AOL Fantasy Football League Manager and Fanball Fantasy Football Commissioner Scoring System

Today we will look at two games that share the same scoring system: AOL Fantasy Football League Manager and Fanball Fantasy Football Commissioner.

The AOL Fantasy Football League Manager is significantly different from last year's game. Working with Fanball, they have greatly enhanced their game options.

AOL's game is not only free but includes a significant number of features that would cost you extra in games offered by other sites (as they gleefully point out to you). Perhaps most importantly, you do not have to be an AOL member to play. You can find more information at:

AOL Fantasy Football

Fanball, who has been developing games for numerous other sites (notably Best Buy Fantasy Football) will cost you $59.95 for the entire league. They also offer numerous extras. You can check out their game at:

http://www.fanball.com/commissioner/index.cfm

When setting up your league in either game (the process is identical) you are given several choices as to scoring options. We have listed the default "Passing" options below as an example:

Passing Point Scoring Options (pick one only):

• Basic 1 (3 pts for passing TD; Nothing for yards; 1 pt for conversion)
• Basic 2 (4 pts for passing TD; Nothing for yards; 2 pts for conversion)
• Basic 3 (6 pts for passing TD; Nothing for yards; 2 pts for conversion)
• Yardage 1 (3 pts for passing TD; 1 pt for every 150 yds; 1 pt for conversion)
• Yardage 2 (4 pts for passing TD; 1 pt for every 150 yds; 2 pts for conversion)
• Yardage 3 (6 pts for passing TD; 1 pt for every 150 yds; 2 pts for conversion)
• Yardage 4 (3 pts for passing TD; 1 pt for every 100 yds; 1 pt for conversion)
• Yardage 5 (4 pts for passing TD; 1 pt for every 100 yds; 2 pts for conversion)
• Yardage 6 (6 pts for passing TD; 1 pt for every 100 yds; 2 pts for conversion)
• Yardage 7 (3 pts for passing TD; 1 pt for every 50 yds; 1 pt for conversion)
• Yardage 8 (4 pts for passing TD; 1 pt for every 50 yds; 2 pts for conversion)
• Yardage 9 (6 pts for passing TD; 1 pt for every 50 yds; 2 pts for conversion)
• Milestone (3 pts per TD; 3 pts upon reaching 300 yds; 1 pt for conversion)
• Distance 1 (3 pts per TD <> pts per TD 25-49 yds; 5 pts per TD 50+; 1 pt for conversion)
• Distance 2 (3 pts per TD <> pts per TD 10-19 yds; 5 pts per TD 20-29 yds; etc.; 1 pt for conversion)

Similar choices are available for the remaining offensive categories, Kickers, Special Teams, and Defenses.

Obviously rating players in this system will be based on which one you pick. With so many different categories, it is almost impossible to evaluate all possible combinations of scoring options for the different categories (unless you are us, of course).

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