Dynasty League 365

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I'm starting a dynasty league if there's enough interest. Please read this entire post before posting a response.

After being involved in many, many fantasy leagues both redraft and dynasty over the years I've found that I enjoy them much more when I am not commissioner. It's usually just not worth the added annoyance. Someone in the dynasty interest thread mentioned giving the commissioner a % of the dues and I realized that would probably balance out the negative aspects of being commissioner. I created a league a week ago and now I'm making a post looking to fill it. If it fills, great, if not I'm only out the time of league creation and making this post.

This league will not be a democracy. I'll refrain from making a political comment here, but democracy in fantasy football leads to headaches. This league will be a benevolent dictatorship. This doesn't mean that league members don't have input, it just means the commissioner is going to have final say on all issues.

Speaking of issues, I'd like to avoid as many as possible. One issue I've noticed with dynasty leagues, especially those with first year players, is trades that tilt the competitive balance of the league. In order to keep this as fair and objective as possible, I've devised the following system for trades. All trades will be posted to the board when accepted by the two teams, however the trade will not go through for 24 hours. Instead of a veto system the other league members will have the opportunity to offer a better trade. This should 1) keep people from trading Ezekiel Elliott for Adrian Peterson and 2) keep everyone from complaining about such and such trade being terrible because everyone had an opportunity to make a better offer.

My hope is that trades are balanced enough that most of them go through, but this should (in theory) keep the lesser experienced members from being taken advantage of and hopefully keep the league from getting lopsided too quickly. I've sent this around to various people asking for their opinions on this trading method and their number one concern was this method of trading could lead to some people taking things personally and getting upset when their trade gets rejected in favor of another trade. I don't have a solution for this, but I will say if this is the type of thing that is going to upset you please don't ask to join this league.

As far as the league itself, it will be hosted on ESPN with 12 teams and the following roster construction:
Quarterback (QB) 1
Running Back (RB) 2
Wide Receiver (WR) 3
Tight End (TE) 1
Flex (RB/WR/TE) 2
Bench (BE) 21
Injured Reserve (IR) 2

No Defense, No kicker.

Normal ESPN PPR scoring settings.

Draft date is TBD after league is filled, most likely on a Sunday anticipate about 3 hours for a startup draft.

League fees, in the interest thread most people seemed to be in the $50-100 range. $75 with 95% going to pot and 5% going to commissioner/league expenses seemed like a good spot. If there are people that are interested but max at $50 I will consider it, but for now we'll say $75. Payouts would be to overall season points leader, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place yearly.

The most important thing about the league is the people involved, I'm looking for people that will be active year round. I'm considering making it requirement to join a league group text/Line chat/whatever app we choose so everyone has access to everyone else in the league beyond the forums.

If this sounds like something you'd like to be a part of please post in the thread and then send me a PM with your experience (having no experience is fine) and your favorite color. I'm looking for people that are active, engaged members.