Each year, I put together the WIS Championship, where 96 owners compete through 12 often devious, always challenging themes to see who is the best. The first 6 are open to anyone, but the second set of 6 are only open to the users who finish in the Top 24 in Round 1 of the tournament. With Round 1 winding down, I wanted to open up versions of those themes to everyone. Note: Due to time restrictions, I will not be running the draft league as part of The Next 24.

These leagues will be open to anyone. You do NOT have to sign up for all 5 leagues in order to participate. However, I have decided to up the ante and introduce a prize system that will reward players for performing well, and also for joining all 5 leagues.

Prizes
- WIS will kick in a $50 GC if 15 owners participate in all 5 leagues
- I will also be throwing $60 of my theme league founder credits into the pot

Prize Structure
1st Place - $60
2nd Place - $30
3rd Place - $20

Scoring
1 point per regular season win
5 points for making the playoffs
1 point per playoff win
10/13/2017 1:45 PM (edited)
Themes

$80M: The Chain
Make a chain of 25 players with one player linking to the next. Example:

1. Pick Player A.
2. Pick a teammate of A (let's call him Player B).
3. Twist B to a subsequent season.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you finally get to Player Y.
5. Finally, for your team to be valid, only adjacent lettered players can appear on a team together (i.e. A can only be a teammate of B, B is only a teammate of A and C, all the way to Player Y is only a teammate of X). However, non-adjacent players (i.e. Player A and Player C) may have been teammates at other points in their career, just not on any of the teams you are selecting players from.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: No restriction
Ballpark: Use a park one of your chosen players played in
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Use your start and end years
Division Alignment: Random


$90M: Best of the Rest
Pick two real teams. Remove each team's most expensive hitter and most expensive pitcher. Use the rest of the players to create your roster. The 300K Exception is allowed.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: Restricted
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: No restriction
Ballpark: Use a park one of your two teams played in
300K Exception: Allowed
Team Name: Reference your two chosen teams
Division Alignment: Random


$100M: Catchy Title Theme
16 players must fit within given salary ranges, 1 player per range. The remaining roster spots must be used for players who are under the minimum range. There are no IP or PA requirements.

The 8 ranges for pitchers ($/IP) are:
1. $55,000+
2. $46,667 - $54,999
3. $43,333 - $46,666
4. $40,000 - $43,332
5. $38,000 - $39,999
6. $36,000 - $37,999
7. $34,000 - $35,999
8. $20,000 - $33,999


The 8 ranges for position players ($/PA) are:
1. $13,000+
2. $11,000 - $12,999
3. $10,000 - $10,999
4. $9,000 - $9,999
5. $8,000 - $8,999
6. $7,500 - $7,999
7. $7,000 - $7,499
8. $5,000 - $6,999


Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: No restriction
Ballpark: All
300K Exception: N/A
Team Name: No restriction
Division Alignment: Random


$110M: Stale Cookie Whitelist
You may only use players who's salary has increased by in each of the 6 dynamic salary updates that have occurred, and gone up by a total of 2%. I will create this league as soon as the salary update occurs and will have site staff blacklist all players other than those who have increased each time.

Other Specifics
Seasons: 1885 - 2015
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: No restriction
Ballpark: All
300K Exception: No
Team Name: No restriction
Division Alignment: Random


$120M: Choose Your Soup
You have three options to build your team. You will need to build your team within the confines of TWO of the following three options.
  • Alphabet Soup - Each player's last name must begin with a unique letter.
  • Franchise Soup - Each player must be from a unique franchise.
  • Decade Soup - Each hitter must come from a unique decade. Each pitcher must come from a unique decade. An example decade would be 1900-1909 or 1910-1919, but not 1901-1910. The periods 1885-1889 and 2010-2016 will each be treated as individual decades

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Any
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Use your type of soup
Division Alignment: Random
10/13/2017 11:14 PM (edited)
Signups

80M: The Chain
1. ozomatli
2. mpitt76
3. wink0094
4. barracuda3
5. toddcommish
6. nordawg
7. fooolishfool
8. midknight
9. NebHusker
10. knieman
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90M: Best of the Rest
1. ozomatli
2. mpitt76
3. wink0094
4. barracuda3
5. toddcommish
6. nordawg
7. fooolishfool
8. midknight
9. NebHusker
10. knieman
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100M: Catchy Title Theme
1. ozomatli
2. mpitt76
3. wink0094
4. barracuda3
5. toddcommish
6. nordawg
7. fooolishfool
8. midknight
9. NebHusker
10. knieman
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110M: Stale Cookie Whitelist
1. ozomatli
2. mpitt76
3. wink0094
4. barracuda3
5. toddcommish
6. nordawg
7. fooolishfool
8. midknight
9. NebHusker
10. knieman
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120M: Choose Your Soup
1. ozomatli
2. mpitt76
3. wink0094
4. barracuda3
5. toddcommish
6. nordawg
7. fooolishfool
8. midknight
9. NebHusker
10. knieman
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10/16/2017 2:00 PM (edited)
Sitemail List
barracuda3; fooolishfool; knieman; midknight; mpitt76; NebHusker; nordawg; ozomatli; toddcommish; wink0094
10/16/2017 1:59 PM (edited)
I'm in again for all
leagues please.
10/13/2017 2:02 PM
I'm sign up for all as well!
10/13/2017 2:28 PM
I'm in for all five.
10/13/2017 3:39 PM
I'm in for all five as well, assuming of course, THREE guys don't bail on Round Two.
10/13/2017 3:44 PM
Posted by toddcommish on 10/13/2017 3:44:00 PM (view original):
I'm in for all five as well, assuming of course, THREE guys don't bail on Round Two.
Heartbreaking season for you, Todd. The Next 24 was born out of a similar situation - I finished 29th in Round 1 a few years ago after my playoff teams did not perform.
10/13/2017 3:51 PM
I will join all five. That way, the odds for somebody else winning will go up.
10/13/2017 4:09 PM
I'll join x5. I think the draft was probably my best chance so it could be a struggle without it.
10/13/2017 9:33 PM
I am in for all 5. Finished 89 out of 96 in Round 1, so I'll try harder this time - only missed it by 7 slots.
10/14/2017 1:49 PM
1/3 full after 1 day
10/15/2017 1:48 PM
Count me in for all 5 please.

Stupid question: what exactly is the $300K exception? is it that I can roster players of $300K or less who don't meet the theme rules?
10/15/2017 4:50 PM (edited)
Posted by NebHusker on 10/15/2017 4:50:00 PM (view original):
Count me in for all 5 please.

Stupid question: what exactly is the $300K exception? is it that I can roster players of $300K or less who don't meet the theme rules?
Yes, normally with some looser guidelines (i.e. in a franchise league that's also restricted by seasons, it would be any player from that franchise, regardless of season)
10/15/2017 4:58 PM
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