FF2010: GWJFFL Signup and Discussion Thread

First, let's get the housekeeping out of the way: This thread is specifically for signup to and discussion about the GWJ Fantasy Football League(s). For general fantasy football, please visit the catch-all thread.

The GWJFFL is the official Fantasy Football League of Gamers With Jobs. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis, with priority given to returning owners. Teams who sign up after all positions are filled will be added to an alternate list to be contacted should a slot become available. The waiting list carries over from year to year so signing up as an alternate for this season reserves your position until you forfeit it.

The GWJFFL follows, as closely as possible, the rules of the World Championship of Online Fantasy Football. As much as the hosting website allows, we will conform to the official GWJFFL rules.

Significant highlights include:

Roster Requirements: Maximum of 20 players.

Lineups Requirements:
Starting lineups will consist of
1 QB
2 RB
3 WR
1 TE
1 Flex player (a RB or WR, or TE)
1 PK
1 Team Defense/Special team

Point Calculations: Team scoring will be carried out to the hundredth (e.g. a team may score 94.75 points).

Free Agent Acquisitions/Blind Bidding: The free agent system will be a “blind bidding” process. Each team will start with $1,000 free agent “dollars” for the season, and will be permitted to bid for free agents on a weekly basis. No team will be informed of any other team’s free agent bids until after the winning bids have been awarded. A team owner will no longer be able to bid on free agents once their season long waiver wire cap of $1,000 has been reached.

For detailed scoring information and additional information regarding the free agent acquisition process (including examples), refer to the rules document.

Returning veterans (only last year counts) that post by 23:59 next Monday, 08/09, will be guaranteed a spot. (Important Note: If you got left on the waiting list last year, you will be treated as a veteran for the purpose of re-claiming your spot at the top of the waiting list, but you still need to check in.) Beginning 08/10, all sign-ups are first come, first serve. Expansion teams should still post ASAP because you'll be added to the waiting list in the order you post to fill what slots remain once the veterans have had their head-start. The number of leagues will be based on interest; the target is two but I can probably be convinced to run three leagues. Registration will close at 23:59 on Friday, 8/20, or when we have 40 interested parties.

Again:
* 07/30 to 08/09 - Preferred registration
* 8/10 to 8/20 - Open registration

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Links

* The official GWJFFL rules (To be followed as much as the league website allows.)
* Registration log and team list

I am in and looking forward to reclaiming my past glory!

I would like to sign up as a team if there is an open spot.

This year's gonna be different!

You are the ones who are the ball lickers!

Football I mean.

Cause you're....

whatever I'm in

Claim. Claim claim claim claim claim. Let me mediocrity in the bush leagues continue.

I'm in again for this year.

Count me in as usual.

I'm in. You shall all lose to me....if I score more fantasy points on the week in which we play...

In. Another year of beating Legion in the sport he loves.

I'm in.

Please allow me to express my continued interest in crying havoc and letting slip the etc. etc.

Throw my name in the expansion team hat.

I'll put my name back on the waiting list

I'm interested. Put me on the wait list. If you don't do a third league and I get in I'll let someone else in since I'm in the keeper league.

I'm in. This year, Old Man is going down! Down!

My team sucked last year, so I'm going to work on returning to my 2008 glory. I'm still awfully bitter about that loss, by the way. I will never, ever forgive Westbrook for falling down on the 1-yard line to end the game or the fact that TO and Romo teamed up with him to royally screw my chances in the playoffs.

I'm in (2nd year) if there's still a spot open.

I'm in.

BlackSheep wrote:

I'm in. This year, Old Man is going down! Down!

My team sucked last year, so I'm going to work on returning to my 2008 glory. I'm still awfully bitter about that loss, by the way. I will never, ever forgive Westbrook for falling down on the 1-yard line to end the game or the fact that TO and Romo teamed up with him to royally screw my chances in the playoffs.

As an Eagles fan I must point out (to those who don't know what that is in reference to) that Westbrook knelt at the 1 yard line to kill the clock and ensure an Eagles victory against a division rival.

And here's the video from another disgruntled Westbrook fantasy owner.

I would be interested, so put me down as an expansion team if spots open up.
The rules look quite confusing, especially the part about trades and such.

Is there a GWJFFL for dummies version or something like that??

I guess this means it's time to stop bragging in my sig.
I'm up for graduating to the majors if a slot is open.

Is there a link we should be registering through or is it too early?

I will be returning to defend my crown.

In

BlackSheep wrote:

I'm in. This year, Old Man is going down! Down!

Yeah, yeah. It's like a broken record.

Count me in! Beware, for Matt Forte will not be on my team this time!

oldmanscene24 wrote:
BlackSheep wrote:

I'm in. This year, Old Man is going down! Down!

Yeah, yeah. It's like a broken record. :P

Yes, but its one I'll keep playing over and over until I have a championship... so get used to it

Move legion down, more phish up!

As an Eagles fan I must point out (to those who don't know what that is in reference to) that Westbrook knelt at the 1 yard line to kill the clock and ensure an Eagles victory against a division rival.

As the beneficiary of that win, it was great!

Another example of fantasy fun, I had k. Warner as my QB a couple of years ago. i was winning a game by a point or less. It was the end of the game so Warner started kneeling to run the time out. Well, that counts as negative yards for the QB so my score started to drop! Luckily I still won by like 7/10ths of a point!

I would like to play as well.

Minase wrote:

Count me in! Beware, for Matt Forte will not be on my team this time!

Heh, I was all set to take him last year but then you did so I had to 'settle' for MJD and he killed it all season.