how exactly does the point system work on my team? do the players on the bench earn points or only the starter
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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.
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3 points for a win\n\n1 point for a draw\n\n0 points for a loss
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!
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Lineups are decided by the teams until about 1 hour before the game starts. Then, every site gets the info (mlb, espn and yahoo sports).\n\nIf you're in our fantasy league, check your team's roster out before games start. Each player will have their game time next to their name - that's a link to the preview for the game if we don't have lineups. Or it's a link to the boxscore for the game - with the starters listed - if we do have the official lineups. So that's how you can tell two things - 1: if the lineups are official yet and 2: whether your player is going to start.\n\nAlso, if you have stattracker, which includes live score updates for fantasy - then your players will have 0's next to them if they are in the lineup. Otherwise, they'll have -'s next to them pre-game.
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This is a really good question.  It took some research, but here is the answer: \n\nThe starting lineups for each team are listed first in the following order by position: forward, forward, center, guard, and guard.\n\nPLAYER    POS\nANDERSON   F\nMASSENBURG F\nTABAK      C\nROBERTSON  G\nSTOUDAMIRE G\n\nSubstitute players are listed in the order in which they enter the game. Players who do not play in the game are not listed. (Some box scores list a DNP to the right of a player's name to indicate that he did not play.) \n\nCheck out the attached link from nba.com =)
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I would do cotchery. I have Moss on my team. He never gets me the points I want. I would start anyone else and sleep on Moss.
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You click on the position and bench someone not playing that night then click on the player you want to play and put him in.\n\nSome guys can be more than 1 position, like C and LW, or LW and RW.\n\nTry to fill all positions the best you can every night.
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It depends on how the league is set up.Your team can have how ever many players the comissioner makes roster spots for.
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That's a good questions.  The answer is "NO".  They won't go away, you get points for anybody that you start during that week.   ITS ALL ABOUT WHO YOU START ON ANY PARTICULAR DAY.\n\nEven if you were to drop a player, whatever points that player contributed for that day will still be counted towards total points for the week. \n\nSince drops are effective the day after you drop the player, you will still get points for players that you start on the same day you drop them.  Hope this helps...Good Luck!!
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My stattracker is showing that all my players are benched and it's not putting up any stats.  If you look at the NBA boxscores in yahoo it's showing the game score but nothing but zeroes for all the player stats.  I've seen this problem before and they should get it corrected soon.
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U make a team, 1st without any player. then u get in a league with other teams & managers. After that, u should draft players; also u can get ur team drafted (auto draft).\nur scores are based on real players. it means u urself don't get scores, but the players on ur team do it by their performance in real matches. just u should change ur roster, drop & add players and trade with other teams.\nThere are 2 types of leagues: custom & public. C league is made by people & has chosen & different settings, But P league is made automaticly & has constant settings. \n-all are free !!!!!-Good Luck
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In a Rotisserie League, fantasy teams are ranked from first to last in each of several statistical categories. Points are then awarded according to the order of finish in each category, and are totalled to determine an overall score and place. \nSo, if 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\nTherefore, the 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\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]. \n\nRankings within the individual scoring categories (HR, RBI, etc.) are based on the cumulative stats earned by all active players during the season and not on any individual day or game. \n\nTherefore, the overall ranking of your team will rise and fall depending on how it performs relative to the performance of other league members. So, the phenomenon of "losing points" can be explained as your rank falling in one or more of the statistical categories used in your league.
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U dont have 2 when u start playing it automatically starts winning points and loosing... Whe u enter my team On the top right hand on a grey box u will see:\n\nOverall Team Ranking: \nCurrent Team Points: \n\nThose r ur points they depend on how the players u have chosen play if they make goals...
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Depends what level your in, click the link below to better understand the points system.\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system;_ylt=AuY_E3dh0ANRfeRUopnXKsUezKIX
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First two teams in each group (A through H) advance to the play-offs. It works the way that always first from one group plays the second from the other. Groups that play together are A&B, C&D, E&F, G&H. So 1A plays 2B, 1B plays 2A etc. And they are on other side of brackets, so teams from one group can again meet at finals or 3rd place game... \n\nThe winners of these games play each other in the system - winners of A&B groups play C&D groups, E&F play G&H and so on to the finals!!!
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Roto leagues are the ones that started this all. They run season long - instead of being reset each week.\n\nOkay - so we have cumulative stats from the start of the season.\n\nThen, for each stat (ie, HRs, RBIs, Wins, Saves...) the teams in the league are sorted by how they did in that stat. Then they are given points based on that order.\n\nSay you have 10 teams. The team with the most HRs gets 10 points. The team with the least, gets 1 point. Then the team with the most RBIs (might be a different team than the team with the most HRs) gets 10 points and the team with the least gets 1 point.\n\nDo that for all the stats in the league. And then sum up the points for each stat, and that is your roto score.\n\nSo, some days, you could knock in 10 HRs but your score won't change (if it doesn't give you more cumulative HRs than the team ahead of you) or you could knock in 2 and pass  3 teams ahead of you and score big points.\n\nIt is all based on relative performance, across the league. So you kind of need to pay more attention to every team, instead of the one team you're playing against that week. \n\nIt is a unique experience - maybe try a mid-season leagu to get your feet we.
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most cases you know who the starter will be (ie brodeur, turco, fernandez, hasek, etc). in teams like the avalanche, habs, sens, sharks, etc, both goalies get a fair share of games. to see who has the better chance at starting the game, check the yellow page icon next to their names to see if they have been designated as the starter. if not, check the last few games that the team played (5 is a good indicator). normally they would ride the better goalie, unless say Theodore played those 5, then Budaj would more than likely get the start unless Jose has been hot. if this still hasnt answered your question, then about 20-30 min to game time, check the box score page and they should have the starters named (it works for baseball so i assume here too). hope this helps