Playoffs - Odd number of teams and more Bye week options
This playoff format would allow for an odd number of teams in the playoffs and other options for Bye weeks in the first week of playoffs. Currently, this is not an option for playoff formats.
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DHB commented
ideas include:
- eliminate consolation bracket; once you are eliminated from playoffs, you are locked out just like those teams who miss playoffs and there are no meaningless "consolation" games that no one pays attention to
- two week championship as an option
- shorter regular season due to MLB teams shutting down pitchers, resting players, etc. in september. The championships should be wrapped up by time fantasy football rolls around (week one of the NFL should be championship week for fantasy baseball) -
Tim Swift commented
Have each playoff matchup be 1 week and then have a 2 week Championship
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Joe Swag commented
Would like the option of setting my H2H playoffs to have every matchup be two weeks long. Currently, The season goes 21 weeks and then 3 weeks of playoffs 22, 23 and 24 which is great but after a long season sometimes 1 week isn't enough to fairly decide a playoff especially with pitchers doubling and whatnot. Just like MLB Playoffs become 3 game series', maybe implement the option of setting regular season to be until week 20 and then have playoffs be 21-26 or something with 2 week matchups. This would eliminate 2 start pitchers as most every pitcher would make 3 starts and would also better reflect who's lineup performed better in that span. Helps for shortening the season and keeping managers interested as well as players on cold streaks or in bad ballpark matchups for the week don't kill your matchup as much because 2 week slumps out of stars are rare.
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Basel Baghal commented
This is a great idea! Please lets make it happen yahoo!
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Joe13 commented
A ticket already exists for this - ranked 32nd - check it out and you can vote on it so it goes through!
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Basel Baghal commented
It would be nice to be able to choose the duration of playoff match ups. For example my league would love to have a 1 week semi finals but a 2 week finals!
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Joe13 commented
This would be a nice option. Our league always wanted this as well. I feel like it existed at one point in the past. A better tie breaker would be cool as well, like an extra week of play.
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Anonymous commented
Is there any traction on this idea? It would be nice for Yahoo to at least respond to the ideas posted here.
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Anonymous commented
The only way 2 week championships are allowed is if there are 4 or more days in the second week.
Example, this year in basketball, 2 week championships were advertized as available, but they weren't available, because the final week of the season is 3 days, not 4 or more.
The other point is the last week of the regular season in all sports is a real issue dealing with which players are really going to play vs. which players are going to be rested/benched/shutdown for the season.
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Anonymous commented
please add this as soon as possible, all of my managers are asking for it and I have seen this posted on the message board for the last few years. Should be easy to add since you already have it in some of your other fantasy games. I was looking for that as a new feature when baseball opened up and could not believe that it was added this season.
Yahoo has not added new feature like this in a few years. Game is getting stagnant and I am starting to consider looking into ESPN or CBS to see if they have a better game..
Improve your game to remain on top
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Anonymous commented
Please add a 2-week championship for baseball. This was added as an option in your Hockey and basketball leagues.
It would mean a better representation of the best team to win the league, instead of a weaker team getting in a week and stealing the championship. 2 weeks would be the best representation of the better team and give each manager a change to battle it out over a few weeks
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Anonymous commented
2-week championships would be an amazing addition, it was added in basketball and hockey, please add it for baseball
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Anonymous commented
just change it for the championship round, give it an option, but not for the earlier rounds
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Anonymous commented
please change it to a 2-week championship, everyone is asking for it. You added it in basketball and hockey, which are 2 less popular sports, how do you not add it for baseball?
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Anonymous commented
yahoo you sicken me.
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Anonymous commented
CBS would change it.
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Jeffrey S commented
They offered a 2 week championship option in my fantasy basketball league. My league was thrilled, but about halfway through they took it away and told us sorry, that configuration is no longer available. So I'm not holding my breath.
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Michael Allan commented
This would be ideal. I hate that a championship is decided based on a week of baseball when your stud pitchers may be limited in innings, or with the expanded rosters, regulars aren't playing as much. Making it two weeks would help account for these fewer appearance.
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Robert Franco Martinez commented
is this being reviewed or has it been reviwed and a decision was made?
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Chase Greene commented
Yahoo is "Gathering Feedback" on this for the 3rd year in a row.