League Format:This football league is a HEAD-TO-HEAD Keeper League.
Number of Teams: The number of fantasy football franchises participating in this league shall be twelve. If an owner chooses not to return for the next season, he will be briefly missed, replaced, cursed, and then forgotten.
The Roster: Each team will have a roster of 18 players/defenses. The roster must contain 18 players/defenses throughout the season. The positional configuration of the roster can be in any way that so pleases the owner of the franchise, though each team is required to have at least one player/defense at every position.
The Starting Lineup: Each week, the owner must submit a starting lineup consisting of the following:
1 Quarterback
2 Running Backs
2 Wide Receivers
1 Tight End
1 Flex (RB, WR, TE)
1 Kicker
1 Defense
The lineup MUST be submitted via the website (or e-mailed to the commissioner, as a last resort at
ripahl@yahoo.com) at least 5 minutes PRIOR TO THE START OF THE FIRST GAME OF THE WEEK. If you are having Web issues, you can call me at 703-225-8182 to submit your lineup, but it must be at least 5 minutes prior to the players kickoff.
NOTE: If there are Thursday or Saturday games, players from those teams will be locked 5 minutes prior to their respective team's game times. This means that players on late Thanksgiving Day games will not be locked until 5 minutes before their team's games. The same scenario will hold true for any Saturday games. ALL remaining players will be locked 5 minutes before the first Sunday game. This includes late game players, Sunday evening players and Monday players.
If there is an irresolvable dispute between a team and the league about a particular week's starting lineup, then the previous week's lineup will be used (regardless of bye weeks, injuries, etc.). If a lineup is not submitted on time, the lineup from the previous week will be used (regardless of bye weeks, injuries, etc.). Note: If a defense on a BYE is started, they will receive the worst (most negative) defensive points scored (per our leagues scoring system) for that week or -25, whichever is the worst.
HEAD TO HEAD SCORING:
Each week your team will go head-to-head against another team in the league. The team that scores the most points shall get a victory; the other team shall get a loss. In case of a tie (in a regular season match-up), each team shall get a tie. Each team will play an opposing team in their respective division/conference twice during the regular season. To fill the schedule, non-division/conference games will be randomly filled and utilize the same head-to-head scoring system.
THE DRAFT: The draft will consist of 18 rounds.
The draft order will be as described below, until the END of Round 9 (Rounds 1, 2, 3 and 4 are potential keeper rounds). The draft becomes Serpentine after Round 9 (i.e. Round 9 Draft 1-12; Round 10 Draft 12-1, Round 11 Draft 1–12, Round 12 Draft 12–1, and so on through the end of the draft; Round 18). NOTE: See the Keepers Section for further information about Keepers and draft order. The configuration of each team's roster at the end of the draft is up to each GM/owner yet required to draft at least one player for each starting position.
The drafting order is set at the conclusion of the season, or once you are eliminated from the playoffs. Teams not making the playoffs are seeded by High Point Total for weeks 14, 15 and 16, the higher your point total the better your draft position. For those in the playoffs, see the order set below.
1) Non-playoff team with highest point total in toilet bowl (Wk 14 – 16)
2) Non-playoff team with 2nd highest point total in toilet bowl (Wk 14 – 16)
3) Non-playoff team with 3rd highest point total in toilet bowl (Wk 14 – 16)
4) Non-playoff team with lowest point total in toilet bowl (Wk 14 – 16)
5) First round playoff loser with lowest overall point total (through wk 16)
6) First round playoff loser with 2nd lowest overall point total
7) First round playoff loser with 3rd lowest overall point total
8) First round playoff loser with 4th lowest overall point total
9) Second round playoff loser with lowest overall point total
10) Second round playoff loser with highest overall point total
11) Super Bowl runner-up
12) Super Bowl winner
Any team submitting suspicious lineups to improve the next year's playoff position will be confronted by an angry commissioner and will draft 12th the following year. Even if your team is doomed for the season, head-to-head matchups are important to other teams in the league. Each team is expected to be at its competitive best every week, regardless of its current season outlook.
Obviously, once a player is selected by a team, he is no longer available to be selected by another team.
Following the draft and prior to the start of Week One (1), each team may process ONE waiver selection. One player may be added, with one player being dropped. The commissioner will need to process this, so please send you selections to him. All selections are on a first come first serve basis and the Commissioner will update moves as fast as possible. See Waivers section for additional waiver information.