What is the best site to host a fantasy football league?

Question

I am starting up a fantasy football league (my first as commish). What site should I use? Are the pay sites worth it?

Answer 1

I have used Sportsline for 7 years and could not be happier.  Flexible scoring (waaay better than ESPN), solid information, great feedback from owners.  Nothing compares.

Answer 2

ESPN is my favorite

Answer 3

I really like the Yahoo fantasy football setup.

It is easy to use, fast, and has a lot of extras.

The $10 is well worth it.

Answer 4

i'd say yahoo and espn for beginners

myfantasyleague.com, fleaflicker, for more established leagues...

Answer 5

yahoo well yahoo you can do it free and you just have to pay 10 dollars for it to score as soon as it happens not till all the games that week are over. i think its the best and hasn't let me down but ya i would use yahoo its free but you don`t get a trophy.

Answer 6

I signed up for fantasy football on Nfl.com and it's extremely easy.

Answer 7

There is a new site that is completely free called ecouchcoach.com and it has live scoring and is very customizable.  I would suggest checking it out for the serious fantasy football players.  It allows redraft leagues, keeper leagues, and dynasty leagues.  It gives alot of power to administrators also so you can really customize your league.  Best of all its all free.  I used to pay the fees on Yahoo and ESPN but i tried ecouchcoach for one year and I am very pleased about it.

Answer 8

I've used all the following:

Yahoo

ESPN

CBS Sportsline

NFL.com

AOL Fleaflicker

Sandbox, NBC

Of those the only one I really don't like is CBS Sportsline.  They have a clumsy draft interface, cheesy roster limitations, and it's just cumbersome to use.

Sandbox was my favorite before they were acquired, followed by Yahoo.

ESPN's is easy, but we found it suffers from server traffic and is locked up more frequently.

In short, none is perfect, but Yahoo, Fleaflicker and Sandbox (in that order) each are just fine.

Pay sites really aren't worth it unless you want to go for a cash prize as in CBSSportsline.

A $12.95 upgrade in Yahoo gets you a decent draft kit and Stat Tracker which I really enjoy.  Yahoo's free leagues are adequate for most people.

Answer 9

No the pay sites aren't worth it.  Personally I think the best sites around... in order:

1. fleaflicker.com

2. Yahoo (if you pay the 10 dollars for live scoring)

3. CBS Sportsline