Welcome to the second installment of FFF! This week we address what most people would refer to in their league as "the Ghost" or in my view: the Bye-Guy.
Not much can be said of this elusive & sly character as he is an anomaly in most leagues. While there can be a number of Zealots in any given league, there tends to be only one Bye-Guy.
How to recognize him:
1. Might be gungho in the beginning while discussing the league & agreeing to participate or he could have been dragged in against his own free will in order to even out the number of teams in the league. Either way, it's hard to spot the Bye-Guy in the beginning.
2. Usually auto-drafts in a league that frowns upon auto-draft coming up with a lame excuse why he couldn't: "I hit traffic & won't be at a computer," "I'm out to dinner - I'll log in as soon as I get home," "I broke my mouse-clicking finger" etc. etc.
3. Reveals himself in the second or third week at the earliest. As telling by the fact that a) he NEVER sets his line-up, b) makes no moves on the waiver-wire, c) leaves in players on the IR and d) (the most obvious) leaves players in who are on a Bye (defined: each team gets a "Bye week" for the season where they do not play. Therefore, their players are unable to score points.)
4. Is viewed by the rest of the league as an easy win & a chance to relax a bit. Similar to a real Bye game for the fantasy world hence the term Bye-Guy.
There you have it, its a short & (not so) sweet description of the most frustrating member of your league. I for one have apparently managed to be the only one NOT playing against our Bye-Guy which is crap because I'm at the bottom of the barrel & am forced to play another good team because the gods of yahoo.com are against me winning. Bush league.
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