Commissioner Tools
Every PitchRival league has a commissioner with full control — from the initial setup to playoff seeding. No need to trust a third-party platform to make decisions for you.
Create your league — freeChoose snake or auction draft when creating the league.
Set 30 seconds to 3 minutes per pick. Commissioner can pause or manually advance.
Configure starters (default 11) and bench size (default 4).
Enable keepers, set the deadline, cost type (round or salary), and inflation rules.
Adjust every point value before the draft locks rules in.
Set a Man of the Match bonus (e.g. +25 pts) that applies to IPL MOTM award winners.
Default 2× captain and 1.5× VC. Adjustable per league.
One-click manual waiver processing at any time.
Standard order, FAAB bidding, or reverse-standings reset each week.
Set how long dropped players sit in the waiver pool (0 = immediate free agent).
Optional cap on FA/waiver additions per gameweek per team.
Approve or veto accepted trades before they execute.
Skip commissioner review — trades execute automatically when accepted.
Set a deadline N weeks before playoffs. No trades accepted after the deadline.
Approve all pending trades in the queue with one action.
2, 4, or 6 teams advance. Must be fewer than the total team count.
Optional — pairs non-playoff teams in weeks 7 and 8.
One-click seeding after week 6 ends. Auto-generates semifinal matchups.
After week 7, one click promotes winners and losers to their respective finals.
Add any available player directly to a team's roster (commissioner bypass).
Drop a player from any roster without going through the waiver pool.
Re-score all matchups for a completed gameweek (e.g. after a stat correction).
Walk through the 10-step setup wizard. Name your league, pick the draft format, set scoring rules, roster size, playoff format, and waiver rules.
Share your league invite link. Managers sign up for free — no credit card, no commitment.
Schedule a live draft time and send the room link. Everyone joins the same draft room and picks in real time.
Process waivers, approve trades, and seed the playoffs when the regular season ends. Most weeks need almost no commissioner input.
The commissioner is the league administrator — the person who sets up the league, configures the rules, runs the draft, processes waivers, approves trades, and seeds the playoffs. On PitchRival, the commissioner has a dedicated tools panel accessible from the standings page. Most decisions are one-click and take effect immediately.
Yes. Before the draft you can adjust every scoring value: points per run, wicket, catch, economy bonus thresholds, strike rate bonuses, Man of the Match bonus, captain and vice-captain multipliers, and more. Once the league is active the scoring rules lock in to prevent mid-season changes.
Waiver claims are submitted by managers and processed by the commissioner. On PitchRival you can run waivers manually at any time with one click, or let the automated cron job process them on schedule. Waiver order is configurable: standard priority, FAAB budget bidding, or reverse-standings (worst team gets first claim each week).
Yes. By default, accepted trades go into a review queue and the commissioner approves or vetoes before they take effect. You can also configure the league to auto-approve trades (no commissioner review needed). Trades execute at the end of the current gameweek.
After the regular season ends, one click runs the playoff seeding on PitchRival. The top teams by win record (tiebroken by total points) are automatically matched up — semis in week 7, championship in week 8. The commissioner can also manually adjust seedings if needed.
Yes. PitchRival includes a commissioner assign/remove tool for total-points leagues, letting you directly add or drop players from any roster. In H2H leagues, roster moves go through the standard waiver and trade flow — but the commissioner can bypass limits and process claims manually.
PitchRival supports between 2 and 16 teams. Most leagues run 8–12 managers. The schedule generator automatically builds a balanced round-robin fixture list based on your team count and available regular-season gameweeks.
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