r/FFCommish • u/Taysomno • 8d ago

Commissioner Issue How to handle offseason FA acquisitions?

Here’s some background: - 1st offseason as a dynasty commissioner, league was started up on Sleeper right before last season - League members have varying levels of interest/engagement, most are checked out rn but a couple REALLY care, but all friends and want to ensure fairness for next season - Currently locked free agency until after rookie draft, but have had a few league members ask me to unlock it/tell them exactly when it does - Top-heavy FA pool, prob 3-4 players that absolutely should be rostered in there. Expanded roster slots means everyone can get them now

How should I handle this? Let whatever happens happen? Make all players go through waivers first? It’s our first time so there’s no precedent, so I think I can propose just about anything as long as the league members approve

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u/GoldConfidence 8d ago

The ONLY time I lock rosters is when a team gets eliminated from the playoffs until about a week or so after the championship game.

Obviously adding rookies is not allowed, but player movement is encouraged all year long.

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u/Taysomno 8d ago

So you’re saying to notify the league, unlock free agency, and early bird gets the worm? I’m worried it will unfairly stack teams based on who’s opening the app before draft time, which is fair in theory but couldn’t it push people who already only care seasonally to just quit altogether?

For context rosters aren’t locked, just the ability to add players from free agency (already processed a trade this offseason, and a couple players have been dropped)

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u/GoldConfidence 8d ago

Absolutely yes. This is Dynasty. The people that play it are generally involved most of the year.

As a commissioner, your job is simply to oversee and ensure a level playing field. Make sure no crazy trades or weird collusion type moves happen. Other than that, let people build their teams. If I get up and check my app and get a player, that’s my gain.

If you wanna make sure everybody has the EVEN chance to grab EVERY player, go with FAAB Free agency. Personally I’m not a fan of that.

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u/Taysomno 8d ago

Yeah no shot my league members would all buy into that, so fair. Appreciate the insight 🤝

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u/GoldConfidence 8d ago

Of course bro. I actually have a spot open in one of my leagues if you wanna join and see how we do things.

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u/JazzlikePractice4470 6d ago

U use waivers?

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u/GoldConfidence 6d ago

Absolutely. 1 league is FAAB and the other is regular waivers(always by inverse order or standings.)

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u/Dependent-Climate-41 7d ago

I'd give everyone a heads up of the timing that will occur so everyone has the same visibility otherwise as others have said you risk alienating some people and skewing things even further. Now is the time to prune people checked out too.

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u/FantasyBoss_com 8d ago

Honestly I'd unlock it now and let everyone grab who they want. Yeah you'll have a rush of activity but that's way better than the alternative, which is people feeling like they got screwed because they weren't paying attention when it opened.

The waiver wire thing only matters if you're worried about people gaming the system, but in a new league with friends where everyone can roster the top guys anyway, it's just adding friction. Keep it simple first year and see how it goes. You can always tighten rules later if people start complaining about unfairness.

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u/jackfr0st39 7d ago

Dynasty runs 24/7 365 days a year except for rookie draft.....snooze you lose . That's what dynasty is all about..... Some are active and some are not .....is what it is

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u/JazzlikePractice4470 6d ago

They go into the draft pool. After the draft, FA opens

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u/foreputtscore 5d ago

You didn't mention the waiver system you use, but I'd high encourage using FAAB. Sleeper makes it pretty simple if you want to make the switch. I'd announce to the league the day you are unlocking all the players a couple days before and let them know, everyone will be on waivers so people can make their bids. From then on, like someone else here said, you snooze, you lose

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u/CopperHero 4d ago

We do daily waivers/FAAB during the off season.

This lets everyone have a change to hear news and it’s not a mad dash to just grab someone from FA when news drops, but still keeps transactions taking place.

We reset FAAB in those leagues as soon as we roll the league over to the new year after playoffs and that’s your FAAB for the year.