http://football.cbssports.com
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Post league news -- Post news and stories to the league homepage for all to
read!
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Logos -- Upload or create your own custom team logo.
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Trade evaluator -- Get an evaluation of trades before you offer them and
before trades are offered to you. Find out quickly how any proposed deals
may improve or hurt your team.
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E-mail updates -- Custom e-mail reports delivered daily. You control what
information you would like to receive. Standings, stats, roster warnings,
player news, injuries, transactions, message board postings and more.
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Wireless updates – Manage your Fantasy Team, accept trade offers, get
Fantasy alerts, check the latest player updates and more, all for free on your
mobile phone. To learn more, log onto http://www.cbssports.com/mobile.
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All essential league functions are handled automatically -- Standings,
scoring, schedules, lineups, transactions, waivers, etc.
Appendix
Fantasy Football Terms To Know: A-F
Add/Drop - Process of dropping a player from your roster and adding a free agent to
replace him.
Auction Draft - An alternative to the popular "serpentine" drafting method, auction
drafting allows owners to build their roster by bidding dollar amounts on each player.
Each team begins the auction with a set salary cap -- the total amount of money they
may spend. Each player is brought up for auction, with the player being assigned to the
team that bids the most.
Bonus Scoring - Extra points awarded within a league when a player goes over a set
threshold. For example, some leagues award a bonus of 2 points for touchdown runs
over 50 yards.
Bust - A highly sought-after player in the preseason who fails to live up to expectations.
Cheat Sheets - Lists prepared by experts to aid owners in their draft. Players are ranked
by position and desirability based on their expected performance.
Commissioner - The person who runs the league and is ultimately responsible for all
league rules and decisions.
Depth Chart - A list of players, ordered by team and position, listing where they are
ranked on the team. Depth charts are useful in determining who the next option would
be should a team's starter be injured.
Draft - The process, held before the season starts, of taking turns selecting players until
every teams' roster is full.
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Automated draft - an option that makes it possible to draft teams without
having to physically attend a draft. Each team in the league pre-ranks players
who are then assigned to teams using an automated draft process.
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Online draft - The process of holding a league's draft live online, usually