Post by Lee on Jul 2, 2024 22:21:26 GMT -6
Everyone should be aware by this point that Yahoo has forced us to change how we approach our unique keeper system. I won't get into the nitty-gritty of why, because it's a looong, technical explanation, but the short version is that the changed some internal things with their system that make our way of doing things (primarily the adding and dropping of players to start the season) impossible. If anyone wants a full explanation of said technical details, let me know and we'll work out a FB audio chat sometime so I can explain. It's just way too much to type out in addition to everything I need to explain below.
Because of Yahoo's change, we will need to do our keeper system a little differently from the past. Teams now MUST keep all 13 starting positions. It doesn't matter what 13 players you keep, as long as they can all start at the same time (meaning 6 starters on offense, on defense, and a kicker). In order to carry over the spirit of our old tag system, we will be evolving it to a "franchise tag" system. In short, in addition to the 13 players each team must start, they may keep an optional 14th player (their "franchise tag" player) at the cost of their 6th rounder. So in essence, your 6th round pick would be that franchise tag player. This is an experiment, so we'll see how it works and adjust things before the 2025 season if adjustments need to be made. Because of the potential for complication, though, 6th round picks may NO LONGER be involved in trades! Note that unlike in the past, where a certain player was a "tag" player for life, your franchise tag player can be any player on your roster that you want to keep beyond the 13 starters.
Everyone's goal right now should be to drop players on their roster until they only have their 13 starters (in their positions) and their optional franchise tag player. As soon as that's done, we can start the Early Draft, which needs to happen sooner rather than later. This change to Yahoo's system has cost us quite a bit of time!
Moving forward, I will attempt to have every team's roster completely carried over, almost in dynasty fashion, from one year to the next. All teams will have to do when seasons begin is simply drop the players they won't be keeping. Even though this change was unwelcomed this year, it should actually make things a lot easier in the future now that I (hopefully) know how to prepare for it.
Regarding players that were traded, I'm leaving that up to you guys. Work it out with your trade partner, and either trade players or drop/add whatever players need to be moved around. The Early Draft hasn't begun yet, so there's time for everyone to do that.
If there are any questions, just reach out to me. This has been a long, arduous process, but I'll answer as many questions as I can! Just be forewarned that if you want to get technical, it's going to have to wait for an audio call as it's just much easier to explain that way.
I apologize for the craziness of all this! It caught me off guard for sure. Hopefully these changes end up being the positive thing moving forward that I believe they can become.
Because of Yahoo's change, we will need to do our keeper system a little differently from the past. Teams now MUST keep all 13 starting positions. It doesn't matter what 13 players you keep, as long as they can all start at the same time (meaning 6 starters on offense, on defense, and a kicker). In order to carry over the spirit of our old tag system, we will be evolving it to a "franchise tag" system. In short, in addition to the 13 players each team must start, they may keep an optional 14th player (their "franchise tag" player) at the cost of their 6th rounder. So in essence, your 6th round pick would be that franchise tag player. This is an experiment, so we'll see how it works and adjust things before the 2025 season if adjustments need to be made. Because of the potential for complication, though, 6th round picks may NO LONGER be involved in trades! Note that unlike in the past, where a certain player was a "tag" player for life, your franchise tag player can be any player on your roster that you want to keep beyond the 13 starters.
Everyone's goal right now should be to drop players on their roster until they only have their 13 starters (in their positions) and their optional franchise tag player. As soon as that's done, we can start the Early Draft, which needs to happen sooner rather than later. This change to Yahoo's system has cost us quite a bit of time!
Moving forward, I will attempt to have every team's roster completely carried over, almost in dynasty fashion, from one year to the next. All teams will have to do when seasons begin is simply drop the players they won't be keeping. Even though this change was unwelcomed this year, it should actually make things a lot easier in the future now that I (hopefully) know how to prepare for it.
Regarding players that were traded, I'm leaving that up to you guys. Work it out with your trade partner, and either trade players or drop/add whatever players need to be moved around. The Early Draft hasn't begun yet, so there's time for everyone to do that.
If there are any questions, just reach out to me. This has been a long, arduous process, but I'll answer as many questions as I can! Just be forewarned that if you want to get technical, it's going to have to wait for an audio call as it's just much easier to explain that way.
I apologize for the craziness of all this! It caught me off guard for sure. Hopefully these changes end up being the positive thing moving forward that I believe they can become.
