Yahoo Fantasy 2008

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  1. NYJalltheway

    NYJalltheway Well-Known Member

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    Does anyone know when this is starting? I've been checking about 5 times a day all week because I know it's supposed to REAL soon.

    Also, RT are you gunna set it up this year? (I think that's who manages it.) (I'm talkin about the league we've had goin since 2004)
     
  2. Mr Electric

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    I know NFL.com's has already starter, so Yahoo shouldn't be too far away.

    (I've been doing the same thing...checking over and over again.)
     
  3. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    I am seriously thinking about starting a keeper/dynasty league on Yahoo this year. I might even pay to make it a PLUS league. Hopefully, the other people would pitch in with $10 each or whatever.

    I'll see what the interest level is here. I might also get some guys from outside of TGG.
     
  4. brothermoose

    brothermoose Well-Known Member

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    I'm in...but after playing in a yahoo league last year, I find it pales in comparison to CBS sportsline.
     
  5. 17a_tailgater

    17a_tailgater Active Member

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    just received my fantasy football magazine today that doesnt come out till august
     
  6. Capt. Ace Nick

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    anyone doing cbs or espn, let me know im in
     
  7. freddy and the jets

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    I play in yahoo every year and if anyone needs people for a league i would defininly be down to join.
     
  8. NYJalltheway

    NYJalltheway Well-Known Member

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    Do you know how much it costs to start up a keeper? I've been wanting to do one for ages now.
     
  9. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    However much you want it to cost. Keeper leagues can also be free.
     
  10. NYJalltheway

    NYJalltheway Well-Known Member

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    Wow, they can be free on yahoo? I have no idea how to do that. Is there any advice or a link?
     
  11. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    You start it just like you would any old league. You can do any number of things during the offseason- keep all your players, keep only 3, keep 6, whatever.
    The following summer, the commish enters the kept players as an offline draft and then you draft to fill out the rest of your team...or something. I will enter year 5 of a keeper league on Yahoo. It started off as a free league, but then we switched over to PLUS and most of us chip in. A couple cheap bastards were let go and replaced.
     
  12. NYJalltheway

    NYJalltheway Well-Known Member

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    That's weird because I've been playing a little over 5 years now and I've never seen anything about keeping players till next season.
     
  13. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    Yahoo doesn't do the work. The commish and the league members do the work.
     
  14. NYJalltheway

    NYJalltheway Well-Known Member

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    So you just start any old leauge and then where do you go once you are in the league? Do you do it when the season starts or ends?
     
  15. 17a_tailgater

    17a_tailgater Active Member

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    cbssportsline.com is the shit for fantasy football and baseball.
     
  16. brothermoose

    brothermoose Well-Known Member

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    That's what I said...head and shoulders above Yahoo.
     
  17. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    You are making a mountain out of a mole hill.

    Can somebody else explain this to him? I'm having a tough time.
     
  18. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    What makes CBS Sportsline better? More options with divisions and scheduling, team QBs, and different things like that?

    I might as well look into it, but Yahoo is easy for me because I have a Yahoo e-mail address and everything's right there for me.
     
  19. hiker

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    Yes, I will be happy to join about 15 different leagues and spend every waking moment comparing stats and keeping up in my head with who's stats are better this week in which league and who to start, sit, dump, pick up, or trade. Especially the leagues with 6 different IDPs. And then, bashing my head against the wall as I notice on Sunday afternoon at 1:01pm that I started Booger McFarland this week in the "Alabaster County Firemens Benevolence Association" league, and it was a bye week! NOOOOOO!!!!!

    Not to mention, trying to keep up with fantasy baseball playoffs at the same time. My head will explode this year, but I love it.
     
  20. brothermoose

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    Yahoo is my main email too. It's the overall setup. Now, I know there's obviously going to be a familiarity aspect with whatever site you're used to, but I would recommend checking it out.

    I will say that my experience is only as a player, not a commissioner. Things that I found to be better:
    -homepage (look and feel)
    -announcements
    -player movement
    -waiver wire
    -searchable stats (you'd like this one) in many configurations
    -frequent player updates (almost by the minute) gives mulitple other site references including rotoworld
    -Almost everything is completely customizable. From # of QBs, roster size, PPR, waiver deadline, playoffs, draft times, scheduling, divisions, rosters, etc.
    -There is so much info available at your fingertips and it is organized into a concise package with dropdown menus. It just makes it a pleasure to play.
     

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