This is perhaps a matter of opinion but the 12 team leagues should have 6 playoff teams. This allows more teams to participate. Often, you get the other guys best shot and though your record might not reflect this your total points do. The top 4 records are often not the 4 best teams.
Response from PhenomsFF.comDec 20, 2013
I've been hearing a lot of people asking for 6 teams out of 12 to make the playoffs, so it's very likely that this will be an option in 2014. Maybe some leagues will remain at 4, and some will be 6. Phenoms offers a lot of variety and listens to feedback. Thanks for the input!
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Mark / MHR E.
Mike allowed his software vendor to advertise week by week
Mike allowed his software vendor to advertise week by week to go to their gambling site, it was just a bad year.......MIKE is a good guy, but surly doesn't have a crystall ball. Lastly, I hope Mike made some $$ directly or in-directly from Draft Street and if he didn't he might want to learn other things about running a business. DS was a BIG turn off for me. Fantasy Football is not even close to a "skill level" as poker playing and those sites all got shut down..Now you are going to tell me the Fantasy Football is more of a skill than poker playing? Come on now...........It's ALL a form of gambling, NO?
Second, I have been in Mike's leagues for seven years and this was the first year Mike dropped the ball. All in all, nobody is perfect and Mike has always been hands on and is worthy of one bad year out of seven. Mike, nobody has a Crystall ball and you might want to re-think the trading policies in the leagues. Heck, Marvin Jones scored 5 TD's one week and Josh McNown out scored Peyton Manning the last week he played. For you to single handed decide trade values and allow or dis-allow a trade really is no different than starting a player that gets hurt in the first quarter of a game and the owners get's a zero and loses just because of it. AGAIN, their is no crystall ball for anybody, period. I had a guy trade Cobb and the same week Randall get's knocked out for the season. Owner's should be able to trade anybody in the first 7-8 weeks as they have skin in the game. After that, you should consider records to not allow dumping of players as we ALL have freinds and family in most all leagues. Kind of like the REF throwing a flag in the end zone with one minutes to play, giving NE 35 yards and a first and goal and a gift win over the Browns? Their really is no science or crystall ball, its fun, and sure a skill of match ups, BUT in the end its a gamble. If I buy into a trading league then I should be able to trade, keeping in mind it takes two to make a trade. Otherwise, owners should join non trading leagues. Lastly, I feel you had to many blind bidding leagues rather than WTF leagues. It was just a bad year as I said BUT you are a good hearted hands on owner. PEACE to you and good luck in the future..................
Response from PhenomsFF.comDec 20, 2013
First, I'll address the 3rd party promotion of Draftstreet by Myfantasyleague. Neither of those companies are mine. I can't tell Myfantasyleague.com not to partner with Draftstreet. Until Phenoms has its own hosting software in 2014, I had to rely on Myfantasyleague.com to host the leagues. Development of league hosting software is a huge expense and wasn't justifiable when Phenoms was a smaller site. Secondly, Draftstreet isn't illegal and you could simply ignore the promotional message at the top of the screen and hide it. This won't be an issue going forward, anyway.
As to handling trade protests, I do have to ensure that trades aren't so lopsided as to make the league unfair. Did Josh McCown outscore Manning one week? Neat. Does that mean those two players would have equal value and could be traded for each other? Of course not. To think that owners can make any trade they want early in the season isn't logical, as teams could easily collude to load up one team. I have to veto some trades. My policy in Phenoms leagues is to allow owners to manage their teams as they see fit so long as they are giving an honest effort to improve their teams.
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Mark
Run, like a fantasy league should be run!
No problems with draft, league and rules. The commisioner is hands on, solving issues immediately.
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Sally
If you play Fantasy Football this is the place!!!!
Great site, great features, great payouts!!.
I play alot of fantasy football, I Love this site, I would recommend it to anyone who does or is thinking of playing.
JC
Jon C.
commish responsiveness is inadequate
Overall, the types and quantity of leagues is excellent. When problem arise and questions are asked of the commish, issues do not get resolved in short order and the commish does not do a good job overall of communicating with league members.
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Wayne
Has good structure and very challenging.
I am curious as to why your playoff seedlings don't rank wins and losses as the number one tie breaker, which mirrors most leagues in the real world
it cost me in two of the league's I was in...
Response from PhenomsFF.comDec 19, 2013
Wins and Losses are already factored directly into the Victory Points, so total points scored is the first tie-breaker, as it more accurately reflects how good a fantasy team was.
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Vince
Awesome Games with plenty of variety
This was my first year with Phenoms but it won't be my last. I played in only one league this year but am planning on 3 or 4 next year.
Victory Point scoring was the reason I came to this site, as, I needed to replace a different site (Antsports) who's customer service was terrible and continued to go downhill the last 2 or 3 years.
My only suggestion is that the playoff seeds (in the Omega Leagues) be determined by Victory Points rather than total fantasy points. That is the only reason I did not give them 5 stars.
Try them and you will see that this is a great FFL site.
BC
Bill C.
Pathetic system that allows weaker teams into playoffs at expense of teams with better records.
I would not recommend paying to play this game. Especially if you are accustomed to playing in league's where the teams with the best records make the playoffs. My team had the third best record and fourth highest points scored on the season and didn't make the playoffs. Ridiculous.
Response from PhenomsFF.comDec 19, 2013
Bill,
You cite weaker teams making the playoffs, yet the top 4 teams either had higher points scored than your team OR a better record. The Victory Points system awards teams 2 VP for winning their matchup, 2 VP for being the top 4 in scoring for the week, 1 VP for being middle 4, and 0 VP for being bottom 4. It was a really tight race in your league with 6 teams clearly separating themselves from the bottom 6 teams. However, only 4 make the playoffs and your team missed out by just 2 VP. Victory Points rewards teams on a combination of record and points scored.
Phenoms does also offer leagues where it's based only on record. It's likely that I'll also offer leagues where 6 of 12 teams make the playoffs, which would get you in as well.
