Taxi Squad 'Rules' in Dynasty Leagues.... (1 Viewer)

[Black]

I would like to introduce Taxi Squads to my Dynasty League, but don't know what rules to institute. What I want to do is have some spots for developmental players that our teams can sit on for a couple of years, but not be penalized against Cap, Contract Years, Roster Size, etc. I suppose that's the point of the Taxi Squad....

Anyways...some questions:

1. How do you determine a guy's criteria to be allowed to be on a Taxi Squad (Drafted rookies? Anyone not actively scoring Fantasy Points?)

2. How do you determine when a team needs to promote a Taxi Squad Player to the active squad (When the player gets an official start? When the player scores any Fantasy Points?)

3. When a Taxi Squad player is activated, at that point do they count against Salary Cap, Contract Years, Roster Size? (Are there any rules out there where the Taxi Squad guy counts against one or more of those items?)

My guesses:

a. Any player who has not scored any Fantasy Points (and/or is not designated a starter?...not sure about Rookies who look to be day 1 starters) can be put on the Taxi Squad.

b. They will not count against Salary Cap, Contract Years and will fill one of 'x' slots on a team's Taxi Squad.

c. Once the player scores any Fantasy Points in a in-season game, the Team needs to activate the player (within a week?) by assigning a Contract (Cap or Contract Years, whatever) and opening up an Active Roster slot.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Have to be honest that I don't understand the point of a taxi squad unless you're drafting college players. Why not just bump the roster size and let people hold whoever they want?

 

[comfortably numb]

I would like to introduce Taxi Squads to my Dynasty League, but don't know what rules to institute. What I want to do is have some spots for developmental players that our teams can sit on for a couple of years, but not be penalized against Cap, Contract Years, Roster Size, etc. I suppose that's the point of the Taxi Squad....

Anyways...some questions:

1. How do you determine a guy's criteria to be allowed to be on a Taxi Squad (Drafted rookies? Anyone not actively scoring Fantasy Points?)

2. How do you determine when a team needs to promote a Taxi Squad Player to the active squad (When the player gets an official start? When the player scores any Fantasy Points?)

3. When a Taxi Squad player is activated, at that point do they count against Salary Cap, Contract Years, Roster Size? (Are there any rules out there where the Taxi Squad guy counts against one or more of those items?)

My guesses:

a. Any player who has not scored any Fantasy Points (and/or is not designated a starter?...not sure about Rookies who look to be day 1 starters) can be put on the Taxi Squad.

b. They will not count against Salary Cap, Contract Years and will fill one of 'x' slots on a team's Taxi Squad.

c. Once the player scores any Fantasy Points in a in-season game, the Team needs to activate the player (within a week?) by assigning a Contract (Cap or Contract Years, whatever) and opening up an Active Roster slot.

Thanks for your help!

My leagues allow 5 TAXI slots.Taxi slot consists of only rookies.

Taxi slot has to be set by Sept 1st.

You can not start TAXI players, unless you activate them.

Once you activate a TAXI player, you lose that slot.

We are allowed to "steal" other peoples TAXI players.

Basically, you can make a claim for another teams TAXI's squad player.

They have 72 hours to promote that player to their 45 man roster OR lose them to team making the claim.

Compensation will be given if a claim goes through.

Compensation will be a future draft pick, 1 round higher in which said rookie was originally drafted.

So, this year, say someone Taxi'd Jarrett Dillard who was a 2nd RD pick, and I wanted to claim him, I would have to compensate the owner with a 2010 1st.

If it was a player taken this year in the 5thm then a 2010 4th...etc.

If a player was taken in the 1st compensation would be a 1st and 2nd.

I actually like it a lot, you can force a owner to have to make a roster cut by making a claim.

Some good strategy involved.

 

[massraider]

I do a dynasty contract league, and I like the way we do it:

The first year you institute it, any player in his first three years could be on the taxi squad. After that, only rookies.

After three years (or players 3rd year in the NFL), a player HAS to be promoted, or released. no 4th year players on taxi squad.

10% of his salary counts toward the cap. (This feature really, really makes trades more possible, where someone with a tight salary cap situation can trade for a taxi player).

Any player that has been on an active roster cannot go on a taxi squad.

Players that score a certain number of fantasy points (Example: top 32 of scoring QBs), have to come off the taxi squad. This only happens at the end of the year. No in-season forced promotions.

I think the last point, when a player has to come off the taxi squad, is the key one to set up. If you make it to strict, like the options you mentioned, taxi squads will just be the longest of longshots. If a guy has McNabb, I don't think he should be forced to put Kolb on the active roster because he started a game or two.

But it's your call, and you have to decide what you really want from the taxi squad.

 

[massraider]

Have to be honest that I don't understand the point of a taxi squad unless you're drafting college players. Why not just bump the roster size and let people hold whoever they want?

Contract/Salary Cap leagues.

 

[massraider]

We are allowed to "steal" other peoples TAXI players.Basically, you can make a claim for another teams TAXI's squad player.They have 72 hours to promote that player to their 45 man roster OR lose them to team making the claim.Compensation will be given if a claim goes through.Compensation will be a future draft pick, 1 round higher in which said rookie was originally drafted.So, this year, say someone Taxi'd Jarrett Dillard who was a 2nd RD pick, and I wanted to claim him, I would have to compensate the owner with a 2010 1st.If it was a player taken this year in the 5thm then a 2010 4th...etc.If a player was taken in the 1st compensation would be a 1st and 2nd.I actually like it a lot, you can force a owner to have to make a roster cut by making a claim.Some good strategy involved.

This is a pretty cool feature.

 

[Black]

Thanks guys, excellent stuff here in the first 15 minutes. I could almost borrow from your rules right now and be ready to roll.

massraider, can you PM me your league rules? Ours is contract-years only (which also the reason for not just extending the roster), but I'd love to see your league rules.

 

[benyamen]

Our taxi squad is pretty simple. We have 2 taxi squad spots available to each team: 1 for an offensive player and one for a defesive player b/c we are an IDP league.

We started doing this because we keep our starting rosters from season to season, but guys were really hesitant to draft a rookie QB or WR b/c they don't usually develop of a couple season and so these players were really devalued as keepers b/c they would really hurt your roster in the short term. Having these taxi squad slots meant that you could draft a QB or WR that you really liked without them having to hurt your keepers in the short term.

The way we run it is that the player you have in that slot cannot be activated during the season you put him on the taxi squad. If you do choose to activate him you lose that taxi squad roster spot for the rest of the season. The other couple modifiers we put on the taxi squad designation is that they have to be a player under 26 years of age so that vets aren't designated for those slots and that you can't designate a player to the taxi squad that has been on the active roster for someone else at some point. We designate our taxi squad players right after the annual draft and they are designated as such for the rest of the season until the next draft.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Have to be honest that I don't understand the point of a taxi squad unless you're drafting college players. Why not just bump the roster size and let people hold whoever they want?

Contract/Salary Cap leagues.

Thanks Mass, that makes more sense.I have one straight dynasty that uses a Taxi squad I could never figure out why. It's not like the young players (can only be rookies or 2nd years) on the Taxis wouldn't be rostered anyhow.