Good to see all you guys still around after all these years! Got a complicated question for ya. I play in several leagues, with some of the same guys in each. One of these leagues has been in existence for upwards of 20 years, so there's lots of history and records involved. It was a very active 12 team, salary/contract, winner take all league when I joined 5 years ago. Over the past 5 years, I've made the playoffs 4 times (top 4 teams), won the championship once and was the runner-up last year. But, league activity has steadily declined over those 5 years for a number of reasons.

This offseason the commish has proposed dozens of rule changes, many of which involve mitigating the 'luck factor' by an increased emphasis on points, adding prizes for weekly high scores, season high scorer, so if a top scoring team gets knocked off in the playoffs, they basically still get a consolation prize.

Personally I hate this rule change but it seems to be gaining support. We could be going to as much as a 50/50 split between points/H2H. I am largely in favor of all other rule changes, but I think this one in particular really takes the fun out of the league. My team has been the beneficiary of good luck on a number of occasions (I actually won the championship on a nfl stat scoring change) and I think that my 'Iuck' has really pissed off some other owners who feel like they had better teams in some years, but choked in the playoffs. Overall I like the guys In the league, I like my team, but I am torn between sticking it out and bailing.

What would you do? Any arguments for or against points leagues? Am I overreacting here?

That's a kind way to look at it I suppose… Take it as a compliment and accept the challenge. But I also don't see the rule changes as being done in fairness or balance. It's It seems to be to be an attack on an individual strategy. One that happens to be very successful. It's an attempt to micromanage the league.

These rule changes are also being proposed for this year, when the standard is to announce new rules at least 1 year in advance. The league fee is also being doubled, basically so the commissioner can reward the teams who follow the strategy that he approves of.

I know it might seem like I'm taking my ball and going home, but the more I think about it, the more i find it to be jacked up.

I might just create a new league with the same rules that we had last year, copy the rosters over and see who wants to join me. Just like Jerry McGuire…lol

Looks like the scoring based proposals have been scaled back and won't affect final standings… the conpromise is that the highest scoring team will win a prize (less than the champ) and I'm ok with that.

Also everyone seems to be in favor of adding a travelling championship belt for the annual champ. The only potential issue I see with this is that all 12 teams are spread out across the country. Any of you ever do anything similar? Seems like a cool idea but skeptical that the raining champ will remember to send it off each spring.