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I was most annoyed by the waiver/free agent claims and the lineup setting processes.  MFL had poor usability in these areas.  Can't comment on the draft b/c I wasn't able to be there for it, but from the comments I recall, that was also a poor experience.  Yahoo was better - ESPN has the best that I've experienced, though.

I did enjoy the information MFL provided.  The links they had to team analyzers were great, the recaps and previews were neat (though they got somewhat stale), the power rankings (especially the efficiency numbers) were cool.

My preference for next year would be ESPN, though going back to Yahoo would not be terrible.

MFL was horrible in the two most important aspects for a Fantasy Football website: Draft and Waiver/Free Agent Pick-ups.  To me, that means any and all arguments in favor of MFL are neutered.

I also prefer ESPN but yahoo is also good.

I would not play if we used MFL.

Unrelated to what site we use, I don't think we need to have a two conference league because of how many people went MIA.  Just have a 12 team ESPN league or a 12-16 team Yahoo league.

Not trying to offer excuses, but I think lots of people might have gone MIA because of the system. I know I personally really only set lineups for the most part because of how obnoxious the system was.

I used the HC in a league I commissioned on ESPN for a year.  I don't recall all of the things you could get points for, but I think they were W/L, margin of victory/loss, and mebbe one or two other things.  It was a position that I could never really get balanced points wise, so I dropped it after a year.  The position option I did like from ESPN was having a punter.  They get points for net average, inside 20, inside 10, fair catches, touchbacks, etc.  That one was easier to balance than the HC was.

As for TQB, I've never really like that idea.  Injuries suck, but they are a part of football, and sometimes they take out a star player during a game (see Peterson, Adrian).  I had a couple games this year where I got hit by injuries (Lynch's late scratch, Peterson's ankle, Forte, Fred Jackson) plus a suspension (Fred Davis).  Dealing with an injury to your star player is, I feel, important for an owner to have to consider.  If I'd have lost Drew Brees (especially after losing Cutler), I'd have had to find someone to replace him - this is what I prefer, since this is how NFL teams have to deal with their own injury issues.

An injured reserve slot would be fantastic.  Individual roster slot locks as well (though we did have those this year, and I thought we did at Yahoo as well).

Oh, and speaking of Fred Davis' suspension, it would be nice if free agents didn't lock after the first game of the week.  I believe I found out about his suspension on the Friday of that week, with the Thursday game already played.  Couldn't pick anyone up to replace him though, since the waivers had reset.  This really only affects us once Thursday games start.