Hi folks,
Figured I would start a topic for everyone who has signed up to the Dynasty League so that we can discuss rules and sort out a a date and time for the draft to take place. We now have all 12 places occupied and signed up on the Sleeper app
Myself
stoa
GerryAttrick
classycarra
Claus
Trendisdestiny
GodsLeftBoot
mikeylfc
Buck Pete
Beav
Defacto
Mr F
If there's anyone who missed out it may be worth discussing the possibility of co-owning a team with one of the posters above as this league will be a big commitment once it gets going with trades and stuff going on pretty much all year round. And hopefully if all goes well this league will be running for a few years.
I'm unsure as to how much you all know about Dynasty leagues so to give you an idea of the basic jist I'll breakdown the key points.
Once we sort a draft order the draft will take place on an agreed date when all owners can make it. This initial draft is extremely important as unlike in standard fantasy leagues, it will be the only full draft that takes place in this league. That means once you have drafted your players, that's it, that is your roster set in stone for this season, next season and the season after that etc!
After the draft the only way to obtain new players will be via trades, free agency and waivers and rookie drafts. Rookie only drafts will take place each year following the real life NFL draft. Once our initial draft is completed owners will be allocated draft picks for the rookie only drafts for the next couple of seasons which can be traded for players/other draft picks, just like in the NFL. The draft order for rookie only drafts will be determined by the previous season's standings with the bottom ranked team picking 1st and the top ranked team picking 12th.
The scoring for the league will be PPR (Point Per Reception), this scoring system is basically the most popular one out there in the fantasy world right now and it's my preferred method. I won't bore everyone with the breakdown of this scoring system as I'm sure most of you are familiar with it and this info can be found on the Sleeper app.
I have set the roster size at 24 for now with 9 starters and 15 bench spots. When I've looked into roster sizes for dynasty startups I've seen various recommendations ranging from 20 spots to as many as 40 so I'm happy to change this if people think we should go for more.
Starting roster spots will be as follows
1 QB
2 RB
2 WR
1 TE
2 Flex (WR/RB/TE)
1 Superflex (QB/WR/RB/TE)
15 bench
I've gone with this as I think it provides everyone with some flexibility as to what kind of roster they build with teams being able to start as many as 2 QBs if they wish or they could go RB heavy and start as many as 5 in that position. I've also decided to not bother with kickers or Defences. I don't have any issues with these positions in normal redraft leagues but I think they are far too luck dependent for a dynasty league as things like Def TDs and long field goals happen far too randomly.
Edit - Playoff Info - The top 6 teams each year will go into the playoffs which will commence in Week 14. The 2 highest ranked teams will have a bye and 3rd will play 6th and 4th will play 5th in an elimination round. For the bottom 6 teams we can choose between having a consolation bracket where we find the best of the worst or we can have a Toilet Bowl to have them battling it out for last place (losing team from each round gets flushed to the next round).
I'm currently working on drafting up some by-laws to cover some of the more nuanced rules of the league so will share them when I get them finished.
I think that covers the basics so let's get cracking with deciding a draft date so we can move onto the important stuff... the trash talk.
Redviper AKA The Commish
EDIT - I have now randomised the draft order which is as follows
1. Gerry Attrick
2. BaxterTheWall (Mr F)
3. Trendisdestiny
4. CarlG87 (Redviper)
5. mikeylfc
6. classycarra
7. BuckPete
8. GLB
9. Beav
10. Claus
11. stoa
12. defacto