A few nights ago, Matt and I participated in our keeper league's draft (see our league's rules here). As those of you who have already experienced a keeper/dynasty league know, it is quite a bit different than a standard league draft. For those of you who have not been lucky enough to partake in this kind of league before though, I just wanted to give you an idea of how they work and some things you need to be aware of come draft day.

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Getting a fantasy football keeper league started is no trivial matter. For the most part, you're going to have to live with the decisions you make before the first season for as long as the league lasts - which, if you do things right, could be an epically long time. The last thing you want is to be hearing the same old gripes from your league's peanut gallery twenty years from now. Here's a collection of resources from around the Web to help you get started the right way.

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Brandon and I are in a keeper league that got its start in the '06 season. I'm the commish, and I've been pretty happy with the system we have in place for keepers. It's relatively conservative, it's fair, and it rewards good judgment on player potential while not going so far as to slam the door shut on teams who didn't make the best keeper decisions the previous season. The system we use is after the jump, and after using it for two seasons, I feel comfortable recommending it.

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