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| Number/Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Freshman Classes | |
| FFL-101: What is Fantasy Football? | Fantasy football is just what the dictionary implies. A creation of fantasy concerning the game of football. For our purposes, we will focus on those fantasy football games that concentrate solely on the game … |
| FFL-102: Fantasy Terminology | A list of terms and definitions important to both NFL and Fantasy Football fans. |
| FFL-103: Basic Scoring | As with any thing you try in life it is best to master the basics before you move on to those things more complicated. Fantasy football is no different … |
| FFL-104: Basics of Free Agency | The NFL defines unrestricted veteran free agents as players who have completed four or more accrued seasons of service and whose contracts have expired. Players whose contracts have expired … |
| FFL-110: Setting up a League | Setting up a fantasy league is much easier than you might think. There are some specific things you need to decide … |
| FFL-120: Attracting Owners | Fantasy football is a passion best shared with good friends and family. But lacking that you can always find some strangers to abuse. With over 10 million participants worldwide … |
| Sophomore Classes | |
| FFL-201: Performance Scoring Systems | Performance scoring, like many aspects of fantasy football, is self-describing. In a performance scoring system players are rewarded or punished for their performance … |
| FFL-202: Redrafter vs. Keeper Leagues | This lesson will focus on the differences between redrafter and keeper leagues. Redrafter leagues are leagues that start over every year … |
| FFL-203: Keeper vs. Dynasty Leagues | When comparing keeper leagues to dynasty leagues, one must be aware that there is often a fine line between the two. The definition of what makes a league a keeper league … |
| FFL-204: Auction Basics | Going once … going twice … SOLD! These are the words worth their weight in gold if you have just won the bid on a player … |
| FFL-210: Basic Commissioning Tips | For those that are ready to take the leap, chances are you may have to start a league on your own. If you do, then the Commissioner duties would naturally fall to you … |
| FFL-211: Foundation Draft Theory | Drafting is very important to Fantasy Football, but how do you draft well? This is a tough question, but I have the answer … |
| FFL-220: Basics to Drafting | Face it. We all want to win. And most of us want to do it often and emphatically. No nice guys allowed. We want to beat the other player so bad they have nightmares … |
| Junior Classes | |
| FFL-301: The Stud Running Back Theory of Drafting | There are as many drafting strategies in fantasy football as there are pages in Fred Taylor’s medical file … |
| FFL-302: The Value Based Theory of Drafting | Everyone has his or her own favorite draft strategy. Some prefer the so-called running back stud theory … |
| FFL-303: Draft Preparation | When winter fades into the bright sunshine of spring; when the smell of newly mowed lawns mingles with the fragrance of barbeques; when the sound of a brand new baseball being struck with a wooden bat fill the air. That is the time a fantasy football fanatic begins their preparation … |
| FFL-304: Tools of the Trade | We’ve all heard it before. That knowledge is power. There is nowhere that this statement is more evident than in Fantasy Football. It is not enough to know how football is played … |
| FFL-310: Trading Tips | Since you are now reading this article, it would seem likely you want to learn more about how to make successful trades to improve your fantasy football team … |
| FFL-311: Ranking Players | Ranking players is personal. Every fantasy football owner has their own take on how player rankings should be achieved, which is appropriate since a set of rankings is most important … |
| FFL-320: Auction Strategies | There are many differences between your standard “Draft” leagues and those enlightened few that have moved to an Auction format. Primary amongst these is the strategy used in gathering players … |
| Senior Classes | |
| FFL-401: Non-traditional Positions | If you are like 92% of all other fantasy owners you are playing in a league that uses quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, place kickers and … |
| FFL-402: Using Salary Caps | As more and more leagues move from redrafter to keeper and even dynasty status, one of the biggest issues amongst the owners is that of providing for player movement … |
| FFL-403: Using Contract Years | The goal is to keep everyone interested. The strategy is to ensure parity. The tactic is to use Contract Years. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, it to introduce contracts to your league … |
| FFL-404: Advanced Scoring Options | One of the great things about fantasy football is that there is no “wrong” way to do things in scoring your league. You may be as simple or as complicated as you like. In this lesson we will discuss some of the more complicated options … |
| FFL-410: Fantasy Football, Ethics and You | Ever applied that to how you treat your competitors in fantasy football? If you have, you likely have come to regret it. There are many who will take exception with this lesson … |
| FFL-420: Finding the Balance | Ever feel overwhelmed in your life? All of us do. Whether you are a student, newlywed, expectant parent or grandparent, there are situations in all of our lives where time seems compressed to the point where we sometimes let our lives get out of balance … |
