Rules and specifics on game play are specified before the draft. Not a bad idea. We began our league in the mid-eighties and it still thrives today, boasting ten teams with twenty participants. Buddy leagues are the lifeblood of the fantasy football world and a great introduction into the hobby. The Internet can be singled out as the cause for fantasy football's explosion in popularity.
Free games are everywhere and offered by most major Internet portals and sports sites.
Sandbox, Yahoo and ESPN are the big players but choices are found in every corner of the web. One way sponsored contests differ from buddy leagues is in the draft. Multiple game players can select the same athlete. Game rules are engineered this way so as to include an unlimited number of participants. Though two teams may be alike the chances of each participant starting the same players every week is mathematically insignificant.