home team advantage

[The Juggernaut]

What, if any advantage does the home team get in a regular season (or playoff) game in your league?

[Droseisabeast]

Well i cant speak for other stadiums but Soldier Field in Chicago has the WORST "grass" surface in all the league. It gives Da Bears defense a huge advantage as opposing recievers often slip and fall when trying to run thier routes and due to the defensive scheme the Bears play(cover 2/gap control) leads to a ton of turnovers....

[dlf_ericd]

What, if any advantage does the home team get in a regular season (or playoff) game in your league?

Assuming you're referring to a fantasy league, I would say none...a long time ago it came up for conversation, but we decided not to put any weight in the "home/away" designations and have it be a fair, straight-up game each time.

[MR ROURKE]

I have league with offensive flex position and a defensive flex position that are not normal flex spots. The home team has the option of naming a position that must be played in the offensive flex for that weeks matchup by Wed. The defensive team has the option of naming the position that must be played in the defensive flex within the same time period. If nothing is specified by a team by the required time on Wed, then that flex becomes a normal flex starting spot for the other team. If a flex spot is specified and you fail to start the proper postion, you lose any points gained from the improper player and your first round pick drops 1 spot. Since there are always more IDP options then offensive options, I see this as a home field advantage. The schedule is set up so that you don't play anyone in your division during NFL bye weeks. It's a pretty competative $ dynasty league with full IDP and everyone in it is a seasoned FF vet. This rule is a nice change of pace for us from our "normal" leagues.

This allows teams to play their strengths against the other teams roster. Bye weeks, lack of depth, and injuries are very impactful. This forces some roster turn over since you can name a position that the other team might not have available and force them to drop someone to cover the flex spot.

[Steelersfan]

I don't care for a home team advantage in the regular season as I don't see any team deserving of it. One of my leagues use this method in the playoffs as the higher seeds that also have more total points than the lower seeds with lower total points have a small advantage that they earned.

We use the following formula:

Higher seeds total points minus the lower seeds total points divided by the number of regular season weeks.

For example:

Team A - 2000 total points, Team B - 1900 total points = 100/13 (number of regular season games)

Team A would have a 7.69 point advantage in that game against Team B.

If the lower seed has more total points than the higher seed then no advantage is given. There is also a 30 point advantage cap (this is a high scoring league).

We use this method in the first two rounds of the playoffs but not in the fantasy bowl.

[skip]

We don't use a home team advantage. I could understand using it in divisional games if you prefer, but not out-of division games as you only play a team once and no team should get the benefit/penalty for getting the home game.

[Nazgul]

I never liked any sort of arbitrary home field advantage. I did want to incorporate a formations selection for the home teams in the playoffs (not the superbowl) to give some sort of advantage for having a better regular season.. I thought that would add an element of strategy and interest.. but alas.. the other owners never took to the idea...