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2015 League Page Donation Page Financial Tracker  Cheating for Charity is a Fantasy Football League. Each team represents a charity that the member is playing for. At the end of the season the charity of the winning team gets all of the winnings from the season. No league fees or other expenses are taken from the pot. A key part of the game is to encourage additional donations by "cheating." The cheating rule is simple; the team gets a point added to their total for every $1 that is donated towards their charity before the Thursday Night Football game. Teams are limited to no more than ten bonus points relative to their opponent. So if team A received $20 and donation and team B received $5 in donations, team A would receive 15 bonus points and team B would receive 5. Past Years 2014: $1640 for the Harper College Speech & Theater, $820 for Illuminate Academy 2013: $518 for Minnesota Children's Hospital, $518 for Loma Linda University Medical Center quote:Draft: Monday, August 31, 8PM EST Beer4TheBeerGod fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Dec 7, 2015 |
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Jun 30, 2015 01:46
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Hell yes. Playing/losing for the Southern Poverty Law Center, also for wheez.
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Jun 30, 2015 01:59
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Spoeank posted:Hell yes. Playing/losing for the Southern Poverty Law Center, also for wheez. Post a blurb!
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Jun 30, 2015 02:05
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I would really like a spot but I need to carefully consider which cause to go to work for. I volunteer at a couple places around town but I need to find out all that stuff about how the money is handled etc. Please put me in while I complete diligence research.
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Jun 30, 2015 02:13
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spacejung posted:I would really like a spot but I need to carefully consider which cause to go to work for. I volunteer at a couple places around town but I need to find out all that stuff about how the money is handled etc. Please put me in while I complete diligence research. Awesome. Obviously there's no rush, and I also have no problem with people changing charities if they discover something more appropriate.
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Jun 30, 2015 02:38
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I'm back in. I'll figure out a charity Soon(tm)
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Jun 30, 2015 03:36
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I'm most definitely back in! I'll decide on a charity at a later date. For this year I would recommend we change it so that for each $1 you spend you receive $10 in FAAB. The idea behind this would be so that we don't have to round for fractional points. 0.1 points costs $1 FAAB or $0.10 in real money. In the end it doesn't increase/decrease prices - but it gets rid of the weird rounding stuff we had last year. Ideas to raise more money? Glancing through the thread from the end of the year I see: - Bring back $10 for 10 points - Add IDP slots (or other slots, 2nd Flex, etc.) - Pay to sit an opponents player for the week (RB has an easy schedule? Pay $10 to have him go on "vacation") - Pay to swap scores with an opponents player at a premium (1.5x or 2x point difference) - Bidding to handicap an opponent (FLEX spot becomes TE spot for the week)
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Jun 30, 2015 04:38
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Works for me. gently caress rounding. In terms of raising money, my biggest concern is that the more we do the more workload it is on me. I would be down for experimenting with IDP though. I've never done it and it might be fun. Or terrifying. Or both.
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Jun 30, 2015 04:44
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I'm in. I'll pick a charity within a week or two and write a blurb about it, but definitely save a spot for me!
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Jun 30, 2015 05:39
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I'm in again, at work so will update with a blurb. Playing for Doctors Without Borders in honor of Wheeze (Assuming more than one of us can have the same charity as our winning beneficiary). EDIT - Changed charities below! Smarms fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Jul 14, 2015 |
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Jul 1, 2015 14:45
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Smarms posted:I'm in again, at work so will update with a blurb. Playing for Doctors Without Borders in honor of Wheeze (Assuming more than one of us can have the same charity as our winning beneficiary). Of course! There are absolutely no rules about which cause should be supported. The only thing I'm going to say is that people with the same charity should avoid collusion. It's a good cause, but I don't want us to be in a situation where two teams with the same charity shove all their studs to one side.
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Jul 1, 2015 15:41
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You know I'm in. Gotta defend the belt.Aredna posted:I'm most definitely back in! I'll decide on a charity at a later date. I agree on IDP slots for sure. I don't mind the $10 for 10 points. My only issue with the other ideas is that it detracts a bit from a skill-based approach. if someone is on your bench, at least it was someone you drafted or picked up. I think I could get behind paying the difference in point total to "disqualify" a player after he played. So if someone put up 40 points, if you want to shell out $40, you could discover he was on PED's and strike his points for the record. But only once per week. (Or whatever limit we would want to put on it) Swapping scores and changing league settings, I am firmly against. It is just too arbitrary for my taste. It becomes less about skill and more about who has the most money to spend. EDIT: Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Of course! There are absolutely no rules about which cause should be supported. Champions don't need to collude. I'm also going with that southern law wheez charity this year.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:21
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Of course! There are absolutely no rules about which cause should be supported. Judging by my performance last year, you wouldn't want to collude with me anyways. 
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Jul 1, 2015 22:50
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If we do pay to DQ a player - I'd like there to be an option for the owner of the player to counteract it as well. I'm just thinking about how it feels from the team owner's perspective. Basically, as humans, we tend to like things given to us more than things taken away. In this case, perhaps the suggestion I read somewhere of being able to use one of your opponents players the cheat with could work. It would be close to the same effect, except now the owner of the player doesn't have points taken away from them. Re: same charity stuff - I'd prefer if we didn't have two teams playing for the same charity. It's not really a collusion worry, but more of it doesn't necessarily feel right. Another money idea - Auction draft instead of snake. There would need to be some sort of cap or diminishing returns (i.e. first $10 gives you $100, next $10 gives you $50, then $25, $15, then $10 per $10 after that) . Just brainstorming so feel free to tell me my ideas are dumb. If we do IDP slots - a flex spot always becomes an LB slot due to how scoring works and the nature of the position. If we want to try out more than one IDP slot then adding in the DL and DE slots can add some variety. It's worth adding a bench spot to go with the LB spot though. Weekly variation at the position will mean that having a player on your bench can add a lot of cheating opportunities.
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Jul 2, 2015 02:28
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Aredna posted:Re: same charity stuff - I'd prefer if we didn't have two teams playing for the same charity. It's not really a collusion worry, but more of it doesn't necessarily feel right. Don't matter to me but calling dibs on the International Rescue Committee
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Jul 2, 2015 04:18
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I'd like to play for an anti-suicide charity to be researched. It'd be more fun as a team thing, drafting and choosing how to start, so please by all means join me. Just think of the team names. edit: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention sounds good. And I'll commit $50 to entry & FA Its Miller Time fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Jul 4, 2015 |
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Jul 3, 2015 08:45
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Its Miller Time posted:I'd like to play for an anti-suicide charity to be researched. It'd be more fun as a team thing, drafting and choosing how to start, so please by all means join me. Just think of the team names. Great! I am getting some good vibes about IDP. How many should we do?
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Jul 3, 2015 16:22
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Great! The pitfall with IDP is a lot of people go one deep at DL, DB, LB, which makes it so everybody has a really good at that position (especially LB which is super deep) and they cancel each other out. To fight this, and to fight the fact that DL IDPs are dumb and lame, my IDP league I normally play in is 2 DB, 2 LB, 2 D flex spots.
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Jul 3, 2015 16:37
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I did 1Lb, 1De/Dl, and 1 Db. Liked it but really I'll do whatever.
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Jul 3, 2015 19:27
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Just saw this. I'm back in for another go.
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Jul 11, 2015 00:57
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Are there still spots? If not no biggy. If there is a spot left, I'd like to support the V Foundation. It is a cancer charity founded by Jim Valvano, a basketball coach who died of cancer. I was only vaguely familiar with his story, and was initially interested in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. But Charity Navigator only gave them three stars and their admin expenses are higher than I'd like. The V Foundation was suggested on the Charity Navigator site, and they have a 95% rating and appear to give almost all the money they get to researchers. It appears they focus on grant funding to support younger cancer researchers getting their labs going, which sounds pretty dandy to me. All I really knew about the guy was him running around on the court after winning the national championship, the rest of his story is pretty good. Seems like a good organization. I'm also real bad at fantasy football so a chance to cheat sounds pretty fantastic. No real preference on rules. Also if spots are tight I'm happy to defer to returning players.
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Jul 12, 2015 08:22
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There are always spots.
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Jul 14, 2015 00:07
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Cool im in
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Jul 14, 2015 02:58
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Looks like you have 12 people, got room for another?
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Jul 14, 2015 16:03
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Team Name to Come - Smarms - Playing for Books for Africa - https://www.booksforafrica.org/ Books For Africa. A simple name for an organization with a simple mission. We collect, sort, ship, and distribute books to students of all ages in Africa. Our goal: to end the book famine in Africa. Books For Africa remains the largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent, shipping over 33 million books to 49 different countries since 1988. Over the past 12 months we have shipped 2.6 million books, valued at $35 million to 27 African countries, with an additional 223 computers and 11 brand new law and human rights libraries.
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Jul 14, 2015 18:41
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RisqueBarber posted:Looks like you have 12 people, got room for another? Yes.
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Jul 16, 2015 02:56
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Sign me up for NAMI (National Association of the Mentally Ill) http://www.namidallas.org/ Since 1982, NAMI Dallas has been providing mental health resources and assistance to individuals and families affected by mental illness. By offering free mental health education, support and advocacy we are able to make a difference in many lives with the aid of our community.
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Jul 16, 2015 16:40
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I'll catch up on everything this weekend. Glad to see new faces!
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Jul 17, 2015 00:47
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Still gotta pick my charity - given that we have about a month until draft time... should we start working on available dates? My schedule is starting to fill up for August and given that I'm in Tokyo I have to try for either a late night or early morning time here as well. A Friday night (US time) that isn't the 14th is by far the easiest for me to make - but I of course understand everyone else has schedules and plans to work around as well.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:32
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Yes let's work on available day. I should be able to draft at any point. Another option is the fabled slow draft.
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Jul 17, 2015 17:07
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Yes let's work on available day. I should be able to draft at any point. Another option is the fabled slow draft. No slow draft. That poo poo is a mess in our other league. I'm available whenever for a draft. I have a phone so I can make it work wherever I'm at.
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Jul 17, 2015 17:30
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Do we need a 14th player? It would suck to not play someone one week (no incentive to cheat)
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Jul 17, 2015 19:07
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Someone will show up. Honestly, if enough people came in, if Beer was for it, we could do two leagues. I don't think a slow draft would work anyway, because this year is gonna be auction, right?
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Jul 17, 2015 19:20
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You're the first one scheduling so it's wide open. I'd prefer to avoid Friday nights and Saturday afternoons, but either could probably be worked around. I'll talk to people tonight and see what my August Saturday schedule looks like.
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Jul 17, 2015 20:35
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I'm available pretty much any time besides M-F 8:00 - 6:00 and Sundays from 4:00 - 9:00 PM EST.
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Jul 17, 2015 20:53
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Sataere posted:Someone will show up. Honestly, if enough people came in, if Beer was for it, we could do two leagues. We'll stick with snake. And if we need a 14th player I'll drag MY WIFE into it or something.
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Jul 17, 2015 22:53
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I'll make it work whenever. I've drafted two goon leagues in a moving vehicle.
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Jul 18, 2015 01:19
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So, one of my dynasties is scheduled here:Marshmallow Blue posted:Live Draft Scheduled: Sunday, Aug 23, 2015 at 12:00pm EDT So I'd prefer to avoid within a couple hours of that. Saturday wise I'd prefer to avoid anytime before 7pm central on Aug 8 and Aug 22, but accommodations could be made.
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Jul 18, 2015 02:00
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How do I join the league on the ESPN site? Looks like it is full.
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Jul 22, 2015 01:32
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I'll expand it. I've been caught up in personal stuff.
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Jul 22, 2015 01:39
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