Yahoo Fantasy Football App coming

[dja9674]

This is something I have been waiting for, and it looks like it is finally coming this year.

Yahoo announced it is releasing a fantasy football iPhone app on September 8th, 2 days before the start of the regular season. Lets hope all goes according to plan.

Here is the press release:
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=402889

This year, Yahoo! fantasy football enthusiasts will be able to track their favorite team's success right in the palm of their hands. On September 8th, Yahoo! Fantasy Football goes mobile, launching three different ways to stay on top of their game. Included in the Yahoo! Mobile offering will be an iPhone app, a BlackBerry app, and a version for the mobile web. With mobile fantasy football you can get real-time scores and player stats, the ability to bench and start different players, and even the ability to trade with others in your league - all through your mobile device.

[fishepa]

Excellent!

[rohn]

That would be awesome, since I'm in three Yahoo fantasy leagues this year

[dja9674]

Yeah, I'm hoping it has your weekly matchup so you can see how well your opponent is doing also.

[tdog09]

hope it's better than the cbssports app...not a fan of it all

[xxBURT0Nxx]

You can already use an app called MyFanTeams to manage your yahoo fantasy teams. I have it downloaded, but haven't really used it yet because the season hasn't started. If you download the free version you can add and manage 1 fantasy team per sport, but if you pay ($2.99 I think) you get unlimited teams per sport.

[Natesac]

I wish ESPN would make one

[QCassidy352]

How can they promise a Sept. 8 release for the iphone app? They don't control the date on which apple approves it...

[MaxPower49]

I wish ESPN would make one

same here...

[BriGuy20]

This is something I have been waiting for, and it looks like it is finally coming this year.

Yahoo announced it is releasing a fantasy football iPhone app on September 8th, 2 days before the start of the regular season. Lets hope all goes according to plan.

Here is the press release:
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=402889

This would be cool had I not joined a couple of Facebook leagues. Should be great for Yahoo FF fans, though.

[utwarreng]

Absolutely stoked! I'm a long time Yahoo Fantasy Football player, and had thought about looking at another place to play this year until they announced that stattracker was going to be free. And now to add in the iPhone app too is just icing on the cake.

[xxBURT0Nxx]

You can already use an app called MyFanTeams to manage your yahoo fantasy teams. I have it downloaded, but haven't really used it yet because the season hasn't started. If you download the free version you can add and manage 1 fantasy team per sport, but if you pay ($2.99 I think) you get unlimited teams per sport.:eek:

[STEVESKI07]

You can already use an app called MyFanTeams to manage your yahoo fantasy teams. I have it downloaded, but haven't really used it yet because the season hasn't started. If you download the free version you can add and manage 1 fantasy team per sport, but if you pay ($2.99 I think) you get unlimited teams per sport.

I use it too. It's a pretty complete app and worth the money. I'll be at most of the Redskins games this year so I'll need some way to follow my fantasy team and this should do the trick. I'm able to change my lineup and add/drop players. I'm interested to see how well the live scoring works on it, but everything I've been able to access so far has worked well. It's a tad slow, but it's still a lot faster then going through safari and looks a lot better too.

[benlee]

Doesn't the web version of Yahoo FF require you to pay around $10 for the ability to get live stat tracking. (Stat Tracker?)

Is the app going to eliminate the need for me to pay that?

[STEVESKI07]

Doesn't the web version of Yahoo FF require you to pay around $10 for the ability to get live stat tracking. (Stat Tracker?)

Is the app going to eliminate the need for me to pay that?

They made it free this year.

[Fontano]

How can they promise a Sept. 8 release for the iphone app? They don't control the date on which apple approves it...

Apps don't necessarily get released immediately after approval.
You can set the release date.

You can set it for a month after you submit.
They approve it in 14 days, then you can adjust your actual release date.

The trick is to have it approved, before you want to release it.

[o JRoD o]

I wish ESPN would make one

same here...

Inside the ESPN Fanstasy Football Draft Kit App (Top portion of the screen), it says ESPN Fantasy Football...coming soon to the app store.

[flash80]

There is a screenshot here, looks pretty nice: http://mobile.yahoo.com/fantasy

I work for a direct competitor (startup fantasy football provider with free live scoring and an iphone app) but I'm happy to see this coming out. The sports space is so slow to innovate, it's about time. Right now, our differentiation is in the form of free push alerts for player news and scoring updates plus facebook connect, but is that enough to hold off ESPN and Yahoo? We'll see :rolleyes:

[BriGuy20]

There is a screenshot here, looks pretty nice: http://mobile.yahoo.com/fantasy

I work for a direct competitor (startup fantasy football provider with free live scoring and an iphone app) but I'm happy to see this coming out. The sports space is so slow to innovate, it's about time. Right now, our differentiation is in the form of free push alerts for player news and scoring updates plus facebook connect, but is that enough to hold off ESPN and Yahoo? We'll see :rolleyes:

If you're the competitor I'm thinking of, you just got me to switch. I think the free live scoring is motivation enough for a lot of people. Couple that with the push scoring updates and I'm happy with it.

[SteveAbootman]

Inside the ESPN Fanstasy Football Draft Kit App (Top portion of the screen), it says ESPN Fantasy Football...coming soon to the app store.

ESPN is going to release a fantasy app that does much more than the Draft Kit hopefully next week (depending on app store approval backlog).

[QCassidy352]

Apps don't necessarily get released immediately after approval.
You can set the release date.

You can set it for a month after you submit.
They approve it in 14 days, then you can adjust your actual release date.

The trick is to have it approved, before you want to release it.

ah, did not realize this, but it make sense. Cool, now I'm excited. :)

I'd much prefer ESPN, but my friends all set up yahoo leagues this year. :rolleyes:

[gLaDiAtOr73]

its here

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=328415391&mt=8

[mhuntoon]

Thank you, just picked it up. My other Fantasy team is in a CBS league, so I'm off to look into an app for that :)

[C2x954]

Sweet! Downloading right now along with Directv's Supercast.

[QCassidy352]

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It seems to have the wrong matchup info for week 1...

[utwarreng]

I can't get logged in to it. It keeps saying there is a problem with my login information, even though I just used the same info to log into Yahoo's website.

[orrelse44]

I can't get logged in to it. It keeps saying there is a problem with my login information, even though I just used the same info to log into Yahoo's website.

Same for me. Just curious, are you jailbroken?

[noah82]

Remove the "@yahoo.com" from your login information and it should work.

[MrSoprano]

VERY disappointed with this app!

It's displaying incorrect info players listed on bye week in week 1.

Can't view other teams players or lineups unless your "heads up" against them for the week.

Can't view/post to league message boards.

No players notes!

No trades!

Basically just a rushed, poorly thought out app just to have one out before the season starts. Hopefully after all the negative press this should receive it will be updated!

Anyone who feels like this app is lacking should check out the MyFantasyTeams app. There is a free version, the one I'm using, and a pay for version, may upgrade to this as I was waiting on Yahoo app first though, but since it sucks I'll probably buy this.

[QCassidy352]

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Mrsoprano, you're right -those would all be good additions. But as long as I can update my team and check live scoring, it's not too bad.

[MaxPower49]

ESPN app is out... and it's $5. Not great reviews either.

http://www.148apps.com/reviews/espn-fantasy-football-2009/

[Duffinator]

I'm only in one Yahoo league and this app is exactly what I was looking for. Nice free app.

[jbennardo]

Yeah, it works great. I'd like to be able to see an overview of how the other teams in my league are doing though. But hey, it's free.

[Zypher82]

Check out **Fantasy Sports Coach** iPhone App. Was just released in iTunes last week. It's not like the fantasy apps out there now, which just check stats and news, but rather a community-based app where members/users post questions, respond with valuable information, exchange ideas all geared around fantasy sports and winning your fantasy league.

Link: iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fantasy-sports-coach/id369519273?mt=8)

[bignoggins]

FantasyMonster just came out. Lets you manage all of your Yahoo! teams and gives you access to all of the website features.

http://www.fantasymonsterapp.com