Here is a problem that affects so many, how many is too many fantasy leagues for a person. The answer is very much on a case by case basis. This came from one of our early podcasts in 2008.
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An age old question has been asked many times by many fantasy owners. How many is too many? This was a very interesting question that I simply had to answer with one simple piece of advice. Play how many leagues you can handle reasonably well. Naturally, what is a “normal” amount. Well here are a few guidelines.
Most fantasy leagues require a certain amount of effort and due dilligence. The rule of thumb is that most leagues require daily attention so you can check emails, update your rosters, and check for injuries and possible finds on the waiver wire. A GM can take a look for potential trades in that time as well. Say you devote 15-20 minutes per team per day and multiply by 8. That is two hours a day. People have busy schedules so think before you dive into a whole bunch of leagues that way you never get so overwhelmed that you leave leagues inactive.
An idea that mitigates the previous circumstance a bit is overlapping leagues. If you draft pretty similar and have a general mindset as far as how you want to go. Then that time per team will probably be cut in half. Or if you have four yahoo leagues on one ID, that is another way to save a litle time as you can pretty much go in and go out as you want to. ESPN would be kind of similar obviously whereas specialty leagues like Poolexpert, etc. would be different.
Personally for me, I can go anywhere from 10-20 leagues, at least in hockey. Keeping the rules in mind for each league may be the most difficult part of all. At that many leagues, you will get something inevitably mixed up. However, if you keep things on a notepad of some sort on your computer, you will be just fine. Mental and physical notes are just another example of that due dilligence that a GM needs to be successful and to keep up with his activity.
These are just a few of the things you need to keep on top so that you don’t end up like a burnt out shell of yourself. Give us your horror stories by all means or let us know if there is someone you feel that is way over their head. Thanks so much! Maybe it is something the Fantasy Sport Court people can tackle.
Sincerely,
Chris Wassel
Director Of The Program
