If a person in the commish of the league, do they automatically get first pick?
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It sounds a little shady to me.  My Commish always has a witness around when the draft order is selected (we do it old school and draw names out of a hat).  He had the 8th pick this year so I think it's safe to say that my commish is not cheating!! I would discuss this with other members and discuss how to approach your manager on this issue.
1012096
I just tried this out - but like you said, it comes up as a free agent and no one on the waiver list.  I agree, this doesn't seem right and we'll look into a fix for it...\n\nI'll be back with a response as soon as I can.\n\nOkay - drops during the preseason don't go on waivers - as you have noticed. This is a choice that was made and isn't easy to undo. Sorry about that. For now, you'll probably need to manage the additional player drafts offline. We'll keep this use case in mind though as we develop for seasons going forward.\n\nThanks for your patience with this issue.
393524
Only the team with the #1 pick can negotiate contracts prior to the draft.  The Texans did it four years ago with David Carr.  You cannot negotiate an actual contract with a player until all teams ahead of you have made their draft selection, otherwise you're potentially negotiating with another team's pick.
667934
If you finished 2nd, you will receive no real plaque. In pay leagues, the champion receives some sort of prize, but not the runner up. \n\nIf you're talking about the "trophy case" thing, look at answerer 1.
586340
Are you in a custom league? If so, and you're not the Commish, only he can lock and unlock people out of certain actions. If you're in a Yahoo! public league, you need to contact Customer Service ASAP.
715295
correct, you cannot adjust your playoff setting after the league has drafted.\nbut Yahoo! can.\n\nthese are your avail options:\nWeek 15 and 16    4 teams\nWeek 16 and 17    4 teams\nWeek 14, 15 and 16  6 teams \nWeek 15, 16 and 17  6 teams\nWeek 14, 15 and 16  8 teams \nWeek 15, 16 and 17  8 teams\n\nemail Yahoo! which one you want for your league and if you are the league commish then they will make the adjustment...\n-nny
1050274
In late summer, the NFL also holds a Supplemental Draft to accommodate players who did not enter the regular draft because they thought they still had academic eligibility to play college football. The supplemental draft maintains the same team order from the regular draft, with the team with the worst record in the previous season picking first. However, in the supplemental draft, a team is not required to use any picks. Instead, if a team wants a player in the supplemental draft, they submit a "bid" to the Commissioner with the round they would pick that player. If no other team places a bid on that player at an earlier spot, the team is awarded the player and has to give up an equivalent pick in the following year's draft. (For example, RB Tony Hollings was taken by the Houston Texans in the second round of the Supplemental Draft in 2003. Thus in the 2004 NFL Draft, the Texans forfeited a second-round pick).\n\nThe 1985 Supplemental Draft was particularly controversial. Bernie Kosar of the University of Miami earned his academic degree a year early but did not enter the regular draft that year. Rather than finish his eligibility at Miami, he entered into talks with his hometown Cleveland Browns, who advised him to delay his professional eligibility until after the regular draft. They then traded for the right to choose first in the Supplemental Draft. This angered many clubs, notably the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, who had expressed interest in choosing him in that season's regular draft. Many of today's Supplemental Draft rules aim at preventing a reoccurrence of this incident.\n\nAs of 2006, players who enter the Supplemental Draft usually are graded as players who should be drafted at a later round, or who have college eligibility problems (poor academic or discipline issues). Only 32 players have been taken in the past 26 Supplemental Drafts.
850473
The lottery determines the order of the first 14 picks. Only teams that did not make the playoffs are eligible for the lottery. The chance that a team wins the lottery is determined by that teams record the previous season. Teams with the worst records, have a greater statistical chance of winning the lotter than those with better records. The remaining picks are determined by record as well.
962435
the number 1 person gets the player
1107287
Starting your own fantasy football league is not easy since money isn't involved. Meaning if you have a league where everyone joins at the starting then they wont be active for the hole season. \n\nSo take it from a guy who had his own league in football, baseball, hockey, & basketball creat a league where money is involved or no one will be active. (exp. 10 team league only 4 or 5 teams active and so on don't creat a league with out money.
870963
sorry, commissioner's have complete jurisdiction over their leagues...bottom line, they can do whatever they want..\nyou can't delete your team from the league after the draft..\nyou don't have to play in the league if it sucks that bad....waste of draft time, i know, but thems the breaks....\n-nny
889211
You pick players at the beginning of the season and what they score is how your team does...\n\nGood Luck
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.
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.
1158817
why wouldnt it be? so long as you dont change the existing rules that you play by why not? if there are reservations about whether it would be ok or not, put it to a league vote and majority rules! i personally am not an advocate of a commish being a team owner, as this leaves open the possibility of playing favorites, or gives the impression of playing favorites possibly to the other owners which is almost as bad as playing favorites! good luck!
246963
Basically you make a team and select the Live Online Draft option when your creating a team. Then you are placed in a league with a live draft and on the draft date you log on and make your picks. The following will help you get you there:\n\nGet a Team->Join Existing Custom or Public League->Join a Public League->select the "Live Online Draft" draft option.
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When a team looses free agents, not by releasing them, depending on how they perform they can recieve picks for them.  It is kinda a guess work as to exactly how.  The league commitee or something just gives them out.  Like the other guys said, a secret formula.