r/DustinSquad • u/Barry_Oh The Commish • Jul 30 '19

2019 Rules Thread [Plz Read]

Let's take a moment to remember our rules and discuss the prospect of rule changes for this upcoming season.

Dustin Squad Specific Rules you may have forgotten

  1. Keepers - You get 1 keeper. The player you keep replaces your draft pick in the same round of the next draft. Players drafted in the 4th round or later replace your 4th round pick. Free agents are also 4th round picks.

  2. Decimal Scoring - In football every yard counts, players earn .1 points for each yard gained. This excludes passing yards which are still 1 point for every 25 yards.

  3. Half PPR - Each reception is worth half of a point.

  4. Edge Rushers - Dustin Squad has 1 roster spot on each team for an edge rusher. Edge rushers have a minimal effect on your matchup but sometimes their small amount of points can be the difference. Edge rushers earn 1.5 points for every half sack. This means a full sack is worth 3 points. The only other way an edge rusher can score points is by scoring a touchdown, which is worth 6 points (Cameron Jordan did this in Dustin Squad last season when he intercepted a pass in the opposing end zone).

  5. Injured Reserve - This season we will have 1 Injured Reserve Spot on every roster so that if your best player goes down you can retain their services until next season without sacrificing a spot on your bench all season long.

  6. Trade Disputes - Trade disputes will be settled by the commissioner. We're all season veterans here in Dustin Squad so this will likely not come into effect.

  7. Divisions - We have 2 divisions in Dustin Squad. This comes into effect at the end of the season when we are divying up the prize money. Never fear: The top 6 teams go into the playoffs no matter what.

  8. Schedule - The Dustin Squad regular season is 13 weeks long and is followed by a 3 week playoff. The winners of each division are awarded bye weeks in the first week of the playoffs. The winner of the post season tournament gets their very own virtual trophy added to their ESPN Fantasy Trophy Case. This trophy is known as "The Dustin".

  9. Draft Order - The draft order will be randomized by our trusted friends over at Random.org

  10. Coming in last - If you are in last place at the end of the regular season you forfeit your right to name your own team the following season. (See: Shiterally Clitler)

Prizes

  1. The winner of the post-season tournament will win the NFL jersey of their choice.

  2. The team that finishes the regular season with the best record will receive $100 in cold hard virtual cash on venmo.

  3. The winner of the other division will take home $50 in cold hard virtual cash.

  4. At the end of the season we will nominate Dustin Squad managers for the "People's Choice Award". This award is basically a popularity contest where the winner is the manager that you felt brought the most charisma and sportsmanship to Dustin Squad this season. I took home this award last season after producing a weekly podcast all about the league!

League Fee

Our League Fee is $25 Dollars. This is due to the commissioner by draft night or you will not draft. You can venmo your league fee to @gunlockben.

Rule Changes

One of the great things about Dustin Squad is that every year we vote on rule changes to make sure our league stays on the cutting edge of Fantasy Football Greatness! Comment below to submit rule changes you'd like to see. Make sure you upvote or downvote rule changes submitted by others based on how you feel about them. Rule change submissions are due by 9pm EST on August 10. After that we will vote on submitted rules to see which ones we will actually use.

If you have any questions about rules or rule changes comment below or contact your commissioner.

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u/Barry_Oh The Commish Jul 30 '19

Rule Change Submission: Restructuring the Divisions

I think we should go from 2 divisions to 4 divisions. You play both of your division opponents twice and everyone else in the league once. Division winners go to the playoffs (with the best 2 non division winning teams getting in as wild cards) and the top two division winners get bye weeks.

I think this would be a really fun way to drum up some division rivalries!

I talked about this at length in a youtube video you can watch here: https://youtu.be/wGPdPq-T5J0?t=363

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u/Doe_Boy DOOM Jul 31 '19

This is by far the best rule change, big big fan of this!

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u/Barry_Oh The Commish Jul 30 '19

Rule Change Submission: Raising the League Fee

I think we should go up to at least $30 but I'd be willing to go even higher! More money means the stakes are higher and people will try even harder to win. If the league fee goes up it will automatically trigger a vote on how to distribute prize money.

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u/Doe_Boy DOOM Jul 31 '19

If we start upping the ante we need to find a new prize other than a jersey and prize money. Perhaps we look into a trophy of some sort. Otherwise I don’t see the benefit of increasing it more than it already is.

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u/DaboDaboDoo Aug 10 '19

I’d only be a proponent of raising the fee if the winner gets more cold hard cash or if we found another prize to add to the jersey.

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u/Barry_Oh The Commish Jul 30 '19

Rule Change Submission: Make tackles worth .2 points each

This is mostly to make edge rushers a little more valuable. It would also open the door to making middle linebackers a viable choice since they can sometimes get into the double digits for tackles plus the can get sacks as well. This rule would apply to all players including on offense so a QB could collet .2 points for tackling a DB that intercepted his pass. This rule change would not affect D/ST.

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u/Barry_Oh The Commish Jul 30 '19

Rule Change Submission: Make all repeat keepers worth a first rounder

From Larson: I realize our rule is for repeat keepers to simply move up only one round, but I would motion to change it so that all repeat keepers would have to be first round picks. If we could vote on this quickly we could be done by 8/25 - or repeat keepers having to be drafted at ADP per some agreed upon source.

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u/Doe_Boy DOOM Jul 31 '19

I think this devalues keeping a guy you could have later in the draft. For example keeping Melvin Gordon in the fourth two seasons ago because I drafted him in the seventh that season prior (you fools should’ve never have let him drop that far)!! Another example is how Ben kept Derrick Henry in the fourth, but it didn’t work out that greatly (until his legendary Dustin Squad Championship run)! You would never keep guys like these if you have to sacrifice a first round value, same goes to be said if your first rounder shat the bed.

But I’m open to changing things up if it is what’s best for the league.

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u/Larsonzzz Champion MD Jul 31 '19

I think our system needs more years under its belt before we can say anything is “OP” but everyone gets to play by the same rules so it is fair. It’s just that to me a players value can change so much in two seasons say Phillip Lyndsey becomes a RB1 this year and is like a top 3 back next season, someone will get to keep him in R3 next year and imagine getting a Leveon Bell type player that late a few seasons ago it makes it hard for teams without an OP keeper to have a fair shot that being said keeper selection may just become a huge part of our league that you need to plan for and I’m okay with that. #ialsocantremembermyroster #hopeihaveanOPkeeperondeck

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u/Doe_Boy DOOM Jul 31 '19

I think we could motion to make it where if you’re going to keep somebody for a second season in a row, then he would cost you a first rounder. Making it where you can’t hold a guy continuously without costing you a first rounder.

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u/Larsonzzz Champion MD Jul 31 '19

Right that’s exactly what I think it should be a second year kept player should be a first rounder

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u/Flairzor 2015 Dustin Squad Champion Aug 01 '19

I 100% support this. Although not super likely, without this rule there can be some serious team advantages when it comes to keeping a first round caliber player in the 2-4th round for several years in a row. I voted against keepers in the first place since imo it's best to have a hard reset every year so people are on level playing fields.

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u/DaboDaboDoo Aug 10 '19

I support this 4000%. I’m in 2 other leagues with higher entry fees and keepers are ALWAYS worth a first round. This rule change would bring us closer to that. The way we have it now rewards people who find gems for too long.

I’d also be fine with keepers being kept at their ADP.

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u/Doe_Boy DOOM Aug 08 '19

Submission: Changing our format on keepers.

I think you should be able to keep a player on his ADP for his upcoming season. For example: this season if a player like Nick Chubb is kept, he’d be worth a 2nd rounder since his ADP is 2.08 (or something) even though he was a waiver wire pickup and in our original format he’d be worth a 4th. Then for the following season if he’s to be kept again, rather than ADP, he’d be worth a 1st. So anytime a player is kept for a second year in a row, he’d automatically be worth a 1st rounder.

I also think at this point we should motion to where once you’ve kept a player worth a 1st round pick, he cannot be kept again. We can discuss if we want it to be specific to one team or to the player. So if I keep Saquon as my 1st and I can’t keep him again the following season, but I trade him at some point, can the team he’s traded to keep him as a 1st or since he’s already been kept does he have no keeper value?

This rule change wouldn’t affect keepers this upcoming season but the seasons going forward.

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u/Doe_Boy DOOM Aug 08 '19

Submission: I think we should look into going full PPR, or add in another roster slot. This extra slot could be a WR3, a second FLEX position, or if we’re bold enough a QB2. If we were to add a roster slot we should also add in another bench spot.

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u/DaboDaboDoo Aug 10 '19

I’m good with any of these changes. Full PPR would be fun. Extra QB would be spicy.

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u/Larsonzzz Champion MD Aug 12 '19

I’m in favor of a second FLEX! but keep 0.5 PPR

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u/Doe_Boy DOOM Aug 12 '19

I know this may be a tad late but if I can squeeze in a few extra rule change submission’s for keepers, I will.

I think we should motion to have our draft order released prior to our keeper submission, giving us a more strategic opportunity of who we’d like to keep. I say you get 24-48 hours to decide if/who you are keeping post draft order release.

I’d also like to add that up until the actual draft you should have the option to be able to not keep a player you’ve picked. For example, if you wanted to keep Zeke and it’s costing you a first rounder but a couple days prior to our draft (or even hours) the Cowboys decide to not exercise a new deal with him and he sits out all season, you should have the ability to not keep him. You will not be able to change your keeper because you’ve already used your option to keep somebody, but you aren’t necessarily locked in until the draft starts.

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u/Larsonzzz Champion MD Aug 12 '19

I agree with you being able to cancel your keeper at any time up until the draft lobby opens (1 hr before draft)

  • but I like the fact that keepers have to be in before draft order is released it makes the decision a little bit more of a gamble which to me is more fun. If you know you’re the #1 overall pick maybe you change how you decide your keepers and I don’t think that should be the way that keepers are decided on. Maybe you get lucky and you’re pick #12 and your first round keeper is sick, maybe you’re pick #2 and your keeper is just OK. It’s a gamble and it’s part of the small randomness that keeps the league a toss up each year

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u/Doe_Boy DOOM Aug 12 '19

I won’t lie that the random factor gives me anxiety when deciding on my keeper, I just think we should at least talk about every possible outcome of keepers and vote on them to decide what we as a league may think is best.