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Raiden
Headbanger
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Posted - 4/16/2021 7:46:42 AM |
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| One of the rules that we need to work out ahead of time is what to do if the NFL postpones a game to after Week 13 or if they cancel a game outright. Thinking about this for a long time, I haven't come up with any clever solution. It seems that whoever is affected by such an event is basically Shit Outta Luck. This would mean that we have an asymmetrical player participation, where most NFL teams play a full season but some NFL teams will be missing week(s). In such a scenario, we can't backfill stats to the original week and rerun the results. I think it's just the way the ball bounces. |
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Posted - 4/18/2021 9:47:41 AM |
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Shit outta luck, is right for sure. If it were me, I'd be pretty chappy about it but I get it, knowing that will still be part of the calculated risk. However, I will say if games this late in the year are being cancelled...the season may very well already be in the shitter as far as fantasy goes.
But are you really SOL? We would still allow real time/immediate replacements on our roster though, correct? One may not be shit outta luck if they have a solid bench. OR would the aforementioned rules proposal be relagated to only the regular season (24.1 Condidtional Starts)? I would suggest the clarification that an owner could apply that rule to any start for Regular or Postseasn games since there seems to be no clear resolution to this possible scenario. Just so there would be a player in that position (if the owner was bright enough to keep a backup...) and we remain as competitive as we can. Obviously if there are multiple games and your backups are not playing... yeah. SOL.
But again, if that's the case, the season has likely already been dealt the likes of the snap from Thanos.
Another point of clarification. As stated in the propsal 24.1, an owner starts player X because Y (franchise) is postponed or cancelled. To be clear, X is your points guy, end of story? Scenario: It's Week 4. You slot X (bench dude) on Sunday morning. He scores 12 points during the 1:00 games. On Sunday night the stoopid NFL says they WILL play Y's game on Monday night as a double header, after your X's game has completed. Your Y player, on Monday scores 34 points. An owner can't retroactivate any decision based on 24.1, correct? Or could they? What about the same scenario in Week 15?
Just putting it out there. Don't really have a strong preference either way, though I would like it to be clear cut before the season.
#upearlyandjustthinking
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Posted - 4/19/2021 12:26:58 PM |
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Conditional clarifications
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For example, one might say, "I'm starting Patrick Mahomes if he plays on Tuesday, but I am conditionally starting Kirk Cousins on Sunday just in case the KC game does not take place."
If the KC game takes place, then Mahomes' points count no matter what. If the KC game gets postponed to a different week, then Cousins' points are counted. The actual points are not part of any decision process.
Note that this pivot only takes place for the entire team and not individual injuries. What happens if the KC game takes place but Mahomes and Tiger Woods are drag racing on Monday and Mahomes crashes and can't play in Tuesday's game? Or what if Mahomes is being a cry baby about his little ankle injury and decides to not play on Tuesday? Should Cousins' points come to the rescue, or is that outside of the spirit of this rule? |
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Posted - 4/19/2021 5:23:37 PM |
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Got it.
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| You don’t have to get touchy Jay Feely. |
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