Waivers - robinsr/FantasySlackr GitHub Wiki

What?

Waivers is the system that Fantasy Football uses to give certain users priority over others when adding players to their team.

[How it works in the NFL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waivers_(American_football)

Article on waivers in Yahoo FFL

After the draft, all non-drafted players are put on waivers. Also, each team in the league is ranked to determine the priority of their claims. Any team can claim a player on waivers but if another team that has a higher priority also claims that player then the player goes to the higher priority team when the waiver period is over (usually 3 days after the draft). The higher priority team, having used its claim, is then moved to the bottom of the priority list.

For Fantasy Football, to file a claim for a player on waivers, a user must (I think) have a vacancy in their lineup or select a player that would automatically be dropped if they are awarded the claim to that player.

How?

The method for filing a claim needs to specify which player would be dropped. If the users claim is awarded, their lineup would automatically change and the event would be in their activity log