There has been some interest in creating a fantasy football league for us brickpickers to have a little fun with. I've created a league on yahoo. Here are the details...

12 team head to head PPR.

Snake draft.

Points for yardage and td's.

Starting lineups will consist of 1qb, 2 rb, 2 wr, 1 te, 1 flex(rb, wr, or te), 1 k, 1 d/st, and 6 bench players.

Top six teams will make the playoffs.

Prize money awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

$30 franchise fee.

All money collected will be paid back to the league 100%.

1st place will get $220, 2nd place $90, and 3rd place $30. Total of $340.

League financials will be posted and tracked on the league site so everyone knows who has paid.

Live online draft is scheduled for Tuesday, August 26th at 630pm central time.

I chose this date because it is close to the end of preseason, so major injuries should not be a factor. It's also before Labor Day weekend, so you can spend time with friends and family and not have to worry about a FF draft. I chose a Tuesday night because everyone is most likely around. I chose 630pm central time so our pickers on the coasts should most likely be able to participate.

Draft order will be randomly determined by yahoo once you log into the live draft.

In keeping with the spirit of this wonderful site, I ask that all owners make their team names Lego related.

I will collect entry fees and pay out prize money via paypal. It's the easiest way to do this. As long as we send as a gift payment no paypal fees will be deducted. The winners can obviously use their winnings any way they choose to, but hopefully they will spend it on some lego and post the pics to brag about it!

A little about myself...I live in Green Bay, WI, and am a HUGE Packer fan. I have been going to Packer games since 1989 when I was in middle school, and share season tickets with my father (yes, the senior citizen I am always talking about dragging to shopko to utilize his 15% senior discount). I run a 12 team auction league up here and this season is our 20th year. We have very little ownership turnover, so that makes it quite a bit of fun. Alas, in 19 seasons I have only won the championship twice. It's ok though. I have fun running the league.

Now, I realize that we have a pretty tight knit community here, and that I am asking potential owners to send money to a complete stranger. I kept the entry fee low ($30) to reduce the scam potential, but it's still enough for the winner to be able to buy a nice exclusive. I have been an active member on this site for a year and a half, with over 400 "likes". I sell on eBay under the handle scoob222000. I have over 600 positive feedbacks there, with no neutral or negatives. I just started selling on bricklink. My handle there is terrymc, and my store is Everything is Awesome!! Since I just got started there my feedback is only at 31, but it's 100% positive as well. Please feel free to check out my profiles. The point I am trying to make is that I'm not setting this up to scam anybody, but instead to have a little fun this football season with some fellow pickers.

If all of this sounds good then PM me your email address and I will send you the link to join the league. Ed and/or Jeff, if you are reading this it would be awesome if you guys would join us. So far we have three owners. Nine spots are left. It's first come, first served.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!?!

I'm in.

 

What website will we use?

All the details are in the first post to this thread. PM your email address to me and I'll send an invite.

All the details are in the first post to this thread. PM your email address to me and I'll send an invite.

 

ditto

All the details are in the first post to this thread. PM your email address to me and I'll send an invite.

Whoops... does it need to be a yahoo email address? If so, give me a minute...

Whoops... does it need to be a yahoo email address? If so, give me a minute...

No, it doesn't. Any email addy works.

any spots left, I'm in!

Why can't I change my team name on the app software? I feel like an old man, I can't figure it out!

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Go to "My Team" on the main toolbar and the bottom option is "Edit Team Info." Team name is under Team Information, just above the helmet options.

...aaannd we are full. I will post any openings if anyone drops out before the draft on 8/26.

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Gawd I hate the Yahoo app already. If I lose this league, I'm blaming it completely on the app.

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Gawd I hate the Yahoo app already. If I lose this league, I'm blaming it completely on the app.

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Lol...the excuses are flying already and we haven't even drafted yet! I've been using it for years, with no issues. On game day make sure you check out the stat tracker function. You'll love it.

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ive never liked yahoo's fantasy platform much.

where i have always liked Yahoo's platform

those of you who have drafted using the yahoo ap, does it run smoothly during draft day? can we use tablets (ipad) to draft without any problems?

hey Terry, when shall we start sending payment and whats the paypal addy?

hey Terry, when shall we start sending payment and whats the paypal addy?

So far 7/12 owners have sent the $30 entry fee. I'd like to have them all collected preferably before the draft next Tuesday, and for sure before the regular season starts at the very latest. This way we can focus on the season and having fun instead of chasing down entry fees. I've been posting on the league yahoo site who has already paid. Please send the entry fee via paypal to...

[email protected]

Make sure to send it as a gift so paypal doesn't take any fees from our league prize pool. Thanks for asking.

those of you who have drafted using the yahoo ap, does it run smoothly during draft day? can we use tablets (ipad) to draft without any problems?

I've been running some mock drafts the past few days on my iPad with the yahoo app and haven't had any issues with it.

For those participating in this, just a reminder that the online draft is this Tuesday, starting at 630 central standard time.

are we picking the draft order ahead of time?

Draft order is random per Yahoo 1 hr before the draft I think. 

Draft order is random per Yahoo 1 hr before the draft I think.

I believe this is correct. I will check later today when I get home from work.

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are we picking the draft order ahead of time?

  

Draft order is random per Yahoo 1 hr before the draft I think.

  

I believe this is correct. I will check later today when I get home from work.

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I just checked and yahoo will randomly assign the draft order 30 minutes prior to the draft (6:00PM Central Time). There is an option for me to have yahoo randomly assign the order now. Would you guys like me to do that so we all know where we pick, and can then run a few accurate mocks beforehand? Either way is fine with me.

i say pick the draft order now

i say pick the draft order now

I am kind of leaning the same way. I'll wait a little bit to see if anyone else chimes in.

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I just checked and yahoo will randomly assign the draft order 30 minutes prior to the draft (6:00PM Central Time). There is an option for me to have yahoo randomly assign the order now. Would you guys like me to do that so we all know where we pick, and can then run a few accurate mocks beforehand? Either way is fine with me.

I think knowing sooner is better.  At least the first two rounds kind of get mapped out and go much faster.  You know, so we know which kicker to grab with our first picks.

However, to be fair, we should send out emails so hopefully everyone knows.

I say pick the draft order now too