WEBVTT - The No Fun Episode

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio,

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<v Speaker 1>your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation,

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<v Speaker 1>and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show.

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<v Speaker 1>Now here's your host, Paul. Hello, and welcome to a

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<v Speaker 1>no fun edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. Yeah, you know

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<v Speaker 1>we're overdue to talk COVID in detail, but look, nobody

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<v Speaker 1>is having fun with COVID, and frankly, we're not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have fun with it here either. But it's awfully important

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<v Speaker 1>to do some COVID planning now in the preseason. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's part of the reason that I'm here alone today.

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<v Speaker 1>Normally I've got my crew, some of my guys here,

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<v Speaker 1>but nobody wants to talk COVID. Everybody wants to have fun.

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<v Speaker 1>We want to talk about breaking down a DPS and

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<v Speaker 1>our mock drafts and all the news around the league.

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<v Speaker 1>This one is about the important steps that your league

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<v Speaker 1>needs to take to make sure that you've got an

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<v Speaker 1>action plan in place in the preseason for a variety

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<v Speaker 1>of COVID related items. Now, it's so important to get

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<v Speaker 1>this done in the preseason. If you wait until the

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<v Speaker 1>regular season to try to figure things out on the fly.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to be a disaster. Friendships will end, leagues

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<v Speaker 1>will dissolve. I'll give you an example. Let's say it's

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<v Speaker 1>Week six and Bruce has no COVID players, and your

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<v Speaker 1>league is trying to decide what to do when there's

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<v Speaker 1>an outbreak of COVID. Bruce, who has no COVID players,

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna be like, well, they shouldn't get any special

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<v Speaker 1>consideration at all. But Becky's got four COVID players on

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<v Speaker 1>her roster and she's gonna want all kinds of special

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<v Speaker 1>consideration because she's going through a lot of difficulty with COVID.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't do it in the middle of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>Even worse, let's say it's like we twelve and the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL cancels the whole rest of the season. One person,

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<v Speaker 1>let's say Emma has got the best record. She's tending too,

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<v Speaker 1>and she's lobbying hard that a twelve game season, twelve

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<v Speaker 1>weeks season should be considered a full season and that

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<v Speaker 1>she should be the champion. Meanwhile, there might be another guy, Eric.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got a surging bubble team and he's convinced that

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<v Speaker 1>if the season hadn't been canceled, he'd a roarred through

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs and he would have beat Emma and he

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<v Speaker 1>would have been the champion. And you can't just give

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<v Speaker 1>the championship to Emma. You have to decide some of

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<v Speaker 1>these key things, like what constitutes a full season for

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<v Speaker 1>your league? Right now? What are you gonna do when

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<v Speaker 1>your some of your players get COVID and they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to what are you going to do? You have to

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<v Speaker 1>decide now in the preseason, not today. We sent a

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<v Speaker 1>little time as a recording this it's July, but you

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<v Speaker 1>need to do it very important. Let's start here with

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<v Speaker 1>the draft or the auction. This part is really easy.

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<v Speaker 1>Just you may want to have an online plan ready.

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<v Speaker 1>Normally you're having your draft in person. For many of you,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe in person drafts just not possible. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>might not. You may find that you can't get twelve

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<v Speaker 1>people that are all willing to sit in the same

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<v Speaker 1>room together. That's the case. You need to have an

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<v Speaker 1>online online plan ready. Many sites let you draft online

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<v Speaker 1>for free, and you could certainly use those sites if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to. You may have to change the starting

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<v Speaker 1>date of your draft or auction as well. So be

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<v Speaker 1>ready for that as well. The NFL. And I say

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<v Speaker 1>that because the NFL could end up pushing one of

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<v Speaker 1>its season start the start of the season back a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of could be weeks, maybe Monts who knows that

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<v Speaker 1>start of the season could move. And if the start

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<v Speaker 1>of the season removed six weeks, you'd probably want to

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<v Speaker 1>move your draft with it. So just be just be

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<v Speaker 1>ready to be flexible on the date for the start

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<v Speaker 1>of your drafter auction as well. One of the things

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<v Speaker 1>that I'll mention as a quick piece of draft or

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<v Speaker 1>auction strategy here to to think about with COVID. And

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<v Speaker 1>we're not gonna spend much time here on on strategy

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<v Speaker 1>around COVID, but I want to mention this. It's possible

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<v Speaker 1>that a whole team could get COVID, could like run

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<v Speaker 1>through the locker room of a whole team. You might

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<v Speaker 1>be like, man, I want Bucks. I want to have Brady,

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<v Speaker 1>and I want to have Chris Godwin and I want

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<v Speaker 1>to have Gronk. But what happens if what happens if

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<v Speaker 1>your your Buck heavy team gets swarmed under with COVID

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<v Speaker 1>and you know there's a real scenario where the Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>get shut down, the league continues playing, but the Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>get shut down for a week or two. So you

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<v Speaker 1>may want to give some thought to diversifying your roster

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit as well, something that I think would

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<v Speaker 1>make sense this year more than other years. Okay, now

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk about what to do when a player test

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<v Speaker 1>positive for COVID and your and your league needs to

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<v Speaker 1>make a decision. So first, when a player does test

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<v Speaker 1>positive for COVID, player probably gets quarantined. So when that happens,

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<v Speaker 1>I think most likely scenario is that player is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be unavailable for two or three weeks. While that

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<v Speaker 1>player is presumably alone in a bedroom someplace chilling out

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<v Speaker 1>for a couple of weeks. Now that player will not practice,

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<v Speaker 1>so the team obviously will have no chance of playing.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you you'd really accept in very large rostered leagues.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you need to create, and by large roster

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<v Speaker 1>I mean at least twenty plus where you've got most

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<v Speaker 1>of all the depth anybody you want to pick up

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<v Speaker 1>already in a roster. I think you need to create

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<v Speaker 1>a not necessarily an I are spot, because I are

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<v Speaker 1>is one thing. This isn't quite I R some other

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<v Speaker 1>spot that you use, and you might have to designate

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<v Speaker 1>it in your league manager as I are, but I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna call it a a COVID slot. You need to

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<v Speaker 1>create a COVID slot that your league can use to

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<v Speaker 1>just slop people in who've got COVID, and those guys

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<v Speaker 1>are off to the side, and that opens up a

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<v Speaker 1>spot that you can go you can go fill up.

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<v Speaker 1>You're already punished enough that a starting player has COVID

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<v Speaker 1>and can't play for two to three weeks, So why

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<v Speaker 1>are you gonna double down on that and not let

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<v Speaker 1>that owner go pick up a free agent and fill

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<v Speaker 1>that spot. I think you should. You should treat it

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<v Speaker 1>just like you probably do. I R. Right now, player

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<v Speaker 1>goes on I R, he shelved until he comes back.

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<v Speaker 1>When he comes back, you take him off. I R.

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<v Speaker 1>Same thing you should do with your COVID slot. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>keep in mind, some teams so many new weeks gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be unlucky here, and it's gonna have three or four

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<v Speaker 1>players get COVID at one time. I mean, yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 1>why you need to have this COVID slot. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>want those teams to be in a spot where they

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<v Speaker 1>have They're in a a brutally tough position. With the

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<v Speaker 1>three or four players that have COVID and that they

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<v Speaker 1>either have to drop those presumably good players and pick

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<v Speaker 1>up some dregs or or or you know, or even worse,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to have that player who's already stuck

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<v Speaker 1>with COVID players having to then become a default win

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<v Speaker 1>and wreck the integrity of the league because they can't

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<v Speaker 1>they can't roster anybody. So really important to create the

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<v Speaker 1>COVID slot. Now, how many players can you put on COVID.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had some people on Twitter asking me how many

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<v Speaker 1>COVID slots should we create. In my mind it's unlimited number.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you do get struck with the three, four

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<v Speaker 1>or five COVID players, god forbid, but it could really

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<v Speaker 1>could happen. You need to just be able to use

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<v Speaker 1>as many as you need to use. Okay, next topic

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<v Speaker 1>for COVID, and this one I think is even more important,

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<v Speaker 1>and this one is gonna be thorny for a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of leagues. Your league needs to decide if you and

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<v Speaker 1>your co owners need to have a six team game

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<v Speaker 1>season to be considered a valid season, because the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>could end up torpedoing the season at some point. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it's eight weeks, maybe it's ten weeks, twelve weeks, whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>At what point have you played enough of the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>season for your league to consider it a valid season

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<v Speaker 1>where you're gonna crown a champion, where you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>award the prize money, where you're gonna send that traveling trophy.

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<v Speaker 1>How many games does it have to be? Does it

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<v Speaker 1>have to be a full sixteen game season? Bear in mind,

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<v Speaker 1>if you went twelve twelve weeks kind of a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>It's three months of play out of four months. You're

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<v Speaker 1>early December. Twelve weeks is kind of a lot. I

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<v Speaker 1>think to me, it's my personal recommendation. Twelve weeks is

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<v Speaker 1>about the right number to be considered a valid season.

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<v Speaker 1>Now where it gets thorny is playoffs. You have a

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<v Speaker 1>twelve week season. You know, if the NFL cancels it

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<v Speaker 1>after twelve weeks, you will not have had playoff. But

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's just, you know, it's just unfortunate. We'd

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<v Speaker 1>all prefer to have playoffs, but you just you can't

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<v Speaker 1>know that it's going to happen that way. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you play three out of four months and you hate

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<v Speaker 1>to have it be worth nothing. You know, all the

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<v Speaker 1>epic victories, the Monday nights when you were crossing your

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<v Speaker 1>fingers hoping your tight end is going to get that

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<v Speaker 1>fourth quarter touchdown that you needed. All that stuff is

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<v Speaker 1>totally invalidated because you needed a sixteen game regular season

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<v Speaker 1>when it just wasn't possible. So my recommendation, I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like twelve ish games is about right to be considered

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<v Speaker 1>a valid season. But let's um, let's talk it through

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit some scenarios where the season could be interrupted, shortened, modified, altered, aborted, canceled, whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>Number one, if they delay the start of the season,

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<v Speaker 1>that's pretty easy. You'll start when the NFL season starts.

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<v Speaker 1>So a delayed season really is not a big deal

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<v Speaker 1>for fantasy owners yet. Now, if there's an interrupted season,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's say they play four or five six games,

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<v Speaker 1>then they pause for a month to get everybody through

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<v Speaker 1>some COVID problems, and then they come back and play

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of them. They play a remaining sixteen game schedule,

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<v Speaker 1>however long. You just stop when they stop, you start

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<v Speaker 1>when they start, and you continue when the season comes back.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's really easy for everybody to understand too.

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<v Speaker 1>So delayed starts not a problem. Interrupted starts, not a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>Canceled seasons where it starts to get dicey for the

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<v Speaker 1>reasons we just talked about how many weeks do you

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<v Speaker 1>need for your league to consider it a valid season.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's say you take my recommendation you go twelve

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<v Speaker 1>weeks for a valid season. You will not have started

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs in twelve weeks, so you're gonna have to

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<v Speaker 1>come up in advance with what are our what are

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<v Speaker 1>our criteria for crowning a champion after twelve weeks? Is

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<v Speaker 1>it by best record, with a tiebreaker being most points scored?

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's what it is, and that's what I

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<v Speaker 1>would recommend doing. Is you would after twelve weeks, you

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<v Speaker 1>just give it to over Scott or whatever you know,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve weeks or beyond. If you say you gotta have

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<v Speaker 1>a minimum of twelve weeks, could go four team weeks

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<v Speaker 1>whatever best record. What if it's uh week fifteen, you're

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<v Speaker 1>halfway into the halfway into the playoffs, then I think

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<v Speaker 1>you would shorten it down to just the teams that

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<v Speaker 1>are still alive. Every team that's still alive, then who

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<v Speaker 1>had the best who had the best record, who had

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<v Speaker 1>the most points? So really important that you talked through

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<v Speaker 1>how many weeks of play you need to have to

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<v Speaker 1>have a valid season if we get to a canceled

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<v Speaker 1>season scenario where there's fewer than the number of weeks

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<v Speaker 1>that you want played. So let's say you do believe

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<v Speaker 1>the bar at twelve weeks, but they only play ten weeks. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>what seasons canceled? What does your league do in some

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<v Speaker 1>very important situations, like what happens all the money? I

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<v Speaker 1>recommend you roll it forward to the next year. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>you paid in twenty twenty, it didn't work out, they

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<v Speaker 1>canceled the season, and you know, we're just gonna roll

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<v Speaker 1>everybody's money to next year. You could refund it to

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<v Speaker 1>everybody if you want, and you have to recollect it

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<v Speaker 1>again in the spring. I think you should just roll

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<v Speaker 1>it forward. Now, this last part is specific to Dynasty

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<v Speaker 1>and Empire league owners. Now, if you're not in a

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<v Speaker 1>nice your Empire league and you just don't care about

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<v Speaker 1>COVID stuff, hanging up, this podcast effectively over for you.

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<v Speaker 1>This is only for Dynasty Empire League players commissioners. You

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<v Speaker 1>need to think about if you have a canceled season

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<v Speaker 1>that is not a valid season, what do you do

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<v Speaker 1>about the draft order next year. That's now we're really

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<v Speaker 1>future thinking. But this could be a huge problem later.

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<v Speaker 1>So again you get it squared away. Now, how are

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<v Speaker 1>you going to figure out the one draft order if

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't have a valid twenty season. The temptation maybe

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<v Speaker 1>to just say we're gonna roll over last year's draft order.

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<v Speaker 1>So the team that picked first in is also going

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<v Speaker 1>to get to pick first in one. Same thing. Whoever

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<v Speaker 1>picked second in would pick second in one. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a terrible idea. First of all, you've double rewarded failure.

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<v Speaker 1>These are the worst teams in your league last year,

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to get to draft at the beginning in

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<v Speaker 1>and in. I like it. Here's what I would do instead,

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<v Speaker 1>for those of you in dynasty or empire leagues thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about how to set the draft order if you have

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<v Speaker 1>an invalidated season, in I would have a reverse weighted lottery,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning that team that did finish last. Let's say it's

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<v Speaker 1>a twelve team league, the team that did finish last

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<v Speaker 1>would have twelve ping pong balls. In a twelve team

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<v Speaker 1>league in a lottery, the team that finished second to

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<v Speaker 1>last would have eleven, so on and fourth so forth

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<v Speaker 1>down to the champion who only gets one ping pong

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<v Speaker 1>ball in, and then I would pull draft order randomly.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how I would do it, and I think that

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<v Speaker 1>feels fair random enough that you're gonna get You're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>shake some things up. Gives everybody a chance at the

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<v Speaker 1>first pick and the second pick in the third pick,

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<v Speaker 1>and won't be identical as last year, so you're not

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<v Speaker 1>exactly rewarding failure the same way you would have been previously.

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<v Speaker 1>So there you have it. All the things that you

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<v Speaker 1>need to think about related to COVID, and that's a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>We'll look forward to more fun stuff next week. My

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<v Speaker 1>don't at the things that really I'm excited to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about next week. Can you have a starting backfield that

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<v Speaker 1>is the two chiefs runners, Clyde Edwards A Laire and

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<v Speaker 1>Damian Williams. As you're starting running backs and that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>You go to war with those guys every week except

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<v Speaker 1>there by week. Is that a viable strategy. I'm excited

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to you about that next week as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So a lot to get to next week. Thanks for

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