What you are about to begin reading is a chronicle of a new and better way to play fantasy football. I created Franchise Fantasy Football and a league to play it in 2004. The league is called the Total Insanity League; a 12-team league with rosters of 20. Each team is granted $300 in salary cap funds each season.
The draft process of all fantasy football leagues attempts to impose parity among member teams. Most do so in a clumsy manner. The typical one-and-done leagues that utilize a snake draft attempt to gain parity by drawing lots for draft order. Thus, your season could be shot to hell merely by random chance even before your first-round pick tears an ACL.
Further, the one-and-done league screws early-season success by establishing a waiver process that makes teams that start fast have no chance to replace injured players or find some undrafted talent.
Random chance will not always be in your favor.
Franchise Fantasy Football, in summation, is a Dynasty League with an auction draft and salary cap. The auction value of each player establishes his base salary which increases over the length of his contract, should you choose to extend a player. For example: If you draft a player for $10 in Year 1, you can extend that player in perpetuity. For this example, you want to have this player for two more years. His salaries would thus be $13 for Year 2 and $16 for Year 3. There is a very simple worksheet that shows salary progressions for each base-level contract.
In Franchise Fantasy Football, parity is established by the use of a salary cap. All teams begin with the same amount of money. After the draft, all teams use what is left over of their annual allotment for in-season free agent signings. And, because we have a weekly free agent auction, the bottom-feeders do not have an unfair advantage over other teams. Because we bid on our free agents, the only limit to getting the injury replacement you need is your willingness to bid enough to get your man.
Franchise Fantasy Football is discussed in depth in my book, "Franchise Fantasy Football: A Fantasy Football Revolution," available now. This handsome 242-page tome will be a proud addition to your personal library. The book contains a comprehensive draft history which details every single auction price for every player ever drafted in the league along with a concise Constitution for your league. There are also tips and in-depth explanations which allow you to start your own Franchise Fantasy Football League. Get your copy today.
Welcome to the Blog of the Revolution. You will learn more about our game and enjoy analysis of current NFL players as their skills pertain to Franchise Fantasy Football.
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Johnny Skidmore
Author. Raconteur. Helluva guy.
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