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    Hman
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    Be Careful Joining Fantasy Leagues Online With People You Dont Know

    Here's Why

    Something most ppl don't think about.

    I start a 12 man Fantasy League.

    I post this:

    "Need 4 teams to fill in a 12 Man league".

    You agree to enter & purchase a team for whatever price is per entry.

    Little do you know, that i actually own most or all of the other teams in the league & running them all with random team names. The other real players don't even exist.

    It's my 8, 9, 10, 11 teams against your one or maybe a couple more suckers.

    I'll take those odds all day long.

    Make sure you somewhat know the person running the league or at least others also in the league.


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    Wow great post here. Thank you!

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    Hman, quit trying to cost me money pal.

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    USCPHILLYGUY
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    Hyman weren’t you talking about starting a league at the bash

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    Quote Originally Posted by USCPHILLYGUY View Post
    Hyman weren’t you talking about starting a league at the bash


    LoL no I've had enough Fantasy over the years.

    Ran a $500 entry league across the street for years.

    But it was all posters from the site that joined.
    (Or was it?!? ) Joking of course!

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    unde0087
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    I heard Seaweed tried this last year. He had 11 teams against a guy and still didn't win the championship.
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    Quote Originally Posted by unde0087 View Post
    I heard Seaweed tried this last year. He had 11 teams against a guy and still didn't win the championship.



    lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hman View Post
    LoL no I've had enough Fantasy over the years.

    Ran a $500 entry league across the street for years.

    But it was all posters from the site that joined.
    (Or was it?!? ) Joking of course!
    Just messing around.

    Seems like a lot of work with drafting multiple teams but I guess if the entry was large it could be profitable.

    Sorry we didn’t run into each other in Vegas

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    Quote Originally Posted by USCPHILLYGUY View Post
    Just messing around.

    Seems like a lot of work with drafting multiple teams but I guess if the entry was large it could be profitable.

    Sorry we didn’t run into each other in Vegas



    I know you were messin around.

    I somehow missed a few guys & gals, you being one of them.

    Next time

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    I wouldn’t play fantasy with your money and absolute waste of time

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    Quote Originally Posted by unde0087 View Post
    i heard seaweed tried this last year. He had 11 teams against a guy and still didn't win the championship.
    lolol

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    Every year there is some clown on 2+2 or some other 7 th tier forum who scams a couple k because no one insisted on escrow or whatever. Hadn't even thought about the angle HMan presented.

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    Fantasy is meant to be for entertainment and comradere not some money making venture. You put up a buy in for skin in the game so that owners don’t quit

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    Quote Originally Posted by gauchojake View Post
    Every year there is some clown on 2+2 or some other 7 th tier forum who scams a couple k because no one insisted on escrow or whatever. Hadn't even thought about the angle HMan presented.


    Did you play this year?

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    Does not really matter unless they are making collusion trades. Main downside is no quitting teams that dont update rosters.

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    Uhh okay? You still need to put up the money for those teams?

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    Never ever play any fantasy leagues

    for the extreme sucker

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    Quote Originally Posted by unde0087 View Post
    I heard Seaweed tried this last year. He had 11 teams against a guy and still didn't win the championship.
    Lmfao. The kid could run all 12 teams and find a way to lose.

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    This is just one of the many reasons you don’t join a league with people you don’t know

    i never join fantasy leagues but have heard so many stories

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    Sounds like the philosophy of several BTP entrants.

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    You could also have the case where everyone sends betpoints to one player. He then stiffs the winners for 10 months...and right before his pro membership expires he cashes out bitcoin with people’s winnings.

    Then, even though SBR knows he’s a stiff, they actually send him the money.

    This could never happen could it?

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    Easy to eliminate collusion in Fantasy League

    No Trades

    Standings based on total points not H2H horseshit

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    Interesting bump

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    This happened to me in a league here. Some guy traded Rosen and Yeldon for Mccaffery near the trade deadline.

    It was snap vetoed then suddenly a few days later put up and it got through. I know there were enough votes against it from talking to others in the league.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rm18 View Post
    Does not really matter unless they are making collusion trades. Main downside is no quitting teams that dont update rosters.
    this is completely wrong

    i thought you were smarter than this

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    hard to trust anyone after the astro and shaunovery stiff jobs

    both were longtime posters with good reputations before going rogue

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    And just to think I was about to advertise a league that I’m starting next year.

    14 team auction draft (on ESPN)

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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    this is completely wrong

    i thought you were smarter than this

    Some ppl don't understand I guess

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hman View Post
    Some ppl don't understand I guess
    exactly


    the elementary point you have here is.....there is a bench

    and just because you draft correctly doesnt mean people cannot collude who starts/sits to ensure the "correct" people get into the playoffs

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    Quote Originally Posted by mpaschal34 View Post
    And just to think I was about to advertise a league that I’m starting next year.

    14 team auction draft (on ESPN)
    you are one of the few on here that i would trust anymore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAKEPEAVY21 View Post
    you are one of the few on here that i would trust anymore.
    he thinks i found out his name (FROM WHO?)

    and talked shit on bigdays official page

    sbr has the email, that needs released before you go trusting him

    because i assure you it wasnt me....and somehow he thinks it could only be me

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hman View Post
    Did you play this year?
    I have one league that I am involved with and it's people I know and trust. I won this year, one of the only successful gambling endeavors I participated in this football season.

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    Just tried my first ever yahoo pro league and took 1st (10-team league)

    So many suckers out there that I’m sure most of these leagues are just fish, but some small percentage could be rigged like you say

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    If you play fanstasy sports it means you are a snowflake and you don't have a girlfriend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pavyracer View Post
    If you play fanstasy sports it means you are a snowflake and you don't have a girlfriend.
    what league are you in next month?

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