Fantasy Sports Entrance Fees

rowech · 03-17-2009, 04:36 PM

Curious what your league fees generally are. I know it can vary a bit by sport. Our baseball league is $40 to get in and I have an owner complaining about how expensive it is. I'm baffled by that as I think it's fairly cheap.

Poll to come...

JonInMiddleGA · 03-17-2009, 04:41 PM

FWIW, some research that came across my desk last year from a prospective client put the figure somewhere between $30 and $60 per team, depending upon the sport.

There was a staggering (to me) figure in that research too, something like the average fantasy gamer spending over $300 per year on the hobby. That left me dumbfounded since, outside of FOFC, I've never known a single person who actually spent a dime to play any fantasy sport whatsoever (with the exception of NCAA bracket pools, and I'm not sure I include that when I think of "fantasy sports").

Lathum · 03-17-2009, 04:45 PM

I like playing for a little money. The baseball and football i do is $25 but I would go as high as $50.

I have a friend who is in a $500 per person league for football

Mustang · 03-17-2009, 04:46 PM

The 2 baseball leagues I'm in, one is $75 for the year and the other one runs me about $300 for the year after all the fees are done. We have $2 add / $2 drops / $2 IR and $25 to drop a long term contract so, it adds up.

The 2 football leagues I'm in are $150 each flat fee.

stevew · 03-17-2009, 04:46 PM

I can't imagine giving a shit about fantasy football if there were no money on the line. I think we played for 30 this year, I hope it's right around 50 next year. My one bud is in a league for 150, but I think that's too expensive.

The 300 per year figure is probably higher than you'd think it is cause there's people literally playing for 10k a piece I'm sure.

ntndeacon · 03-17-2009, 04:49 PM

the one I am in runs $150 plus we then bid real money on top of that for free agents

Danny · 03-17-2009, 04:50 PM

When I was 13-17 or so I played in leagues that costs anywhere from $100-$300 against adults. Those leagues prize money paid for my first computer and first laptop.

Now that I'm an adult and married with bills and less time, I only play for free.

Travis · 03-17-2009, 04:52 PM

I do a mix of free and low fee leagues but would like to find a good $100+ league with a nice payout structure. Most I've paid to this point is $50, but I'll tend to only do one or two pay leagues per sport at a time.

Neuqua · 03-17-2009, 04:56 PM

$100 per team in my fantasy football league. I'll usually throw down $10 or so for a March Madness bracket but that's about all the fantasy sports I play.

samifan24 · 03-17-2009, 04:59 PM

I've only ever played in free leagues. FWIW, several FOFCers were talking about a $100 buy-in baseball league in another thread and I thought that amount was more than I would ever pay for one league annually. That isn't to say that I would never join a pay league, I would just never join one that charged more than $20 per team.

Suburban Rhythm · 03-17-2009, 05:10 PM

One football league, $50 entrance fee.

I used to do multiple leagues before kids, but now can't justify spending that $.

I work with a guy who does 4 football leagues, all between $50 and $100 entrance. So even before waiver moves, etc, he laid out like $300 this year.

jbergey22 · 03-17-2009, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ntndeacon

the one I am in runs $150 plus we then bid real money on top of that for free agents

I think this would be a lot of fun assuming there was some sort of cap so the richest person doesnt just buy all the top players every year.

B & B · 03-17-2009, 05:39 PM

Fantasy football for free sounds horrible. Whats the point? Water cooler talk on Monday about the big matchup in MNF between the first and second place fantasy teams?

Free fantasy baseball is the new Chinese water torture. Tons of work with no tangible benefit. Ugh.

Lathum · 03-17-2009, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbergey22

I think this would be a lot of fun assuming there was some sort of cap so the richest person doesnt just buy all the top players every year.

sounds pretty realistic to me

Autumn · 03-17-2009, 06:55 PM

I can't imagine every paying money to play in a league. You don't have to, and I give myself enough of an ulcer just playing for nothing. I'd be in quite a state if it was actually costing me money.

spleen1015 · 03-17-2009, 07:02 PM

The football league I run is $20 to enter and money based on loses, usually between $1-$5 based on how often you lose.

When I played in a money baseball league, it was $50 to enter and each transaction was $1. So, we had some guys throwing $200 worth of transactions on the table.

stevew · 03-17-2009, 07:18 PM

I find the competition is a lot better when people have something personally invested.

PackerFanatic · 03-17-2009, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

I find the competition is a lot better when people have something personally invested.

+1

DeToxRox · 03-17-2009, 08:25 PM

Three FFL ..

1 - 50
1 - 150
1 - 250

I took two runner ups, made a 100 total

Logan · 03-18-2009, 09:03 AM

My work baseball league is $50, work football league is $50, football league with friends is $250, FFOC league (Fantasy Football - Fantasy Football Open Championship - Home - FFOC.com) is $125 (split that one with my brother in law). I also play in a Monday Night Football box pool that is $170 for the season.

View Poll Results: How much are your fantasy sport entrance fees?
I only play for free	8	22.22%
$10 or less	1	2.78%
$11-$20	4	11.11%
$21-$30	0	0%
$31-$50	9	25.00%
$51-$100	5	13.89%
More than $100	9	25.00%
One dozen trout	0	0%
Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll

03-17-2009, 04:41 PM	#2
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	FWIW, some research that came across my desk last year from a prospective client put the figure somewhere between $30 and $60 per team, depending upon the sport. There was a staggering (to me) figure in that research too, something like the average fantasy gamer spending over $300 per year on the hobby. That left me dumbfounded since, outside of FOFC, I've never known a single person who actually spent a dime to play any fantasy sport whatsoever (with the exception of NCAA bracket pools, and I'm not sure I include that when I think of "fantasy sports"). __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

03-17-2009, 04:46 PM	#4
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	The 2 baseball leagues I'm in, one is $75 for the year and the other one runs me about $300 for the year after all the fees are done. We have $2 add / $2 drops / $2 IR and $25 to drop a long term contract so, it adds up. The 2 football leagues I'm in are $150 each flat fee. __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its... Last edited by Mustang : 03-17-2009 at 04:47 PM.

03-17-2009, 04:46 PM	#5
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I can't imagine giving a shit about fantasy football if there were no money on the line. I think we played for 30 this year, I hope it's right around 50 next year. My one bud is in a league for 150, but I think that's too expensive. The 300 per year figure is probably higher than you'd think it is cause there's people literally playing for 10k a piece I'm sure. Last edited by stevew : 03-17-2009 at 04:47 PM.

03-17-2009, 04:50 PM	#7
Danny Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	When I was 13-17 or so I played in leagues that costs anywhere from $100-$300 against adults. Those leagues prize money paid for my first computer and first laptop. Now that I'm an adult and married with bills and less time, I only play for free. Last edited by Danny : 03-17-2009 at 04:54 PM.

03-17-2009, 04:45 PM	#3
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I like playing for a little money. The baseball and football i do is $25 but I would go as high as $50. I have a friend who is in a $500 per person league for football

03-17-2009, 04:49 PM	#6
ntndeacon Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Alabama	the one I am in runs $150 plus we then bid real money on top of that for free agents

03-17-2009, 04:52 PM	#8
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	I do a mix of free and low fee leagues but would like to find a good $100+ league with a nice payout structure. Most I've paid to this point is $50, but I'll tend to only do one or two pay leagues per sport at a time. __________________ "I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby

03-17-2009, 04:56 PM	#9
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	$100 per team in my fantasy football league. I'll usually throw down $10 or so for a March Madness bracket but that's about all the fantasy sports I play. __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

03-17-2009, 04:59 PM	#10
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	I've only ever played in free leagues. FWIW, several FOFCers were talking about a $100 buy-in baseball league in another thread and I thought that amount was more than I would ever pay for one league annually. That isn't to say that I would never join a pay league, I would just never join one that charged more than $20 per team. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton Last edited by samifan24 : 03-17-2009 at 04:59 PM.

03-17-2009, 05:10 PM	#11
Suburban Rhythm Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Pittsburgh	One football league, $50 entrance fee. I used to do multiple leagues before kids, but now can't justify spending that $. I work with a guy who does 4 football leagues, all between $50 and $100 entrance. So even before waiver moves, etc, he laid out like $300 this year. __________________ "Do you guys play fast tempos with odd time signatures?" "Yeah" "Cool!!"

03-17-2009, 05:39 PM	#13
B & B College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: A sports era long ago when everything didnt require a Nike logo	Fantasy football for free sounds horrible. Whats the point? Water cooler talk on Monday about the big matchup in MNF between the first and second place fantasy teams? Free fantasy baseball is the new Chinese water torture. Tons of work with no tangible benefit. Ugh. __________________ Nobody cares about Kyle Orton because he's black. -PT

03-17-2009, 06:55 PM	#15
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	I can't imagine every paying money to play in a league. You don't have to, and I give myself enough of an ulcer just playing for nothing. I'd be in quite a state if it was actually costing me money.

03-17-2009, 07:02 PM	#16
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	The football league I run is $20 to enter and money based on loses, usually between $1-$5 based on how often you lose. When I played in a money baseball league, it was $50 to enter and each transaction was $1. So, we had some guys throwing $200 worth of transactions on the table. Last edited by spleen1015 : 03-17-2009 at 07:04 PM.

03-17-2009, 07:18 PM	#17
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I find the competition is a lot better when people have something personally invested.

03-17-2009, 08:25 PM	#19
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Three FFL .. 1 - 50 1 - 150 1 - 250 I took two runner ups, made a 100 total

03-18-2009, 09:03 AM	#20
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	My work baseball league is $50, work football league is $50, football league with friends is $250, FFOC league (Fantasy Football - Fantasy Football Open Championship - Home - FFOC.com) is $125 (split that one with my brother in law). I also play in a Monday Night Football box pool that is $170 for the season.

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