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Subject: Daily Blurb - August 31, 2011


  Posted by: Guru - [330592710] Wed, Aug 31, 2011, 11:47

Quote of the day
"I am a good manager. Very cocky and arrogant. There's a lot of worse guys out there than me. I have (a lot) of confidence in myself. I know what I can do. People can think what they want. If they don't think I'm a good manager, be careful what you wish for." -- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, musing on whether he would be asked to manage the team in 2012

Daily blurb
I added sortable stats yesterday for Fanduel football. FanDuel has made a couple of changes to their scoring formula since last season. The only one of import is the addition of ½ point per reception. The other is 2 points for a pass for 2-point conversion. (Previously, I believe only the conversion receiver got the points.) My database of 2010 FanDuel points uses the actual formula in place last season, so if you use that data, you should make a mental adjustment for reception points.

In addition to the two games I have already set up in the sortable stats, I will eventually be adding Draft$treet and Daily Joust. Draft$treet now has football contests for week #1 available. Daily Joust will have them available soon. Since I don’t have 2010 points calculated for either of these games, sortable stats would be of very limited value prior to the first week, so it’s possible I won’t have those set up until after the first games are played.

I know that many of you aren’t active participants in these daily contest sites. But enough of you are that the related affiliate fees (a small slice of the contest fees from RotoGuru referrals) are essentially paying the lion’s share of the 2011 revenue that is keeping RotoGuru alive and ticking. As you can see from the current tally of GuruPatron contributions (still under $1000 YTD), these voluntary donations would no longer be insufficient to cover even the marginal costs of operating this site. But they are still an important supplement – so if you are so inclined, I’m always appreciative of your voluntary financial support.