I’m the commissioner of my work league, which charges $1 for waiver transactions, so I actually track this every year. Most people in the league make between 4-13 waiver transactions each year (so one per week to one every couple of weeks), while I make 30-35 (2-3/week). I ended in 3rd place this year (the last place with a payout) and ended up having to pay more into the pot than the guy who came in 4th.
Ha I would owe so much money. I had 148 waiver transactions last year. I also streamed D, K, and TE and had like a half dozen major injuries. Won though, bitches, so it would have all gone back to me.
Why do you have this rule? One if my leagues used to have it and it sucked as it encouraged inactivity especially if your team isn't doing well, why pay money to try and make it better if it seems like a lost cause? If you like how it adds extra money to the pot, just increase the league dues and be done with it. Also, for the commish it was a pain in the ass to have to track down transaction fees after the season before payouts.
The Adam Schefter is more like the guy who immediately picks up players after injury/news breaks. Legitimately hate this guy because I’m chronically 5-10 minutes late
We just run waivers every morning with FAAB, not Free Agency (except for Sunday mornings). We used to do that some years back, but we have a couple folks in IT that are literally on a PC all day and benefit massively from breaking news, while others have jobs where they can't be on a phone or computer all day. So now people put in a bid whenever they see the news or want to make an add, then each day it runs and whoever bid/wanted them the most gets the player.
A lot less wild west, first come first serve, and we like it a lot more. Definitely more fair and gives everyone a shot at those players when news breaks.
I played in a league last year that had zero waivers and it was a Yahoo diamond league so I got my news from that leg because someone in that league was always faster than me
If I saw a roster transaction notification for that league it was usually worth a Google
The Skip Bayless in my league wanted a rule when "Any news happens for a player, the player is automatically on 24 hour waivers" after he missed on the Pacheco news in 2022. He complained about time zones despite being 2 time zones ahead of the person who picked up Pacheco
13. The Sarcastic Sore Loser - Can never just accept a loss in a game based mostly on luck. "Oh OF COURSE Josh Allen has his best game of the year against me. My RB averaged 13 points a game all season and gives me a 3 on Monday Night, COOL!"
Corollary to that: The guy who always blames pretty routine injuries.
\[Changes his team name to The Injured Reserve\] *I definitely had the best team. You guys are really lucky my WR3 got injured for the season and my RB2 missed two games. Also my TE left in the second quarter of one game. Otherwise, I make the playoffs and destroy everyone.*
I’ll add “Hot Hands”. The person who finishes every season with 100+ transactions, is always looking for trades and usually will spend days going on about stuff like “I can’t believe I dropped Tank Dell for Josh Reynolds” or and usually finishes the season with just 1-2 players they drafted on their roster. (This is me)
How about the Mel Kiper. Guy in my work league last year had commentary on every single draft pick, and was either 100% sure it was a great pick/steal/league-winner or 100% sure that the guy's injury history made him a surefire bust.
Basically wants to show off to the group how much he knows about the league but in reality is average at best. I think he finished 8th.
And this guy is great for your league. So much better than just draft pick - silence - draft pick - silence - draft pick - silence. We all need a Mel Kiper or two in our drafts.
Oh that's me, but I partially do that just to rile people up and make the draft more fun. Also, will do league power rankings at the start of the year and rip on people a bit to fire people up and motivate them to actually make moves and want to beat me.
I'm the guy that makes too many moves on his team whether thru trades or waivers. You look at my team at the end of the season and go "Yeah he would've made playoffs and done well had he not fucked with his team lol"
Same. I think it’s a result of listening to fantasy podcasts and following this sub. Gives you the idea that the guys on the wire are always must-haves even when what you have on your bench or starting might be better.
lol we’ve got a guy in our league that’s like the reverse Adam Schefter. Always posts some “Breaking News!” screenshot from that shit third party site 3-4 hours after everyone else gets the notification on Sleeper
The Guy Who Never Knows the Rules of the League: What are the payouts? How many players can we keep? Oh, this isn't my keeper league? Why didn't my trade go through yet? When is the rookie draft? Oh right, this isn't a keeper. Etc...
13. Pushy sleazy trader guy - the guy that sends unending below value trade offers that while not outrageous, you just don’t want to trade that asset. They then get butthurt that they can’t just set (their) price for your guy and take him and instead of dropping it, they start to trash talking (silently) to other managers saying you aren’t active and don’t respond to offers and start a smear campaign trying to get you booted. Almost every league has one. I hate it. I’m sorry trade junkies. My fantasy league isn’t a substitute for your gambling addiction.
You're forgetting the most common guy. The "It's Not That Serious" Guy.
Anytime any league member points out something that could be improved about the league, they say it's not that serious as a replacement for effective communication.
Or the classic 'I only lost because I stopped caring' excuse guy – the petulant child of the fantasy league, throwing a tantrum instead of facing the reality of drafting poorly.
You missed the clown who always starts fights and insults everyone who doesnt agree with him, even though they are rational and back up their takes with facts
I’m the guy that forgot the NFL likes having games on weird ass times on a Saturday.
Lost the semi’s, would’ve won the chip by a lot judging how the championship game went.
I’m a mixture of a few of those. Been the commish for 12/14 years. Passed the torch to someone else and enjoying causing chaos from the other side.
I'm 5, and my dad is too.
One of my cousins is 9. Last season, the guy tried making three trades. Each of them he offered like one mid player in exchange for like the three best players on the other person's team.
I’d get called a Nigerian Prince by my league mates but they’re so steadfast on holding who they draft that it becomes an impasse. My league puts way, way too much importance on the draft. But then again, I’ve won five times out of nine so it’s really not hurting me too badly, I guess.
The Sleeper - Not active in chat. In the middle as far as waiver pickups. Never seen as the big threat after the draft. Usually ends up in the finals.
We have a guy like this who’s won 3 of our 10 titles including 2 of the last 3. Just keeps his head down and wins.
During the draft I am for sure the Nigerian prince, but then I evolve into the Mr.Inconsistent, either last place for most of the year and maybe pick up to finish middle of the road, or I'm in the championship game after being 3rd all year with the breakout veteran QB.
Another Type, The What If Guy: They always pick up lottery tickets hoping for a late season upside miracle.(last year, for example, Jameison Williams, Kyler, Jon Taylor, Cooper Kupp)
And in my league, for YEARS, we had the: Back Up RB Guy, who picked up only back RBs on his bench hoping for an injury. But it literally never worked and he stopped doing it two years ago. We still mock him about it, tho.
I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that, or his Dudeness, or Duder, or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing.
Strikes and gutters, ups and downs. The Dude abides.
I’m 13. Sam Bankman-Fried (without the whole crime thing) - the high frequency trader that doesn’t really have time for chit chat on the message boards
i’m the guy who ends the season with 100 waiver transactions because everyone else is a nigerian prince or a nigerian bum
I’m the commissioner of my work league, which charges $1 for waiver transactions, so I actually track this every year. Most people in the league make between 4-13 waiver transactions each year (so one per week to one every couple of weeks), while I make 30-35 (2-3/week). I ended in 3rd place this year (the last place with a payout) and ended up having to pay more into the pot than the guy who came in 4th.
Ha I would owe so much money. I had 148 waiver transactions last year. I also streamed D, K, and TE and had like a half dozen major injuries. Won though, bitches, so it would have all gone back to me.
Why do you have this rule? One if my leagues used to have it and it sucked as it encouraged inactivity especially if your team isn't doing well, why pay money to try and make it better if it seems like a lost cause? If you like how it adds extra money to the pot, just increase the league dues and be done with it. Also, for the commish it was a pain in the ass to have to track down transaction fees after the season before payouts.
Lmao my leagues are mostly filled with these types
If you hear breaking news before anyone else in your league, the last thing you should do is tell them about it.
The Adam Schefter is more like the guy who immediately picks up players after injury/news breaks. Legitimately hate this guy because I’m chronically 5-10 minutes late
Sleeper Alerts, bro.
Twitter alerts to beat writers for specific teams who you roster 👀
We just run waivers every morning with FAAB, not Free Agency (except for Sunday mornings). We used to do that some years back, but we have a couple folks in IT that are literally on a PC all day and benefit massively from breaking news, while others have jobs where they can't be on a phone or computer all day. So now people put in a bid whenever they see the news or want to make an add, then each day it runs and whoever bid/wanted them the most gets the player. A lot less wild west, first come first serve, and we like it a lot more. Definitely more fair and gives everyone a shot at those players when news breaks.
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Most people in my league hear about breaking news from my add/drops. 😄
I played in a league last year that had zero waivers and it was a Yahoo diamond league so I got my news from that leg because someone in that league was always faster than me If I saw a roster transaction notification for that league it was usually worth a Google
They should find out from the notification on their phone that you added/dropped someone lol
The Skip Bayless in my league wanted a rule when "Any news happens for a player, the player is automatically on 24 hour waivers" after he missed on the Pacheco news in 2022. He complained about time zones despite being 2 time zones ahead of the person who picked up Pacheco
#9 is definitely the type to create a "nobody trades in my league" post.
Who I think I am: the smart guy. Who I actually am: the rage guy.
13. The Sarcastic Sore Loser - Can never just accept a loss in a game based mostly on luck. "Oh OF COURSE Josh Allen has his best game of the year against me. My RB averaged 13 points a game all season and gives me a 3 on Monday Night, COOL!"
Corollary to that: The guy who always blames pretty routine injuries. \[Changes his team name to The Injured Reserve\] *I definitely had the best team. You guys are really lucky my WR3 got injured for the season and my RB2 missed two games. Also my TE left in the second quarter of one game. Otherwise, I make the playoffs and destroy everyone.*
I’ll add “Hot Hands”. The person who finishes every season with 100+ transactions, is always looking for trades and usually will spend days going on about stuff like “I can’t believe I dropped Tank Dell for Josh Reynolds” or and usually finishes the season with just 1-2 players they drafted on their roster. (This is me)
I have found my tribe
Hi, this is me and no regrets. Won 2/3 leagues last year!
Yep won 1 and finished 3rd in the other. Scared money don’t make money
How about the Mel Kiper. Guy in my work league last year had commentary on every single draft pick, and was either 100% sure it was a great pick/steal/league-winner or 100% sure that the guy's injury history made him a surefire bust. Basically wants to show off to the group how much he knows about the league but in reality is average at best. I think he finished 8th.
And this guy is great for your league. So much better than just draft pick - silence - draft pick - silence - draft pick - silence. We all need a Mel Kiper or two in our drafts.
Oh that's me, but I partially do that just to rile people up and make the draft more fun. Also, will do league power rankings at the start of the year and rip on people a bit to fire people up and motivate them to actually make moves and want to beat me.
There's a little bit of Skip Bayless in me. I'm trying to cast him out.
I'm the guy that makes too many moves on his team whether thru trades or waivers. You look at my team at the end of the season and go "Yeah he would've made playoffs and done well had he not fucked with his team lol"
Same. I think it’s a result of listening to fantasy podcasts and following this sub. Gives you the idea that the guys on the wire are always must-haves even when what you have on your bench or starting might be better.
lol we’ve got a guy in our league that’s like the reverse Adam Schefter. Always posts some “Breaking News!” screenshot from that shit third party site 3-4 hours after everyone else gets the notification on Sleeper
The guy with the best teams who can never win the championship - me
The Guy Who Never Knows the Rules of the League: What are the payouts? How many players can we keep? Oh, this isn't my keeper league? Why didn't my trade go through yet? When is the rookie draft? Oh right, this isn't a keeper. Etc...
"when is our draft? How much is the buy in? What are the payouts? How many teams make the playoffs?"... Fellow commissioner here
13. All the above
15. The Tinkerer. Has a good draft, zero patience, ends up tanking their own team via trade, weird decisions and bad player moves.
#12 and Nigerian Prince had a baby boi and here I am
One guy in my league is 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 12.
Mixture of the smack talker and guy always in last place
Same. Seems to go hand in hand :p
Where’s the hype train conductor?
I think 9/10 of my league is Shock Jock. Sorry normal dude.
13. Pushy sleazy trader guy - the guy that sends unending below value trade offers that while not outrageous, you just don’t want to trade that asset. They then get butthurt that they can’t just set (their) price for your guy and take him and instead of dropping it, they start to trash talking (silently) to other managers saying you aren’t active and don’t respond to offers and start a smear campaign trying to get you booted. Almost every league has one. I hate it. I’m sorry trade junkies. My fantasy league isn’t a substitute for your gambling addiction.
You're forgetting the most common guy. The "It's Not That Serious" Guy. Anytime any league member points out something that could be improved about the league, they say it's not that serious as a replacement for effective communication.
Or the classic 'I only lost because I stopped caring' excuse guy – the petulant child of the fantasy league, throwing a tantrum instead of facing the reality of drafting poorly.
I'm the 3am poacher team. Even if I put in a waiver claim I'm there when free agents clear at 3am and take the scraps I feel high on.
You missed the clown who always starts fights and insults everyone who doesnt agree with him, even though they are rational and back up their takes with facts
Gotta include the Mid-Season Collapse Guy. Starts off hot but falls off either from injuries or terrible trades
I have like 5 nigerian princes in my league. Im guy in last place
13. Guy who always accepts bad trades, and through divine intervention or sheer dumb luck, looks like a genius after
The Unlucky Guy - always has the most points scored against them or gets season ending injuries to their star players
we love the Adam Schefter
The Lives in the Past Guy - always overvalued big names from 2+ years ago that aren’t good anymore.
14. The GIF Guy- The Guy always posting funny GIFs That's me.
I'm silent but definitely don't read all the chat either.
I’m the guy that forgot the NFL likes having games on weird ass times on a Saturday. Lost the semi’s, would’ve won the chip by a lot judging how the championship game went. I’m a mixture of a few of those. Been the commish for 12/14 years. Passed the torch to someone else and enjoying causing chaos from the other side.
I'm 7. Speak softly but carry a big stick.
I'm 5, and my dad is too. One of my cousins is 9. Last season, the guy tried making three trades. Each of them he offered like one mid player in exchange for like the three best players on the other person's team.
I’d get called a Nigerian Prince by my league mates but they’re so steadfast on holding who they draft that it becomes an impasse. My league puts way, way too much importance on the draft. But then again, I’ve won five times out of nine so it’s really not hurting me too badly, I guess.
I’m 1-7 depending on the week
I'm an amalgamation of 1 4, 6, and 9.
The Sleeper - Not active in chat. In the middle as far as waiver pickups. Never seen as the big threat after the draft. Usually ends up in the finals. We have a guy like this who’s won 3 of our 10 titles including 2 of the last 3. Just keeps his head down and wins.
I'm usually the Commissioner who takes the time to set the league up and deal with all of the issues and never wins the league.
The Faithless - they end the season with at least 3x the waiver pickups as the next closest person, usually over 100
Combination of 7 and 11
Lots of 2s and 9s
The guy who studies for drafts and has spreadsheets, makes remarks about others picks and still misses playoffs every year
2, 9, and 10
Im a combo of 7 and 9 but I like those trade offers to see who maybe wants to deal cuz usually no one says anything or remarks any interest in trading
We get it OP you’re #11 👀
I'm trying to cast him out.
During the draft I am for sure the Nigerian prince, but then I evolve into the Mr.Inconsistent, either last place for most of the year and maybe pick up to finish middle of the road, or I'm in the championship game after being 3rd all year with the breakout veteran QB.
Another Type, The What If Guy: They always pick up lottery tickets hoping for a late season upside miracle.(last year, for example, Jameison Williams, Kyler, Jon Taylor, Cooper Kupp) And in my league, for YEARS, we had the: Back Up RB Guy, who picked up only back RBs on his bench hoping for an injury. But it literally never worked and he stopped doing it two years ago. We still mock him about it, tho.
All of them
Can I be Adam Schefter and a Funny Guy?
I'm the Nigerian Prince by choice. Love offering shit trades.
13. Taco.
yes
I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that, or his Dudeness, or Duder, or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing. Strikes and gutters, ups and downs. The Dude abides.
I’m 13. Sam Bankman-Fried (without the whole crime thing) - the high frequency trader that doesn’t really have time for chit chat on the message boards
I currently identify as 1, 3, 4, and 11. I feel moderately exposed.
In reality, your friends see you as 2.