It’s back. The Fantasy Index Open. Here’s your opportunity to prove you’re the king of all the fantasy land – and win a gigantic trophy at the same time.
The format is the same as in previous years. Just submit a top 20 at each position (using standard scoring) before the August 9 deadline, and we’ll do all the rest. The higher you rank a player the more he counts towards your score.
The overall champion will take home an impossibly large trophy from the team at Affordable Trophies. They’ve been partnering with us on this venture for years.
The top 2 finishers also win berths in the Experts Poll in next year’s magazine.
Harold Simons of Torrance, Calif., won last year’s championship, with Patrick Chance of Dallas finishing second.
The 2018 version of the contest is now live. To access the entry, log into the site and then click on “YOUR STUFF”. The contest is one of the pull-down options, under “Fantasy Index Open 2018”. Those who are already logged in can get to the contest by clicking here.
The contest is free, but to be eligible to win you must sign up on the website, providing a name and mailing address. If you were to sign up without supplying a name, you wouldn’t be eligible to win the trophy (which is huge).
This contest is different than a typical fantasy league. There are no rosters, starting lineups or waiver moves. Instead, you list 120 players in order – 20 at QB, RB, WR, TE, K and DEF. You select those players by using the easy drag-and-drop interface at the website.
Attrition is important in this contest. If you select a player who misses a good chunk of games, it can really hurt your score. At quarterback, for example, many will be tempted to downgrade those with a lower chance of playing in 16 games – Deshaun Watson, Carson Wentz, Andrew Luck, Jameis Winston. Some may reasonably opt to instead start a lesser option with a higher probability of playing in all the games – Mitchell Trubisky or Derek Carr, perhaps.
Entries are due before the start of the first game of the first full week of the preseason. That’s Thursday, August 9 this year, at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Until then, feel free to start on your picks, coming back to make adjustments for injuries and holdouts. But once that deadline hits, all entries are locked.
Good luck to all.