The AFHL agrees to a one year deal with Fantrax

The AFHL agrees to a one year deal with Fantrax

January 4th, 2014

After several days of negotiation, the AFHL reached an agreement with Fantrax on Monday morning, one that will help the AFHL regain momentum and boost its prominence.

“The future of the AFHL is now extraordinarily bright,” said AFHL commissioner Anthony Furino during a news conference at the Marriott Hotel in NYC on Tuesday. “I’m confident that this switch from Yahoo to Fantrax will make the AFHL much, much better, and much, much stronger.”

AFHL deputy commissioners Gates Imbeau and Keith Cancilla watched the news conference from a doorway in the hotel lobby. Most GMs attended along with more than a dozen superstar players from around the league.

“We are honored and thrilled to be the new host of the most amazing fantasy hockey league on the planet,” said Lee Kleiner, President of Fantrax. “The AFHL has a strong, intelligent, charismatic nucleus of GMs with a very bright future. Our goal is to give GMs in this league the best and most fun fantasy hockey experience in 2014-15 and beyond. We are 100 percent committed to the AFHL and we promise to help make 2014-15 the best season in AFHL history.”

Fantrax’s mission statement has always been to give people the ultimate fantasy sports experience. They started with a group of fantasy sports enthusiasts, some of whom were also experienced software developers, who were unhappy with the features and overall quality of existing websites like Yahoo and ESPN. Fantrax prides themselves on putting Yahoo and ESPN to shame.

Some of the current offerings by Fantrax include:

– The most powerful League Manager / Commissioner Product on the internet: more features, options, flexibility, and detailed help.

– An extremely fast and easy-to-use website.

– Continuous addition of new features requested by users to allow as much customization and automation as possible.

 FEATURE COMPARISON CHART:

Current Features	Fantrax	Yahoo!	ESPN
Fully Customizable Public Commissioner Leagues
Points, Roto and 3 H2H (Points and Category) Scoring Systems (all sports)
Drag & Drop, “Easy Click” and “Classic” Lineup Change Methods
Trade Draft Picks (Present and Future)
Allow Players to be Owned By Multiple Teams
Multi-Team Trades
Auto-Enforce Owners to Take Healthy Players Off Injured Reserve
Customizable Scoring Categories per Any Position for All Scoring Systems
Up to 200 Teams Per League
Player Salary and Contract Options	Advanced	None	None
Advanced Free Agent Claim/Bidding League Setup Options	Advanced	None	None
Free Agent Bidding Contingency System
Start & End Season Stats at Any Dates (Including Retroactive Scoring)
Create League at Any Time During the Season
Live Chat rooms
Run and Undo Live/Auto/Offline Draft at Any Time
Start Live Online or Auto Draft at Any Time During the Season
Live Online Draft Commissioner Options	Advanced	Basic	Basic
Live Online Draft Team Owner Options	Advanced	Intermediate	Intermediate
Live Online, Automated and Offline Drafts
Offline Draft Tool	Advanced	Basic	Basic
Full “Team Roster Position” Flexibility
Multiple Commissioners Allowed
Pre-Rank Players By Position for Automatic or Live Online Draft
Custom Team Selection for Player Pool
Customize Point Ranges for Scoring Categories in PB Leagues, All Sports
Waiver Wire Claim System Options	Advanced	Basic	Basic
View Stats/Standings by Any Date Range
Commissioners Don’t Have to Own a Team
Creation and participation of teams without owners
Detailed Context-Sensitive Help Within Every Fantasy League Screen
Roster League Setup Screen	Advanced	Basic	Intermediate
Full Illegal Roster Capability
Capability to Deny Transactions Based on Roster Restrictions
Minor League Roster Positions
Minor League Eligibility Options
Detailed Email Notification Preferences for Fantasy Leagues
Statistical Analysis and Player Search Capabilities	Advanced	Intermediate	Intermediate
Multiple Head-to-Head Matchups per Team/Period (e.g. Double-headers)
Head-to-Head Playoff Schedule Generator	Advanced	Basic	Advanced
Manually Configure Regular Season and Playoff Head-to-Head Matchups
View All Teams at Once
Statistical Corrections Page
Manually Configure Which Real-Sport Games Count for Your League
Easy One-Click Undo Transaction Option
Min/Max Scoring Category Requirements
Real-time Stats Across the Entire Site
Lineup/Roster Period & Deadline Configuration Options	Advanced	Basic	Basic
Trade Voting System Configuration	Advanced	Basic	Intermediate
Keeper League Options	Advanced	Basic	Basic
Track League Fees		$24.95
Player Watch List
Custom Tiebreaker Rules
Overall Commissioner Capabilities	Advanced	Basic	Basic
Override Players’ Eligible Positions
College Football & Basketball Content
MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA Commissioner / League Manager
College Football & Basketball Commissioner / League Manager
NASCAR Commissioner / League Manager
PGA Commissioner / League Manager
European Soccer Commissioner / League Manager
Playoff Commissioner / League Manager for All Sports
Quick and Detailed Customer Email Support
Projected Player Rankings Based on Your League’s Custom Scoring System for Rotisserie, Points-Based Leagues
Manually Adjust Scores in Standings
Add New Players at any time to Your League’s Player Pool
Commissioner Can Execute any type of Transaction Retroactive to any Date & Time
All Leagues are Backed Up Nightly and Can Be Recovered at Any Time
Auto-Generate Player Salaries for Your League Based On Your League’s Scoring System, Real Player Salaries or Cap-Hits
Create Your Own Fully Customizable Salary Cap Game
League Prize Configuration and Tracking
Player and Team Salaries and Contracts are Per-Period not Per-Season
Custom fields/columns in Team Roster screen.
Lock Individual Team Owner Privileges
Commissioner Rule Changes Page
Copy/Renew League Function
Prevent Any New Players from Entering the Player Pool
Determine which types of injuries qualify for Injured Reserve status
Merge Any Periods Together in Your League’s Schedule
Prevent Any Specific Games (NFL, MLB, etc.) from Counting in Your League
Allow/Disallow Claims/Drops and/or Trades Pre-Draft
Option to Prevent Claims for Injured Players
Option to Prevent Claims for Minor League Players
Option to Prevent Dropped Players from Being Claimed During Same Period
Optional “Can’t Drop List” to Prevent Elite Players from Being Dropped
Option to prevent “Waiver Wire Churning”
Fully Automated Salary System
Fully Automated Contract System
Live Online Long/Extended Drafts

Fantrax is a full-fledged sports information site, containing the highest quality real-time statistics, up-to-the-minute news, player updates, injuries, boxscores, schedules, and much more.

In accordance with their purpose, Fantrax is constantly improving their website and they welcome user feedback. Because they are able to add new features very quickly, they seriously consider every feature request, and often implement them very soon after they receive them.

“Fantrax truly has a great system that will allow all teams to be competitive and have a chance to make the playoffs and even win the AFHL Stanley Cup,” Furino said. “I’m looking forward to continuing to grow the AFHL with the help of Fantrax. I think the opportunities are great and I couldn’t be more excited for the future.”

The league setup process on Fantrax will start behind the scenes once the offseason gets underway. Furino and Fantrax have agreed to meet on 12 consecutive days in June to complete documents that will total over 30 new customized league settings and features for the 2014-15 season.