New Fantasy Game The Fantasy Football Apprentice

Submitted by DetroitDave on Sat, 09/12/2009 - 14:00

I thought of a fun little game I hope the fantasy crowd will like that I call the Fantasy Apprentice. Since I always dreamed of being Donald Trump and love fantasy football so much, I figured why not combine the two?

You may not have ever watched Donald Trump’s show “The Apprentice” but you have probably heard him say his famous phrase “You’re Fired”. Basically what happens is he forms two teams that compete at various tasks and he ends up firing somebody each week off of the losing team.

Thus, I have assembled two teams of 8 skilled position players for a total of 16 players altogether. I may add a player or two off the waiver wire or make some trades throughout the year as necessary to ensure the teams are fairly matched and…fire somebody off the losing team each week. The point system will be standard scoring (6 pts for all TD’s, .1 per yard for RB/WR, 1 pt. for every 25 yards throwing).

The cool thing about the apprentice game is that it is unpredictable. The person who deserves to get fired doesn’t always get fired. Somebody may slip through the cracks and as long as they perform well on weeks that their team loses, they may end up lasting much longer than expected. Also, it’s not only the stats that go into the equation…if a receiver puts up big numbers but drops a for sure touchdown late in the fourth quarter in a close game, guess who’s getting fired? I even threw in a bonus college fantasy football apprentice for all you college buffs.

Thanks for reading, I will appreciate everybody’s feedback and suggestions along the way as we count down to the end of the year and the first Fantasy Football Apprentice!

NFL

Team #1

QB Drew Brees
RB Michael Turner
RB Matt Forte
WR Larry Fitzgerald
WR Randy Moss
WR Marques Colston
TE Antonio Gates
RB/WR Steven Jackson

Team #2

QB Tom Brady
RB Adrian Petersen
RB Maurice Jones-Drew
WR Andre Johnson
WR Calvin Johnson
WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh
TE Jason Witten
RB/WR LaDainian Tomlinson

Bonus College Fantasy Football Apprentice

Team #1

QB Tim Tebow Florida
RB Joe McKnight USC
RB Kendall Hunter Ok St.
WR Dezmon Briscoe Kansas
WR Golden Tate Notre Dame
WR/RB Chris Brown Oklahoma

Team #2

QB Colt McCoy Texas
RB Jahvid Best Cal
RB C. J. Spiller Clemson
WR Dez Bryant OK St.
WR Jordan Shipley Texas
WR/RB Jacquizz Rodgers Oregon State

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Firing?

Submitted by TecmoCommish on Sat, 09/12/2009 - 17:06.

So how are you firing people each week? Drawing a name out of a hat sort of thing or is it the lowest scorer for the week?

It sounds like you are "managing" both teams, how could you do this to involve more people? Could a player, say Tom Brady, be on multiple rosters but only fired off of the losing team?

RE: Firing

Submitted by DetroitDave on Mon, 09/14/2009 - 20:04.

Basically I'm just making an "executive decision" if you will as to who I think was the worst player off the losing team each week. Yes the stats will have a major part in it, but like I mentioned if someone makes a bonehead play or drops a touchdown in the 4th quarter that costs their team the game, they may be the one to go.

As far as getting more people involved, I would be open to taking a vote on who everybody thinks should be fired.

Week 1 Firings

Submitted by DetroitDave on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 21:19.

Check out my blog to see who I fired week 1 and let me know what you think http://bit.ly/14aUOS.