[Pun]

OK, so Solly and I were talking. We both feel that there should be a deadline for the entry fee next year ($20). While everyone ended up paying, it was tough having to remind people throughout the season. We both feel that May 1st should be the deadline for the entry fee. Thoughts?

And as for the payouts, since we will have 12 full teams next season, the pot would be $240. We decided the 2nd and 3rd place winnings will stay the same, while 1st place will go up to $140. The winnings next season will be as follows:

1st place - $140
2nd place - $60
3rd place - $40

So, just like this past season, even the third place team will double their money.

If anyone has any other suggestions on how to hand out the winnings, let me know.

[DevSop]

I'm not sure if $20 is the limit or not, but I wouldn't mind adding a few things that a few leagues of mine have done in the past.

The easiest would be to just raise the entrance fee maybe another 5 bucks and give that $60 to the best regular season team this way they at least get something for being the most consistent team.

Another thing we've done in leagues is have each transaction cost a certain amount. My football league is $1.00 per transaction and that entire amount gets split in half between the playoff champ and regular season champ. In baseball, since we'd be making a ton more moves, something like $0.25 could work and yahoo has it so the # of moves per team is on the main page, so it'd be easy to keep track of.

Or we could just raise the entrance fee a bit and pay out more.

Just some suggestions.

[Jack Quinn]

I think $20 is fair, some of us are not rich like Soprano ;D

[Lucky]

$20 is cool with me as is the deadline. I might suggest that the payments should be made by the draft so that if someone flakes out he can be replaced. But its probably not worth the hassle. Plus we're all friends so there's no big threat.

The extra $5 for the regular season winner makes sense to me and I'd be down.

The charge for the moves seems a bit much. But maybe I'm saying that because I make a lot of moves. Football's got so many fewer moves. But in baseball its a weekly thing. Spot starts, replacing hurt guys, playing around for the right guys at the end of your roster, grabbing new closers, switching around middle relievers, and trades. And then in our league you add in people jockeying around potential keepers. But again, I might be reacting because I make lots of moves.

That's also a CRAZY payout. $121 would have been racked up this season. Add half that to the $160 1st prize? Damn. I mean, I'd love $200+ from a fantasy baseball league but it seems a bit much. Which is not to say that I wouldn't have been happy with my $180+ prize this season.

I vote Yes on May 1st deadline. And $20 is fine with me but I'd definatelly be willing to go up to $25 for the regular season payoff.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Hey Lucky, you'll get to triple your entry fee when you finish 2nd again next year!

[Sparty]

Yeah, I'd be cool with the extra $5.

May 1 is also cool.

[Lucky]

fsolomon75 said:

Hey Lucky, you'll get to triple your entry fee when you finish 2nd again next year!

Not if we add the $5! Then I get to repeat the full pattern with a 1st place regular season and quint.. fiveip... win 5x my money!

[Mikey]

25's great. May 1 deadline. Sounds good to me.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

I'm cool with it. Is there a paypal account or so we send the money somewhere?

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Good question metal. I'll answer that one. You all can just skip Pun as the middle man and send your checks to me

[Attitude Adjuster]

I'm good for $25 and a May 1 deadline--as long as someone reminds me to pay so I don't get shut out.

[dragonmak]

$20 or $25 (whichever it is) by May 1 is cool with me.

Also, i don't like the idea of a charge per transaction. One flat fee is good.