Fantasy Site

by taggartd on Dec 2, 2005 4:32 PM EST

my friend and i are launching a fantasy sports site this upcoming baseball season. we have a temporary site up with the rules and contact info. you think you can be a great GM? this is your chance. drafts will start towards the end of february and beginnig of march. i posted this here because as a group you guys are knowledgable and competitive, just the kind of owners we want. john hope you take a look as well.
any question and/or feedback is welcome.

http://www.sffsports.com

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While I'm not that interested

Why are SO's worth 5 points? Don't you mean .5?

by sasquatch83 on Dec 2, 2005 4:49 PM EST reply actions

sorry

that is a tad confusing. i will have to change that. it is meant to be shutouts, i thought it would be more clear since it is right next to CG. thank you for the input.

by taggartd on Dec 2, 2005 4:55 PM EST up reply actions

Gotcha

That does make a lot more sense, sorry. I should have realized it.

by sasquatch83 on Dec 2, 2005 4:58 PM EST up reply actions

I didn't understand that at all

It says there are 145 games, so you play each day, right? But then there's a max for games played-per-position each week?

And the only way you come out ahead money-wise is if you're the league champion, and the only other person getting their money back is the other team in the championship series. It seems like a rip-off.

by Nick Schulte on Dec 2, 2005 5:01 PM EST reply actions

payout %

I admit, I don't join such leagues where the payouts are determined by the webmaster so I don't know wha the market rate is But basically if my math is right, only $850 (~1/3) of the leagues $2400 in entry fees is going to payouts.

"If you don't like Torey Lovullo, then you don't like baseball." Sparky Anderson

by natsfan2005 @ Minor League Ball on Dec 2, 2005 5:12 PM EST up reply actions

percentage

we payout 1175+ (a plaque per league). that is roughly half.

by taggartd on Dec 2, 2005 5:39 PM EST up reply actions

ooops

duh, there are four divisions getting paid rather than one. I shouldn't have went straight to guessing what the math would be w/o reading your whole writeup about league structural alignment. I kinda toggle b/w my work and this site and neither gets my full attention. LOL.

"If you don't like Torey Lovullo, then you don't like baseball." Sparky Anderson

by natsfan2005 @ Minor League Ball on Dec 2, 2005 5:51 PM EST up reply actions

145 games

you play 145 games a year. there are 7 or 8 games a week depending on whether you play in league or out of league. games are played from monday to sunday.
on sunday each teams cumalitvie score is compared.
for example. say you are playing in league, the standings would work like this.

TEAM pts scored this week Record this week

teamA 300 pts 7-0
teamB 290 pts 6-1
teamC 280 pts 5-2
teamD 270 pts 4-3
teamE 260 pts 3-4
teamF 250 pts 2-5
teamG 240 pts 1-6
teamH 230 pts 0-7

as for being a rip off, that is not what we are about. stats, internet fees, programming, etc all cost money. These leagues will be ultra competitve(very different from a local yahoo or espn league) so there is a lot of entertainment value. 150$ for a year of entertainment hardly seems excessive. again sorry it seems that way to you.

by taggartd on Dec 2, 2005 5:20 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks

I understand the won-loss record now. I think it would be good if you included an explanation like this on the rules page.

As for the money, I haven't looked around at what else is available but $850/$2400 just seems low. I shouldn't have used the words "rip-off," because that is too strong. I understand that there are costs to run the league and there is entertainment value. It just seems like a 35% payout is low, but I haven't looked around, maybe it's not.

by Nick Schulte on Dec 2, 2005 5:37 PM EST up reply actions

payouts

thanks for the suggestions. they are appreciated.

the payouts are not 35% though. they are roughly 50% depending on the price of the league championship plaque.
$150 cost per team
SFFS League Champ - $500 + plaque
SFFS League Runner-up - $150
SFFS Division Winner - $75(4 division winners)
SFFS Playoff Wildcard - $25(4 wildcard teams)
Top Overall Total Points Per Season - $50
Top Overall Hitting Points Per Season - $25
Top Overall Pitching Points Per Season - $25

we pay out roughly 1200 and input is 2400. so dont know where 35% came from.

by taggartd on Dec 2, 2005 5:45 PM EST up reply actions