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Spotlight On: Online League Management
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RealTime Fantasy Sports
I. GENERAL
Describe your league hosting service.
RealTime Fantasy Sports allows everyone in your league to enjoy Fantasy Football without the hassle of looking up or downloading the statistics. If you have access to the Internet you are ready to use our site. We are in our 10th year of servicing fantasy football leagues from across the country - and even in other countries. We continue to listen to the inputs of our users to make our site even better year after year. We are proud to state that we were the first entirely web-based application designed to meet the needs of various Fantasy Football leagues, and we do it in real-time!
We know the most important aspect to our service is pleasing the customer, so we go to great lengths to ensure our users are happy. We can be reached by e-mail or phone, and we pride ourselves on our response time. Most questions are answered within a 24-hour period, regardless of the day of the week. We know how important your league's matters are and we understand the frustration if you do not receive feedback right away. In addition, we continue to add exciting new features based on inputs from our returning customers. Try to find customer service like that anywhere else on the web!
You can use our site from any internet-ready computer, anywhere. You can change your lineup, make trades, etc. even when you are out of town. The stats are maintained on our end, so no more scouring newspapers or downloading stats from somewhere.
RealTime Fantasy Sports is second to none when it comes to handling special rules and conditions of various leagues. Our unique features include: handling leagues with large numbers of teams; allowing for standings to be based on head-to-head competition or just total points scored; letting the commissioner dictate privileges to be granted to league owners, including allowing rosters and/or starting lineups to be modified at a specific time each week; and mapping your schedule to the NFL's allowing bye weeks or double-headers. There's much more!
Summary of your league hosting service:
RealTime Fantasy Sports is the originator of real-time internet-based commissioner league services for fantasy football. We provide all the tools needed commissioners to set up and run a league with customizable rules as well as providing real-time scoring for league owners, plus tailored reports for the entire league.
New Features for 2004:
- Improved site Navigation
- Improved trade management features
- Assistant coach
- Playoff Leagues
- New look and feel
- Free Agent "Holding" Period
- Improved Live Draft
- Much, much more
Unique Features in your package:
- Live Scoring
- Customizable Rules
- No pop up adds or e-mail Spamming
- Individual Defensive Players
- Decimal point scoring
- Live NFL News feed
- Actual vs. Best comparison of your starting lineups
Website: www.rtsports.com
Link to FAQ?
http://www.rtsports.com/htm/faqs.shtml
Is there a desktop version of your hosting software available? If yes, please describe.
No
II. DRAFTING
How is drafting handled at your site? Are Auction Leagues an option?
Online draft or offline drafts are accommodated with or with out salary cap limits. The commissioner can make changes on the fly with owners participating remotely.
Is pre-drafting an option? If so, please describe how pre-drafting works:
Putting in a pre-determined selection order of players and allowing the commissioner to draft for an owner can be accommodated. We are also developing an auto-pick function to the live draft and may have it available this year.
Draft trading capability - can picks in current drafts be traded before or during the draft? Can picks in future years be traded (and tracked)?
Draft picks can be traded before or during the current draft. The draft board automatically updates to reflect the draft picks traded.
Ability to keep teams from year-year (keeper leagues, dynasty leagues)?
RealTime Sports has a keeper league option. State that your league is a keeper league and your rosters will roll over to the next year
III. LINEUPS, SCORING, REPORTS
Owners set lineups how?
Commissioners may allow owners to set own lineups by commissioner set deadlines. NOTE: Commissioners can set the deadline to any time during the week, even after the NFL games are in progress, and the system will automatically lock out the owners from changing the starting lineup status of any player whose game has already started.
When is the deadline for submitting lineups each week?
Customizable -- The commissioner sets all deadlines (see above.)
Live Scoring Updates? If Yes, How often does Live Scoring update?
Scores and stats are updated immediately as they are received from our statistics provider. Scoring updates are usually received within 60 seconds after the time of the score, full statistical updates usually occur about every 5 minutes.
Can leagues create and alter their own scoring system?
Absolutely. RTSports is totally customizable
Is there a way to award point bonuses based on game milestones? (Qb rating > xx, RB yards > 100, Receiving yards > 100, etc)
Bonus points can be assigned based on a formula (1 pt. for every 10 yards), a threshold (5 points when 150 yards is reached) or - if those methods do not work - manually. In addition the commissioner can award points for unique league bonus point systems.
Individual Defensive Players scoring?
Yes. Rules included tackles, assists, fumbles recovered, passes defensed and more.
What is the source for NFL scoring data?
AP Digital (a subsidiary of the Associated Press.) Reliable stats that are second to none. Data also includes injury reports, featured articles, and more.
How are scoring discrepancies handled?
If an error occurs and is not corrected by our provider, RTFS will correct it ourselves, if it is obvious. All stats for a given NFL week are deemed final at noon on Thursday of the next week. Commissioners may then make a correction via commissioner points if they disagree.
Head Coach position available?
Yes
Customizable reports?
Yes
Reports available when? - Almost all reports - game logs, scoring logs, etc. are updated real-time. Standings and Top NFL Players reports are updated 7:00 am Tuesday morning.
Can you have divisional play in leagues if desired?
Yes
Dynasty functions (ie. salary tracking, contract tracking, archival ability)?
We provide salary tracking. We provide archives for all leagues. We provide a bylaws section that the commissioner may use for year to year contract recording.
IV. FREE AGENCY AND TRADES IN-SEASON
Describe how your site handles FA Transactions (ie. Blind Bidding, Waiver, Worst to First)?
RealTime provides Waiver wire transactions with worst-to-first by total points, worst-to-first by standings, or a commissioner designated order. We also have free-for-all FA pick ups or a combination of free-for-all and the waiver wire system.
Can leagues customize FA Transactions to fit their league rules?
Yes - see above
Email alerts for transactions, trades, etc?
Yes for trades, and for draft selections with our Platinum service.
Can players make 2 for 1 or 3 for 1 trades?
Yes
V. WEBSITE DESIGN, PERFORMANCE, TECH SUPPORT
Describe your Tech Support Process (links, email addys, etc.).
RealTime is known for our Tech support e-mail is answered personally within 24 hrs or less, we can be reached by phone and an extensive online FAQ pages.
Average response time to queries?
3 hrs. or less
Describe your Hardware configuration (# and type of servers, etc.)
Proprietary, but we can tell you that we run 25 dedicated dual processor servers for MAXIMUM performance.
VI. CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS
Can users create a League Website/Newsletter?
Yes. Newsletters can include images if desired.
Message Board or Chat Room capability?
Both
Photographs allowed on Message Board (or other space)? If yes, maximum size in KB?
No
Off-Season Accessibility?
Full Year access
How are League and Team Graphics handled, if available?
40 KB team and league logo graphics space available per team.
VII. COSTS
Prior Year Cost per League?
89.95 gold package - 149.95 Platinum. Returning leagues receive a 20% discount if they pay before July 1, everyone receives a 10% discount if they pay by August 15th.
Upcoming Year Cost per League?
Same
Payment Methods accepted?
Visa, MC, American Express & Check via US mail.
Fees for FA transactions?
The site does not charge for transactions, but commissioners can track their internal fees for league on the site
Other Fees your site charges?
Assistant Coach: $9.95
Playoff Leagues: $19.95 free for Platinum Service
Money back guarantee if not satisfied?
Yes, up to October 1.
Discounts for multiple leagues?
Inquire within.
Demo or Free Trial Available? If So, Link:
www.rtsports.com - all new leagues are free trial
FINAL THOUGHTS:
We believe we have the perfect combination of user-friendliness, flexibility, comprehensive rule sets, customer support and real-time features for the price. With this being our 10th season of constant improvement and growth (thanks to a very loyal customer base), our service cannot be rivaled. As our ad in many fantasy publications states: "Join the thousands of leagues that have discovered the most comprehensive commissioner service on the planet." Try it for free, and do not be afraid to ask questions. We will actually answer you.
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