NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 81 - Shock! Shower Power Actually Works!

lukeayee wrote:

lukeayee wrote:I think the games will go ahead up north. No virus up there at this stage and small population. Would be crazy not to relocate.

Would bring the entire game into disrepute.

I did just want to use the word disrepute tbh.

Remember my well considered and highlghy educated opinion next time I post.

But isn't this wrong?

The teams would be best to get out of QLD. Take them to Perth where we don't deal with Covid. The other option is Canberra but that's unlikely given it's Canberra.

filthridden wrote:Souths and Dragons haven't locked out on fantasy so that's something.

Fantasy have their game rescheduled to 12:00 pm on Tuesday as well. I can't imagine that this is official from the NRL though

filthridden wrote:Souths and Dragons haven't locked out on fantasy so that's something.

FFS, I predicted after the early Lockout Thursday that a late Lockout would then happen some time this weekend as well...

@Mulvy FFS=For Fuck's Sake, just a PSA for you mate

Most likely outcome is the games are all played tomorrow if they're approved for exemption.

Honeysett wrote:Most likely outcome is the games are all played tomorrow if they're approved for exemption.

You'd remember better than most on here I figure-didn't the AFL play a game a night for like 2 weeks to catch up last year?

mrbrownstone wrote:Time for NRL island.

New Zealand?

Man, the TLA game on here is LIT!

Moanaman wrote:Man, the TLA game on here is LIT!

It's only Lost In Translation for Mulvy, FYI.

standard-issue wrote:

Honeysett wrote:Most likely outcome is the games are all played tomorrow if they're approved for exemption.

You'd remember better than most on here I figure-didn't the AFL play a game a night for like 2 weeks to catch up last year?

Yep and did little round robin for memory - got the job done but I'd imagine this is much smaller

rhinoceroo wrote:If all five games don't take place tomorrow, probably the fairest thing for fantasy would be void the round and revert all teams/trades/points to how they were before lockout lifted last week. If the games are played midweek over the next month then ignore them, fantasy-wise. Every solution would have someone complaining but that seems the fairest.

In terms of the actual NRL, I don't think it massively matters if half a round is called off and never replayed, with the ladder going to win percentage rather than points. It's an uneven draw anyway which is exactly the reason the competition is decided by playoffs rather than a straight ladder.

DGWs for the win

If people are out of trades, that's their decision they made

I want Harvey Norman to come in and give everyone extra trades because of all this chaos.

It’ll solve everything

rhinoceroo wrote:If all five games don't take place tomorrow, probably the fairest thing for fantasy would be void the round and revert all teams/trades/points to how they were before lockout lifted last week. If the games are played midweek over the next month then ignore them, fantasy-wise. Every solution would have someone complaining but that seems the fairest.

In terms of the actual NRL, I don't think it massively matters if half a round is called off and never replayed, with the ladder going to win percentage rather than points. It's an uneven draw anyway which is exactly the reason the competition is decided by playoffs rather than a straight ladder.

Agree on this.

NRL season is too long as it is. There are already rounds during origin period that you could call "unfair" due to players being unavailable.

Losing a few games from the season is not a big deal imo.

Fantasy, well if youre in a position to win prizes I feel for you, bit of a nervous wait to see how it pans out for you. Lucky for me, this year was already a bit of a write off.

Anyway. The gf was meant to be at a course today which is now running via zoom meeting so im left to drink on the deck for a few hours..

rhinoceroo wrote:If all five games don't take place tomorrow, probably the fairest thing for fantasy would be void the round and revert all teams/trades/points to how they were before lockout lifted last week. If the games are played midweek over the next month then ignore them, fantasy-wise. Every solution would have someone complaining but that seems the fairest.

In terms of the actual NRL, I don't think it massively matters if half a round is called off and never replayed, with the ladder going to win percentage rather than points. It's an uneven draw anyway which is exactly the reason the competition is decided by playoffs rather than a straight ladder.

If they end up splitting the extra  games 1 a week over the next month, then double game weeks is the way to go.

This sort of thing happens all the time for fantasy soccer leagues. I think its much less fair to take away points that players have scored rather than to give people who have more trades more opportunity to score points.

From a non-Fantasy point of view. If the round can't be completed by Monday, I think the best thing to do is to finish off the round next weekend. And then carry on with round 22 the weekend after as usual.
R21 can be played after round 26 if they want the full number of rounds and can make the extra week work logistically.
Main thing is to actually make sure NRL can continue next week and not get caught up in any further lockdowns.

The big deal about losing games is the NRL contract with the broadcasters. No games no cash. No cash no NRL.

It's quite possible this is resolved quickly.  All teams are back in their bubbles.  No crowds.  No shlappers.

No games today is bad enough, but if tomorrow’s games are called off too, I’m going to have to take a really long shower.