Hey gang! Sorry so late in responding... I was away for a business trip most of last week.
Here's my comments on the comments above...
PLAYOFF POOL... I guess I'm not against moving it down to only 4 teams - that would give a bit more weight to the division winners. However, in a division as tough as the EAST (wink, wink), we could conceivably have three of the strongest teams in the whole league (roster-wise), yet beat each other up in the regular season, and have only one team make the playoffs. I'm just using our division as an example, since all I have to go on is last year's results.
I'm all in favor of adding tiers for playoff fun... I'd much rather play every week, than not... even if my team has no chance for the championship. Play for pride! That's how I run my dynasty league, and would be open to giving insight, if wanted.
POST-SEASON ROSTER MOVES... Freeze 'em all! In fact, up until last year, in my dynasty league we only had 1 roster move a week. While that seems rather anemic to many, it did require us to actually
PLAN AHEAD as owners (can it be?!?). I think an owner shoulld be able to set up his/her roster prior to the start of playoffs, without having to make any additions. Get depth! Simple as that.
PENALTIES... whatever. Don't plan on going over, so I don't see the need to debate this. Whatever the league agrees on is fine with me.
ACTIVE ROSTER REQUIREMENTS... I think we should be required to have at least the minimum players for the position (ie. 1 qb, 2 rbs, 3 wrs, 1 te, 1 k, 1 d), but NOT be forced to have a full starting lineup each week. If a team wants to go w/o a TE, because their one and only TE is on a bye, that's their risk. I've taken that risk before... sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. I agree we should have to have at least ONE TE on the roster, but leave it up to the owner whether to pickup a backup for the bye week (or make a trade!).
Aloha!
