Phurfur 70 Posted November 3, 2011 bye weeks? Life was good back then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spec7ral 6 Posted November 4, 2011 bye weeks? Life was good back then. Not me. It sounds awesome though... <---Newton owner facing Rodgers owner this week Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GridironGuzzlers 3 Posted November 4, 2011 My first year was awesome. I was able to start Johnny U every week. Those were the good ole days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slim Pickins 0 Posted November 4, 2011 My first year was awesome. I was able to start Johnny U every week. Those were the good ole days Even on a bye week he was good for 10 points... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zackattack 0 Posted November 4, 2011 I have been playing 20 years now. I don't remember when the byes started. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thekid65 0 Posted November 4, 2011 I was actually thinking about this during the drive to work this am (yeah, I'm a bit bye-focked this week in one league). What I'd like to see, not only from a FF prospective, but also a NFL prospective would be for the entire league to take a Sunday off at the same time. Not only would that make the FF a little easier to manage/draft....but also would be fair to the NFL teams. I might actually get off my arse and accomplish something on 1 Sunday during the football season if they would do this. The NFL instituted bye weeks in 1990. In 1993 each team had TWO byes Thank God that was just a 1 year experiment.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,567 Posted November 4, 2011 1st league 1989 I played before bye weeks and when there was 2 bye weeks. which was the worst idea ever by the nfl. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagles Green 34 Posted November 4, 2011 I was actually thinking about this during the drive to work this am (yeah, I'm a bit bye-focked this week in one league). What I'd like to see, not only from a FF prospective, but also a NFL prospective would be for the entire league to take a Sunday off at the same time. Not only would that make the FF a little easier to manage/draft....but also would be fair to the NFL teams. I might actually get off my arse and accomplish something on 1 Sunday during the football season if they would do this. The NFL instituted bye weeks in 1990. In 1993 each team had TWO byes Thank God that was just a 1 year experiment.... Never gonna happen. Why would the NFL and TV brass want you to accomplish anything but sitting on your arse, watching the ads? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thekid65 0 Posted November 4, 2011 Never gonna happen. Why would the NFL and TV brass want you to accomplish anything but sitting on your arse, watching the ads? True dat. However, with The Ticket, I tend to avoid most of the ads. Edit: Although I am amazed at times, as to how I can have 10 games at my fingertips, and almost every focking one of them will have a ad on at the same time (not during halftime) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbivore 905 Posted November 4, 2011 I was actually thinking about this during the drive to work this am (yeah, I'm a bit bye-focked this week in one league). What I'd like to see, not only from a FF prospective, but also a NFL prospective would be for the entire league to take a Sunday off at the same time. Not only would that make the FF a little easier to manage/draft....but also would be fair to the NFL teams. I might actually get off my arse and accomplish something on 1 Sunday during the football season if they would do this. The NFL instituted bye weeks in 1990. In 1993 each team had TWO byes Thank God that was just a 1 year experiment.... I was thinking that this might be a better option with a 17 game schedule, compared to 18 games. Why is this so bad? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
giraldi02 470 Posted November 4, 2011 Edit: Although I am amazed at times, as to how I can have 10 games at my fingertips, and almost every focking one of them will have a ad on at the same time (not during halftime) Lol I've noticed this as well. My dad and I go ape $hit when we've flipped between multiple games and get ads. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SameSongNDance 0 Posted November 4, 2011 Bye-weeks distinguish the true contenders from the pretenders. If you drafted accordingly or played the WW hard, you should have adequate depth on your bench in which case the bye-weeks shouldn't hurt you nearly as hard. I would actually welcome double bye-weeks if it means players would stay healthier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronCity Steel 0 Posted November 4, 2011 bye weeks? Life was good back then. Ah yeah, the good old days before the bye weeks, only 5 teams from each conference making the playoffs, no salary caps, and before free agency as we now know it today. It was 1990 when the playoffs were expanded from 5 teams to 6 in each conference and when the bye weeks began, except for 1993, where each team had 2 bye weeks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RicemanX 20 Posted November 4, 2011 I can't imagine fantasy football without computers. The commissioner really earned his paycheck back then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaiderHaters Revenge 3,585 Posted November 4, 2011 I can't imagine fantasy football without computers. The commissioner really earned his paycheck back then. I used to play in leagues before computers. Our buy in was $300, the commisioner played for FREE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,567 Posted November 4, 2011 I used to play in leagues before computers. Our buy in was $300, the commisioner played for FREE I ran a league with the box scores from the papers. We had to watch Van Earl Right to get any kind of stats for our players before the papers came out, the final scores weren't till Monday or sometimes Tuesday. mine was $450 as little as 2 years ago and I played for free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beer Me Please 1 Posted November 6, 2011 I can't imagine fantasy football without computers. The commissioner really earned his paycheck back then. Yeah, I remember those days back in the early 90s... the Commish had to be really dedicated. The starting lineup phone calls would usually start coming in around 9am on Sunday, and back then, it wasn't unusual for me to be out and about til 2-3am at the local dive. Practially the only way to keep up during the games would be catching the 10 minute ticker that the networks would flash across the bottom of the broadcast. Anyone remember the "ding" "ding" "dinnnnnnng" sounds that NBC would play for their flash report during NFL games? Let me tell you, if you heard that sound, you were running to catch stats updates! Inevitably, you always had a few players that you had no idea how they'd done until you got up Monday morning and raced to get a copy of USA Today or the local paper and checked the box scores. Being Commish, it was somewhat tedious picking through all the box scores. Finally, Tuesday morning, I would type up my "newsletter" with the latest league scoring, standings, and upcoming games. I did this on a type writer mind you. When I got to school Wednesday morning I could make xerox copies of my newsletter and everyone knew they could come by the restaurant to pick up their copy the rest of the week. Wow, I hadn't thought about all that in a long time. Good stuff! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huskerinct 1 Posted November 6, 2011 Yeah, I remember those days back in the early 90s... the Commish had to be really dedicated. The starting lineup phone calls would usually start coming in around 9am on Sunday, and back then, it wasn't unusual for me to be out and about til 2-3am at the local dive. Practially the only way to keep up during the games would be catching the 10 minute ticker that the networks would flash across the bottom of the broadcast. Anyone remember the "ding" "ding" "dinnnnnnng" sounds that NBC would play for their flash report during NFL games? Let me tell you, if you heard that sound, you were running to catch stats updates! Inevitably, you always had a few players that you had no idea how they'd done until you got up Monday morning and raced to get a copy of USA Today or the local paper and checked the box scores. Being Commish, it was somewhat tedious picking through all the box scores. Finally, Tuesday morning, I would type up my "newsletter" with the latest league scoring, standings, and upcoming games. I did this on a type writer mind you. When I got to school Wednesday morning I could make xerox copies of my newsletter and everyone knew they could come by the restaurant to pick up their copy the rest of the week. Wow, I hadn't thought about all that in a long time. Good stuff! Ahhhh the memories. The USA Today was the KING of news media for me, back then. I would look forward to the Wed/Thur letter in the mail, with all of the results and standings, from our commish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phurfur 70 Posted November 6, 2011 The bye weeks also make it much tougher to make a Parlay bet. It kind of wipes out a big chunk of my betting season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
