A group is designed for fellow fantasy managers to create their own space in which they can communicate and interact with one another. Members of a group have their own private forum to post topics for discussion, making it perfect for users who have friends they would like to communicate with, directly within Sportsbox itself.
A Mini-League is designed for fellow fantasy managers to create their own league, allowing them to compete directly against one another, with the best performer for each GameRound becoming top of the mini-league! Leagues are perfect for those users who have friends they would like to compete against more directly.
One of the key advantages of establishing a group is that a group's existance remains seperate from a game. This means that once a season has ended, the members of the group are still in contact with one another via the group forum. This makes it easy to set-up new Mini-Leagues to compete against fellow group members at a later date for different games and sports. Groups are able to set-up numerous Mini-Leagues for their group members to compete within.
An important point to make is that it is possible to be a member of a group without competing within any of the group's associated mini-leagues. By contrast however, it is not possible to compete within a group's associated mini-league without also being a member of the group. As a result, when joining a mini-league, you as a user automatically become a member of the group that established that mini-league.
Mini-leagues can be created via a group's main page or via the tab named "Mini Leagues" within a game.
The password for a group or any of its associated groups are the same and as such can only be changed by the group's administrator.