09-12-2016, 10:40 AM
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Ah. That's what we do in my other league. I thought that was what happens here. It tends to make sense, as it gives people a reason to remain interested.
The problem we were having is people not giving a shit in the regular season once their teams were eliminated and then tanking games (not necessarily as a strategy, but rather out of apathy) that had playoff implications. 2 years ago, I didn't get a bye because a team wasn't properly fielded against the then-3rd place team, which ended up passing me for 2nd place in the last week of the season. That's why PcB got the 1st pick in the draft. He had the best, rather than the worst, record of the non-playoff teams.
In any event, since non-playoff teams have nothing to play for when the playoffs start, and playoff teams have nothing to play for once eliminated, do you concur in locking their rosters? This is not necessarily instead of imposing a keeper deadline.
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Just to be clear, that's NOT what happened. I was the "apathetic" party, and my crime was starting a wide receiver who was ruled out an hour before the game started. I was paying a lot of attention, especially for a 2-10 team at that point. The fact I didn't check my team at 11:45, and put in my terrible back up WR who happened to score that week is regrettable for you, but not indicative of a problem.
That being said, it looks like the fairest option would be to set the end of the regular season as the keeper deadline, and then let only playoff teams pick players up free agents. At least in my opinion
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