Basic rules

General Rules:

No person can own or manage more than one team

Removal of Ownership

• Owners may leave the league voluntarily or they may be removed for cause by a majority three-fourths vote of owners

• Cause for ownership removal includes:

  • Recurring failure to set lineups

  • Failure to pay league dues

  • Recurring violations of league rules

  • General inactivity (aka being a shitty league member)

• Owners must be issued a warning that their ownership status is in jeopardy prior to removal

Replacing Owners

• If an owner leaves the League, it is the Commissioner’s responsibility to find a replacement

• If there is one team that needs to be filled, the Commissioner has to find a team to take over the vacant roster

• However, if multiple teams need to be filled a Dispersal Draft will be held

  • All assets (players, draft picks) from the vacant teams would be forfeited and made available in a draft between the new owners

  • If a Dispersal Draft is held, other teams in the League have the option to forfeit their current rosters and participate in it as well

Dispersal Draft Rules (If Needed)

• The Dispersal Draft will be held prior to the March 1 season roll-over

  • Assets will be drafted in a snake draft format

  • Draft order will be drawn at random

  • All available assets must be drafted

  • Teams that opt-into the Dispersal Draft will keep whatever Dead Cap their team has incurred

  • Contract lengths and Salaries for all players will be carried over to the drafting team

  • Players who are currently Holding Out are drafted at their pre-Holdout salary.  The drafting team will have to decide whether to pay them the higher, Holdout salary, cut them (incurring any associated Dead Cap hits), or trade them to another team.

  • Teams may go over the Salary Cap during the dispersal draft.  They will need to make moves to be under the Cap by the required period

The annually buy-in for the League is $100

Payment is due before Week 1 of the Regular Season

Rookie Pick Trading & Advance Payments

• In order to trade away a 1st round Rookie Draft pick, the owner will be required to pay in the league dues for the year that pick is associated with

• This is to avoid situations where owners go all-in to win and quit the league, leaving behind no long-term assets (it happens, trust me)

• If a new owner takes over an orphaned team that has traded future 1st round picks, that owner won't have to pay for the seasons covered by the advance payments

The top 3 finishers each season will receive the following payouts:

• League Champion: $600

• Runner-Up: $240

• Third Place: $100

Additionally, between weeks 1 and 14, the highest scoring team will earn $20

• • In the event of a tier for high score, the payout will be split

  • The payouts for high scores will be tallied and paid out at the end of the season

All prizes will be paid out the week after the League Championship

The League will consist of 12 teams (a vote regarding potential Divisions within the league will be held)

Regular Season

• The Regular Season will be 14 games, followed by 3 Playoff rounds

• The Regular Season schedule will be automatically generated by Sleeper once the Rookie Draft is complete

Standings

• Regular Season Standings are determined by:

  • W-L Record

  • Total Points Scored

  • Head-to-Head Record

  • Total Points Against

Playoffs

• The top 6 teams at the end of the Regular Season make the Playoffs

• The top 2 seeds get BYEs for the first playoff round

• After the first round, the remaining teams will be re-seeded with the #1 seed facing off against the lowest remaining seed

• The two semifinal Playoff round losers will play each other for 3rd place in week 17

Starting Lineups

• • 1 QB

  • 1 Superflex (QB/RB/WR/TE)

  • 2 RBs

  • 3 WRs

  • 1 TE

  • 2 Flex (RB/WR/TE)

Active Roster

• • The Active Roster is limited to 28 players

  • There are no position limits

Taxi Squad

• The Taxi Squad is additional roster space for stashing rookies or 2nd year players

• There is a 10 player limit

• The Taxi Squad closes prior to Week 1 of the Regular Season, players cannot be added after that time

• Players can be moved from the Taxi Squad to the Active Roster at any time

• After their 2nd season, players must be moved to the active roster or cut

Injured Reserve

• 4 Player Limit

• Players who are declared OUT or placed on their NFL team's actual IR can be placed on the Injured Reserve

• Suspended players do not qualify for the IR

Passing

• • Passing Yards:  1 Point for every 25 Yards (0.04 per Yard)

  • Passing TD:  4 Points

  • Interception:  -2 Points

  • 2-Pt Conversion Pass:  2 Points

Rushing

• • Rushing Yards:  1 Point for every 10 Yards (0.1 per Yard)

  • Rushing TD:  6 Points

  • 2-Pt Conversion Rush:  2 Points

Receiving

• Receptions (Tiered PPR)

  • 0 points for receptions between 0-4 yards

  • 0.5 points for receptions between 5-9 yards

  • 0.75 points for receptions between 10-19 yards

  • 1 point for receptions over 20 yards

• Receiving Yards:  1 Point for every 10 Yards (0.1 per Yard)

• Receiving TD:  6 Points

• 2-Pt Conversion Reception:  2 Points

Special Teams (Regular players RB/WR punt or kick return TD will count towards their scoring)

• Special Teams TD:  6 Points

Misc. Stats

• Fumble Lost:  -2 Points