What is the best kind of league and why

[Wizard]

Any suggestions as to what to do to try stopping Tanking? I would think you just make the commissioner "god" and have him go with his gut as to if tanking is happening. That would end up being me but I know I would do what is right for the league even if it hurt me and I have some pretty stand up guys that I would use as sounding boards to make sure what I was doing is the right thing to be doing. Anybody have any good suggestions?

[bjd5211]

Any suggestions as to what to do to try stopping Tanking? I would think you just make the commissioner "god" and have him go with his gut as to if tanking is happening. That would end up being me but I know I would do what is right for the league even if it hurt me and I have some pretty stand up guys that I would use as sounding boards to make sure what I was doing is the right thing to be doing. Anybody have any good suggestions?

Determining draft order of non-Playoff teams by Potential Points is a pretty good way of ensuring the most needy team gets the pick. It basically calculates the points a team would have scored if they had started their highest possible scoring lineup every week, similar to best ball. MFL also has a "Power Ranking" score that you can enable that one of my leagues uses, I don't really know what the formula is that goes into calculating it.

Overall though I think "tanking" is pretty over blown problem, I've never encountered it in any of my leagues to the extent that it affects league integrity. In every league there are going to be teams that are obviously not going to be competitive in the short term and better off losing and collecting higher draft picks and young players. As long as every owner starts what can reasonably be considered their best lineup out of the players they have available to them each week they are free to run their team as they see fit as far as I'm concerned.

[Pac_Eddy]

Any suggestions as to what to do to try stopping Tanking? I would think you just make the commissioner "god" and have him go with his gut as to if tanking is happening. That would end up being me but I know I would do what is right for the league even if it hurt me and I have some pretty stand up guys that I would use as sounding boards to make sure what I was doing is the right thing to be doing. Anybody have any good suggestions?

I'd definitely do the potential points for determining draft picks of not playoff teams.

I did see one playoff team intentionally tank to manipulate the playoffs brackets once. It was very obvious and caused an uproar.
To combat this, I'd give the commissioner the powers to investigate and determine if tanking was happening.

[Pew Dogs]

Point per first down only!

This may be odd but I like lots of starters but short bench. It makes bye weeks and injuries cause big decisions, and lots of add/drops. I’d love to see a league that ...

Starts 2QBs ... only roster 3
Starts 4RBs ... only roster 5
Starts 4WRs ... only roster 5
Starts 2TEs ... only roster 3

Only 1IR

And give 1 point for every 10 yards on FGs.

[Pew Dogs]

Point per first down!

This may be odd but I like lots of starters but short bench. It makes bye weeks and injuries cause big decisions, and lots of add/drops. I’d love to see a league that ...

Starts 2QBs ... only roster 3
Starts 4RBs ... only roster 5
Starts 4WRs ... only roster 5
Starts 2TEs ... only roster 3

Only 1IR

And give 1 point for every 10 yards on FGs.

[Hottoddies]

Point per first down only!

This may be odd but I like lots of starters but short bench. It makes bye weeks and injuries cause big decisions, and lots of add/drops. I’d love to see a league that ...

Starts 2QBs ... only roster 3
Starts 4RBs ... only roster 5
Starts 4WRs ... only roster 5
Starts 2TEs ... only roster 3

Only 1IR

And give 1 point for every 10 yards on FGs.

Having roster limits on positions would inhibit your ability to keep young developmental players on your roster and undermine what having a dynasty team is all about.

[Pew Dogs]

Point per first down only!

This may be odd but I like lots of starters but short bench. It makes bye weeks and injuries cause big decisions, and lots of add/drops. I’d love to see a league that ...

Starts 2QBs ... only roster 3
Starts 4RBs ... only roster 5
Starts 4WRs ... only roster 5
Starts 2TEs ... only roster 3

Only 1IR

And give 1 point for every 10 yards on FGs.

Having roster limits on positions would inhibit your ability to keep young developmental players on your roster and undermine what having a dynasty team is all about.

You might be right. It might work better in redraft or keeper leagues.

[MEuRaH]

I don't like small leagues. I'm in a 32, 32, 32, and 96 team league.

I like a challenge. 12 team leagues are too easy to win.

[snaps06]

I like to play with a few different league settings. I'll rank my favorite leagues and list their settings (I don't play IDP).

1) 14 team superflex, full PPR, 0.25 PPC, 25 man rosters, start QB RB RB WR WR TE Flex Flex Flex Superflex - I like the depth of the rosters, cool scoring, fairly deep starting lineups, and the superflex aspect.

2) 12 team 0.5 PPR, 25 man rosters, QB RB RB WR WR TE Flex Flex Flex - Decent depth with roster size.

3) 12 team 0.5 PPR, 25 man rosters, QB RB RB WR WR TE Flex Flex K Def - Similar to league 2, but I'm not a fan of kickers and defenses.

4) 12 team 0.5 PPR, 21 man rosters but only 17 keepers, QB RB RB WR WR TE Flex Flex - My first ever dynastyy league, but not deep enough for me.

To be determined: A group of 4 of my dynasty buddies have made a 16 team, full PPR, all TDs 6 points league. I think I am really going to like this league, I just wish it was either full PPR with 0.25 PPC or 0.5 PPR. I'm not a big fan of regular full PPR leagues. I do like making TD passes 6 points because it will increase the value of QBs quite a bit, especially with 16 teams.

I truly dislike any league smaller than 12 teams. Even with massive rosters, they are still not deep enough for me.

[ascherb]

For me personally, I favor leagues with at least 14 teams. 12 at minimum.

SF and TE premium are nice because it makes building around a young QB or a young elite TE viable strategies.

[theone]

Using any setting which balances values between positions. Typically this involves increasing the QB/TE to RB/WR/FLEX starting ratios and/or adjusting positional scoring. Also salary cap/contracts/auction leagues are almost a must for me now.

[RAB]

I have a start up draft coming that is SF and 2TE. I've never played in a 2TE league. No clue when to start drafting them but should be fun I think. LOL.