Maximum Fantasy Sports | Football 2010 | league frequently asked questions

Q: Can you explain "In-game changes"?
A: This is a configuration option. When the Commissioner sets the league up, he is able to choose from No Changes Allowed, Changes Allowed By Quarter or Changes Allowed By Half. If Changes are Allowed, any team will be able to make changes for unplayed periods during the game. For example, if your league allows Changes By Half. This means that each position and each player has 2 "periods". If you start Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings at RB at 12pm CST in one of your RB slots, his first period and the RB position's first period is now locked in and cannot be changed. However, if Peterson were to get pulled or hurt in the second quarter, you could use that last available period for that RB position to play another player's unplayed period. If you had RB Chester Taylor, you could play his second half period. Or, you could play another RB's first or second half period if they have not played yet. You are not required to play a first and a second half. Each position's period is independent. You are required to play unlocked, unplayed periods. Quarter changes work identically, except that each player and position has 4 periods.

Q: If you choose In-Game Changes Allowed By Half, do you have to use it all year long?
A: No, you don't. This is one option that can start at a certain week and can be changed throughout the season. What tends to be very popular is to have this option start on the same week as the playoffs. So, you could choose In-game Changes Allowed By Half starting in week 14, for example. For the first 13 weeks, no In-game changes would be allowed. Starting in Week 14, your Team Home Page would have a new link on it called "Game Roster". This is where you would now fill in starting players' periods for each half.

Q: Does Maximum Fantasy Sports pay out cash prizes?
A: We are able to run Public Leagues that pay out cash prizes. We offer a variety of Public Expert Leagues with higher league fees and higher payouts as well and $20 Public leagues with different configurations that pay out for league champion and runner-up. In Private and non-Fantasy leagues, MFS can track finances for you but we cannot collect and distribute your own separate pool of kick-ins. We allow you to assign a separate fee for your own entry fee as well as a variety of transaction fees and manage the balance of each team in the league. We provide a mechanism to the Commissioner for adjusting that balance if payment is collected or distributed. We need to stay out of the exchanging of additional monies collected and distributed within your own Private Leagues.

Q: Please explain "Bye Week Rollover"?
A: This option must be turned on by the Commissioner before the season starts. If the option is enabled, MFS will look ahead one week on the schedule to see if a team's players have an upcoming Bye week. If so, a checkbox will appear next to the player on the Team Home page the week prior to the Bye week. Should you choose to "roll over" that player's points, the player must be slotted in a starting position and the checkbox for roll over must be on. Once that player's game starts, the starting slot for that week and the next, as well as the checkbox are converted to Display only and cannot be changed on either week.

Q: How does the Team QB position work?
A: You will draft an individual team's QB position and will receive stats for the entire game, no matter who is playing QB for that team. This is especially helpful in platoon situations, injuries or the end-of-season benching of QBs on teams that have clinched a playoff berth.

Q: What Flex/Swing positions do you offer?
A: We have hybrid starting positions for WR/TE and RB/WR (allowing either position to occupy that starting slot), XP (allowing any position on roster to occupy that starting slot) and OP (allowing any offensive player (QB, RB, WR, TE) to occupy that starting slot).

Q: How can we trade draft positions?
A: After the draft order has been set, players must negotiate their draft trade manually. The main limitation to the process is that you cannot emulate Mike Ditka and trade your entire draft for the rights to one player. You must maintain a draft pick in each round. So, you can trade, for example (in a 12-team league), picks 11 and 14 for picks 3 and 22. If the trade is approved by the Commissioner, the Commissioner can use a tool found on the League Home Page in the Draft Notice box to perform the swap.