{"id":1096,"date":"2025-09-02T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:30:31","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-as-the-season-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/02\/what-you-need-to-know-as-the-season-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Need to Know as the Season Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Waivers Run On Thursday This Week<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thursday.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1097\" style=\"width:254px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thursday.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thursday-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thursday-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thursday-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thursday-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thursday-850x476.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This week only, and for leagues hosted on DataForce only,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/place-waivers-bids\">waiver processing<\/a>&nbsp;will run at noon ET on Thursday,<\/strong>&nbsp;rather than the usual Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Then, thirty minutes later at 12:30 ET, the first free agency period will open.<\/strong>&nbsp;You have until each player&#8217;s game time to pick up players from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/add-drop-players\">Free Agency page<\/a>. Free agency is first-come-first-served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MyFantasyLeague waivers this week will run at the usual time of Wednesday, 10pm ET.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In future weeks, waivers (blind bidding) will run on Wednesday evening at 10pm ET for both platforms, just as they did during the preseason. Free agency will then open at 10:30. <strong>Please note the change in rules this year; free agency doesn&#8217;t open until 30 minutes after waivers begin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;ve never used the DataForce waiver processing page before, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d-LIW9TblM8&amp;t=30s\">watch this short video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you missed our newsletter last month about how waivers and free agency work,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/03\/two-live-drafts-tonight\/\">check it out here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/place-waivers-bids\">Place Waiver Bids Here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Live Drafts Continue Through Saturday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drafting will continue through Thursday afternoon up until game time, and on into the weekend, with Saturday as the final chance to build a new fantasy team. Featured drafts tonight include:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Live-Drafts.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-729\" style=\"width:164px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Live-Drafts.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Live-Drafts-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Live-Drafts-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Live-Drafts-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Live-Drafts-850x850.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>RUBY 122 ($350) is an Ultra league at 7pm ET, and it still has 5 spots open.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PLATINUM 112 ($1000) begins drafting at 7:30pm ET. 2 spots left in this one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BRONZE 217 is our last&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/fantasy-football-rules?section=26\">Contender league<\/a>&nbsp;of the year with 4 spots remaining.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And others, of course, until everybody gets their fill of drafting today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the high-rollers out there, today is the final chance this year to join a&nbsp;<strong>Platinum ($1000) league!<\/strong><em> Platinum leagues pay out an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/prize-payouts\">amazing 97% prize return!<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;Try to find that at any other site!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/fantasy-football-lobby\">Check Out the Lobby<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 1 Projections Are Here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The player projections for week one are already rolling in from all of our source providers! Here&#8217;s what that means to you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/set-lineup\">Set Lineups page<\/a> will have projected week 1 scoring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/game-matchups\">Matchups page<\/a> will have lineup comparisons with your opponent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/wonk.php\">The Wonk<\/a> is busy making waivers and lineup recommendations for you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For each of these pages, you can choose your projection source! All of the following are available:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wonk7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\" style=\"width:59px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wonk7.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wonk7-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Wonk Way (premium source)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fantasy Pros (free)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fantasy Nerds (free)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4for4.com (premium source)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fantasy Sharks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can try them all, switching between source projections on each page, and can choose your favorite. Then go to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/owner-preferences\">Owner-&gt;Setup page<\/a> and select a default projection source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/owner-preferences\">Select Your Projection Source<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Starting Lineups For Week 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Remember to set lineups this week!<\/strong>&nbsp;As soon as the Cowboys\/Eagles game begins, all Thursday night players will be locked in place, whether on your roster or on your bench.&nbsp;<em>You will continue to be able to bench or start all other players up until their game times Friday, Sunday and Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-draft-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1098\" style=\"width:310px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-draft-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-draft-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-draft-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-draft-850x480.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-draft.jpg 1472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It is DataForce Fantasy Football&#8217;s policy that all teams will have a starting lineup set for week one games.<\/strong>&nbsp;Specifically, what that means is that if your opponent doesn&#8217;t have a lineup by game-time Sunday morning, <strong>we&#8217;ll set one for them.<\/strong>&nbsp;We will use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/wonk.php\">The Wonk&#8217;s<\/a>&nbsp;suggested lineup so there is never any speculation about favoritism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if the Sunday games start and your opponent has no lineup, or empty spots in the lineup, don&#8217;t expect it to be a freebie! Changes could be made by us soon after the games begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/fantasy-football-lobby\">Set Your Lineup Here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Live Stats Feed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/live-scoring\">You can watch all your games live on DataForce!<\/a>&nbsp;Bookmark this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The handiest way to locate the live stats feed is just to click your TEAM MANAGER button to go to that hub, and look for the&nbsp;<strong>big red LIVE STATS button.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/mobile-app\">mobile app<\/a>, you&#8217;ll find live scoring on the left-side slide-out.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-stats-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1099\" style=\"width:242px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-stats-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-stats-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-stats-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-stats-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-stats-850x476.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/live-stats.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NOTE: If you own multiple teams, when you bring up the live stats page, you&#8217;ll see all of your teams listed with their opponents.&nbsp;<strong>If you want to see all of the games in one league, switch the display to just that league.<\/strong>&nbsp;You can do this where it says &#8216;All my DataForce Leagues&#8217; at the top of the page: click that to select a specific league.<\/em>&nbsp;(NOTE: This is the only way you can watch Tin Baby live stats, as they aren&#8217;t displayed with the rest of your leagues.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watching Your MyFantasyLeague Games on DataForce<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s possible to watch live scoring of your MFL leagues on DataForce as well if you prefer. But to do this, make sure your rosters are updated on DataForce: the DataForce rosters are not kept in sync minute-by-minute with MFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>On the team Manager hub, click MyTeams-&gt;RefreshFromMFL.<\/strong>&nbsp;We recommend you do this just as the games begin, since that&#8217;s when rosters lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/live-scoring\">Live Scoring Page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drafting After The Season Begins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly all of our email drafts are on pace to finish before Thursday&#8217;s game. But in the event that any one of them doesn&#8217;t finish drafting, it&#8217;s not a catastrophe. Simply continue drafting as usual, but any players from Thursday&#8217;s game that you draft after the game starts will go on your bench, and cannot be put into your starting lineup this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not so with live drafts and auctions!&nbsp;<em><strong>If you participate in live drafts on Friday and Saturday, and you draft a player who already played this week, you are allowed to start that player in week one!<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;Draft the players who scored the most points and win your week one game!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">League Name Nominations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We don&#8217;t name your multi-year leagues.&nbsp;<em>You do.<\/em>&nbsp;If you joined a start-up dynasty, keeper, legacy, contract or salary cap league this year, your league can name it whatever you choose.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Draw-an-image-of-a-man-standing-at-a-poll-booth-placing-a-vote.-On-his-HUGE-voting-card-easily-seen-in-big-letters-is-the-name-_GRIDIRON_-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1100\" style=\"width:244px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Draw-an-image-of-a-man-standing-at-a-poll-booth-placing-a-vote.-On-his-HUGE-voting-card-easily-seen-in-big-letters-is-the-name-_GRIDIRON_-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Draw-an-image-of-a-man-standing-at-a-poll-booth-placing-a-vote.-On-his-HUGE-voting-card-easily-seen-in-big-letters-is-the-name-_GRIDIRON_-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Draw-an-image-of-a-man-standing-at-a-poll-booth-placing-a-vote.-On-his-HUGE-voting-card-easily-seen-in-big-letters-is-the-name-_GRIDIRON_-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Draw-an-image-of-a-man-standing-at-a-poll-booth-placing-a-vote.-On-his-HUGE-voting-card-easily-seen-in-big-letters-is-the-name-_GRIDIRON_-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Draw-an-image-of-a-man-standing-at-a-poll-booth-placing-a-vote.-On-his-HUGE-voting-card-easily-seen-in-big-letters-is-the-name-_GRIDIRON_-850x476.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Draw-an-image-of-a-man-standing-at-a-poll-booth-placing-a-vote.-On-his-HUGE-voting-card-easily-seen-in-big-letters-is-the-name-_GRIDIRON_.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You have until Sunday night to nominate a league name<\/strong>&nbsp;on your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/league-name-vote\">Owners-&gt;LeagueVotes page.<\/a>&nbsp;The next day, all nominations are displayed, and you get to begin voting for your preferred league name. A week later, the votes are tabulated and all the start-up multi-year leagues get new names!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to our wonderful customers for another great preseason of drafting! Please don&#8217;t be afraid to ask if you have any questions at all as the games get underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/league-name-vote\">Nominate a League Name<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfc8 <strong>Leagues Forming Now at DataForce Fantasy Football<\/strong> \ud83c\udfc8<em><br><\/em>Ready to draft? We offer the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/fantasy-football-games\">widest variety<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/prize-payouts\">best prize payouts<\/a> anywhere!<br>Come check out what we have available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/fantasy-football-lobby\">in our lobby<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/orphan-marketplace\">Orphan Marketplace<\/a>.<br>Join the fun and draft your winning team today at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/\">DataForceFF.com<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4335d715 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-small);padding-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" height=\"74\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dataforceff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35\" style=\"border-radius:50%;aspect-ratio:1.0389610389610389;width:76px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f390f9f1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-contrast-color has-text-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size\">Lee Harmon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color has-superbfont-xxsmall-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Commissioner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waivers Run On Thursday This Week This week only, and for leagues hosted on DataForce only,&nbsp;waiver processing&nbsp;will run at noon ET on Thursday,&nbsp;rather than the usual Wednesday night. 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