08-13-2010, 07:53 AM
<!--quoteo(post=110865:date=Aug 12 2010, 11:37 PM:name=liner)-->QUOTE (liner @ Aug 12 2010, 11:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->ace, like i said before, if it's a keeper league and you come in after the thing already starts chances are you don't have the top keepers in the league but the beauty of a keeper league is in it's (hopeful) longevity and the fact that you can build a team. plus we only keep 3. plus it's not that much money. like i said before, i run a 12 team 8 player keeper league that's done very well going on 9 years. we went from 10 to 12 teams 5 years ago. the "expansion" owners knew they weren't going to come in and win right away, but they wanted to be in the league because it's fun. both teams started off as a mid-level team the first year. in the 4 years to follow one team has been in last or second to last every season and the other spent 1 more season building his team with trades and has been in the championship the last 3 years in a row, winning it once.
it's a keeper league, you weren't in on the ground floor and may not win it all in your first year, but please don't let that keep you out. again, with only 3 keepers you can easily make your team however you want it very soon, and it's not that much money. i really think that once we have it up and running and the rules and stuff are all ironed out it could be a really cool league that lasts a long time.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm with all that. I don't expect to join a keeper and win it all right away - but I also don't expect to join and have the only pure dog-shit team in the league, and take 3+ years to get it respectable (which could easily happen if every other team has three of the "good" players in the league).
I gotta be honest, I'm also not crazy about being in a keeper league where there was already so much turnover in the first year, you know?
I'm not really saying anything either way - I just want to see what the open teams look like, and would have liked to know who they are before committing. But ultimately, I want to play because I want to be in a league with you fuckers, and if this is the way, this is the way.
it's a keeper league, you weren't in on the ground floor and may not win it all in your first year, but please don't let that keep you out. again, with only 3 keepers you can easily make your team however you want it very soon, and it's not that much money. i really think that once we have it up and running and the rules and stuff are all ironed out it could be a really cool league that lasts a long time.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm with all that. I don't expect to join a keeper and win it all right away - but I also don't expect to join and have the only pure dog-shit team in the league, and take 3+ years to get it respectable (which could easily happen if every other team has three of the "good" players in the league).
I gotta be honest, I'm also not crazy about being in a keeper league where there was already so much turnover in the first year, you know?
I'm not really saying anything either way - I just want to see what the open teams look like, and would have liked to know who they are before committing. But ultimately, I want to play because I want to be in a league with you fuckers, and if this is the way, this is the way.
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