Warning to all CBS Sports Football Owners: Do you have a Playoff Game Tie-Breaker?

At SportsJudge, we generally receive two types of disputes -- the good ones, and those that should have been prevented.

Amongst the second category, our court last week needed to resolve two disputes in leagues hosted by CBS Sports Commissioner, in which playoff games ended in ties and the league had no predetermined tie-breaker. Apparently, the CBS Sports Commissioner product does not require league owners to choose their game tie-breakers in advance, and many league owners simply did not.

If you use the CBS Sports Commissioner product, I strongly encourage you to look to make sure that you have a playoff game tie-breaker in place. Note, that this is different from a standings tie-breaker, which determines what teams would advance into the playoffs.

Meanwhile, if you are playing in either a CBS Sports Free or CBS Sports Premium (Money) league, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. In those games, the CBS Sports rules very clearly state that the first tie-breaker is "combined rushing, passing and receiving yards."

CBS Sports v. NFLPA: The Ongoing Saga over Fantasy Stats Ownership

For those of you following the CBS Sports v. NFLPA litigation over the use of players' names and statistics in fantasy sports games, here is an excellent article from American Lawyer's Zach Lowe that quotes me on the topic.

Dollars and Sense: CBS Sports Reduces Price of Commissioner Services by 40%

For years, CBSSports has offered the most user-friendly fantasy baseball commissioner services on the web; however, their prices were a tad high. This season, however CBSSports has dropped their hosting price from $129.95/league down to $79.95/league, making their offering far more affordable. With this price reduction, SportsJudge.com now endorses CBSSports as a preferred league host for the 2008 baseball season.

Errors: CBSSports Projects Jayson Nix to go 88-for-105 (.838 batting average)

I know that Coors Field is a good hitters park. However, our friends at CBSSports must have forgotten to be "checking it twice" (it being their data) when they projected Jayson Nix to get 88 hits in 105 at-bats (CBSSports Projections, last reviewed on 2/23/08 at 12:00 P.M.). To readers that use third-party data, please be sure to double check their work.