How do you make players free agents, instead of on waivers?

• SportsAndLady

  

  If a player has never been picked up on a team before, doesn't that mean they are free agents? Doesn't that mean you can just grab them right then and there instead of waiting a day for waivers?
  
  How do you adjust this in your league, as a commish?
  
  Thanks to whomever can help.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Reason why I ask is someone wants to add Brandon Jackson, and he's definitely never been on a fantasy team this season...and he tried to pick him up and he's on waivers for a day...shouldn't he just be able to add him on the spot?
• karen lotz

  

  Should be a setting that the commish can change. What kind of league is it? ESPN? Yahoo?
• karen lotz

  

  On yahoo there is a setting "Post Draft Players" that can be set so those undrafted players go through the waiver process or they are free agents.
• SportsAndLady

  

  ESPN, sorry mean to say that
• Laley23

  

  It says "waivers" you can add an amount of time, or simply say no time and make them FAs. I already got fucked over by Non with Dexter McCluster and I am gonna get fucked over again by whoever had the last pick in our draft again here soon.
• karen lotz

  

  For ESPN in the settings under "Acquisition and Waiver Rules" and then "Player Acquisition System" set that to No Waivers.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Laley23;483812 wrote:It says "waivers" you can add an amount of time, or simply say no time and make them FAs. I already got fucked over by Non with Dexter McCluster and I am gonna get fucked over again by whoever had the last pick in our draft again here soon.

  
  Hmm..I've been looking for that the past few minutes and couldn't find anything..do you know where that is specifically?
• SportsAndLady

  

  karen lotz;483818 wrote:For ESPN in the settings under "Acquisition and Waiver Rules" and then "Player Acquisition System" set that to No Waivers.

  
  For some reason it's not allowing me to change out of "waivers" to "no waivers"
  Hmmmmmm
• karen lotz

  

  I dunno, maybe because the season has already started? As long as you are the commish you should be able to change any setting at any point.
• SportsAndLady

  

  karen lotz;483821 wrote:I dunno, maybe because the season has already started? As long as you are the commish you should be able to change any setting at any point.

  
  yeah that's what I thought too...i'll work on it a few more minutes...everyones yelling at me though lol so I wanna get this done soon.
• Laley23

  

  It might not be able to be changed once the season starts (because the commish could change it to add players he wants and change back). You are probably fucked for the year.
• Iliketurtles

  

  Yeah I'm pretty sure that once the season starts the settings are locked and you can't change them. People in your league are gonna be pissed off. Laley that sucks. I hope I don't get screwed over Im pretty sure I tried picking someone up today might have to go back and check haha.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Damn haha the guy who wants Brandon Jackson is the 12th priority on waivers hahahah
• Laley23

  

  Iliketurtles;483892 wrote:Yeah I'm pretty sure that once the season starts the settings are locked and you can't change them. People in your league are gonna be pissed off. Laley that sucks. I hope I don't get screwed over Im pretty sure I tried picking someone up today might have to go back and check haha.

  
  Yeah, I had first pick, and I understand the waiver policy and our is 2 days I think which isnt bad. So I will get fucked out of any big acquisitions unless I gamble before an injury occurs. But in general I dont like waivers because sometimes people who dont check daily or often get rewarded because of them.