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(Message started by: KillerKingSting on May 9^th, 2004, 12:14am)

Title: Home Field Advantage
Post by KillerKingSting on May 9^th, 2004, 12:14am

Looking over some posts from other sites as well as articles, I ran across something a bit intriguing in regards to Fantasy football home field advantage.

One league gives the oppurtunity for Fantasy Home teams to choose ONE position (QB,RB,WR,TE,K, - if using IDPs DL,LB,DBs, - you get the idea) per week in which they can start ONE more player at the "chosen" position though, in the final tally of the score, the Fantasy Home Team will get the best - say the RB position was chosen and keeping w/ tradition you play 2 RBs - get the BEST 2 of 3 backs. The third back's stats would not count.

Or rather, another league makes you choose just 2 RBs (as I stated before, using RBs for an example but, ANY positon of choice could be used), and you'll get the BEST of those 2 PLUS the other RB you chose for your starting lineup. So in other words, you don't actually get the best 2 of 3 but rather, you choose 3 RBs, and choose 2 of them for your Home Field Advantage Pick.

Just wondering what everyone's thoughts and opinions are on this and also, if any of you have your own ideas on this matter to go ahead and share w/ the rest of us.

Also, if you like or dislike the diea , opinions & rationales are welcome and I would like to hear WHY you like or dislike the idea.

As always, get creative w/ your answers and put some thought behind them. This is a very interesting subject - one that I don't necessarily condone but in any event, am excited to hear other's thoughts and or rationales.

Title: Re: Home Field Advantage
Post by bgsgfan on May 9^th, 2004, 1:43am

This is kind of odd. I am also involved in a league which uses this rule, and although the league is now in its fourth year, this particular rule was first introduced last year.

We implemented the rule only for the playoffs in an effort to give the regular season standings more weight. Here is our specific rule:

Quote:

* Home field advantage: The team that is the higher seed in the playoff matchups will get to field an extra player for playoff games. This player can be any position player on your roster. It cannot be a defence or a QB.

* EDIT NOTE: For the SB, both teams field an extra player.

Note: My (this "my" relates to the person who wrote this, not me) local leagues have used this home field rule for the past 5 years. It is not as big an advantage as you may think. The home team has won approx 65% of the time. It rewards teams for having a strong regular season and attempts to minimize the luck factor in the playoffs.

Title: Re: Home Field Advantage
Post by KillerKingSting on May 9^th, 2004, 2:56am

Hey Bgsg, I like that rule and how it is played out in your league or more specifically, the advantage going towards the better finsihing reg. sea. team owner.
it is a bit different though than the one I presented in that the extra player you get in the playoffs COUNTS in addition to the rest of the FULL starting lineup.

In the situation I presented, an owner would not get the EXTRA player per sey but, only the best 1 of 2 players chosen as the other extra player with lesser stats would not count.
Though this situation is in regards to the whole season and a make believe fantasy home feild advantage so to speak.
Take it even further into the playoffs and I think its a really kool rule!!!

How has it worked out for your league in it's first year (that being the 2003 season)?? Do you like the rule? It makes sense to apply it in leagues that do head to head post season games to cut down on the luck of it all. But then again, others could argue that, even in the NFL you have teams making the big dance that aren't supposed to so,.............whats closer to reality of the NFL is up for grabs in that respect though, in a fantasy setting, for a team that slashed throughout the whole seasoning just to get beat in a playoof game that represents 1/16th of a FF season, is kind of maddening/frustrating in a way.

Title: Re: Home Field Advantage
Post by Philly on May 10^th, 2004, 11:08am

I haven't played in any leagues where home/away has any advantage/disadvantage.

Getting to throw an extra player in the mix (e.g., using 3 RBs in a league that only starts 2) and then taking the top two scorers seems like a very fair advantage. The visiting team won't always be outmatched (i.e., 12 vs. 11 players) but will still be playing at a slight disadvantage.

One of the things I love about the scoring for the GBRFL(2) is that you just rank your players for your lineup. If your top player has no stats at all, then he isn't used for scoring.