Why does my fantasy league have byes

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British Superbikes Championship Betting. Cricket Betting. Sheffield Shield Betting. Saint Lloris. The Rocket, Assist King. The Spider. The Octopus, The Giraffe. Especially in redraft leagues, the difference in finishing 10th versus 11th is not an achievement to get all that excited about. On top of that, if you're battling it out in a winner-take-all playoff contest, odds are good you might not even notice if someone taking part in one of those "booby prize" games still had Colt McCoy , Alex Collins and Christian Kirk in their starting lineup.

At the very least, you certainly wouldn't be brought to the same level of outrage as you might have in Week 13, had said team been as negligent while facing a side you needed to lose in order for your squad to make the playoffs.

However, I want to discuss what I feel is a major flaw in fantasy football at the other end of the league standings. In our ESPN. This is far from a humblebrag. Due to the bizarrely unbalanced results this season, my team's record was good enough to squeak out first place in my six-team division. It would have landed me sixth in the other division. As such, while watching Sunday's slate of games, anything and everything my intrepid band of fantasy footballers did on the field meant absolutely nothing.

Amari Cooper comes just shy of 50 fantasy points and instead of getting excited, I'm actually a bit sad. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad my team will be in the semifinals, but nevertheless, I play fantasy football in order to add a little extra fun to watching NFL games.

This week was far from fun. Look, I'm not asking for sympathy. Go ahead and put your tiny violins away. All I'm suggesting here is that bye weeks aren't really the right reward to bestow in fantasy football. As a longtime league commissioner, there are two things I've done in the past to rectify this situation, neither of which involves playoff expansion to eight teams.

First, if you're playing in a league for more than just pride, taking a portion of the league's prize pool and allotting it for the top-three single-week scores for the season can give all teams -- even the win-starved ones -- incentive to field their best lineup, even into the consolation ladder games.