how come it seems like the commish of fantasy leagues always wins?
607935
Because they pay attention. A lot of people win leagues just by paying attention. Also, they set up the scoring system, so they probably know which players will do the best in it.
56976
Whenever an "expert" says they have no chance it usually comes back to bite them in the end.  Flukes have happened in sports as well as life.  And sometime the underdog just wants the victory more than the favorite.  As long as they keep the score close in the begining of the game they have a chance
995681
Here is how Yahoo does it:\n\nFor every time you pick a team right, you get one point.\nFor every time you pick wrong or do not pick you get zero points.\n\nSimple, really!
853204
You just decide what fantasy sport you want to play.  Yahoo fantasy sports is a good site and I like the way their leagues are set up (I've played in others and they were not as user friendly).  You can sign up to play in a public league and you'll be randomly assigned to a league.  Your team will be picked by autodraft then but you can still trade players and pick up other players.  Then it's just a matter of keeping your line up set to play.  Basketball and baseball take more work because they have so many games but you can set your line up for several days in advance. \n\nIt's really fun if you have enough friends and coworkers to have a private league where everyone in the league knows everyone.  You can do a lot of smack talk and make crazy trades and it's really fun.  It's really fun too if you can do a live draft (where everyone is either on line at one time choosing or you actually go to a sports bar and pick in person).  Just a warning for a live draft---that is alot of work for the commissioner because then they have to go in and assign all the players to each person's team.  Autodraft is easier but not as much fun.\n\nJust go to the yahoo fantasy website and you can get started.  It's fun and I hope you get a good team the first time out!\n\nOops---I thought of one more thing.  In some leagues you have a maximum number of times you can play a position, or maximum number of innings pitched, etc. so you might want to check on that too.  It's bad at the end of the season when you are all out of players because you didn't know about that and sometimes started people just to be starting them.
697087
Well, the average person doesn't really know a lot about football beyond their favorite team, so it's a little skewed and often no more than a guess about who will win. Experts are being paid to follow ALL football teams and understand the parts of the game a little better. So while they're using the exact same scale, they have a better sense of who will actually win.
929817
Only the starters.  Depending on league and where you play your fantasy determines what counts for points.  Yahoo, for example, doesn't count yards on defenses.
20532
?  Uhm... a fantasy hockey league is won by the player who manages their team the best, getting the most points out of the players he or she chose for their team.  \n\nNow, if you're talking about REAL hockey, I'd have to go with either Ottawa or Detroit.
869906
u draft a team and u tell yahoo what time u want to draft it. There are 10 teams in the league. If u do head to head league u face teams one on one if you do rotisserie then the person who has the most points in the end wins the league. The points are determined by how well your fantasy team of players does in real life. For example if u drafted brady and he threw 4 TD's he will get more points if he only threw 1 TD. U need 1 QB 3 WR 2 RB 1 TE 1 kicker and 1 team defense to start every week. Some bench spots are available too. If your player has a real life bye the week u play someone u either put someone in from your bench or check waivers and pick them up on your team. U can offer trades to other managers too.
853195
Yahoo doesn't keep these stats across all leagues because scoring differs in each league
595675
In a Fantasy Point League (available only to Custom Leagues), points are awarded based on how well your players perform in each of several statistical categories. All real-life statistics have associated point values, and each player's points are summed to produce your daily total. \nSo, if in your league, a home run is worth four points, a stolen base two and a RBI one, a player with two homers, three steals and 10 RBI would score 24 fantasy points [(2 HR * 4 points) + (3 SB * 2 points) + (10 RBI * 1 point) = 24]. \n\nFantasy points, which are only awarded to starting (active) players on your team, are tallied throughout the season. Each team with the highest total at the end of the year wins its league championship. \n\nFantasy point scoring is only available in Custom Leagues, and the commissioner must specify both the categories used and the point modifier values. If the commissioner does not specify a point modifier for a given category, no fantasy points will accrue in that category.\n\n\nIn a league using Rotisserie scoring, fantasy teams are ranked from first to last in each of several statistical categories. Each fantasy team receives points in each category based on how they rank in the league. Each team's category points are totaled to determined their overall rotisserie score. \nThe maximum number of points that a team can earn is equal to the number of scoring categories within a league multiplied by the number of teams in the league. Similarly, the lowest number of points that a team can earn is equal to the number of scoring categories multiplied by one, which is the lowest score that can be achieved in any category. \n\nIf you are in a 12-team league, the team with the most home runs will receive 12 points, the team with the second most will receive 11 points, etc. In the case of a tie, each team involved receives an average of the total points due -- i.e., in the above example, if two teams were tied for first in homers, each would receive 11.5 points [(12 + 11) / 2 = 11.5]. \n\nSo, if you were playing in a league with 12 teams and 12 scoring categories, the lowest point total possible is 12 [12 * 1 = 12] and the highest is 144 [12 * 12 = 144].
854803
Stick with Ben. When it comes to fantasy football you must always stick with the guys who on average are great. Constantly shuffling from week to week usually never pans out.
1022149
That's the basic idea. The thing is, we've found through usage stats and talking to a lot of our users, that getting everyone together for a draft isn't the easiest thing. That is, some people have computers, some don't, some are on conference calls, some like to just have pizza's together and a few beverages...and our live draft tool didn't cover those scenarios (everyone needs easy access to a computer).\n\nSo the offline draft tool is an easy way for users to enter draft results from one computer (the commish usually enters the draft results). We've updated the draft tool to be easier for the commish to enter players per team from a usability standpoint. But it's also been designed to help the commish track the draft as it's happening (instead of having to write the data down, then enter it, they can enter it). This supports the draft where there might be one screen projected on the wall while people eat and drink and work on their smack talk...
703590
You receive scoring for all players in your active lineup, including the Utility position, regardless of where they appear in actual NBA games. Once earned, fantasy points and scoring are not removed even if the player is moved to the bench, waived, or traded to another team.\n\nBench players will not receive stats that count in your score. The purpose of the bench is to allow roster flexibility when players are injured, not scheduled to play, or are performing poorly. We keep track of their stats, which you can find located on your team page.\n\nYour head-to-head match-up screen always displays the current lineup for both teams. Stats can be displayed for bench players if they were active earlier in the week and later moved to a bench position. Since the stats were accumulated when the player was active, they are added to the match-up totals.\n\nPlayers picked up from free agency/trades/waivers only count in your stats going forward from the time you add them to your roster. You do not inherit those points and stats that the player earned while a member of another team.\n-nny
797990
Don't pay for something that you can get for free on the internet.\n\nNot to mention that the "experts" writing for those magazines have no more knowlege of fantasy games than the average fantasy manager.  I have bought fantasy magazines twice in the 9 years I have played different fantasy sports and can honestly say that on both occasions....I did not come away any smarter.
779663
If you are discussing Fantasy sports, etc., the answer is No. If a team is favored by 3 and they win by only 3, it is a Push. You do not get points or lose points no matter which team you chose.\n\nHope that helps. Seems to be a lot of that (Pushes) this week...
1096375
If the system had fast updates and a smooth scoring procedure, it would be cool. And access. I need to access my FFL teams from several computers.\n\nThe first fantasy leagues were run on paper, man. Anything goes.
1144182
The point of life is "fantasy sports."  That's why your question is in this category, right?