New Posts For Thread: Waivers - BF NFL Fantasy Regular Leagues **Important change**https://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-changeThe waiver system will be via Free Agency Auction Bidding (FAAB) this year in the regular leagues.We've used it this year in baseball and it's a much better system. If you're not familiar with the process (it's very straightforward) ......In an auctIf we use it this year in the football, we'll have 'trialled' it in baseball and football and if people don't like it, we'll ditch it.Notwithstanding a surge of anti-faab sentiment this year!https://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-change?post_id=505150073#505150073If we use it this year in the football, we'll have 'trialled' it in baseball and football and if people don't like it, we'll ditch it.Notwithstanding a surge of anti-faab sentiment this year!Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:08:59 -0500It allows managers who are very busy and don't get instant bulletins the chance to claim players who are often long gone by the time they log on in the evening to set their lineups. Thats good enough for me, I like the new ideahttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-change?post_id=505147765#505147765It allows managers who are very busy and don't get instant bulletins the chance to claim players who are often long gone by the time they log on in the evening to set their lineups. Thats good enough for me, I like the new ideaThu, 11 Aug 2011 17:16:16 -0500Im with Fen. I think FAAB is a bit of a faff. Like Easter said, you have to have a back up, and a back up for your back up, then a back up for your back up of a back up and hope you get one of them else you are left without a player for another 3 dayhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-change?post_id=505138581#505138581Im with Fen. I think FAAB is a bit of a faff. Like Easter said, you have to have a back up, and a back up for your back up, then a back up for your back up of a back up and hope you get one of them else you are left without a player for another 3 dayThu, 11 Aug 2011 14:23:21 -0500Another good point, Easter, that I forgot to include.It allows managers who are very busy and don't get instant bulletins the chance to claim players who are often long gone by the time they log on in the evening to set their lineups.https://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-change?post_id=505118025#505118025Another good point, Easter, that I forgot to include.It allows managers who are very busy and don't get instant bulletins the chance to claim players who are often long gone by the time they log on in the evening to set their lineups.Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:35:44 -0500Fen, put in bids for multiple players (dropping the same player each time) and even if you don't get the first bloke you want, you will get somebody. I honestly don't know why anyone would prefer waivers over FAAB, although I have little interest inhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-change?post_id=505117007#505117007Fen, put in bids for multiple players (dropping the same player each time) and even if you don't get the first bloke you want, you will get somebody. I honestly don't know why anyone would prefer waivers over FAAB, although I have little interest inThu, 11 Aug 2011 04:58:07 -0500knew we'd get a fen SEETHE over thishttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-change?post_id=504366413#504366413knew we'd get a fen SEETHE over thisTue, 09 Aug 2011 16:35:21 -0500As my old housemaster at Prep school used to say, "Don't worry, you'll learn to enjoy it"(That may be too much info)https://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-change?post_id=504365607#504365607As my old housemaster at Prep school used to say, "Don't worry, you'll learn to enjoy it"(That may be too much info)Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:16:11 -0500I don't think I picked up anyone off waivers last year, and just one (Brian Roberts, long since dropped) this time round. Just free agents. The person I just pipped on the final day last year made well over 100 changes using a completely different sthttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-change?post_id=504365281#504365281I don't think I picked up anyone off waivers last year, and just one (Brian Roberts, long since dropped) this time round. Just free agents. The person I just pipped on the final day last year made well over 100 changes using a completely different stTue, 09 Aug 2011 16:08:41 -0500Without wanting to sound even more pious that usual(!) I like to think I try to set the league up to be as competitive, fair and as much fun as possible.The reason I like FAAB, is that it makes the draft, and luck, a little less important. Your accouhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-change?post_id=504364355#504364355Without wanting to sound even more pious that usual(!) I like to think I try to set the league up to be as competitive, fair and as much fun as possible.The reason I like FAAB, is that it makes the draft, and luck, a little less important. Your accouTue, 09 Aug 2011 15:49:32 -0500It is a pain and a faff. I try and change my team as little as possible, I think I won the Baseball Auction League last year making the fewest changes, at least of anyone who played for more or less the whole season.But if I do have to make a changehttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/28107097/waivers---bf-nfl-fantasy-regular-leagues-important-change?post_id=504361693#504361693It is a pain and a faff. I try and change my team as little as possible, I think I won the Baseball Auction League last year making the fewest changes, at least of anyone who played for more or less the whole season.But if I do have to make a changeTue, 09 Aug 2011 15:04:26 -0500