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Re: Need info on Commissioners Fees
« Reply #2 on: Jan 17th, 2004, 11:52am » |
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Most fantasy leagues on the net charge fees, so it would make sense that private league commissioners receive funding as well. I helped do the scoring in the GBRFL2 league here at the Gridiron this past season, and although I did enjoy it, I considered it "work" (and the scoring was just a small part of what our commisssioner, StegRock, had to do to keep the league running smoothly). You will soon find out just how tough being commissioner can be (especially if there's money involved) and you might change your tune with a little "hands on" experience. Some people, like BarnabyWilde (above) and StegRock, enjoy the work and do it for free, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve to be paid for their time and effort. I consider myself extremely lucky to play in a top-notch fantasy league for free, and I would gladly pay to play. My advice to you would be, try things out before rushing to judgement... you may want some cash after all! Good luck and welcome to the Gridiron. 
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Re: Need info on Commissioners Fees
« Reply #3 on: Mar 22nd, 2004, 6:28pm » |
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It really depends on how much effort your commissioner puts into it and what the specific context is. In the GBRFL, the awards are VERY NICE plaques, not cash prizes, for "1st Place", "2nd Place" and "3rd Place" (no playoffs) and "Coach/GM of the Year", and I do A LOT. I charge $40 per team to cover the various expenses, which range from the plaques to the boards that I make for draft day, including all the printer ink I use up, to a consideration for the long-distance phone calling I make throughout the year to all that goes into the web site, time, effort and cash, to etc., etc. Whatever I can save on any of the costs the guys do not question (which isn't that much, but it is usually a little scratch for me) and they typically do not ask me to pay for a thing during our big "Summer Meeting & Draft" day, which we do at a sports bar and after which we usually head out for the night to a place like Dave & Buster's. Hundreds of dollars are spent that night, but they cover me. Thanks, fellow GBRFLers!  That kind of "informal" give-and-take seems to me to be the best way of going about it if that's possible. In a vacuum, where a league commissioner just does the "basics", I would say that about 10 bucks per player is about right.
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Re: Need info on Commissioners Fees
« Reply #6 on: Mar 28th, 2004, 12:03pm » |
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on Mar 28th, 2004, 2:09am, pezzuti66 wrote:| Well, it's a big $$$ league. The total pot at the end of the year is usually over 8k. We spend a couple hundred and have a mid-year party, pay the commissioner, and the rest goes to the winners and the high scorer each week. The rule used to be that the commish got 10%, but we capped it at 6 bills a few years back. I am now going to be one of the two commissioners and I am pushing to go online with the league. Since I totally engross myself in football I don't care if I get paid. I just think that the commissioners have always been way way way overpaid. |
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Those are dollar amounts I am not accustomed to. If he was calculating ALL the games by himself by hand, that is A LOT of painstaking work. But, on the other hand, all things considered, given the technology of the day, yes, 600 to 800 bucks for someone who does not even provide a unique web site for your league sounds like TOO MUCH!
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