I am sending out an invitation to a fantasy league that has been very good to me for many years. It's the league I started playing fantasy football worth and one that I decided to take over as commish to allow it to survive. We are still looking to fill 3 slots as of today.
Read the rules below and if you are interested please e-mail me at etcwach@sio.midco.net
I will accept either a paypal payment or check in the mail whatever works.
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2009 Northern Assault Fantasy Football
Entry Fee: $67.50
Prizes
Super Bowl Winner: $200.00
Total Points Winner: $160.00
Air Assault Division Winner: $60.00
Ground Assault Division Winner: $60.00
Super Bowl Runner-up: $60.00
2nd Place Total Points: $30.00
Losers Bracket Winner: $30.00
Website Cost: $75.00
Total: $675.00
Payout Total: $600.00
Summary
Welcome to Fantasy Football for 2009. This league will use the myfantasyleague.com website which is considered one of if not the best fantasy football website for dedicated fantasy football leagues. The price for the website is of considerable value considering everything that MFL does when compared to other websites that charge much more for the same or inferior service. This league has been in existence since 1996 and was originated and still well represented from members in or have ties to Southeastern South Dakota. Members have ranged from South Carolina to Indiana to Minnesota to California or anywhere in between. There will be an online draft on the League Website in late August or early September.
Rules
1. Division Allignment/Playoff Brackets:
There will be two divisions of 5 teams each with the top 6 teams making the playoffs. Each Division Winner will be seeded 1st and 2nd and receive a first round bye. The 3rd and 4th seeds will be the second place teams in each division. The 5th and 6th seeds will be based on the top remaining wild cards regardless of division. Whichever Division has the #1 seed will play the bracket with the 3rd or 4th seed that comes from the same division. The wildcards will be matched up depending on Victory Points with the highest seeded wildcard team playing the #4 seed and the lowest seeded wildcard teams playing the #3 seed. The top six teams will qualify for the playoffs by the following formula called Victory Points (similar to hockey).
2. Victory Point Playoff Format:
The playoff system and standings for the league will be based on a Victory Point system. For each weekly match up each team may earn a total of 2 possible Victory Points for the week. One Victory Point will be earned by winning the head to head match up for the week. Another Victory Point will be earned for finishing in the top half (5) of fantasy points for the week. The top 5 plus ties will each earn a Victory Point for the week. If there is a 2 or 3 way tie for 5th all tied teams will earn the full point. ½ a point will only be earned if two teams tie in their head to head match up for the week. The standings will be calculated on a weekly basis throughout the year based on the accumulated Victory Point totals. The season will consist of 13 regular season weeks which are weeks 1-13 of the NFL season. The fantasy playoffs will consist of weeks 14-16 of the NFL schedule.
Playoff Tiebreakers are as follows:
Victory Points
Win/Loss Percentage
Head to Head Record Amongst Tied Teams
Division Record (when applicable)
Total Fantasy Points Scored
These tiebreakers will be used to not only break ties to determine which teams qualify for the playoffs and seedings but also to select a winner in a playoff matchup that ends in a tie score.
3. Draft:
The draft will consist of 18 rounds. The order of selection for the draft will be done by random draw. The order of draw determines which teams get to pick their draft positions and divisional alignments in which order. The format will consist of a reverse snake draft. The reverse snake draft is divided into 4 round segments and repeated for each successive 4 rounds. The first four rounds will be 1-10, 10-1, 10-1, 1-10 and this is repeated for the entirety of the draft. There will be a 2-minute time limit per pick for all rounds of the draft so be prepared on draft day to make timely picks.
4. Starting Lineups:
A valid starting lineup will consist of QB, RB, WR/TE, K, defense / special teams, and 2 flex players. Each participant will start 10 players. The 10 players are as follows:
QB-1, RB-2, WR/TE-3, K-1, D-1, 1 flex player (QB/RB/WR/TE) and 1 super flex player (RB/WR/TE/K/Def-Spec teams).
Starting lineups must be in by 11:55 CST on Sunday each week. When there is a Thursday or Saturday game, you must have the players involved in those games in your starting lineup before kickoff of that game. The players you activate to start the previous week will stay active the following week and so on until you manually edit your starting lineup each week. The commissioner will not replace a player on your team if you forgot to start the correct player once the game has begun.
5. Keeper Player:
This league will allow each team to hold one player over from your previous year’s roster. This player must be drafted after the sixth round or be a free agent pickup during the year that was not originally drafted before the 7th round. Each team has the option to keep a player or start fresh with a whole new roster the next year. If you decide to not keep a player, you will draft in the seventh round, whereas the teams who have a keeper player will not draft in the seventh round and wait until Round 8 for their next pick. Your keeper player will only be able to be held over for one year and will be added back to the free agent pool for the following year’s draft. Any managers that leave the league, their players will be put back into the free agent pool for drafting.
New Rule For New Owners: All first time owners to the league will have the option to use a former owner’s roster from the prior fantasy season to choose a keeper if they so desire. To determine how this will work the commissioner will draw numbers from a hat for priority order. The team that draws #1 will get to choose between all abandoned teams rosters and get first choice of the roster they wish to choose a keeper player from. The team that gets #2 will choose their roster second and so on until all teams have a roster to choose from. New owners can but do not have to select a keeper player. This rule is to allow for new owners to have the opportunity to get a keeper as well if they choose. I think this is a fair rule for new owners.
6. Transactions:
There will be FIFTEEN transactions (free agent acquisitions) allowed per team until noon of week 17. All transactions are free. Rosters will consist of no more than 18 players, so if you wish to acquire a player, you must drop a player from your roster. The free agent acquisition period will last from the time the Monday Night Football game ends until 10:30pm Central Wednesday night each week. During this time period, you will request a free agent while specifying whom you will drop. All free agents requests will wait in a pending status until Wednesday night. If more than one team is interested in the same free agent, the person with the lowest total points will be awarded that player. After 10:30pm Central on Wednesday's, it will be first come first serve for any free agents. This will continue until 5 minutes before kickoff on Sundays. Those players will be awarded to their respective teams upon receipt of the request. Preseason Free agents acquisitions are first come first serve until noon of week 1. All transactions will be monitored by the commissioner to deter teams from dumping their team, giving up, or making inequitable agreements with other teams. All dropped players must clear waivers until the following weeks free agent period. So in other words if a player is dropped on Friday he is not eligible to be picked up by another team until the following Wednesday. If a player is dropped on Wednesday he is also not allowed to be picked up until the following Wednesday.
7. Trades:
Trades may be completed in the league and are not limited in number but they must be free of collusion and not involve personal favors such as beer, IOU’s, money under the table, etc. Trades must strictly be made player(s) for player(s) but may also include transactions to even out a deal. The Trade Deadline will be 12 PM of week 12. On the web site the league setting is set to commissioner decision for trade decisions but will in actuality be put up to a league vote. For all veto votes a detailed explanation will be needed in order for the vote to count. If a trade is extremely one sided or collusion is suspected the commissioner may require an explanation from the trading teams as to how they expect to benefit from the trade from a fantasy perspective. All trades must be made for the benefit of all teams involved in the trade.
8. Scoring System
Rules for QB, RB, WR, TE, PK
Event Range (Low-High) Point Value Test?
Number of Passing TDs 0-10 5 points each
Length of Passing TD 30-49 1
Length of Passing TD 50-79 2
Length of Passing TD 80-110 3
Passing Yards -50-999 1 point for every 25
Passing Yards 350-999 5
Passing 2 Pointers 0-10 2 points each
Number of Rushing TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Rushing TD 30-49 1
Length of Rushing TD 50-79 2
Length of Rushing TD 80-110 3
Rushing Yards -50-999 1 point for every 10
Rushing Yards 150-999 5
Rushing 2 Pointers 0-10 2 points each
Number of Receiving TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Receiving TD 30-49 1
Length of Receiving TD 50-79 2
Length of Receiving TD 80-110 3
Receiving Yards -50-999 1 point for every 10
Receiving Yards 140-999 5
Receiving 2 Pointers 0-10 2 points each
Number of Field Goals Made 0-10 3 points each
Length of Field Goal Made 40-49 1
Length of Field Goal Made 50-59 2
Length of Field Goal Made 60-69 3
Length of Field Goal Made 70-79 4
Extra Points 0-10 1 point each
Number of Punt Return TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Punt Return TD 30-49 1
Length of Punt Return TD 50-79 2
Length of Punt Return TD 80-110 3
Number of Kickoff Return TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Kickoff Return TD 30-49 1
Length of Kickoff Return TD 50-79 2
Length of Kickoff Return TD 80-110 3
Number of Offensive Fumble Recovery TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Offensive Fumble Recovery TD 30-49 1
Length of Offensive Fumble Recovery TD 50-79 2
Length of Offensive Fumble Recovery TD 80-110 3
Number of Blocked Field Goal TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Blocked Field Goal TD 30-49 1
Length of Blocked Field Goal TD 50-79 2
Length of Blocked Field Goal TD 80-110 3
Number of Missed Field Goal Return TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Missed Field Goal Return TD 30-49 1
Length of Missed Field Goal Return TD 50-79 2
Length of Missed Field Goal Return TD 80-110 3
Number of Blocked Punt TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Blocked Punt TD 30-49 1
Length of Blocked Punt TD 50-79 2
Length of Blocked Punt TD 80-110 3
Rules for Def
Event Range (Low-High) Points
Fumble Recoveries (from Opponent) 0-10 2 points each
Interceptions Caught 0-10 2 points each
Sacked a QB 0-25 1 point each
Safeties 0-10 2 points each
Total Points Allowed 0-0 10
Total Points Allowed 1-7 5
Number of Defensive & Special Teams TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Defensive/Special Teams TDs 30-49 1
Length of Defensive/Special Teams TDs 50-79 2
Length of Defensive/Special Teams TDs 80-110 3
8. What to Expect From The Commissioner:
As Commissioner I will put the betterment of the league as the top priority when making any league wide decisions. Most of the time that may involve taking the majority opinion but at other times may include standing up for the minority team(s) if needed. I am flexible but also follow the league rules involving any league disputes. I am dedicated as Commissioner to make this as positive of an experience as I can. I can’t guarantee that you will win but I can guarantee that each team will be treated fairly. I have experience running multiple fantasy leagues and have taken a lot of what I learned from previous experiences and used that knowledge to set up this league. As far as the League web site is concerned I believe that it is remarkable that it is able to handle the league setup that we have without a hitch. For the overall experience is will be worth the money that it costs. There are so many different options for both the owner and the commissioner that I am rather blown away by it. Thank You for being a part of the league and good luck with you team.
Read the rules below and if you are interested please e-mail me at etcwach@sio.midco.net
I will accept either a paypal payment or check in the mail whatever works.
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2009 Northern Assault Fantasy Football
Entry Fee: $67.50
Prizes
Super Bowl Winner: $200.00
Total Points Winner: $160.00
Air Assault Division Winner: $60.00
Ground Assault Division Winner: $60.00
Super Bowl Runner-up: $60.00
2nd Place Total Points: $30.00
Losers Bracket Winner: $30.00
Website Cost: $75.00
Total: $675.00
Payout Total: $600.00
Summary
Welcome to Fantasy Football for 2009. This league will use the myfantasyleague.com website which is considered one of if not the best fantasy football website for dedicated fantasy football leagues. The price for the website is of considerable value considering everything that MFL does when compared to other websites that charge much more for the same or inferior service. This league has been in existence since 1996 and was originated and still well represented from members in or have ties to Southeastern South Dakota. Members have ranged from South Carolina to Indiana to Minnesota to California or anywhere in between. There will be an online draft on the League Website in late August or early September.
Rules
1. Division Allignment/Playoff Brackets:
There will be two divisions of 5 teams each with the top 6 teams making the playoffs. Each Division Winner will be seeded 1st and 2nd and receive a first round bye. The 3rd and 4th seeds will be the second place teams in each division. The 5th and 6th seeds will be based on the top remaining wild cards regardless of division. Whichever Division has the #1 seed will play the bracket with the 3rd or 4th seed that comes from the same division. The wildcards will be matched up depending on Victory Points with the highest seeded wildcard team playing the #4 seed and the lowest seeded wildcard teams playing the #3 seed. The top six teams will qualify for the playoffs by the following formula called Victory Points (similar to hockey).
2. Victory Point Playoff Format:
The playoff system and standings for the league will be based on a Victory Point system. For each weekly match up each team may earn a total of 2 possible Victory Points for the week. One Victory Point will be earned by winning the head to head match up for the week. Another Victory Point will be earned for finishing in the top half (5) of fantasy points for the week. The top 5 plus ties will each earn a Victory Point for the week. If there is a 2 or 3 way tie for 5th all tied teams will earn the full point. ½ a point will only be earned if two teams tie in their head to head match up for the week. The standings will be calculated on a weekly basis throughout the year based on the accumulated Victory Point totals. The season will consist of 13 regular season weeks which are weeks 1-13 of the NFL season. The fantasy playoffs will consist of weeks 14-16 of the NFL schedule.
Playoff Tiebreakers are as follows:
Victory Points
Win/Loss Percentage
Head to Head Record Amongst Tied Teams
Division Record (when applicable)
Total Fantasy Points Scored
These tiebreakers will be used to not only break ties to determine which teams qualify for the playoffs and seedings but also to select a winner in a playoff matchup that ends in a tie score.
3. Draft:
The draft will consist of 18 rounds. The order of selection for the draft will be done by random draw. The order of draw determines which teams get to pick their draft positions and divisional alignments in which order. The format will consist of a reverse snake draft. The reverse snake draft is divided into 4 round segments and repeated for each successive 4 rounds. The first four rounds will be 1-10, 10-1, 10-1, 1-10 and this is repeated for the entirety of the draft. There will be a 2-minute time limit per pick for all rounds of the draft so be prepared on draft day to make timely picks.
4. Starting Lineups:
A valid starting lineup will consist of QB, RB, WR/TE, K, defense / special teams, and 2 flex players. Each participant will start 10 players. The 10 players are as follows:
QB-1, RB-2, WR/TE-3, K-1, D-1, 1 flex player (QB/RB/WR/TE) and 1 super flex player (RB/WR/TE/K/Def-Spec teams).
Starting lineups must be in by 11:55 CST on Sunday each week. When there is a Thursday or Saturday game, you must have the players involved in those games in your starting lineup before kickoff of that game. The players you activate to start the previous week will stay active the following week and so on until you manually edit your starting lineup each week. The commissioner will not replace a player on your team if you forgot to start the correct player once the game has begun.
5. Keeper Player:
This league will allow each team to hold one player over from your previous year’s roster. This player must be drafted after the sixth round or be a free agent pickup during the year that was not originally drafted before the 7th round. Each team has the option to keep a player or start fresh with a whole new roster the next year. If you decide to not keep a player, you will draft in the seventh round, whereas the teams who have a keeper player will not draft in the seventh round and wait until Round 8 for their next pick. Your keeper player will only be able to be held over for one year and will be added back to the free agent pool for the following year’s draft. Any managers that leave the league, their players will be put back into the free agent pool for drafting.
New Rule For New Owners: All first time owners to the league will have the option to use a former owner’s roster from the prior fantasy season to choose a keeper if they so desire. To determine how this will work the commissioner will draw numbers from a hat for priority order. The team that draws #1 will get to choose between all abandoned teams rosters and get first choice of the roster they wish to choose a keeper player from. The team that gets #2 will choose their roster second and so on until all teams have a roster to choose from. New owners can but do not have to select a keeper player. This rule is to allow for new owners to have the opportunity to get a keeper as well if they choose. I think this is a fair rule for new owners.
6. Transactions:
There will be FIFTEEN transactions (free agent acquisitions) allowed per team until noon of week 17. All transactions are free. Rosters will consist of no more than 18 players, so if you wish to acquire a player, you must drop a player from your roster. The free agent acquisition period will last from the time the Monday Night Football game ends until 10:30pm Central Wednesday night each week. During this time period, you will request a free agent while specifying whom you will drop. All free agents requests will wait in a pending status until Wednesday night. If more than one team is interested in the same free agent, the person with the lowest total points will be awarded that player. After 10:30pm Central on Wednesday's, it will be first come first serve for any free agents. This will continue until 5 minutes before kickoff on Sundays. Those players will be awarded to their respective teams upon receipt of the request. Preseason Free agents acquisitions are first come first serve until noon of week 1. All transactions will be monitored by the commissioner to deter teams from dumping their team, giving up, or making inequitable agreements with other teams. All dropped players must clear waivers until the following weeks free agent period. So in other words if a player is dropped on Friday he is not eligible to be picked up by another team until the following Wednesday. If a player is dropped on Wednesday he is also not allowed to be picked up until the following Wednesday.
7. Trades:
Trades may be completed in the league and are not limited in number but they must be free of collusion and not involve personal favors such as beer, IOU’s, money under the table, etc. Trades must strictly be made player(s) for player(s) but may also include transactions to even out a deal. The Trade Deadline will be 12 PM of week 12. On the web site the league setting is set to commissioner decision for trade decisions but will in actuality be put up to a league vote. For all veto votes a detailed explanation will be needed in order for the vote to count. If a trade is extremely one sided or collusion is suspected the commissioner may require an explanation from the trading teams as to how they expect to benefit from the trade from a fantasy perspective. All trades must be made for the benefit of all teams involved in the trade.
8. Scoring System
Rules for QB, RB, WR, TE, PK
Event Range (Low-High) Point Value Test?
Number of Passing TDs 0-10 5 points each
Length of Passing TD 30-49 1
Length of Passing TD 50-79 2
Length of Passing TD 80-110 3
Passing Yards -50-999 1 point for every 25
Passing Yards 350-999 5
Passing 2 Pointers 0-10 2 points each
Number of Rushing TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Rushing TD 30-49 1
Length of Rushing TD 50-79 2
Length of Rushing TD 80-110 3
Rushing Yards -50-999 1 point for every 10
Rushing Yards 150-999 5
Rushing 2 Pointers 0-10 2 points each
Number of Receiving TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Receiving TD 30-49 1
Length of Receiving TD 50-79 2
Length of Receiving TD 80-110 3
Receiving Yards -50-999 1 point for every 10
Receiving Yards 140-999 5
Receiving 2 Pointers 0-10 2 points each
Number of Field Goals Made 0-10 3 points each
Length of Field Goal Made 40-49 1
Length of Field Goal Made 50-59 2
Length of Field Goal Made 60-69 3
Length of Field Goal Made 70-79 4
Extra Points 0-10 1 point each
Number of Punt Return TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Punt Return TD 30-49 1
Length of Punt Return TD 50-79 2
Length of Punt Return TD 80-110 3
Number of Kickoff Return TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Kickoff Return TD 30-49 1
Length of Kickoff Return TD 50-79 2
Length of Kickoff Return TD 80-110 3
Number of Offensive Fumble Recovery TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Offensive Fumble Recovery TD 30-49 1
Length of Offensive Fumble Recovery TD 50-79 2
Length of Offensive Fumble Recovery TD 80-110 3
Number of Blocked Field Goal TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Blocked Field Goal TD 30-49 1
Length of Blocked Field Goal TD 50-79 2
Length of Blocked Field Goal TD 80-110 3
Number of Missed Field Goal Return TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Missed Field Goal Return TD 30-49 1
Length of Missed Field Goal Return TD 50-79 2
Length of Missed Field Goal Return TD 80-110 3
Number of Blocked Punt TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Blocked Punt TD 30-49 1
Length of Blocked Punt TD 50-79 2
Length of Blocked Punt TD 80-110 3
Rules for Def
Event Range (Low-High) Points
Fumble Recoveries (from Opponent) 0-10 2 points each
Interceptions Caught 0-10 2 points each
Sacked a QB 0-25 1 point each
Safeties 0-10 2 points each
Total Points Allowed 0-0 10
Total Points Allowed 1-7 5
Number of Defensive & Special Teams TDs 0-10 6 points each
Length of Defensive/Special Teams TDs 30-49 1
Length of Defensive/Special Teams TDs 50-79 2
Length of Defensive/Special Teams TDs 80-110 3
8. What to Expect From The Commissioner:
As Commissioner I will put the betterment of the league as the top priority when making any league wide decisions. Most of the time that may involve taking the majority opinion but at other times may include standing up for the minority team(s) if needed. I am flexible but also follow the league rules involving any league disputes. I am dedicated as Commissioner to make this as positive of an experience as I can. I can’t guarantee that you will win but I can guarantee that each team will be treated fairly. I have experience running multiple fantasy leagues and have taken a lot of what I learned from previous experiences and used that knowledge to set up this league. As far as the League web site is concerned I believe that it is remarkable that it is able to handle the league setup that we have without a hitch. For the overall experience is will be worth the money that it costs. There are so many different options for both the owner and the commissioner that I am rather blown away by it. Thank You for being a part of the league and good luck with you team.
