The NEW Way to Play Fantasy Football:   How It Works

FHD is proud to announce the arrival of its Patent-Pending Precision Leagues^TM, the new way to play Fantasy Football.  Here is how it works, in a nutshell.

Precision Leagues and Scoring
Public/Private Leagues
Bottom Feeder and Playoff Leagues

PRECISION LEAGUES^TM AND SCORING

• In Precision Leagues, you are the Expert!  Your objective is to predict the performance of NFL players in games that week as accurately as possible.  You work with different players each week.  Leagues are set up with an even number of players, and it's head-to-head competition, with the winner of each game being the one who most accurately predicts the performance of the players dealt to him.  League standings are based on won-loss records as the season progresses.
   
• Each week, a different set of NFL players are dealt to each member of the league. Once your players are dealt, your job is to accurately project the performance of each player.  You conduct research and analysis and enter predictions for offensive performance for each player you were dealt.
   
• After the games are completed, FHD scores the actual performance of the dealt players using standard fantasy football scoring.  The key number is the OFF-BY SCORE^TM.  This, as it sounds, is the number of fantasy points you were "off by" and an indicator of how well you projected each player's performance.  The closer your projections were to actual player performance, the lower your score will be.
   
• The Off-By Scores for all your dealt players are added to determine your Total Off-By Score for the Week.  The lowest Off-By Score wins.
   
• Think of it as golf - the lower the score for each hole (or each NFL player) the better.  The cumulative score for all holes (or the total Off-By Score for all players) determines the winner - the lower the better.
   
• The season goes along in the normal way, with head-to-head competition, wins and losses, and standings.  No need to worry about injuries, bye weeks, waiver wires, trades, or last-minute scratches.  The FHD system handles all of it.
   
• New leagues can be started at anytime (see Bottom Feeder Leagues below).  If you have a Premium Membership, you can use the Fantasy Expert Rankings to help make your projections. 
   
• At the end of the year, you will be able to convert your regular season FHD Precision League to a new Playoff League in a snap.
   
• That's it.  It takes a small amount of getting used to, but it's very intuitive and it comes quickly.  You'll soon find yourself watching NFL games with a completely new and fresh perspective.  One minute you're rooting for your QB to throw a TD (you need 6 points) and the next you're hoping for a three-and-out (because you're sitting on zero Off-By points for that player!).

PUBLIC / PRIVATE LEAGUES

• FHD offers both Public and Private Leagues.  Either of these leagues can be started during any week of the NFL regular season.
   
• FHD Public leagues have 8 members, are open to anybody, and are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Public leagues are available for Bragging Rights.  With a Free FHD Membership, you can access one Public Bragging Rights League.
   
• FHD Private Leagues are created by FHD members with a Basic or Premium Membership.  Private Leagues must have an even number of players and can consist of 2-12 members.  The person creating a Private League is the commissioner.

BOTTOM FEEDER AND PLAYOFF LEAGUES

• FHD Bottom Feeder Leagues - Starting up in November (actually they can be started anytime, but November is when people typically start to lose interest in their traditional FFL teams), these are a fun way to regenerate interest in FFL when things aren't going so well.  Bottom Feeder leagues are for those who have lost interest in their traditional FFL team(s) during the course of the year because they are low in the standings, but still want the excitement of FFL.  Because of the way FHD Precision Leagues are designed, these players can jump right over to FHD (or from another FHD league) at any time of the year and start fresh.  Bottom Feeder Leagues are like any other FHD Precision League - they just take advantage of FHD's ability to start a new league at any time.
   
• FHD Playoff Leagues - Typically in traditional FFL, the last four weeks of the regular NFL season are the FFL playoffs.  This is necessary because a minimum number of NFL players are required to play FFL.  This leaves a FFL void come NFL playoff time.  But with the unique design of FHD Precision Leagues, you will be able to play FFL during the NFL playoffs by participating in FHD Playoff Leagues.  You will be able to instantly turn your regular-season FHD Precision League into a Playoff league (starting fresh), or create (or even join) a new one.  Playoff Leagues can be either Money Leagues or for Bragging Rights.