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I'll certainly look over the scoring settings again. I actually spent over an hour typing up why I set the scoring the way I did and finding statistical evidence from different fantasy leagues to back it up, before I came to the conclusion that it was turning into a colossal time dump for something of trivial importance. Now that I see there is some interest in looking into tinkering with the scoring system, I may break out the statistical war machine again.
In short, though, the goal of adjusting the scoring settings was to make it balanced so no position was disproportionately more important than another. In Yahoo standard leagues, you may as well call it Fantasy Quarterback. Whoever has the uber-quarterback for the season generally wins (barring no holes in their roster). Also, defenses are generally rewarded in fantasy football for sacks, interceptions, safeties, that sort of thing. However, not much weight is actually put into the most important defensive statistic--keeping the other team from scoring points. I toned down the "event" statistical categories and turned up the points awarded for points allowed. This way it's more of a reflection of the ability and performance of the real-life counterpart defense.
Regardless of whatever statistical methods are used in fantasy football, there is no advantage to any one team unless there is an owner who doesn't look over the scoring methodology pre-draft. For instance, in a PPR league, Houshmanzadeh would have a priority over someone like Berrian who catches less passes but for more yardage. With this league, I would say that there may be less of a need to load up at one position and to draft a balanced team.
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