# Yahoo fantasy football signup now open... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152 "2005-07-05T17:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/61 "2005-08-16T02:40:06Z")
Sorry for being a bit out of touch. I’ll start paying attention here. I’m in, just wanted to reitterate that we can use by draft slot if it’s preferred over the Labor Day slot on the posted one. If I can get an executive decision from the commish I’ll post it. Also, not sure how you posted the draft order above, but I was 90% sure I had the #1 draft slot. It seems to me that we had some staggered system for assigning draft order which gave the consolation bracket something to play for. Does anyone have documentation of that? Email me if anything comes up regarding the draft slot I have. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/62 "2005-08-16T02:46:25Z")
I prefer the later draft slot, but I can make Aug. 24 if more folks like that one. **Omni** , I think the list you are looking at is for how we finished last year, not draft order. (But if folks want to give me the first pick this year, I promise not to complain.) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/63 "2005-08-16T23:29:34Z")
Ah, I see. What was that system we’d agreed on. Didn’t the 8th place finish get the first overall or something? Maybe 5th place, I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/64 "2005-08-17T02:19:55Z")
5th baby, and I was in fifth. Very little consilation for missing the playoffs by like 3 points. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/65 "2005-08-17T03:14:41Z")
Ah, here’s the thread. Thought I’d been (sniff) forgotten. I may miss the draft too, but we’ll see. IIRC, I had the best record last year, but lost in the championship; don’t know if that’s first or second place for draft purposes. I’m pretty sure we agreed that draft choices would be kept 3 rounds lower; thus my steal of Moose Muhammed in the 10th last year will be a merely-solid keeper at round 7 this year. And we probably need a ruling about keeper in year three – will he count as a round 4 keeper in 2006? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/66 "2005-08-17T03:24:46Z")
> [@furt](#): > > And we probably need a ruling about keeper in year three – will he count as a round 4 keeper in 2006? I’m leaning towards that. That way you have to find the steals every year, not just get lucky and sit on them. My $.02. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/67 "2005-08-17T03:39:16Z")
If you check [last year’s thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=251453&page=4&pp=50) (since the old league page is no longer up) you will see that the debate on keeper penalty was betweein (+1) and (+2). I am very certain that the final decision was (+2), as indicatd by my post-draft explanation: > [@](#): > > I would add Alstott (12) and Givens (9) to the list, which is about where I planned to hunt for keepers. I thought that the (+2) penalty made the cost too steep to hope a 4th or 5th would produce enough value this year while being worth keeping next year. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/68 "2005-08-17T03:42:19Z")
Yes – the intent of the penalty is clearly to limit the number of years one can benefit from a single good find. The enalty gets steeper each year, and I believe we also set a cap of at most 2 years for a player to be kept, (Muhammed would cost an 8 this year, a 6 the next year, but could not be kept for a 4 in year 4.) ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/69 "2005-08-17T15:40:47Z")
**Spiritus Mundi** is right - there was definitely a 2 round increase for keepers. Also, did we ever determine whether keepers can be kept twice at most, or three times at most? (i.e., 3 total roster years or 4 total roster years?) ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/70 "2005-08-18T00:55:11Z")
I am pretty sure it was 3 roster years. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/71 "2005-08-18T15:58:54Z")
Concurrence abounds, +2 penalty and three year limit. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/72 "2005-08-18T16:45:36Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > 5th baby, and I was in fifth. Very little consilation for missing the playoffs by like 3 points. I could have sworn I was fifth… I remember there being a convoluted scenario in the last week that meant I could have made the playoffs that almost came true. But my memory is not what it once was, and maybe I’m remembering another league or year. Or do you mean that you won the consolation playoff bracket? ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/73 "2005-08-18T16:50:07Z")
> [@BabaBooey](#): > > Concurrence abounds, +2 penalty and three year limit. Sounds very good to me. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/74 "2005-08-18T22:41:19Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > Or do you mean that you won the consolation playoff > bracket? I believe there was no consolation playoff bracket. Yahoo does not allow for that structure. I think there was talk of manually computing a playoff bracket for the regular season 5th-8th place finishers, but I don’t remember that happening. +2 rounds and 3 roster years total. Solid. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/75 "2005-08-18T23:02:09Z")
Yes, Yahoo did have a consolation bracket. I can’t remember if I made it in, or just missed it- so I’m probably that fourth-from-last spot. Do we not have the final season record somewhere? I thought that I posted it on the board; I’ll search for it. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/76 "2005-08-21T18:39:27Z")
**Omni** **furt** **neuroman** Are you the three missing owners? If so, please report to Yahoo league ID 398878 password: cecil It’s almost time to get your butts handed to you again. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/77 "2005-08-22T20:56:28Z")
Aye aye, cap’n. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/78 "2005-08-22T22:51:01Z")
Excellent. And then there was one. **Omni** – you just waiting to make a dramatic last-minute entrance? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/79 "2005-08-22T22:57:35Z")
Well, I just wanted to ensure that I’d be noticed, I’ve got a killer backless dress. Notice the twirl. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-now-open/311152/80 "2005-08-23T04:51:56Z")
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