Fantasy Football Group Chat

Hello, everyone, this is Data Head from Fantasy Football Stats. I wanted to remind you that the Yahoo! Fantasy Football (YFF) season, just like that of La Liga, is fast approaching. If you ever need help getting your team in order, you can swing by my blog for weekly articles and analysis. I have also been speaking with Elisa about setting up a group chat, a time right before the deadline (usually on Saturday morning) when we could all come together, discuss player picks, ask questions, or simply chit-chat, so that by the end of the evening, we could go to bed feeling comfortable with our player selections. The best that I could do would be on Friday evening, at 11.00pm EDT, or 8.00pm if you live on the West Coast. You can either participate in the discussion at my blog, or you can go directly to the chat room page:

http://yffstats.chatango.com

My hope is that people will keep coming into the conversation as the evening progresses, perhaps to the point that the dialogue can be carried on without me (so that I can get some sleep!). Of course, you may feel free to leave comments in the chat room at any point throughout the week, but I will make sure I am available for at least half an hour on Friday evenings. If you are more the quiet type but still wish to know what others think, you can still visit the chat room and "listen in." There is no login required.

In addition to the chat room, I encourage all of you to participate in the weekly Blog Team polls on my site. By selecting 11 players from the list (in a valid formation), you will be letting all other readers know which players you think will make good picks, and you will in turn be able to see the votes cast from all other readers, many of whom live in Spain and are quite knowledgeable about La Liga. The more votes, the more confidence you can have in the Blog Team consensus.

Finally, I would like to take this last opportunity before the season begins to explain the Head-to-Head blog league. If you signed up for the YFF group (again, that's Group ID# 272, Password yffstats1, and can be accessed at http://uk.superliga.fantasysports.yahoo.com), then I've already enrolled your team. In short, you don't have to do anything to participate except play YFF, but this league will be run on the same points system as the one for La Liga. For example, if Real Elisa meets my team, Fantasy Football Stats, in week 1, and scores 92.00 points, while mine scores 89.00, then Real Elisa is declared the winner of the match and will be awarded 3 points in the league table. Repeat the process 37 times so that each team plays the others twice, and you will have a complete season. Now, I understand that each of us may have a different level of YFF experience, so I have come up with a jersey system to give everyone something to play for. The same information below can be found on my site at the Blog Leagues page.

Jerseys:

The Yellow Jersey will go to the manager who leads in the overall Points column. If there is a tie, then the manager with more or the most YFF Points will be awarded the golden fleece.

The White Jersey, or Best Young Player jersey, will go to the manager with 0-3 years of experience who leads in the overall Points column. Again, if there is a tie, then cumulative YFF Points will be used to determine the winner. Note: For YFF Superliga, the number of years of experience will be 0 instead.

The Green Jersey, or Sprint Jersey, will be awarded to the manager who wins the most individual weeks in terms of YFF Points. In the event of a tie, the margin of victory in YFF points during weeks won will be used to determine the winner.

The Polka Dot Jersey, or King of the Mountains Jersey, will go to the manager who earns 100.00+ points the most times throughout the season. In case of a tie, then cumulative YFF points during those 100.00-point weeks will be used to determine the winner.

I hope to see you all in the Friday chat room, and I'll sign off by saying, "Let the competition begin!"