Which site can run this format? (1 Viewer)

[toppshelff]

Some time ago I played in a league that worked something like a Survivor league, but it went like this:

A team can choose any player they want to fill a standard roster spot, but can only use that player once in a season.

After 12 weeks, the top 4 (or 6) overall scoring teams make the playoffs.  Total scores get set back to zero, and for weeks 13-16, again they set their lineup with anybody they want.  But they can still not used anybody they've already used at any point in time in the season.  

Top scorer overall in the playoffs wins.

What I liked about it is the strategy of deciding to hold the studs back for the playoffs (with the risk of not making the playoffs) or going all out during the season, hoping that you can cobble together a good team in the playoffs based on injuries, etc.

Does this format have a name?  Do any websites handle this kind of format?  It is the playoff part that seems to be the stickler on MFL, but I might be missing something.

Thanks in advance.

 

[toppshelff]

MFL

I've tried, and can't see how to do the playoffs.  Am I missing something?  Does this style of league have a unique name?

 

[Arodin]

I've tried, and can't see how to do the playoffs.  Am I missing something?  Does this style of league have a unique name?

The MFL season can run all the way to the Super Bowl, so that shouldn’t be a factor.  You may have to manually seed a playoff bracket though.  Since teams can never reuse players, even in your playoffs, there shouldn’t be any difficulty with the “use only once” settings already available on MFL, either.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

It can be done mostly via MFL with some commish involvement come playoff time. Played the exact format about 5 years ago.

I believe our commish just created a visible spreadsheet on MFL manually entering scores for playoff weeks on the spreadsheet and total cummulative of the playoff weeks won. Is a bit of work for commish as I recall come playoff time depending on the league's size.

You could probably do it on any site with a 'start once' setting but will have to use a spreadsheet come playoff time.  I think MFL also helps as it allows close to 100 teams to increase the pot

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

Agree with above.  Been running a survivor-style league like this through MFL for 10 years now.  It’s awesome.  18 people played in year one (1 eliminated team per week).  This year we were up to 52.

As far the playoff system goes, you may just have to manually do the bracketing.  I have to manage the eliminations manually each week, but we also have a weekly pot eligible to everybody every week, including eliminated teams.