# "Coupons" a Success in League 649
**URL:** https://community.ottoneu.com/t/coupons-a-success-in-league-649/629
**Category:** Ottoneu Advanced
**Tags:** incentives, custom, coupon
**Created:** [October 3, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/coupons-a-success-in-league-649/629 "2016-10-03T14:19:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@LuckyStrikes](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/LuckyStrikes)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/coupons-a-success-in-league-649/629/1 "2016-10-03T14:19:50Z")
For those interested in deploying [coupons](http://community.ottoneu.com/t/ottoneu-custom-leagues/381) or some other type of [incentive](http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/can-you-force-your-league-to-compete/) in your Ottoneu leagues, we had a really great experience in [@Brinksmanship](https://community.ottoneu.com/groups/brinksmanship) this season. A good race up and down the standings, not just at the top.
[](https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/649/overview)
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### Author:  [@Lt\_Fluffski](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/Lt_Fluffski)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/coupons-a-success-in-league-649/629/2 "2016-10-03T19:38:41Z")
Really intrigued by coupons. One of my leagues had a runaway leader from the end of May and the drop off in interest put a real dampener on the season.
Coupons seems like a great idea - especially in a $10 league where there’s only really first place to play for.
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### Author:  [@LuckyStrikes](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/LuckyStrikes)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/coupons-a-success-in-league-649/629/3 "2016-10-03T21:26:47Z")
They take a bit more work to manage, but there are probably now enough “templates” out there in a few leagues to avoid having to reinvent the wheel.
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### Author:  [@LuckyStrikes](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/LuckyStrikes)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/coupons-a-success-in-league-649/629/4 "2016-10-22T03:52:35Z")
I’ve seen several leagues this winter ask questions about “**[coupons](http://community.ottoneu.com/t/ottoneu-custom-leagues/381)**”, and we just had a big discussion about how to apply them strategically in [@Brinksmanship](https://community.ottoneu.com/groups/brinksmanship) and their impact upon arbitration. For those interested in adding coupons to your league, you might find this discussion helpful (click to open):
[](https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fEKZ6sGtJkZVRzejZpUEpSYnM)
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### Author:  [@LuckyStrikes](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/LuckyStrikes)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/coupons-a-success-in-league-649/629/5 "2017-10-18T21:38:54Z")
A plug for those considering adding various incentive structures to your league in 2018:
In [@Brinksmanship](https://community.ottoneu.com/groups/Brinksmanship) ([649](https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/649/overview)) we have a tiered system of prize payouts ($), arbitration coupons, and MiLB draft positions that we designed hoping it would drive all owners (not just the best two or three teams that rise to the top) to play out the entire season with 100% effort.
**The 2017 results:**
- #1 overall league in _both_ 2016 and 2017: [https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/ottoneu-power-rankings-final-2017/](https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/ottoneu-power-rankings-final-2017/)
- Eight (8) teams scored at least 17,000 points
- One of only [two leagues](https://ottoneu.slack.com/archives/G0G5PR9DW/p1508354158000222) in 2017 to have at least 11 owners score 16,000+ points
- The #2 highest scoring 7th place team
- The #3 highest scoring 8th place team
- The #1 [highest scoring](https://ottoneu.slack.com/archives/G0G5PR9DW/p1508353827000543) 9th place team
- The #1 highest scoring 10th place team
- The #1 highest scoring 11th place team
We have some great owners in 649, but it’s clear the incentives are helping to make the economics of the league more fun, too. I’m a fan.
Can read more about these incentives [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1scAhW8W0-y8iXzRY5mBDbyjj_9_YWZgWxqWRmZkk3Mk/edit?usp=sharing).