{"product_id":"2940014654081","title":"Having Fun With Fantasy Football","description":"Fantasy leagues mostly make use of a head-to-head format in playing.\u003cbr\u003eThe teams schedule is set before the first season begins. During the first\u003cbr\u003eweek, one team should be able to face another team and must play against\u003cbr\u003eone team in the remaining weeks. Normally, a fantasy season lasts for\u003cbr\u003eseventeen weeks. To be able to know the number of points gathered by a\u003cbr\u003eteam, they must submit their lineup and they shall receive points the way\u003cbr\u003ethe players performed during that week. The team who scores the most\u003cbr\u003enumber of points wins for that week.\u003cbr\u003eWhen the season is nearing its end, the top teams during the past weeks will\u003cbr\u003eadvance to the playoffs. Teams who won during the division games are\u003cbr\u003eguaranteed a spot and although there are wildcard teams who can also\u003cbr\u003eadvance as well, situations like these rarely happen.\u003cbr\u003eThe top four teams during the final four weeks of the regular season will\u003cbr\u003ehave to play against each other for the league championship. Teams who\u003cbr\u003ewere not able to make it to the finals compete for the consolation bracket. In\u003cbr\u003ecases of ties, tie breaking rules are specified in a leagues rules. The team\u003cbr\u003ewho earns the most number of points during the season wins.\u003cbr\u003eWhat Are Bye Weeks\u003cbr\u003eFantasy Footballs Bye Weeks and Playoffs: What are they and How Do They\u003cbr\u003eWork?\u003cbr\u003eAs the number of fans who play fantasy football keeps increasing, some still\u003cbr\u003earen’t sure of its real workings. This extreme gaming allows sports fanatics\u003cbr\u003eto take part in the world of professional football by making their own chosen\u003cbr\u003eset of teams and compete them against fans who also have teams. These\u003cbr\u003efans also known as the owners select players who will become a part of their\u003cbr\u003eteam by drafting the talents of the actual players and have them join a\u003cbr\u003ecompetition based on the real players performance in NFL sports.\u003cbr\u003eWhy fans play fantasy football\u003cbr\u003eAlthough only a few wealthy individuals can have the opportunity of being\u003cbr\u003eable to own a real team, however, in a fantasy football, anyone can take part\u003cbr\u003ein the pleasure of creating their own team whose players performances are\u003cbr\u003ebased on the real professional football players. Owners have roles to play\u003cbr\u003esimilar to what NFL personnel do.\u003cbr\u003eWhat are bye weeks\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the normal season for a fantasy football league is seventeen weeks,\u003cbr\u003ea team only has to play sixteen games. Out of the seventeen weeks, a team\u003cbr\u003emust be able to play sixteen games in sixteen weeks.\u003cbr\u003eEach team is given one week break from the competition. This week is called\u003cbr\u003ethe bye week. A bye week is between weeks four to ten. If one player on an\u003cbr\u003eowners team is having his bye week, the fantasy owner must fill in another\u003cbr\u003eplayer who is currently active in that specific week. If the owner fails to find\u003cbr\u003ea replacement, he\/she will gather no points for that player who is on his bye\u003cbr\u003eweek. An owner must therefore make sure when choosing his players that in\u003cbr\u003eevery position, he must have players with different bye weeks so that he\/she\u003cbr\u003ewould not end up without any player on any position on a particular week.\u003cbr\u003eHow fantasy football playoffs work\u003cbr\u003eSo how do playoffs work? Playoff begins with a draft. But of course, the\u003cbr\u003eleague must first establish its scoring rules and find the right players for the\u003cbr\u003eteams. The nice thing about playoffs is that owners need not worry on\u003cbr\u003emaking the schedule so they may have an odd number of teams.\u003cbr\u003eJust like the format of NFL, teams having the best records proceed to the\u003cbr\u003eplayoffs and participate in a bracket. For example, if the football fantasy\u003cbr\u003eleague is split into two divisions composed of five teams each; four out of\u003cbr\u003efive teams may proceed to the championship round. Fantasy playoffs\u003cbr\u003enormally happen during the last weeks of the season. Winners during the\u003cbr\u003esemifinal round advance to the championship bracket. The team who wins\u003cbr\u003ethe championship bracket captures the league title.\u003cbr\u003eReasons why playoffs are set upDuring the whole season, some leagues generally set their playoffs from\u003cbr\u003eweeks fourteen to sixteen and get rid of the last week. The reason for this is\u003cbr\u003ebecause in a real NFL, all playoff-bound teams usually let their starters take\u003cbr\u003ea break during the later weeks of the season to eliminate the chance of\u003cbr\u003einjury in a pointless game.\u003cbr\u003eAnother reason for this is that teams who are on the verge of losing are\u003cbr\u003eshaking up their rosters because they are already fated to lose that season.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, by avoiding week seventeen, chances are decreased for these lateseason\u003cbr\u003etraits which have a negative effect on the fantasy football playoffs. Or\u003cbr\u003eelse, owners of these teams will have to face with players who may only play\u003cbr\u003ea small part of the game or will have to find bench players who normally try\u003cbr\u003eto replace starting players.\u003cbr\u003eMaking fantasy football playoffs.","brand":"7th floor 2012","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171331227888,"sku":"2940014654081","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014654081_p0.jpg?v=1763621581","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014654081","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}