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InfinitePulse · 08-08-2007, 02:11 PM

How do these work? Are they available for free anywhere?

**Serrated Shadow** · 08-08-2007, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by InfinitePulse

How do these work? Are they available for free anywhere?

The only difference between a keeper and a standard league is that if your league is reactivated for a second or subsequent years, in a keeper league you would get to keep a designated number of players on your roster for the next season. For instance, one of my leagues allowed us to keep 2 guys, so i decided to hold onto Tomlinson and Jones-Drew from my roster.

All the players not kept will go back to the draft pool. At the beginning of the draft, the first two rounds would be the "keeper" rounds. Everyone's picks would be their keeper picks..once the third round starts, the regular draft would begin with the players left.

ESPN does free keeper leagues, and as far as i know, everyone else does too.

**Manster** · 08-08-2007, 02:32 PM

They can work different ways a lot of them will let you keep 1 QB 1 RB 1 WR 1 TE or K or Defs and then 1 any postion. I know AOL had something like that and then they stopped doing it. I had a team with P.Maning and LT when they ended it. As of right now I do not know of any free ones.

InfinitePulse · 08-08-2007, 02:57 PM

Awesome info, thanks guys.

**Serrated Shadow** · 08-08-2007, 05:02 PM

We might as well turn this thread into something we can use. All keeper league info and discussion/questions should be posted here.

**Professor** · 08-08-2007, 09:34 PM

Keeper Fantasy Leagues - Creating A Keeper League

1 - Finalize Rules - Before you start anything, you as commish, will have to finalize your Keeper and League Rules. This system, format, configuration or whatever you want to call it. Has to be completed and understood by all if an existing league. For new leagues it will be completely up to the person making the league. It does help to get input from anybody that may be joining the league.

2 - Know How You Will Be Drafting - It is very important to know HOW you will be drafting this season and for seasons to come. This will be a crucial factor in choosing a Fantasy League Manager that can handle your draft. There are many ways of conducting a draft (I will not go into various ways of drafting as it doesn't matter here. Commishes can choose any format that they like).

For first year leagues it does not matter how or where you draft. It ONLY matters in the seasons after. All FLMs have different ways of drafting that commishes need to be aware of. But there are 2 factors you can keep in mind when it comes time to draft each season. These come from your Keeper League Rules and how many players you can keep after the season is over for next year. They are Even or Odd Numbered Rosters. The total number of players on each roster before the draft is the main factor in choosing an FLM. But knowing how you want to draft is important in the whole process of creating a keeper league.

3 - Chooes A Fantasy League Manager - Now that you know how you will be drafting each year you have to choose an FLM. As describe above the total number of players each team has will determine the draft order. Not all FLMs can handle an odd number draft. Another issue you may run into is that Keeper Players may not be able to be placed on rosters before the draft.

You will need to use an FLM that can handle your draft order and draft style. You will have to find an FLM to fit your needs. OR configure your league to fit your favorite FLM.

4 - Keep Track Of Information - You will need to keep track of certain information from season to season. The main thing to keep track of is keeper players. You may also want to keep track of other info such as records, championships, ect. Depending on your FLM you may be able to keep some of this info from year to year. But, keeping track of keepers and other info at many FLMs does not exist as they only operate for the season and all info is lost. But, you will have to keep track of keeper players somehow.

This can be done a number of ways. The easiest way to do this if the FLM does not. Is to make a master list of all keeper players on which teams. Email this to your whole league or post it at your group site, ect.

Conclusion You have now created your Keeper League. You decided on league and keeper rules, know how you will be drafting, chose a Fantasy League Manager and know what info you need to keep track of. Our article on "Running a Keeper League" will a describe the basics of running the league for seasons after you have created it.