Hey gang!
It's fabulous football time once again. And that means a fresh Fantasy Football season. Yeeeah!
While seeking out who has the coolest free leagues this year, I find that Yahoo! is running a great set of tools and public leagues - great for first-timers. I joined a public league over there and I'm pretty pleased with how well the auto-draft came out. Our league teams are well-matched, and the tools give good visbility. The only downside to Yahoo! is that they only give you the live-stats tool for free for the Sept 10th games - after that, you'll have to buy it ($9.95 for the whole season - not bad).
My Yahoo! team drafted over night. I woke up this morning and my team was ready to go. Our teams are already matched up for "head to head" games this weekend. Cool! So far, I'm loving the visibility and ease of use of the tools, reports, and controls on the Yahoo! leagues.
The other place I created a team (and a league) is at CBS Sports (www.sportsline.com). They are offering free live-stats all season long as well as free fantasy football teams and leagues. I created a league that doesn't draft until Thurs, Sept. 14th, which - as you know - is after the first game of the season. This means everyone in the league gets to see how the sleepers perform, which Bell (Mike or Tatum) the Broncos are starting, measure how last year's stars are opening the year, and drop Sunday's injured players. This is a whole different draft priority - but it is still an auto-draft.
HOW DO I LEARN HOW TO PLAY?
If you are asking yourself that question, a public league like Yahoo! is perfect for you. The basic answer is, "jump in and play - it's the best way to learn!" If you don't mess too much with the auto-draft default order, your team will work out fine. If you do decide to pop your favorite home-team players to the top of your draft preferences list, then you'll have fun but you probably won't win the fantasy football games. Either way is fine, the important thing is to jump in and try it.
One other resource: you'll find half-a-dozen or so different magazines specializing in Fantasy Football on news stands now (this is prime fantasy football draft week, September 54th-9th). Glance through them and pick the one that resonates best with you for whatever reason. They all contain a ton of data that'll be a great reference thru the process.
Here's a tip: If you have never played Fantasy Football before and you pick up a magazine, don't expect to understand everything in it. In fact, even after you have signed up in a league and set up your draft choices, you still won't understand how it all works yet - and that's okay. Once your team has been auto-drafted, and you've read the magazine, then things will all start to come together. After you spend some time looking through your league, the other teams, and what happened in the draft, more will make sense. Once you see other player starting to offer trades, it'll make more sense. And, of course, after this weekend's games, when you can go back in and see your teams points, it'll all come together.
So, no panic. The fun is in the process of discovering and learning. Jump in!
It's fabulous football time once again. And that means a fresh Fantasy Football season. Yeeeah!
While seeking out who has the coolest free leagues this year, I find that Yahoo! is running a great set of tools and public leagues - great for first-timers. I joined a public league over there and I'm pretty pleased with how well the auto-draft came out. Our league teams are well-matched, and the tools give good visbility. The only downside to Yahoo! is that they only give you the live-stats tool for free for the Sept 10th games - after that, you'll have to buy it ($9.95 for the whole season - not bad).
My Yahoo! team drafted over night. I woke up this morning and my team was ready to go. Our teams are already matched up for "head to head" games this weekend. Cool! So far, I'm loving the visibility and ease of use of the tools, reports, and controls on the Yahoo! leagues.
The other place I created a team (and a league) is at CBS Sports (www.sportsline.com). They are offering free live-stats all season long as well as free fantasy football teams and leagues. I created a league that doesn't draft until Thurs, Sept. 14th, which - as you know - is after the first game of the season. This means everyone in the league gets to see how the sleepers perform, which Bell (Mike or Tatum) the Broncos are starting, measure how last year's stars are opening the year, and drop Sunday's injured players. This is a whole different draft priority - but it is still an auto-draft.
HOW DO I LEARN HOW TO PLAY?
If you are asking yourself that question, a public league like Yahoo! is perfect for you. The basic answer is, "jump in and play - it's the best way to learn!" If you don't mess too much with the auto-draft default order, your team will work out fine. If you do decide to pop your favorite home-team players to the top of your draft preferences list, then you'll have fun but you probably won't win the fantasy football games. Either way is fine, the important thing is to jump in and try it.
One other resource: you'll find half-a-dozen or so different magazines specializing in Fantasy Football on news stands now (this is prime fantasy football draft week, September 54th-9th). Glance through them and pick the one that resonates best with you for whatever reason. They all contain a ton of data that'll be a great reference thru the process.
Here's a tip: If you have never played Fantasy Football before and you pick up a magazine, don't expect to understand everything in it. In fact, even after you have signed up in a league and set up your draft choices, you still won't understand how it all works yet - and that's okay. Once your team has been auto-drafted, and you've read the magazine, then things will all start to come together. After you spend some time looking through your league, the other teams, and what happened in the draft, more will make sense. Once you see other player starting to offer trades, it'll make more sense. And, of course, after this weekend's games, when you can go back in and see your teams points, it'll all come together.
So, no panic. The fun is in the process of discovering and learning. Jump in!
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