Besides the playoffs, often these 'games of the week' are played between teams that are traditional rivals - teams that love to hate each other, no matter what their respective records may be. One way to pump up the excitement in your fantasy league, whether you are the commissioner of a league or an owner, is to identify potential rivals and escalate tensions between those teams. Presented below are some examples of how to promote the growth of healthy rivalries in any league. Three hours later, Hakim has found the end zone twice and racked up enough yardage to score fifteen points.
Mashers lose by two, an their owner shows up to work with bloodshot eyes due to sleep deprivation.
Fast forward to seven weeks later - the Mashers are about to clash with the Maulers again, in a game with playoff implications. Perhaps the commissioner of the league sends out an email to all the owners, reminding them of the first, 'stolen' game. Or, on Saturday, a sympathy card from Blue Mountain shows up in the Mashers' inbox, offering condolences for their impending defeat at the hands of the Maulers. Ah, revenge is a dish best served cold. There are several methods to tweak the nose of a rival who has suffered such an unfortunate loss.