Anyone involved in a long term roto/fantasy league?
ComicBookGuy
Member
Just curious as I get ready for my draft on April 1 how many others have been involved in a league for a long time.
Ours started in 1986 and has always been a draft format where we meet in person the Sunday before Opening Day. In 2005-2007 it was getting harder to get teams so in 2008 we switched to a National League only format. For this season we have 12 teams.
We have 24 rounds(10 pitchers/14 offense) and all players play all the time. One big difference between our league and most others are there are no trades, free agents,reserve lists etc. The team you walk out with on draft day is the team you have all year. You have to live with injuries,retirements,minor league demotions and attitude problems.
Needless to say the pressure on draft day is staggering but I also believe its one of the reasons our league has lasted. Everyone knows it won't be a 6 month vocation of setting lineups, checking on free agents, fielding trade offers etc.
Ours started in 1986 and has always been a draft format where we meet in person the Sunday before Opening Day. In 2005-2007 it was getting harder to get teams so in 2008 we switched to a National League only format. For this season we have 12 teams.
We have 24 rounds(10 pitchers/14 offense) and all players play all the time. One big difference between our league and most others are there are no trades, free agents,reserve lists etc. The team you walk out with on draft day is the team you have all year. You have to live with injuries,retirements,minor league demotions and attitude problems.
Needless to say the pressure on draft day is staggering but I also believe its one of the reasons our league has lasted. Everyone knows it won't be a 6 month vocation of setting lineups, checking on free agents, fielding trade offers etc.
Comments
Now we have a stat service(there are many)that updates them every day. It would be easy to move players in and out but we like the league as it is.