Questions about Commissioner Functionality
Q: As Commissioner, how can I change another team's starting lineup should they be out of town, computerless or in jail?
Q: I changed the starting roster for a team after the games were over and the scores haven't changed. What do I need to do?
Q: How do I review and process approved trades?
Q: It is Thanksgiving week and we want to process waivers on Tuesday instead of our normal Wednesday processing day. How can I override the waiver processing date?
Q: One of the members of my Survivor Pool joined twice using two different IDs. How can I delete one of his teams?
Q: I am Commissioner for my Confidence Pool and have seen many FAQs that mention that the Commissioner can change picks using the Edit Previous Picks function. I am trying to enter picks for one of my pool members for this week, but I cannot see their games. What am I doing wrong?
Q: The League Schedule is balanced schedule between divisions, but we have too many teams to be able to play everyone in the other division. Can I change our schedule to play a different team in the other division?
Q: Is there an option with the private leagues to have a commissioner that is not an owner? I am looking to run a league as Commissioner but am not interested in participating with my own team.
Q: As Commissioner, how can I change another team's starting lineup should they be out of town, computerless or in jail?
A: Commissioners can manage any team's roster in fantasy leagues by clicking on the link on their League Home Page called "Commissioner Tools". In the toolset, there is a link in the "Team Maintenance" section called "Manage Rosters". This allows the Commissioner to change the current or any previous week's lineup for any team in the league as well as perform Drop/Adds. Any changes to the starting lineup after the games have started or any Drop/Adds performed by the Commissioner are written to the Transaction log for accountability. In MFS Pools, the Commissioner can make picks for teams in the pool, after the Pick Deadline has passed, by using the Edit Previous Picks link on their League Home Page.
Q: I changed the starting roster for a team after the games were over and the scores haven't changed. What do I need to do?
A: We do not dynamically reprocess any changes to any roster. The Commissioner must use the "Rerun Stats" Commissioner Tool for that week. This will trigger a rerun process that will take place overnight so you can see the updated results the following morning.
Q: How do I review and process approved trades?
A: If your league is configured to have the Commissioner approve trades or to approve trades via league vote, then a link to the approved trade is displayed on the Commissioner's League and Team Home pages. The Commissioner cannot view any offered trades, only approved trades. Everyone is also notified of an accepted trade via email when accepted. When viewing an approved trade, a button will be present to process (unless league veto needed) or revoke the trade.
Q: It is Thanksgiving week and we want to process waivers on Tuesday instead of our normal Wednesday processing day. How can I override the waiver processing date?
A: There is a Commissioner Tool to perform this task called the "Override Waiver Process day/time tool". You can override the waiver processing for any future week. You must execute the override before the waiver Begin time for the week has started since the two settings work together to establish the duration that players are on waivers. If you miss this timing, you can use the Change Player Waiver Date. There is a Change All function present in that tool to take a date and time and apply it to all players currently on waivers.
Q: One of the members of my Survivor Pool joined twice using two different IDs. How can I delete one of his teams?
A: On the Comissioner's League Home Page, there is a link called Team & Coach List. In that function, there is a Delete link to remove individual teams.
Q: I am Commissioner for my Confidence Pool and have seen many FAQs that mention that the Commissioner can change picks using the Edit Previous Picks function. I am trying to enter picks for one of my pool members for this week, but I cannot see their games. What am I doing wrong?
A: In this case, you have configured the pool with the setting to Hide Picks Until Start Of Last Game turned on. We don’t want to give the Commissioner an unfair advantage, so we hide the picks for other teams for the current week in the Edit Previous Picks section so the Commissioner cannot view other teams’ picks until they are visible to everyone. So, you’ll have to change the setting to "No", log in as the team to make picks for or wait until the last game starts before using the Edit Previous Picks function. If you do change the setting to No, the Lock Deadline must have passed as well as picks are hidden from others for games that have not started until the Lock Deadline has passed.
Q: The League Schedule is balanced schedule between divisions, but we have too many teams to be able to play everyone in the other division. Can I change our schedule to play a different team in the other division?
A: Yes, there is a Commissioner Tool called "Edit Schedule" under the League Maintenance section that allows you to edit the regular season schedule as well as the post-season schedule, if you wish to employ your own tie-breaker rules, and award a playoff birth to a team that we graded as Out.
Q: Is there an option with the private leagues to have a commissioner that is not an owner? I am looking to run a league as Commissioner but am not interested in participating with my own team.
A: Yes, there is an option in Commissioner Leagues to participate as an Impartial Commissioner. This is a checkbox option on Step 1 of the league Registration Wizard.