Best fantasy football host?

[jps]

random question, but just wondering who the best host is for fantasy football, in your experience. I've gone through several and never had any troubles with yahoo, but also kind of liked the ea sports setup. The wwl's thing crashed repeatedly while we tried to set it up there a few years back, so haven't gone back.
what's the go-to host for you?

 

[pallister]

Don't have any idea, but I heard the other day that ESPN is offering free live scoring. If that's true, it definitely trumps Yahoo.

 

[jps]

Don't have any idea, but I heard the other day that ESPN is offering free live scoring. If that's true, it definitely trumps Yahoo.

if their system holds up ... the servers kept crashing during our draft last time we tried it ... so would like to trust em, but just don't wanna deal with that hassle again.

 

[pallister]

Had lots of problems with an ESPN hosted baseball league last year. But smooth sailing so far this year.

 

[pressboxramblings07]

Been using CBS Sportsline the past few years in my big-money league. It's great.

 

[jps]

you're in journalism? and in a big-money league? your place have any openings?

 

[pallister]

I'm sure big money means a $20 entry fee.

 

[jps]

I have $4 in my checking account. that's big money, pall.

 

[93Devil]

Spnited just spilled Maaylox on his Matlock DVD in his rush to post on this thread.

 

[93Devil]

Yahoo seems to be rock solid.

I think I saw that they are adding a free keeper mode as well.

 

[jps]

Spnited just spilled Maaylox on his Matlock DVD in his rush to post on this thread.

mikey's gonna be pissed. pretty sure spn borrowed that dvd.

 

[pressboxramblings07]

I'm sure big money means a $20 entry fee.

$100 buy-in
$10 a pickup
$5 a trade

After all payouts, champ usually takes home at least $1,500.

 

[JBHawkEye]

ESPN worked well for us last season. A glitch at the beginning of the draft, but after that, everything was fine.

 

[Beaker]

I love sportsline for baseball, but I've mostly used Yahoo for football. No real problems, but yeah, you have to pay for live scoring. Of course it's no hassle to just click on the box scores, but you can't see your points.

 

[mike311gd]

I love sportsline for baseball, but I've mostly used Yahoo for football. No real problems, but yeah, you have to pay for live scoring. Of course it's no hassle to just click on the box scores, but you can't see your points.

I use Yahoo!, but I don't pay for the live scoring for football because I usually only have one or two teams. I don't mind doing the math two days a week.

 

[mustangj17]

Myfantasyleague.com is unbelievable. You can basically customize your entire team page, logos, helmets and all that stuff. Scoring can be made to do whatever your league wants, beyond what ESPN or Yahoo can do. They carry your league over from year to year, they provide lists of best players, players that have been dropped and added just like the others. They even have a live scoring feature with sound.

I would be sitting on my couch and no lie, when the Lions were playing, the thing would be going nuts for sacks and interceptions etc. It was awesome, and annoyed my fat ass roommate at the same time.

The live scoring with sound is above all. The live scoring also has features so you can import your other teams from other leagues that are say, on Yahoo.com etc into the scoring. It also has these tabs that you can click on to see the highest up-to-the minute scorings by position, team, or any other thing you can think of. Simply awesome. It also offers other fantasy games that my league uses like Pick' Em and survivor pools.

Oh yeah and their tech support is very good.

 

[Beaker]

I love sportsline for baseball, but I've mostly used Yahoo for football. No real problems, but yeah, you have to pay for live scoring. Of course it's no hassle to just click on the box scores, but you can't see your points.

I use Yahoo!, but I don't pay for the live scoring for football because I usually only have one or two teams. I don't mind doing the math two days a week.

Yeah, I won't pay for it either--it's usually not too hard to figure out how you're doing.

 

[ondeadline]

Sports Illustrated is offering a new one through Facebook.

 

[Beaker]

Sports Illustrated is offering a new one through Facebook.

I heard about that. Not sure how it will work, but I might have to check it out.

 

[seth148]

Fanball.com has live scoring and lots of customization. It's $69 and has lots of features. I also agree with MyFantasyLeague.com as well for those in the "get what you pay for" crowd. If you're a diehard and will be spending a lot of time, it's worth spending a few bucks for a better experience in my opinion.