Thanks to the internet, fantasy sports continue to grow in popularity bringing in more and more players each year.  In the old days, league commissioners would pull out the box scores in Monday’s paper in order to calculate the scoring for the teams in the league.  How laborious that would be! Today, through technology and automation, there are many sites that specialize in fantasy league management. In addition, roster or team management is much easier for the team owner with up to date injury reports and even weather reports to help you set your lineup.  All this helps in managing a team from year to year.

What are fantasy football keeper leagues anyway?

In order to understand what a keeper league is, a definition of a couple of other types is in order.  First, there is the traditional year to year draft league.  A year to year draft league starts from scratch each year and teams are typically built in a serpentine type draft order where the draft order is first determined and the sequence for round 1 goes from 1 to 10 (assuming 10 players in the league) and then back down from 10 to 1 for round 2.

Conversely, a dynasty league, allows for each owner to keep the entire roster from year to year and only add the new rookies coming into the NFL during the fantasy draft.  Obviously, this type of league requires a strong commitment from each of the owners from year to year.

Keeper leagues are a combination between a standard year to year draft league and a dynasty league.  Before each football season, you will have your fantasy draft similar to the standard draft.  However, owners are allowed to keep a predetermined number of players on their roster from the year before.  Keep in mind that your draft strategy will vary based on who is kept from the previous year.

Keeper fantasy football leagues can be a lot of fun.  As an owner, you could potentially keep a player that you really like and if lucky enough, hold on to a perennial star player from year to year.  The two things that you will need in order to join a keeper type league are a good fantasy football site to help with team management as well as a good group of players who are dedicated to the fantasy football keeper league.

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