# Oak's NFL Fantasy League 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 17, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746 "2014-08-17T06:17:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/1 "2014-08-17T06:17:36Z")
Thanks to Uncle Brother Walker of the Unrelated Siblings for reminding me. I’ve renewed the league and sent invites to everyone that played last year. I’ll hold spots for everyone for at least a week, maybe longer, but have to leave enough time to recruit as needed. Please post here when you’ve signed up, or if you’ve decided not to play again so we can start recruiting. The draft is currently set for September 3, 2014 @ 7:00 PM Central, but that can changed if needed. Settings are the same as they were last year, but may need some tweaking to accommodate new features in the Yahoo system. I haven’t looked at it in any detail yet, so if you see something, post about here and we’ll decide what to do. I have a history of not making the playoffs in my own league. Hoping to change that this year… ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/2 "2014-08-17T08:43:47Z")
In, as always. (Chicago Bears). Is the draft date and time indicated in “Scoring and Settings” (Wed Sep 3 7:00pm CDT) set? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/3 "2014-08-17T08:50:16Z")
Yes, the draft date is set. It should give you a countdown-timer thingy that shows how long until the draft. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/4 "2014-08-17T08:54:06Z")
Ok, not sure I’ll be able to make it (I’m on a fixed schedule). But I’ll be sure to do rankings so that Yahoo will (hopefully) draft as I generally would. Excited about season 4. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/5 "2014-08-19T03:04:20Z")
The draft date can be changed if needed. I thought you meant had I plugged a date into the system. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/6 "2014-08-23T17:30:19Z")
5 teams are back so far. I sent reminders to Flying Megashark, Lorem Ipsums, Unrelated Siblings, XIII Shadows, and Miscreant Monkeys. I guess I’ll hold spots for them until Wednesday, which I think is one week prior to the draft, before I start looking for subs. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/7 "2014-08-24T01:10:46Z")
Just a heads up, I’m not sure if we share any members, but the big league has been set to draft on sep 3 at 8:30 eastern for about a month now. (I made a mistake in the OP of that thread by calling it a Tuesday, but it’s always been Sep 3). ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/8 "2014-08-24T03:15:39Z")
I don’t think we share any members at the moment, but if we do after this league fills up, we’ll work something out. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/9 "2014-08-24T03:36:03Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > 5 teams are back so far. I sent reminders to Flying Megashark, Lorem Ipsums, Unrelated Siblings, XIII Shadows, and Miscreant Monkeys. > > I guess I’ll hold spots for them until Wednesday, which I think is one week prior to the draft, before I start looking for subs. I was XIII Shadows, you give my spot to someone else. I don’t have the Yahoo account anymore. If you can’t find enough people for the league I’ll play. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/10 "2014-08-24T15:08:35Z")
I am on the fence as to my being able to play again. I’ll know by Wednesday or so. I’m Flying Megashark. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/11 "2014-08-24T15:36:21Z")
Is there a cost to this league and do winners get paid? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/12 "2014-08-24T17:52:19Z")
Nope, no money involved. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/13 "2014-08-25T13:41:57Z")
If you need another player I’m in (though I’m in the Big League already so I can only do it if the draft is moved.) ---
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/14 "2014-08-25T19:17:23Z")
I would need the draft date changed to another day as well -Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/15 "2014-08-25T20:01:38Z")
I won’t be making it back this year. Two leagues is enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/16 "2014-08-27T21:44:58Z")
We still have 5 openings…and several people have indicated the draft date needs to be moved. The floor is officially open for discussion of what draft time/date works best for everybody. If you want one of the open spots, please PM me an email address to send your invitation. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/17 "2014-08-28T02:46:18Z")
I’m in if we can find a suitable draft date. I could do much earlier on the 3rd. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/18 "2014-08-29T04:19:34Z")
Pardon my lapse… If the draft stays set, I’m on the fence. We’re hitting my busy season at work and would rather pick live than set autodraft. And I think I’m hitting my annual limit of 2.5 leagues. So I’m open, but iffy. ETA: Oh, and I don’t get home until about 730 pm CST, so maybe I’m doomed to autodraft. ::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/19 "2014-08-29T08:11:07Z")
I was hoping for a Sunday or Monday draft. That would probably be the best configuration for the greatest amount of people. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746/20 "2014-08-30T03:07:40Z")
I have to bow out this year. I have too much on my plate and wouldn’t be able to run my team in any meaningful way. I want back in next year though. I’ll bring a friend if I have to. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2014/695746.md?page=2)