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Weeks 1-4 All Stars
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2021 Best Team Name
It’s that time of year. Nothing sets the tone for your fantasy season like an inspired team name and professionally created corresponding logo.
As is tradition, the competition for Best Team Name will now commence. Here’s the rules:
The day after the draft a poll will be posted to vote for best team name based on these criteria: creativity, originality, comedic value, and poignancy
An appropriate team logo image must be included to qualify, and it's quality and relevance will also factor in to the above vote
Coach with most votes will get to submit 3 (or more) punishment ideas for the league's vote, one of which will be inflicted on the team that comes in last place at the conclusion of the season. Punishments will be non-permanent to the victim, approved by the commissioner prior to submittal, and intended to inflict maximum embarrassment. The submitted punishment ideas will then be voted upon by the entire league, and the last place team must comply or else be banished from the league for all eternity.
And to give a sense of where the bar has been set, here are our past winners:
2017 Best Team Name
BRADY
TC'S SICK FANTASIES
Much like the rings of Middle-earth, it is said IFL championship rings carry their own curious powers. Hot off his 2016 IFL Championship, Brady divined a team name so darkly comedic, that it trumped all other contenders. His ring, I fear, was the source of this darkness, and I personally worry for his long-term mental health. Nevertheless, the peers agreed, and TC's SICK Fantasies took the freaking cake for the 2017 Best Team Name.
2018 Best Team Name
DREW
SLICK RICK & THE FIREPOLES
Drew said in his wedding speech, that Rick “taught me how to be a man”. But the bigger reality is, Rick taught us all how to be a man. Even if you’ve never met the guy, just the mere image of him, holding his catch like an aquatic trophy, barely allowing himself any outwardly sign of happiness, you know what a man should look like. We all want to be like Rick, and in that way, we are the firepoles. Rick’s teenage funk-punk band name carried Drew to Best Team Name 2018
2019 Best Team Name
DREW
BRETT’S REGRETS
Drew wasn’t able to repeat in the IFL Superbowl, but he did manage back-to-back titles in Best Team Name with his “Big Brett”-centric team, capitalizing on the gummy bear theme from the 2019 draft party that Big Brett had popularized, and pulling off some appropriately apt photoshop work, it was an easy choice for the league.
2020 Best Team Name
BRADY
FULLY STOCKED
With Drew not having an entry whatsoever in 2020 it’s hard to say whether he might have 3-peated or not, but one thing’s for sure, Brady and Drew have somewhat of a stranglehold on this competition, with Brady striking another chord in the heart of the many who have been graced by Linda Scallon’s hospitality, and her quantity and selection of soda that rivals any grocery store.
honorable mention
A few of my favorites that didn’t quite land top honors, but were nonetheless brilliant.
jORD
PAPA jORD’S
jOE
STRANGER BROS
jESSE
3-2-1 SPIKE!
jOE
BIG BRETT’S BIG YEAR
JESSE
HELM’S DEEP ARCHERY CLUB
jORD
PROFESSOR DISRESPECT
scallon express sr <3
2021 Iowa Fantasy League Invitation
Dear IFL Coach,
I warned you. 3 years ago, I told you that Jack’s insatiable appetite for power and glory would increase tenfold after his first taste of a championship, and despite having two less seasons under his belt than most coaches in the league, Jack is now the first coach in our history to wield two IFL championship rings.
“In all my years of conquest, violence, slaughter, it was never personal. But I’ll tell you now, what I’m about to do to your stubborn, annoying little fantasy league ... I’m going to enjoy it. Very very much. ”
Unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s not as clear what Jack’s entire endgame is. But it’s evident our collective embarrassment is part of it. Now, I have it on a good authority, that the man’s a recently made father, and perhaps, with less time available for the league, that is the edge we’ll need to delay him from his inevitable third ring. This represents your invitation to return to the IFL’s 8th season and take up the good fight.
We’re making 5 changes to the league this year:
Eliminating IDP: Polling the coaches this season, it became clear most were not a fan of the IDP trial run. So we are rolling it back.
PPR Bonuses for WRs/TEs: When we made the change from full point PPR to 1/2 point PPR / 1/2 Point per First Down, it was to make the viewing experience more enjoyable, but it had the side effect of making QBs & RBs a boost that makes them a bit overpowered. To buff WRs / TEs, they will receive a PPR bonus. All positions will still receive 0.5 PPR, but WRs will receive a bonus of 0.25 PPR, and TEs will receive a bonus of 0.5 PPR. So the net PPR breakdown is: RBs = 0.5 PPR / WRs = 0.75 PPR / TEs = 1 PPR. This pushes 3 QBs out of the Top 25 in scoring, pulls 4 WRs into the Top 25, and pulls 4 TEs into the Top 100.
Fumble/Fumble Lost: With the positional rebalancing needed, we are adding a penalty of -1 points for fumbles (that aren’t lost), and changing the penalty of fumbles lost from -2 to -3. This is a nerf to QBs primarily, then RBs secondarily. As you can see in the image below, the changes to PPR and fumbles pull the Top QB/RB/WR within 41 points of each other on the season, compared to 73 points in the previous system.
Double TEs: We eliminated the 2nd flex position last year, and we like the health that brought to the free agency pool, but we thought it might be fun to add a 2nd TE slot to the roster. The added bonus TEs pick up with the 0.5 PPR bonus giving them more depth, it will be fun to see who can squeeze the most value out of TEs 16-32 every week.
Kicker Penalties: Another fun change for the season, tiered penalties for missed kicks depending on yardage:
The buy-in is the same as last year’s, $60. With 16 owners, that makes the total prize pool $960. The 2020 payout structure will be as follows:
Place Awards
Champion = $342
Runner-Up = $70
3rd Place = $10
Division Winner = $28
Wild Card = $7
Season Awards
Pick 'Em Champ = $25
The Bounty = $20
Regular Season Champ = $15
Weekly Awards
Highest Scoring Team = $15
Highest Scoring Player = $7
The draft will start at 8 PM on Saturday August 28th. Live draft event will be held at IFL HQ in Ankeny starting at 6 PM for those that can make it.
Please send a minimum of $20 by September 1st via mail or PayPal to zrhodes3@gmail.com or Venmo @ZachRhodes3.
Godspeed men.
The Commissioner