Toilet Bowl Punishments / Beware Week 14 / Five FanDraft Tips
In this weeks article we look at Toilet Bowl Punishments, a reminder to review your schedule, and Tips for a Successful FanDraft draft.
Toilet Bowl Punishments
A couple of weeks back I wrote an article about “5 Easy Ideas to Step-Up Your Draft”, which included the idea of having the prior year Toilet Bowl loser wear a decorated toilet seat around their head for the duration of the draft.
Not soon after that article, I noticed a Reddit post on /FFCommish about “Last place punishment” ideas. There were some great recommendations on there, and it sparked the idea of researching and compiling a list of some “easy to implement punishment ideas”.
There are a lot of rough punishments out there, most of which are quite cringe-worthy and likely to be refused by the loser. The last thing you want is to have owners quit over such a harsh consequence. So this list really focuses on the tamer / reasonable ones, that even the most recreational fantasy leagues can easily adopt:
1. Have the loser get a department store portrait
This has a LOT of potential, especially when the league all has a say in what the loser wears. It’d make for some humorous imagery to put on your website, text message strings, and…maybe even make a t-shirt out of it. Kind of great.
2. Diaper / Toilet Bowl Seat
Forcing the loser to don a diaper during the draft is a twist on wearing a Toilet Bowl seat. It’s maybe even more humiliating, so it could test the tolerance of your owners. But if they’re up for it, it’s a fairly entertaining idea.
3. Super Bowl Winner Names the Toilet Bowl Loser
This is an easy-to-implement punishment, which is also an added prize for the league champ.
4. Host the Next Year’s Draft
This wouldn’t work for all leagues, as there are some logistic issues for people without a decent home space, or who live in poor proximity. However, In the right league though, it’s a solid punishment.
5. Beer Caddy
Make the loser procure and/or serve the league beers during your draft.
I hate getting up to refill my beer when I’m on the clock. Why not have the Toilet Bowl loser do it? Ok, maybe having him serve the entire league could become a bit much, but there’s room for modification here.
Beware of Week 14 BYEs
A lot of fantasy leagues have generally started their playoffs in week 14 of the NFL season. Doing so this year is problematic because there are 4 teams that have a BYE in week 14 (Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles).
The saving grace of the predicament is that the NFL expanded their season by one game, so there are now 18 weeks to schedule your season around. This is going to be an easy fix for most leagues: Simply start your playoffs in week 15 instead of week 14.
This simplified formula likely won’t work for every league, but just consider this a friendly reminder to review your league’s fantasy schedule: both regular season and playoffs. League Schedules are an easy setting to dismiss as a commissioner each year, but this season make sure to take the time to review yours before it’s too late.
5 Tips for a Successful FanDraft Draft
It's the mission of FanDraft to create a more entertaining and engaging draft experience, while also keeping things organized and running smoothly for the commissioner.
Understanding how FanDraft works, and all of the available tools and abilities of the application is the key to you having a successful draft party
Below are 5 tips to best prepare you (the commish) to run a great draft:
1. DO SOME PRACTICE DRAFTS
You can perform an unlimited number of drafts with your league(s). The best way to become familiar with the FanDraft platform is by running some practice drafts.
You can get the details on how to do this here.
2. UNDERSTAND "COMMISSIONER MODE"
As the commissioner, you can turn on the "Commissioner Mode" button, and then make selections on behalf of other teams. While in "Commissioner Mode", remote teams that are participating can still make selections.
3. COMMISSIONER TOOLS
The commissioner has access to special tools available under the (...) area.
This includes the ability to "Skip Pick", "Edit Picks", make an "In-Draft trade", and "Team On the Fly". The "Team on the Fly" tool allows you to immediately change the current team picking. In an Auction draft, this area allows you to change the team nominating on the fly.
4. DOUBLE-CHECK ALL OF YOUR SETTINGS!
Before your actual draft, make sure you have properly input all of your league settings.
Too often users will accidentally not set enough rounds, put in an improper "roster size", or forget to set positional min/max rules.
If you do this incorrectly, it's good to know that you can exit the draft at any time, make and save changes to your league setup, and then re-enter the draft room without missing a beat.
5. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
FanDraft provides detailed documentation that goes over every aspect of the FanDraft software in detail. You can access the documentation here:
> https://documentation.fandraft.com/
Have additional questions?
Check out our Knowledge Base, which is an extensive and searchable FAQ area that covers even more information about FanDraft and its capabilities:
> https://help.fandraft.com/