MDS vs leagues

Written by Andrew on .

When yahoo let commissioners create divisions and set up custom scheduling, the MDS vs leagues were born. Born into stardom. A league where MDS and 6 of his finest private leaguers make war on the faces of any fantasy guru and 6 of his best private leaguers. the Million Dollar Man-agers are always ready to rumble and willing to defend their honor and reputation against anyone who can convince MDS of their worthiness.

...so we have 14 teams split into two divisions. In the above case, we have team MDS: the Million Dollar Man-agers doing battle against the infamous Moehair and his Mel Kiper Jr. Impersonators. Each week, every matchup is a MDS team vs a MOE team. After 13 weeks of small skirmishes and battles, the two division winners and 4 other top teams will go on to fight for global domination: the almighty MDS vs MOE Superbowl Showdown championship trophy. With this one small, imaginary trophy a single manager can control the fate of the free fantasy world.

with these basic principles guiding the league, the two opposing division leaders can barter and change some of the finer details of the league. Moe and I agreed to use a PPR scoring format for QBs and positional players that I use in my Pigskin Playmakers league. We also slightly modified the scoring for kickers, nothing major. Weeks 1 and 8 are rivarly weeks. And for unexplained reasons, other than a strange coincidence, team MOE went with team names using the letter M. If your league mates dont mind, you could also pre-set the draft order so the draft spots are intertwined between the two divisions.

so there you have it. yet another way to play fantasy football. its all about the competition and having some fun while doing it. you'll never beat the Million Dollar Man-agers, but that shouldn't stop you from trying...

there are rumors floating around (my email box) that certain yahoo fantasy gurus are willing to test their battle skills against MDS and his merry band of renegade private leaguers. Invites have yet to be sent so MDS will believe it when MDS sees it. Embarrassment will be handed on a platter so some ppl have more to lose than to gain. so we'll see...

to be continued... possibly

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PPR or Bust

Written by Andrew on .

Its no secret, MDS is no fan of public leagues. The set up, scoring systems and competition drive me insane; which isnt really that hard considering I'm already living in fantasy land. If there is one thing I like about my world of make believe, it's the control I have as commissioner.

I'm not going to ramble on about Point Per Reception leagues. It's a simple concept: public leagues overvalue RBs, making the first few rounds a position run. Most managers try not to get involved in position runs, so why would the first few rounds be exactly that? We should be drafting the best available players.

here are the differences between yahoo public leagues and MDS' Pigskin Playmakers league
number of teams: 14
playoffs: 3 weeks (14, 15, 16)
positions added: flex spot WR/RB/TE
weekly waivers: sunday thru tuesday
trade review: commissioner
trade reject time: 0 days
trade end date: dec 4th
fractional pts: yes
scoring: passing TD = 6 pts, Int = -2 pts, rec = 0.75 pts


There are no veto'd trades in my leagues. Managers are invited to MDS leagues b/c they know what theyre doing, they dont need anyone telling them how to run their team. Trades are instantly pushed thru, its great. Instant gratification. I wouldnt recommend this for all leagues.

Adjustments: obviously WRs get a nice boost in value, possession WRs the most. Youll want to pay attention to the RBs who will be playing on 3rd downs: Kevin Faulk, Leon Washington, Jerious Norwood, etc. Beware of the early picks like Michael Turner and Brandon Jacobs who are not as fantasy friendly as they would be in public leagues.

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