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Basic Fantasy League Setups

Monday, April 04, 2005

I'd like to talk about basic setups for fantasy leagues for a minute. I'll give out pros and cons to each. I will split this into several posts.

To be fair, there are only three league types in existance. There are Redraft Leagues, Keeper Leagues and Dynasty Leagues. You may think that there are more, but you'd be wrong. Anything other than this is just a tweak on the basic league rule structure. I'd play in one of each if I could.

There are only three ways to conduct a draft. These ways are "regular", serpentine and auction. These will be covered in each league type.

There are other tweaks that can be made to league rules as well, they will get their own post.

The most common league setup seems to be this:
Style: Redraft
Teams: 10. Two divisions of five teams.
Playoffs: Top two teams from each division.
Draft: Serpentine
Starting Lineup: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 Def Team
Scoring: 10 yards run/ catch = 1
20 yards pass = 1
TD run/ catch/ def = 6
TD pass = 4
Turnover = -1
Sack = 2
Int = 2
Fumble Rec = 2
FG = 3
XP = 1
2pt = 2

This is common, but scoring can be set any way the league likes. Any rule can be changed for that matter. I would stay pretty basic, maybe tweak it here and there, but make the league recognizable. Don't do crazy things like starting two quarterbacks. Make your league seem like real football. Try to have scoring that promotes offensive player values similar to the NFL (QB/ RB higher than WR/ TE, K is lowest. Very easy.

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