Fantasy Etiquette

I've spent way to much of my time on this planet focusing on fantasy sports. I played in my first football & baseball leagues back in 1999 and have been going ever since. Call me a dork,geek or nerd if you will but I love Fantasy Sports!

Now over the years I have become commissioner of our keeper fantasy baseball league. This league is known as the Big South and goes back to 2002. In the Big South we play for a little cash (just to keep it interesting) money. The Big South isn't for the little wussy players either! It is winner take all. One Winner,One Champion,One person getting all the cabbage at the end of the season! When the league is over I make it my top priority to get the winner paid ASAP,as any good comish should do. To me this is good Fantasy Etiquette.

Now let me take you over to our Fantasy Football League. This too is a keeper league and very complicated. Two divisions of 10 teams each. This league dates back to 2003. Like the Big South we throw a little bread on the table to make that adrenaline rush a little bit better on those Sundays in the fall.

Our commissioner Rodney has been the comish since the league's inception. Overall I would say he has done a good job,well until this year that is. In Rodney's RT Sports football league if your money isn't in by week 3 your roster gets locked. It's pretty strict but, I don't have a problem with it.

As time marched on over the past few years we have had owners come & go. As we have had open teams that need to be filled I often recommend my friends. I'll talk the league up and tell my friends how great the league is. One of my recruit's happened to be John Conner.

You may know John from our ShowStoppers Podcast here on BigBadSportsDaddy.com. They tell me he is a blogger too but I haven't seen anything from him in a year or so! Who knows? Anyway I digress.

Now in 2011 my hat is off to John Conner. He won his division and went all the way through the playoffs and made the Fantasy Super Bowl! In only his second year that is pretty impressive. There are people who have been in the league since 2002 and only made the playoffs a couple of times. Unfortunately for John he came up short and only got 2nd place. Unlike the Big South 2nd place is supposed to get paid in RTSports. However here it is June and John still hasn't got paid. WTF?

To my knowledge no one has ever had problems getting their cash from Rodney before. Why would we think this year was going to be any different. Oh and Rodney has went all David Copperfield on us and disappeared.

No returned emails,no returned calls,no returned text, or facebook messages. He has flat-out vanished with the cash!For all we know he has joined the witness protection program. No matter what happen to me this is horrible piss poor Fantasy Etiquette! Unbelivable! How can you do that to guys you have played with for years? Rodney didn't even give us a F-U I'm done type of thing. Just disappeared like Kaiser Soze.

Having played Fantasy Football and Baseball with Rodney for years I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but how can I? It's June! The League was over in December? Where is John's Money?

The Winner of RTSports Shawn got paid in February. A little slow but I guess acceptable. At least he got his money.

Now John and the rest of us in the league are left out in the cold wondering what the hell is going on? Is this 10-year-old league done? Who wants to play in a league where you don't get paid? I sure as hell don't!



Rodney we are getting tired of you ducking us! What you got money for fake moustaches but can't pay John?

Fantasy Players take note and DON'T BE A RODNEY!

email larry@bigbadsportsdaddy.com
Twitter @bigbadlarry

2010 Fantasy Football Sleepers and Bust

If you listen to the Sports Daddys Podcast this week I went over my fantasy football sleepers and bust for 2010. I know you might need something to copy and paste and save to your computer so here you go. You’re Welcome!

This is going to be an interesting year fellow fantasy footballers. You are going to see some big names fall off as other young players rise and take there place. Gone from the top of the fantasy football food chain are your LTs and your LJs. Here to take their place are your CJs,APs and Ray Rays.

2010 could be the turning point if you are in a rebuilding mode in your keeper league. Or if you are just playing in a hit em and forget em one year wonder league you may need to do some extra home work. This is not the year to go into your draft ill prepared.

Here you go Big Bad Sports Daddys and Mamas! My 2010 Sleepers and Bust!

Sleepers
1) Matthew Stafford- The Lions added some great weapons for this young QB. Including rookie RB Jahvid Best and Veteran WR Nate Burleson. Expect Stafford to take a huge leap in 2010. Draft him in rounds 9 and later.

2) Ben Tate- If you are not familiar with Tate he is the starting Rookie RB in Houston. HE doesn’t have the flashy name like the other roookies Best, Mathews or Spiller but has a realistic chance of out producing 2 out of 3 of them. Look for him in Rounds 5-7 of your draft

3) TJ Houshmandzadeh- He has a decent QB back in Hasselbeck and no one else to compete with him for targets. Look for Housh to be a candidate for the come back player of the year in 2010.

4) Dustin Keller- Keller had a very strong post season and Mark Sanchez seems to have found his dump off TE. I would suggest not wasting an early pick on Gates or Witten. Look for Keller late in your draft.

5) Michael Crabtree- Crabtree has a chance to be the next break out WR in the NFL. If you are drafting in Big 12 country or in a keeper league expect him to go a little earlier. Crabtree should be there in rounds 4 or 5. You might think about reaching with a third rounder if there is not a solid superstar is there.


Bust
1) Jay Cutler- This guy sucks! He can’t read a D or protect the ball. Don’t buy in to the Mike Martz will make him better crap you are reading! Do Not Touch Cutler! Buyer beware!

2) Eli Manning- There is no way Eli repeats his 2009 numbers. Look for him to fall back to earth this year. Let some other sucker get stuck with him

3) Anquan Boldin- I lke Anquan as a player. I even like The Ravens Offense this year. I question his health. I think he goes way to early for a guy who has only played 16 games once since 2005. Don’t target him early. I am hoping he slips into the 6th or 7th round in my draft and you should too

4) DeAngelo Williams- I am the only writer in America with DeAngelo on my bust list. He is not worth a 1st rounder this year and that is where you will find him going. He has to split the carries with Jonathan Stewart . Also look for Defenses to crowd the box and not respect Matt Moore’s arm. This going to be a down year for DeAngelo

5) Pierre Thomas- My problem with Pierre is he is to inconsistent. The Saints spread the ball around way to much for him to have a productive season.

There you go. Do what you will with my advice. Happy Drafting!

larry@bigbadsportsdaddy.com

Fantasy Football Advice

Fantasy Football season is here! It’s by far my favorite season. I am not one of those ridiculous people who have 50 different fantasy football teams on every football website known to man. I have one. That’s right one. I play in a 20 team keeper cash league. We are going into our 10th year. I play in one league and one league only because I don’t want my attention diverted from the prize. I keep my mind on the money and the money on my mind.


I was spending a Sunday last year catching the games with my buds and one of the co players started yelling for Frank Gore to score. I thought this was odd since I was playing him and I had Frank the Tank. I had to ask “Why are you wanting Frank to do well? Are you trying to lose this week?” Which he replied “No but I have him 3 other leagues.” 3 other leagues WTF? Ok I have had two teams and even 3 teams but 4? He then informed me that he had 10 teams in 09. All of them were money leagues. That’s a little overboard! How can you stay focused on any team when you have ten to manage?

I have owned two teams in the past. I get conflicted when I am playing a guy with my other team’s players on his team. Does that make sense? I don't like it therefore I do not do it anymore.

Back in 07 I tried to manage 3 teams and I hate to admit it but my ESPN.com team became a dreaded dead team. I am very ashamed. If you are not going to play don’t commit. There is nothing more annoying then not being able to get a hold of other owners for trade offers or you and another team battling it out for first and seeing the team he his playing hasn’t set their line up since week 3! Which happen to be the week you played Mr. Dead Team and lost!


So for you preparing for the 2010 season remember it’s ok to say no. Do you want to play in my fantasy football league with a bunch of guys who think Ben Tate is a new sports bar? NO! Play fantasy football and play it right. Please keep up with your teams and stay active America.


Best of luck to you!
Lar