Dear sir,
With Trump actively undermining the U.S. postal service, I cannot rely on sending out formal invitations to the Iowa Fantasy League by mail this year, so this will have to suffice.
Last year, the man that started off his IFL career 0-8, TC, found championship glory in Lamar Jackson. This year, he will look to be the first coach to ever wear two rings. After his residency with Aaron, god knows he has the shoulders to carry such a load.
Despite the fact that the season may very likely be delayed or cancelled or just plain weird with COVID19, we're moving forward tentatively, and we thought, while we're at it, why not throw in another grenade in the mix, and add IDP (individual defensive players) this season. We're going to start by adding a single defensive linemen, linebacker, defensive back, and a flex IDP position (for a total of 4 new positions). On the offensive side, we're going to eliminate the 2nd flex position, since we'll have more strategy and point potential on the defensive side, creating more depth in the free agent pool. The DST position will remain unchanged.
The IDP scoring settings have been added to the Sleeper app, but to give you an idea, QBs and RBs remain the power positions, WRs remain deep, but LBs will be similar in scoring to WRs and are the stongest IDP position, with DL's & DB's most similar to TE's in scoring. The top IDP player of 2019 would have been Bobby Wagner w/ 274 points, and he would have been the 18th highest scorer overall last season.
The buy-in is the same as last year’s, $60. With 16 owners, that makes the total prize pool $960. The 2020 payout structure will be as follows:
Place Awards
Champion = $342
Runner-Up = $70
3rd Place = $10
Division Winner = $28
Wild Card = $7
Season Awards
Pick 'Em Champ = $25
The Bounty = $20
Regular Season Champ = $15
Weekly Awards
Highest Scoring Team = $15
Highest Scoring Player = $7
Please let me know whether you intend to participate as soon as possible and send a minimum of $20 by September 1st via mail to the address above or PayPal to zrhodes3@gmail.com or Venmo @ZachRhodes3.
Godspeed in our 7th season of the Iowa Fantasy League, we will all need it.