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Schedule/Scoring Formats - 'Doubleheaders vs league score median'.

Each week, the median fantasy points of all teams in the league is calculated by taking the middle number in a sorted list of scores of each team. Each team would get a win if they beat the league median and a loss if they lose to it.

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  • D commented  ·   ·  Report

    Not sure if it exists, but be nice to be able to setup all-play leagues.

  • kazi ahmed commented  ·   ·  Report

    having the option to have a league where you can have two matchups per week instead of 1.

  • kazi ahmed commented  ·   ·  Report

    In fantasy football, usually there are 13 weeks of regular season weeks and 3 weeks of playoffs afterwards. If there's an option to have matchups a week, so with 13 weeks, there would be a total 26 games played in the regular season. Can be more challenging and more fun.

  • Ben commented  ·   ·  Report

    YES!!! I came on to this forum to make this exact suggestion. So glad to see it's already on here. Top half of the league gets a Win and Bottom half gets a Loss. This way the standings still have the standard wins/loss record. Then in the playoffs the same format continues. Top 2 records get a bye. 4 active playoff teams play and the top 2 scorers for the week advance to the semis. The format continues until the finals. I have been doing H2H leagues for years and have seen some weak teams make the playoffs just because they had a "lucky" schedule. This format keeps the league as fair as possible by rewarding the true top teams each week.
    Would love to see this as an option in 2017!!! Thanks so much Yahoo if you can make this happen.

  • David Dempsey commented  ·   ·  Report

    Plus 3 on this one. I'd prefer the flexibility to do what I want with the schedule, but would give folks the option of playing 2 games per week.

  • Johnny commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is a great idea and I agree with Garrett, please merge these topics.

  • Johnny commented  ·   ·  Report

    I would like to keep the head to head win/loss but add a win for top half of scoring that week also.

  • C commented  ·   ·  Report

    A MUST for 2017!

    Each team plays against their whole League each week, so your weekly record (for a 12 team) could look like 10-1 (if you beat every teams score that week except one), etc.
    Then cumulatively it will provide a very accurate overall record at the end of the year to represent the true strength of what type of team you put out there.

  • Chris Beck commented  ·   ·  Report

    This seems too easy for Yahoo not to offer as an option! Lets do this Yahoo!!!!!

  • Saqib Razvi commented  ·   ·  Report

    Lets get this done Yahoo. Ill be looking forward to this for the 2017 season.

  • Josh Baer commented  ·   ·  Report

    Doubleheader - We would like to have the option of playing a double header on some weeks so that we play each team an even number of times.

  • Scott Betteker commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is a great idea and something that has been shared by managers in our long time league. Currently, the only way to capture this is to track the league outside of the web based service, which is super unappealing. When a manager is scoring the most points but coming up against people have career weeks, the bitterness is palpable. The head-2-head matchup keeps it more consistent with real football, while the top 5 scoring eliminates some of the randomness.
    We did an exercise and checked a previous year's results and found that the same top 4 still would have made the playoffs, but we didn't check every year.

  • garrett wake commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can Yahoo please merge these topics, they would be ranked in the top 15 probably if they were merged.

  • Mr. Manager commented  ·   ·  Report

    Median Monster

    Teams play each week, they go head to head with another team, and they get a victory for a win. Every team plays against the league median as well. Therefore, each team would have two wins, losses, or a win and a loss for every week. Since we are playing the median score of the league, the top half of the league would earn a win and the bottom half would get a loss for the week. Every team would then have a head to head matchup with an opponent for the week and against the Median Monster!

    There are several reasons to incorporate this option:

    This option would guide the best teams into the playoffs. Teams making it into the playoffs under this setup would more than likely be the teams who have been winning games AND putting up the highest point totals throughout the season. When we see our playoff teams going for the championship, we would get to see the best competition in the final matchup.

    Leagues that decided to have head to head matchups welcome competition. Forget about the fact that teams are playing the median score of other teams in the league for a moment, and think of it for what it really is, and that is another competitor.

    The road to the playoffs is extremely tough at times. Teams will eventually reach a point during the season where it would be impossible to make the playoffs based on their win/loss standings. When including the extra competitor matchup, teams that are behind have more of an opportunity to come back with having twice as many games left in the season leaving the race to the playoffs more of a competition with double the amount of wins and losses available. This setup would prolong the life of every team in the league bringing hope to those just about to have an end to their season.

    To recap some beneficial reasons to incorporate this option:

    • Playoffs would have the hardest competition
    • Teams get to play against two opponents each week
    • Twice as many games give playoff hopes to lower ranked teams

    Arguments that I have heard against incorporating this option include:

    o Teams that are not as good would have a harder chance getting into the playoffs. This takes away from the “Any Given Sunday” factor for underdog teams to win the entire league.
    o Stuff happens
    o It is fun to laugh at people who earn high points and get shafted by losing

    Thanks for reading!

  • alex kitchens commented  ·   ·  Report

    I would like to be able to give a team a win for winning head to head but also give a team a win for being in the top half of scorers that week. This way even if you lose head to head you can still get a win. I've had too many leagues where a top 3 scoring team doesn't make the playoffs because his points against are way higher than everyone elses

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is not currently an option on Yahoo!

  • Aaron Sauceda commented  ·   ·  Report

    Is this going to be here next year, Yahoo?

    If not, we're moving to a different platform.

    We've been asking for the ability to do two-game weeks and "all-play" for three years now...

    More serious players want it, but if you'd prefer to stay on more "amateur" end of market, then don't take action

  • garrett wake commented  ·   ·  Report

    This topic needs to be merged, there are like 3 of these in the top 100

  • Kent Baker commented  ·   ·  Report

    add more customizable options like double headers each week. Cant you partner with a website that has customizable options yet keep things your site does well like stattracker.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Fantasy football should evolve and be more customizable like options for:
    - two win per week system where player gets a win for head to head as well as scoring in the highest half of the league that week (i.e. if ten teams then, top 5 highest scoring teams get a win)
    - Defensive touchdowns scored against fantasy defense don't count. youre defense shouldnt be penalised if said team's qb throws a pick 6.
    - Options for subs in case players get injured and leave game, options for no maximum and only 1.
    - half the yardage points for pass interference calls on receivers.

    Just add some more stuff and give us the option of whether we want to use it or not.

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