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IDP position designation!
The IDP community would love to see DL/Edge. Edge rushers in 3-4 typically OLB it would be a beautiful thing to bring them together. There is too much inconsistency in what players are labeled DL/LB. Or let commissioners have the options to have control who should be labeled at respectful position designation. DL/EDGE IS THE EVOLUTION OF THE IDP!! THANK YOU
Hey Russell,
Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback.
Position eligibility is determined by a player’s past participation and info our data provider collects from NFL teams. Our data provider makes the final decision (there’s no set criteria) on position eligibility including when a new position is added.
We will get your comments and suggestions to our product team.
Thanks,
Product Support
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Bring back "enter live draft now". Or much more open selections to enter live draft for that day.
I'm tried of searching for draft times. To which most I won't be available to participate. I remember 15 years ago all I had to do was enter number of teams n live or not draft and presto. Several teams appeared with time to select from. We need that now. I tried to create a league open to the public and was unable to. I don't want to send invites. I like it to be open to ALL yahoo members to join. Fast, simple and the way it should be.
Hi Shawn,
Thank you for your feedback.
If you are looking for a Custom League, you can use the filters to narrow down a specific date and draft type you are looking for. If you have availability on June 13th for example, you can search for drafts on this date, see how many teams are in the league and join the league at the time that suits you.
If you’re looking to create a league and open it up to the public to join, make sure you’re following the steps located at https://help.yahoo.com/kb/opened-public-sln7211.html.
Thanks,
Product Support
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Let us turn off chat in mock drafts.
I want picks and information - not idiots and BS
Thanks for your suggestion. I will pass that along to our engineering team.
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7 Playoff Teams Option
My league has always tried to mirror the NFL with 16 teams and 6 playoff teams being half the NFL numbers. With the NFL now going to 14 teams I'd like to be able to have 7 playoff teams.
Thanks for taking the time to submit your feature suggestion. I will relay this to our product team for review.
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Stop allowing back to back auto drafters, ruins drafts!!!!
Its not realistic , no one is going to the highest rated yahoo player every single round of the draft regardless of postion. Auto drafters distorts when you should draft what and when. Time out anyone that autodrafts 2-3 times in a row. People want to to draft with people not bots.
Hello Eric,
We appreciate you taking time to leave feedback.
Auto draft works the same in mock drafts as it will in an actual draft for a league if managers cannot make the draft.
All starter positions are filled before bench positions.
You can’t designate which round a player is picked or a position is filled.
Each round, autopick drafts the highest-ranked (pre-rank, then default rank) available player based on your position needs.The system determines a max number of players to positions ratio, including bench, so that your roster positions are balanced.
Your feedback has been provided to our product team.
Thanks,
Product Support
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Changes to Fantasy Football Settings:
Being a Yahoo Commish for 18 years, few changes NEEDED:
1) Since PPR is the new norm, please add scoring setting for Dropped Passes. We can add negative value for dropping passes. This can influence WR's and RB's who catch.
2) Add value changes, ie. RB who catches passes, add value where we can +/- points for any RB that has receiving yards. So if McCaffrey gets 100 yards receiving, we can make it 1 pt. per 20 yards receiving, and still have 1 pt. per 10 yards receiving for WR's.
Hi James,
Thank you for leaving your feedback.
We are continually working to refine our fantasy games on a year-to-year basis for a good experience for our members. Your suggestions have been provided to our product team.
In the meantime, if you would like to use this type of scoring in your league, you can use the commissioner tools to edit the scoring for teams in the league each week. It will require some additional work on your end but you can determine the value and enter the negative amount for the points for dropped passes. You can also edit the scoring to account for 1 point per 20 yards as opposed to 1 point per 10 yards for a wide receiver.
The edit team points can be found in the commissioner tools under the Manage Other Teams setting of the tools.
Thanks,
Product Support
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Improvements for Points Only and IDP Leagues
Hello,
I hope this message finds you all well. I was hoping to possibly make a couple suggestions for potential improvements in Yahoo Fantasy Football. My group loves using Yahoo and there were a few things we thought maybe it was worth reaching out about.
Option to put a “max” for player position on your roster. We play a mixed offense and IDP league. So it is very difficult to keep rosters balanced when there is no limit to the number of players per position. For example: maximum 6 RBs, 6 LB, etc. It’s a small thing but it really…
Thanks for these suggestions. I will pass them along to our product team for review.
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Are there to be no WINNERS LEAGUES in 2020??
….I won a PUBLIC LEAGUE in 2019 and there is no option to join a WINNERS LEAGUE in 2020 after clicking 'JOIN A LEAGUE' on the FANTASY FOOTBALL 2020 homepage
There will be winner’s leagues. If you qualify but are not seeing the option to join, please reach out to our technical support team via Twitter (@YahooFantasyCC) or email/chat https://bit.ly/2ixvQ73
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5 team playoff
Can you add 5 teams make the playoffs, kind of like a play in game. Seeds 4 vs 5 in week 14, with seeds 1,2,3 earning buys. Then the winner vs #1 and 2 vs 3 in week 15 and so on.
Hi Eric,
Thanks for your feedback.
We will get your suggestion to our product team.
If you would like to use this type of playoff this season, you will need to run your regular season through Week 14. You can edit the matchups for the week so the teams that would be the 4 and 5 seed will play one another in Week 14. You would also set up the league with a 4 team playoff format, so the playoffs would start in Week 15 and you would be able to edit the first round of the playoffs to set the matchups and seeds for the last 4 teams and continue with the playoffs.
Thanks,
Product Support
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Make Edge Rushers DL Eligible
Players like TJ Watt, Von Miller, Khalil Mack, are some of the best players in the game. But in most formats they are hard to use because they are listed as a traditional linebacker. But most often they are on the line of scrimmage rushing the QB. They need to have the ability to be flexed as a DE/LB. Because their position is different from a 4-3 OLB or an ILB, they should have their own designation.
Thanks for your suggestion. I will pass that along to our product team.
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Currently I have tried to email everyone in the league including myself and it does not work
Currently unable to email people in the league. I send but it never shows up in peoples email boxes.
This could be due to filters that you or other members have set up that are marking the emails as junk. If you try this and it still doesn’t fix the issue, please reach out to us at help.yahoo.com.
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Make Money League Available Again
You already had this working last year. It was beautiful... why did you remove it?
We will be opening cash contests soon. Keep checking back!
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There should be an option for private best ball leagues.
Allow scoring to operate in a best ball format. Each week your lineup (already offered in the optimal lineup tab) to be used as a starting lineup, then the outcome of the game adjusted using the optimal lineup. Private league with best ball scoring.
Hi Kelly,
Thanks for your feedback.
We are continually working to refine our fantasy games for our members.
While there will not be Private Best Ball, it is something that is being looked into in the future.
Thanks,
Product Support
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You can only select 26 categories per position type.(scoring settings)
Set scoring settings FREE!! Make all the check boxes available...
Thanks for your feedback. I will pass that along to our engineering team.
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i renewed a cash league, however it defaulted to standard. as commissioner how can i change this back without deleting the league?
i renewed a cash league, however it defaulted to standard. as commissioner how can i change this back without deleting the league?
Here’s how you can create a cash contest for your league: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/sln26485.html
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Reverse Playoff for Losers
All of the teams who miss the playoffs are seeded into a losers bracket. the worst team has the best seed and so on. Match up like a normal bracket but the winner each week is eliminated. Loser advances. Who ever is left without a win is the league loser. I do this every year off site, would be cool if yahoo added an option.
Hello Matt,
Thanks for your feedback.
Your suggestion has been provided to our product team.
Thanks,
Product Support
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Hello, thanks for the suggestion! We are exploring the idea of opening fantasy football earlier than normal.
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Fantasy leagues for Australian football
There are currently limited options to play draft style fantasy football in Australia for our two main types of football, Australian Rules (AFL) and Rugby League (NRL).
The Yahoo fantasy football platform is great, the option to play both of those sports on Yahoo would be very well received and supported here.
Hi Drew,
Thanks for the feedback.
Your suggestion has been provided to our product team.
Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi!
Thanks,
Product Support
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Vulture position
Vulture position where only touchdowns count
Thanks for your feedback. I will pass that idea along to our product team.
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Long time fantasy player on the Yahoo platform. I would love to see XFL fantasy offered on the Yahoo app.
Long time fantasy player on the Yahoo platform. I would love to see XFL fantasy offered on the Yahoo app.
Thanks for the feedback! Although the 2020 season has started, we will keep it in mind for future releases.
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