penalty is you get 1 warning if you aren't active and haven't posted any reason why in the vacation tracker. Then after that you get kicked out. Most commissioners realize we have lives outside of football so they are somewhat leanient. But if you repeatedly aren't on then inactive owners must be replaced.
FUBAR
Footballguy
During the season, for sure. At least submitting a lineup and response to trade offers within a week.
Off season? Being available for the draft is vital, but many of us put a league or two on the sideline for months at a time which doesn't really impact anything. Unless you're in a true die-hard league, I find a few breaks is a good thing.
Off season? Being available for the draft is vital, but many of us put a league or two on the sideline for months at a time which doesn't really impact anything. Unless you're in a true die-hard league, I find a few breaks is a good thing.
FUBAR
Footballguy
Not a fan of the vacation tracker unless it's during the season or draft time. But, if it works for your league, great.
spOOfy
Footballguy
We do not have an activity rule in either league but I know the Commishes have talked to owners in the past about. Ironcially, there was 1 owner who was pretty active and he complained that people didn't reply to his offers and so on. The Commish went to the owners who didn't reply and they all said the same thing - the active owner's offers were always horrible and they were tired of replying to him. The Commish went back to the guy and he left the league. 
Anyway, the short answer is no, we don't have a rule in place to cover this.
Anyway, the short answer is no, we don't have a rule in place to cover this.
One More Rep
Footballguy
I would at least appreciate responses to my trade offers, that is enough for me in the offseason
32 Counter Pass
Footballguy
This
It is not asking too much to simply reject a trade proposal.
It is not asking too much to simply reject a trade proposal.
Amused to Death
Footballguy
A league with friendly, active owners is more fun than one with no league interaction. But I voted 'no' on mandatory activity rules. Instead, I'd rather have a commish with enough respect and power to talk to a particularly inactive owner and explain what's preferred and maybe let them know there are others who would gladly take over their team if they're not that interested. I think that's part of the recruiting process, to let prospective owners know what you're looking for. As long as owners are competitive and make efforts to improve (draft, waivers or trades) its hard to demand a level of activity. I wouldn't be a fan of the commish sending me an email that I haven't logged into the league site in over 3 weeks in July. But if an owner's not making lineup changes or filling injured roster spots, they need to be spoken to and perhaps get the boot.
I'm speaking from the perspective of local, friendly leagues. I've never played in a league of random 'internet' owners, so to speak.
I'm speaking from the perspective of local, friendly leagues. I've never played in a league of random 'internet' owners, so to speak.
Couch Potato
Footballguy
I'm in the HA leagues with Gian and others who posted here, and we have 'must reply to trade' rules. Even so, offers I make get ignored and expire. And I don't make a lot of trade offers. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be to those who do make a lot of offers.
I don't report them to the commish though because it just seems sort of tattletale-ish. I just assume if I haven't received a reply in 3 days it's tantamount to a rejection, so I generally revoke after that time.
As far as general activity goes, and the MFL section that shows how long since someone has been to the site, I have buttons on the spreadsheet that I use to track my leagues, one button for the roster page and one for the lineup page. Since I don't automatically go to the home page, it looks like I haven't been to the site. So, I have to consciously remember to go to the home page before exiting to avoid violating the 3-day rule we have. Sort of annoying that MFL doesn't register an appearance on the site unless you go to the home page, even though you may have been all over the site except for that one page.
I don't report them to the commish though because it just seems sort of tattletale-ish. I just assume if I haven't received a reply in 3 days it's tantamount to a rejection, so I generally revoke after that time.
As far as general activity goes, and the MFL section that shows how long since someone has been to the site, I have buttons on the spreadsheet that I use to track my leagues, one button for the roster page and one for the lineup page. Since I don't automatically go to the home page, it looks like I haven't been to the site. So, I have to consciously remember to go to the home page before exiting to avoid violating the 3-day rule we have. Sort of annoying that MFL doesn't register an appearance on the site unless you go to the home page, even though you may have been all over the site except for that one page.
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NeverEnough
Footballguy
After dealing with owners that do not respond to emails, trade offers, etc I vote yes. I'm tired of it. I decided to run my own dynasty league last year & boy did it not turn out how I hoped. I will not be surprised if I have to replace half the league. Why do you people sign up if they are not going to participate?
In the email I just sent out regarding possible rule changes for next season I did state that if you do not vote you will be removed from the league.
In the email I just sent out regarding possible rule changes for next season I did state that if you do not vote you will be removed from the league.
Obviously there has to be a level of activity in a dynasty league such that you are not wasting your time. Competing in a league full of knuckle-draggers is not an option, really.
There are no rules as such in my leagues, but certain commissioners take it more seriously than others. As for whether punishments are viable or not, I would tend to say no. If someone doesn't care enough to put their time into the league to maintain the competitive balance - one of the most crucial things in any league - then they should simply be replaced. It's not like it is going to hurt their feelings.
There are no rules as such in my leagues, but certain commissioners take it more seriously than others. As for whether punishments are viable or not, I would tend to say no. If someone doesn't care enough to put their time into the league to maintain the competitive balance - one of the most crucial things in any league - then they should simply be replaced. It's not like it is going to hurt their feelings.
Couch Potato
Footballguy
I was thinking of changing my team name to Mouth-Breathing Knuckle-Draggers.Guess I shouldn't ask if you have an opening in your league.
Couch Potato
Footballguy
"bone-headed low ball" is in the eye of the beholder, and it takes all of one second to click reject. No one says you need to explain your reason. You took more time than that reading the offer.
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NeverEnough
Footballguy
Synesthesia
Footballguy
"Dynasty Leagues" are nothing more than willing coalitions of players. There is no "should" or "should not", here. If the owners want to mandate activity, then they are free to do so. If they do not, then they are free to refrain. If one owner is unhappy with the consensus (or the activity level) of the group at large, he is free to end his association with the group and find a new group of more like-minded individuals with whom he can start a new league. I know it sucks leaving a league where you've already dumped so many resources (both time and money), but a lot of people are perfectly happy in leagues with little regular activity, and that's absolutely their prerogative.
Zimm
Footballguy
I am lucky to be in 2 really good dynasty leagues, but of course there are a few guys in those leagues that aren't very active and it does suck because i had to replace a team and asked for a really active member and got a few responses within 5 minutes and the guy that took over was supposed to be "extremely" active and on all the time and the guy is lucky to be on once every 2 weeks and he never responds to trade offers. And then you have the non-active guys that respond to trade offers through email that aren't active and don't pay attention and have the ego of Andre the giant and call you out on an offer when they just offered you James Jones and Driver for Marshall 
.....ahhh gotta love it sorry for the vent
.....ahhh gotta love it sorry for the vent
Shane Falco
Footballguy
one league, I just wish the commish was active 
mjr
Footballguy
Im developing a dynasty for next year and gave this some thought. In season, so long as a valid and competitive line up goes in every week, I think its fine not to see an owner not log in for a couple of weeks. I know that in one or two of my leagues there are a few weeks when I can leave it to auto submit lineup and just check in on the site (line up, live scoring, etc) without actually logging in. So im there, but its just not showing on the activity page.
I think it takes an active commish with attention to detail and good communication skills, rather than a hard set of activity rules, to decide when its time to issue some warnings and/or make some changes.
I think it takes an active commish with attention to detail and good communication skills, rather than a hard set of activity rules, to decide when its time to issue some warnings and/or make some changes.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
I don't think activity should be mandated, but I do think any owner routinely letting trade offers expire should be booted.
Yes/no. I believe in checkin rules instead of people sitting out for months at a time in the offseason. However, that needs to be clearly setup and spelled out when a league forms because dynasty means different things to different people.
I see arguments for and against trade offer responses. I certainly hate it when my offers go unanswered and I understand the frustration. But at the same time, there are other owners who have ADD and send a million offers (usually bad) and expect counters to every one. I can remember plenty of times (especially preseason or around draft time) when my email inbox would be filled with tons of offers from multiple leagues, most of which weren't even worth responding to. It can get tiring/annoying dealing with that constantly.
Other times, life happens. Most of the hardcore guys on here are in many multiple leagues. I don't always have the time to examine every trade offer for every league, sometimes I get busy with my real job or something and forget to respond to one. This is a hobby I do for fun, if a league became work I'd be out probably. Forcing people to respond to every offer they get (whether junk or not) is too close to crossing the line between fun and work IMO.
I see arguments for and against trade offer responses. I certainly hate it when my offers go unanswered and I understand the frustration. But at the same time, there are other owners who have ADD and send a million offers (usually bad) and expect counters to every one. I can remember plenty of times (especially preseason or around draft time) when my email inbox would be filled with tons of offers from multiple leagues, most of which weren't even worth responding to. It can get tiring/annoying dealing with that constantly.
Other times, life happens. Most of the hardcore guys on here are in many multiple leagues. I don't always have the time to examine every trade offer for every league, sometimes I get busy with my real job or something and forget to respond to one. This is a hobby I do for fun, if a league became work I'd be out probably. Forcing people to respond to every offer they get (whether junk or not) is too close to crossing the line between fun and work IMO.
