It’s that time of year. We need to set the terms and conditions for the 2024 season. Per the Constitution, we vote on League Format and any changes.
Link to Google Forms survey below.
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Q1: League Format
There are four formats available for the 2024 season. We are doing ranked choice voting on the format, and each team must go in and rank their preferred format. Non-participants in the survey will lose a draft lottery pick. If there is a tiebreaker to be determined, the 2023 League Champion’s votes will count twice.
- Head-to-Head – This is the typical format we played under last year. Sleeper still doesn’t allow for 10-team playoffs, but they did add a Consolation Bracket.
- Points Table – This is the format we have used a few times where each week we play against every team during the regular season.
- Vampire – This is the 9-team draft format where the Vampire doesn’t draft but can take a player from you if he wins your weekly matchup. This is our 13th season, and a very opportune time to play under this format.
- TD-Only – This is the old-school format I alluded to last season. Could be fun to try something new, something old. This would require a more thoughtful draft strategy.
At a minimum, read the Constitution for the terms on each format. You could/should do some of your own homework too…
Q2: Extra Game Each Week Against League Median
On Sleeper, they offer the option of adding a 2nd matchup each regular-season week of play. The Commissioner can enable an ‘Extra Game Each Week Against League Median’ in the settings. This option allows the top scoring teams of the week to gain an additional win, while the other half gets hit with a loss. The purpose is to help create a fairer option for those times where you finish in the top half of scoring, but you still lost to someone who scored more than you. You would at least go 1-1 for the week instead of 0-1.
How is League Median calculated?
League Median is calculated by taking the average of the middle two teams’ scores for that specific week. For example, in a 10-team league, if the 5th highest-scoring team of the week scored 178.54 points and the 6th-highest scoring team scored 170.48 points, the league median would be 174.51.
178.54 + 170.48 = 349.02
Now, divided by 2 = 174.51
This way, there would not be a case where 6 teams were above and 4 teams were below. League Median is used for the regular season only and will not be used in any playoff or consolation matches.
Could be worth trying. This basically gets after what we were trying to do with the Points Table format. If we hate it mid-season, we’ll kill the setting and (hopefully) everything will just revert back to normal.
Q3: League Dues
That Bagel Time C.R.E.A.M. cheese must have scrambled his brain, cuz ma’dude wants to up the ante. I guess we gotta keep up with inflation.
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Details on Draft Lottery, Draft Date, and results from League Survey coming soon. Right now just VOTE!
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