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August 17, 2011

Fantasy Football 2011 Projection Accuracy Challenge

Fantasy Football 2011 Projection Accuracy Challenge
Chicago, IL, August  18th, 2011 – The Fantasy Sports Trade Association announces requests for submissions from all interested in participating in the 2011 Fantasy Football Projection Accuracy Challenge.  The FSTA (www.FSTA.org), in conjunction with the Fantasy Football Librarian (www.fflibrarian.com), Donnie Campbell (www.themostcredible.com) and Bill Green, (www.fantasydispute.com) will be analyzing fantasy football projections and position rankings from participants.  The projections and position rankings will be compared with actual player statistics at the end of the 2011 season, and awards will be presented based on the accuracy of those predictions.

Download the entry template here: 2011 FSTA Accuracy Contest – Entry Template

Rules:

Submissions will be accepted immediately; however the rankings and projections (in any verifiable format) must be received prior to the first game of the season, September 8th, 2011 8:30 PM EST.  Each entrant has two weeks after the Sep 8th Deadline (Sept 22th) to submit the projections in the FSTA Format (see FSTA Template).  Please note that the projections in the Template much match the projections that were submitted prior to the initial deadline.  Additionally late entrants will be considered if it is verifiable that their rankings or projections were published and publicly available prior to the deadline.

Player rankings and statistics will be judged for the following positions: Quarterback, Running Back, Wide Receiver, and Tight End.  Team Defenses, Kickers, and Individual Defensive Players will not be used due to non-standard scoring.

The FSTA will present two Awards (Player Rankings and Player Projections) for the Fantasy Football 2011 Projection Accuracy Challenge.  All entrants are welcome to participate in either challenge or both.

1.  Projected Player Rankings Award

Accuracy of projected player rankings by position compared with year-end rankings (in order of projected vs. actual fantasy points).  Each entrant  should submit their projected top 25 quarterbacks, 50 running backs, 50 wide receivers, and 20 tight ends.

Scoring/Ranking will be based on the following system:

Passing Yards (1 point per 25 yards)
Passing Touchdowns (4 points)
Rushing Yards (1 point per 10 yards)
Reception Yards (1 point per 10 yards)
Rushing & Receiving Touchdowns (6 points)

Interceptions (-2)

Fumbles (-2)

It is encouraged that rankings be submitted based on this scoring system.

2.  Projected Player Statistics Award

A spreadsheet template consisting of 120 Fantasy relevant Players has been provided to collect the following statistical categories.

PASSING RUSHING RECEPTIONS
Yards TD’s INT Yards TD’s Rec Yards TD’s

Submitters must fill in projected statistics for all players on this spreadsheet.

An award will be given for accuracy of projected player statistics compared with actual year-end player statistics.  Accuracy will be judged based on a combination of relative scoring (entrant closest to actual statistic vs. other entrants) and range based scoring (variance between actual statistics vs. projections for each stat category) using the tables below.


Passing Scoring

Yards TD’s Interceptions
From To Pts From To Pts From To Pts
0 78 10 0 0 10 0 0 10
79 165 6 1 1 6 1 1 6
166 333 4 2 2 4 2 2 4
334 501 2 3 3 2 3 4 2
502 9999 -2 4 99 -2 5 99 -2

Rushing Scoring

Yards TD’s
From To Pts From To Pts
0 44 10 0 0 10
45 103 6 1 2 6
104 256 4 3 3 4
257 393 2 4 4 2
394 9999 -2 5 99 -2

Receptions

Receptions Yards TD’s
From To Pts From To Pts From To Pts
0 2 10 0 23 10 0 0 10
3 4 6 24 48 6 1 1 6
5 9 4 49 101 4 2 2 4
10 15 2 102 174 2 3 3 2
16 999 -2 175 9999 -2 4 99 -2

Submissions should be sent simultaneously to FSTA.Accuracy.Contest@gmail.com, Donnie Campbell at dc@themostcredible.com, Bill Green at greenbill@fantasydispute.com, and Sara Holladay at fflibrarian@gmail.com.
Awards will be presented at the Winter 2012 FSTA Conference.  In order to encourage participation (without fear of embarrassment), final results will NOT be published, except for the names of all entrants and the names of the highest ranking entrants (approximately the top third).

Judges:

Donnie Campbell, www.themostcredible.com

Bill Green, www.fantasydispute.com

Sara Holladay, www.fflibrarian.com

Your organization must be an FSTA member to be eligible to win the FSTA award, but anyone can participate.  FSTA membership is available through the FSTA (www.FSTA.org).

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