Built by a commish

The origin story

Offseason comes from a fantasy football commissioner who has run the same league since college. Every January the same thing happened: the season ended, the chat went quiet, and the league went into hibernation until August. But the appetite never left. Every March somebody wanted a bracket. Every February somebody swore they'd called the Oscars. Every summer there was a dumb argument worth putting on the record, and nowhere to put it.

Nothing out there kept the league together in between. The big apps are built for a broadcast audience, not for the ten people who actually play together. So he built the thing that does.

Here's how it works now: a synced Yahoo league becomes one place to understand the current week and the whole history behind it. You follows your team, matchup, roster, and schedule. The League holds standings, every matchup, the Historian, Record Book, Almanac, Wire, and Charter. Trade handles deals. The Historian gives your questions their own home. It's free for everyone in the league. The year-round competition layer is still the direction, but it is not presented as something that already ships.

What we believe

• Built for the group. You're competing alongside people you know, not against a faceless global leaderboard.
• The commish does less, not more. One connection, one invite link, and the toolkit is available to everybody. Running a league should not require a second spreadsheet.
• Show the work. Every number traces back to your league's own settled seasons, not a generic average. A tool nobody can check is just an opinion.
• Every member gets everything. One experience, no premium tier, and every member can use the league tools. Administrative controls remain with the commish.
• No money, ever. Nothing to deposit, nothing to win but standings and receipts. That's what keeps it fun, and keeps everyone playing.
• Your data is yours. We run the platform; your leagues, picks, and history belong to you. Account deletion removes private account data and removes your identity from retained league history.
• A league beyond the season. The fantasy toolkit is available now. Year-round competitions are a future direction, with no announced launch date.

Why "Offseason"

The name is the whole idea. Fantasy football lives for the fall, but the league lives in the group chat, and the group chat doesn't take January off. The stretch between drafts is the offseason, and it's exactly when somebody asks "can we do a bracket for this?" and nobody has a good answer.

That stretch used to be where leagues went to die. Now it's where the league lives. The season ends. The league doesn't.

Independent and unaffiliated

Offseason is an independent app made by fans. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any fantasy platform, league, federation, awards body, broadcaster, or other rights holder of the events you can play here. Names, logos, and other references are used for editorial identification under fair use.

Privacy first

You'll need an email and a password. That's how your account follows you across devices and how your commish can find you. Beyond that, the rule is simple: your data is yours. We do not sell it. Your league sees shared league content, and anyone with a public share link can read its published result. A small set of service providers helps run the app. Deleting your account removes private account data; shared history may remain with your identity removed.

The full breakdown of what we collect, how it's used, and how to delete it all is in our privacy policy.

Get in touch

We read every email. To suggest a feature, report a bug, ask a question, or just say hi, write to hello@offseason.org. For support questions there's also the help page.