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Tag: RSO Writers League

  • Reality Sports Online Auction

    Reality Sports Online Auction

    Learn more about Reality Sports Online’s excellent league format as Waldman profiles his RSO Writer’s League draft and auction. In the early 2000’s, I started a geeked-out fantasy league. It was an IDP dynasty league with a salary cap, contracts and fluctuating market values based on weekly performance. Drop a player and his current value was factored…

  • Reality Sports Writers’ League Rookie Draft

    Reality Sports Writers’ League Rookie Draft

    One of the best formats where I compete in fantasy football is Reality Sports Online, started by two former NFL employees with legal and salary cap expertise. This is an auction league with contract keepers. The salaries are realistic, there are players to franchise, and there are multi-year contracts that are a part of the…

  • RSO Writers League Rookie Draft In Progress

    RSO Writers League Rookie Draft In Progress

    I’ll continue updating this post and add commentary as I have time. For now, here’s how the draft is progressing after three rounds. Round Selection Overall Team 1 1 1 Matt Harmon Amari Cooper 1 2 2 Matt Papson Todd Gurley 1 3 3 Ryan McDowell Melvin Gordon 1 4 4 Jim Day Jameis Winston 1 5 5 Matt…

  • RSO Writer’s League Update: Playoffs

    RSO Writer’s League Update: Playoffs

    Congratulations to Bob Harris and Mike Clay, who will be playing in the championship game of the Reality Sports Online Writer’s League. Harris’ team, the fourth seed, was hot in the playoffs, averaging 150 points the past two weeks to defeat Jeff Tefertiller’s fifth seed team and then upset the top seeded squad of Jim…

  • RSO Writers’ League Diary: 2013, Week 5

    RSO Writers’ League Diary: 2013, Week 5

    Week 5 is in the books and my squad is 2-3 and fourth overall in points scored, including a 163-point weekend without Calvin Johnson and a month-long lack of an RB2, thanks to a Steven Jackson injury. STANDINGS Team W L Pts Waiver Grinders Jim Day 5 0 775 14 Bryan Fontaine 3 2 739…

  • RSO Team: Football Outsiders’ Rivers McCown

    RSO Team: Football Outsiders’ Rivers McCown

    Rivers McCown makes my Futures column look better. He makes all the Football Outsiders look better – at least in print. McCown participated in our recent Reality Sports Online writer draft. This is an auction league that includes multi-year contracts. Go here to learn more about the league.  You can join a league for $9.99…

  • RSO Team: Fantasy Throwdown’s Mike MacGregor

    RSO Team: Fantasy Throwdown’s Mike MacGregor

    Mike and I (to some extent) run Fantasy Throwdown, a one-on-one, flexible draft, weekly fantasy game that is intuitive, addictive, and free to play. Mike provided a complete writeup of his RSO team . I’ve added a bit from the peanut gallery. If you go to www.realitysportsonline.com and use the promotion code RSP20%OFF, you’ll earn…

  • Reality Sports Online Writers Keeper-Contract League

    Reality Sports Online Writers Keeper-Contract League

    Over the course of the next year, I have accepted the opportunity to start a unique league with a rookie snake draft and a free agent auction. Today, we’re kicking off a five-round rookie draft. The cool thing about this league is that the contract and cap mimics the NFL. In fact the owners of this site…