It's week 13 and playoffs start week 14 in my league . As commish I need to be able to lock the rosters of those teams that are eliminated from playoff contention to prevent them from adding/claiming/cutting players. This prevents an irate GM from blowing up their team and dropping their best players because they didn't make the postseason. It also ensures that free agents and players on waivers are available to those that are playing for something and are not being picked up by a team that gains nothing by modifying their roster.
Our league has done this every year and it always seems to be a necessity. I don't see an option on FleaFlicker to accomplish this. Kindly advise / recommend / provide alternatives.
UGH! Thanks for the quick response, but that would be quite a task. For instance, a team that doesn't make the playoffs has the best waiver priority and puts a claim in for Westbrook this week along with every other team in the league. I'd have to go back and figure out where each claimed player should have gone based on each team's WP and claim list, modifying every team's roster in the process? Complicated to say the least, if not impossible.
It would suck if this problem happens this late in the season because this feature is lacking. Is it possible to remove the owner of the team without deleting the team itself?
Individual roster locking would seem to be a necessary operation. Is this a feature that you would consider (or is already being considered) for an upcoming release?
I agree, this would be a great feature. Maybe once playoffs start have a feature to block teams not in playoffs from adding/dropping, pretty much just put a freeze on non playoff teams' rosters.
Yeah it's really a necessary feature. Just yesterday I was forced to delete a team from our league because this feature is not available. I had requested that anyone not making the playoffs in our league please let the waiver wire for the playoff teams - no adding/claiming/cutting. Here's a guy that didn't make the playoffs and he's bitter about sucking so he made some claims anyway and in the process he took a player that was on @ least one other playoff team's claim list. A verbal message-board war ensued and I had to boot him out 3 times and delete 4 posts before I was able to figure out how to change the league password because he kept taking ownership of the unowned team right after I'd remove him. Lots of choice words were said and I ended up having to ban him from my leagues for life. Yeah it's extremely childish, yet the guy is 43 yrs old. And the topper is he's my own brother!
All this could have been avoided if roster-locking was an available feature, and it seems every year there's a bitter loser that will break the rules if the rules are not enforceable. It's caused a huge distraction in my league and now of course people are threatening not joining my league if I host it on FleaFlicker and individual roster locking is still not available next season. With that I'll add this feature request to the Site Suggestions forum. I'm a fan of FleaFlicker and definitely want to continue hosting my leagues here so hopefully you can get it added by next July - it will definitely save commissioners' time and aggravation!
Agreed you have one guy who is not on the fantasy part of the football league and the whole league suffers. Good option as well as more customization for playoff have a consolation bracket that if you lose on the main bracket you can go to the consolation and work your way back to the main playoff bracket by winning. Also would help to not have to worry about locking my roster after the season resets and you make trades before the draft and lose them when the draft starts because owners have to relock them after the trade to make sure they do not lose them.
& in yet another league, which I run not on FF, we do lock some teams not in the playoffs, but not all due to different categories that may still be played for. all I am saying is don't limit it for no reason. as with all software, the more people you can please in an easy manner will always be a benefit for their company. it is all part of the same programming, no need in saving 15 minutes of coding when you can please a much higher # of people with the flexibility of control.
I would prefer this option to be available even if not during the playoffs. My league uses a playoff format that FF doesn't support so we have to turn playoffs off & manually set the match-ups each week. We definitely need this option right now! hehe
MrPoonTue 11/30/10 1:11 PM
It's week 13 and playoffs start week 14 in my league . As commish I need to be able to lock the rosters of those teams that are eliminated from playoff contention to prevent them from adding/claiming/cutting players. This prevents an irate GM from blowing up their team and dropping their best players because they didn't make the postseason. It also ensures that free agents and players on waivers are available to those that are playing for something and are not being picked up by a team that gains nothing by modifying their roster.
Our league has done this every year and it always seems to be a necessity. I don't see an option on FleaFlicker to accomplish this. Kindly advise / recommend / provide alternatives.
Thanks
FleaMod AdminTue 11/30/10 1:52 PM
There is no way to lock individual teams -- only the league in general. You can always go back and edit rosters to undo any changes that were made.
MrPoonTue 11/30/10 2:46 PM
UGH! Thanks for the quick response, but that would be quite a task. For instance, a team that doesn't make the playoffs has the best waiver priority and puts a claim in for Westbrook this week along with every other team in the league. I'd have to go back and figure out where each claimed player should have gone based on each team's WP and claim list, modifying every team's roster in the process? Complicated to say the least, if not impossible.
It would suck if this problem happens this late in the season because this feature is lacking. Is it possible to remove the owner of the team without deleting the team itself?
Individual roster locking would seem to be a necessary operation. Is this a feature that you would consider (or is already being considered) for an upcoming release?
Rick223Wed 12/8/10 2:21 PM
I agree, this would be a great feature. Maybe once playoffs start have a feature to block teams not in playoffs from adding/dropping, pretty much just put a freeze on non playoff teams' rosters.
FleaMod AdminWed 12/8/10 2:58 PM
It is definitely a good suggestion, it is something we hope to have added soon
MrPoonWed 12/8/10 3:51 PM
Yeah it's really a necessary feature. Just yesterday I was forced to delete a team from our league because this feature is not available. I had requested that anyone not making the playoffs in our league please let the waiver wire for the playoff teams - no adding/claiming/cutting. Here's a guy that didn't make the playoffs and he's bitter about sucking so he made some claims anyway and in the process he took a player that was on @ least one other playoff team's claim list. A verbal message-board war ensued and I had to boot him out 3 times and delete 4 posts before I was able to figure out how to change the league password because he kept taking ownership of the unowned team right after I'd remove him. Lots of choice words were said and I ended up having to ban him from my leagues for life. Yeah it's extremely childish, yet the guy is 43 yrs old. And the topper is he's my own brother!
All this could have been avoided if roster-locking was an available feature, and it seems every year there's a bitter loser that will break the rules if the rules are not enforceable. It's caused a huge distraction in my league and now of course people are threatening not joining my league if I host it on FleaFlicker and individual roster locking is still not available next season. With that I'll add this feature request to the Site Suggestions forum. I'm a fan of FleaFlicker and definitely want to continue hosting my leagues here so hopefully you can get it added by next July - it will definitely save commissioners' time and aggravation!
TY
JanssenFri 12/10/10 10:59 AM
Agreed you have one guy who is not on the fantasy part of the football league and the whole league suffers. Good option as well as more customization for playoff have a consolation bracket that if you lose on the main bracket you can go to the consolation and work your way back to the main playoff bracket by winning. Also would help to not have to worry about locking my roster after the season resets and you make trades before the draft and lose them when the draft starts because owners have to relock them after the trade to make sure they do not lose them.
TechyFri 12/17/10 10:27 AM
This is only worth even looking at in 'redraft' leagues.
In 'Keeper' leagues, anyone can gain by claiming even at the end of the season.
darksideofozFri 12/17/10 12:12 PM
not all leagues have the same rules. i am in a keeper league (not on FF), that locks add/drops for the fantasy playoffs.
TechySat 12/18/10 1:23 AM
a 100% transaction lock is a completely different animal from locking only non playoff teams.
darksideofozSat 12/18/10 1:26 PM
& in yet another league, which I run not on FF, we do lock some teams not in the playoffs, but not all due to different categories that may still be played for. all I am saying is don't limit it for no reason. as with all software, the more people you can please in an easy manner will always be a benefit for their company. it is all part of the same programming, no need in saving 15 minutes of coding when you can please a much higher # of people with the flexibility of control.
darksideofozTue 12/14/10 5:36 PM
I would prefer this option to be available even if not during the playoffs. My league uses a playoff format that FF doesn't support so we have to turn playoffs off & manually set the match-ups each week. We definitely need this option right now! hehe
EwokCommishTue 12/14/21 9:13 PM
2010? What a joke.
Commish-1Wed 12/22/21 3:32 PM
Yeah, I guess "hope to add soon" did not come to fruition. 11 years ago. Come on. I like Flea Flicker, but it has its flaws.
EwokCommishThu 12/23/21 11:26 AM
Major flaws, its almost like its a deprecated ghost project and the single dev that maintains it has other things going on.