Conflict Resolution for Fantasy Sports

Now that football season has officially come to a close, some are still celebrating, some are counting the days until catchers and pitchers report (10 days for the White Sox) and others continue to bitterly resent a completely unfair trade that cost them their fantasy football season. With baseball season approaching, for those who do not want to get burned again by murky league rules, there are several on-line services that offer same day dispute resolution.

Sites like fantasydispute.com offer an unbiased 3rd party perspective on any disputes that arise in fantasy sports leagues. This site solves these disputes on the authority of years of fantasy play and training in dispute resolution (actually boasts a panel of lawyers). Fantasydispute.com allows a person to submit the dispute to the site, giving a brief description of the problem. Then the other person involved in the conflict may send a write-up of their response (their side of the story). To be fair, the league commissioner or others involved may also submit comments. The judge will make a ruling and email their decision with 24-hours of the submission. This particular site costs $14.95 per dispute. Other sites offer similar services, with comparable pricing per dispute or full season deals of unlimited dispute resolution for ~$100.

Fantasy sports have exploded over the past few years, and only continue to grow. Some leagues have pretty hefty sums at play and whenever there is betting and sports involved…some discrepancies are bound to arise.