Playoffs - Customizable consolation bracket.
This feature will allow commissioners to do the following;
- Turn the consolation bracket on or off
- Change the number of teams the league has in the consolation bracket
- Customize the seeding and teams in the consolation bracket.
Currently, the consolation bracket is only available for 4 and 6 team playoff format, it is not able to be turned on and off, and does not allow for the commissioner to change the number of teams in the consolation bracket or customize the teams/seeding.
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Anonymous commented
Or you could have 12 teams :)
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Craig commented
This would be great! It's never fun seeing our commissioner sitting on the sidelines during the playoffs.
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Jay commented
I think this is a great idea!
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Keith Ferguson commented
Is it possible to set up a last place game during playoffs?
For instance, my league is a 10-teamer -- 4 teams make the playoffs, 4 teams in the consolation tournament. The remaining two teams (9th and 10th place) simply have byes during the tournaments (week 15 and 16 in our case).
Is there anyway to set it up so that those 9th and 10th place teams play each other head to head during week 15 or 16? We have a last place trophy that goes to the team that finishes last in the standings. I think it may be more entertaining to follow the game on Stattracker, give the 10th place team the opportunity to jump to 9 regardless of record and have it 'decided on the field,' as it were.
Thank you for the consideration!
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curtis commented
I am suggesting having three brackets because we have a 12 team league where 4 go to the playoffs 4 to the consolation bracket and 4 to a losers bracket played in reverse order to determine the bottom spot of the league.
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Matt commented
I like this!
In my pool (10 teams, 8 playoff) we have the bottom two teams play a best of 3 during the 3 weeks of playoffs to battle and the one who wins gets first overall pick.
Being able to change the playoff formats would be a fun aspect.
If a league has a reseeded draft format (the one currently in NFL... superbowl winning team gets last pick) there should be an option to customize the rest of the playoff layout. The team that finishes 3rd in current formats would essentially get 3rd last pick, but if he is the best of the worst (non finalists) the league should have the option of them 'winning' the highest playoff seeded pick (3rd pick in a 10 team 8 playoff pool) -
Anonymous commented
A "consolation" bracket is available now.
The commissioner of your league can add it to your league's settings (rules) for next year.
However, I don't know about a 6-team championship bracket in the same league as an 8-team consolation bracket. -
Anonymous commented
A fun idea. And, with the turmoil and frustrations created by this year's re-design of Fantasy Football, Yahoo needs to have some fun ideas.
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Chris commented
Is there a loser's bracket now?
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Mayur commented
i have a 14 team league. please allow for an option to have 6 teams in championship playoffs and 4 teams in consolation playoffs. the losers of first round of championship playoffs can then play in the consolation playoffs (play the winners of the first round of consolation). this is done in 10 team playoffs, however not for 12 or 14 team leagues. please allow this as an option. thank you
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Sc0tt commented
I would like an option to eliminate the consolation ladder - NO LOSERS ALLOWED!
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Sc0tt commented
A bracket for Losers? Nice
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Dawg commented
Agree with comment from Scott! Not sure what the initial posts intent is, but I understand Scott and agree that everyone should be able to participate all the way thru the season.
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Scott commented
I agree this seems like an easy fix. I have a 14 team league, top 6 make the playoffs. But the consolation bracket only takes 6 teams as well, meaning there's two teams that don't even make the consolation playoffs. I should be able to do and 8-team consolation bracket. Same number of weeks, keeps everyone involved longer.
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Anonymous commented
From what I can tell there is no option to add a loser's bracket to an existing league. It should be a simple fix and an easy option for commissioner to adjust every year.