League Definition
1.1 The league will consist of 12 franchises,
1.2 The length of the regular season will be 13 weeks.
1.3 Weekly league games will be played head-to-head against opposing franchises.
1.4 The league will be run on My Fantasy League.com,
1.5 The league will consist of three 4 team divisions. The divisions will be randomly drawn every year after our championship game.
1.6 Each team will play each division foe twice, and 7 teams from the other division. This will be randomly chosen by MFL.
1.6 The league office will consist of one league commissioner and one deputy commissioner.
1.7 The league commissioner is responsible for conducting league business, arbitrating league disputes, recording all draft information, and compiling the weekly Free Agent pick-up list.
1.8 The deputy commissioner is responsible for communicating league concerns and business to the commissioner and intervening in transactions that involve the league commissioner. If the commissioner is out of contact for any length of time, the deputy commissioner will attend any matters requiring timely action.
1.9 Major rule changes can only be made through a league-wide vote. Majority is 7 owners.
1.10 The league commissioner will make minor rule changes if necessary.
1.11 League off-season votes require 7 owners to pass.
1.12 In-season votes, though very discouraged, require all owners to pass.
1.13 Owners are encouraged to suggest a change to the rules by contacting the commissioner's office via email.
1.14 Votes will be conducted by e-mail or on the message board. Non-returned ballots are not factored into the returns. Off-season votes are due within 7 days. In-season votes are due within 24 hours of the time sent.
1.15 There are certain situations where some leniency is needed or a rule does not address an issue specifically. In these situations, the commissioner will have the final say on the rule or rules in question.
Franchise Ownership
2.1 The cost to own a franchise and participate in the draft is $56. 100% of fees (minus cost of MFL.com) will be paid out. Payment will be required 30 days before the rookie draft.
2.2 An owner may only own one franchise.
2.3 Owners can name their franchise whatever they choose.
2.4 If an owner chooses to leave the league or is not heard from for two consecutive weeks during the season, a replacement owner will be sought.
2.5 Priority will be given to replacements that current owners know.
2.6 Absent extreme circumstances, such as a medical emergency, no refunds of league fees will be given out. Paying league fees implies a commitment to run the team for the full season.Every year we will re-vote the cost of the franchise fee.
Tanking
3.1 Tanking is a serious threat to the integrity of Fantasy Football. Tanking is the act of submitting a weaker lineup in hopes of improving draft position, or by means of neglecting you team so that you are no longer managing your team. Both negatively effect the league. Under these rules you may never submit an injured person listed as “out” the injury report or a player on a bye week. These players are assured to score zero points. If you have someone on your team that could start in their place you must use them instead. Starting lesser quality players over higher quality players is allowed. However if it is believed that the owner is submitting a lineup in order to lose a game they will also receive the same penalty. Owners have a great deal of freedom to submit lineups they are comfortable with; they can take chances and start players they are comfortable with. This rule is not to make sure that you start your best 10 players but that you keep the league competitive. Owners that break these rules are brought in front of the Commish or a League vote who can enforce a penalty of 1 draft position on the next 1st round pick that they own. If this violation happens more than once in the season the owner will be removed from the league. The Commish will set that teams lineup until a replacement owner is found.
The Rookie Draft
4.1 The rookie draft will start the Saturday after the NFL draft. The draft will proceed in reverse order (For all rounds) based on the previous season's finish (total points as tie-breaker), with the following two exceptions: the League Champion will draft last, (regardless of record) and the runner-up will draft second to last (regardless of record).
4.2 The draft will last 5 rounds.
4.3 Only rookies will be eligible to be drafted. As defined by the NFL CBA, a Rookie is defined as a person who has never signed a Player Contract with an NFL Club previous to this year. An undrafted Rookie means a Rookie who was eligible for, but not selected in a College Draft. If a player signs a contract, gets cut before playing any games, then resigns with another team, he is now a free agent and loses his rookie status.
4.4 Trading of draft selections is permitted prior to or during the draft.
4.5 The draft will be conducted on MFL.com.
4.6 Each team will have 12 hours to make their draft selection.
4.7 If an owner fails to submit a draft pick within his/her allocated time, the next owner can make their pick. The owner who missed there is now on the clock again.
4.8 If an owner fails to submit a draft pick for a third time, that owner will be replaced.
4.9 If an owner withdraws from the league during the draft, the draft will stop till a new owner is found and begin when the new owner is selected without penalizing the new team.
Rosters
5.1 Each franchise will maintain an in-season active roster with a maximum of 25 players.
5.2 It is the owners’ decision on how many players to carry at each position.
5.3 During the off-season, there will not be a roster size limitation
5.4 Cut down day is the Sunday before the season starts.
Weekly Line-Ups
6.1 Each franchise may start up to 10 players each week.
6.2 The starting lineup will consist of 1 QB, 1-3 RBs, 1-4 WRs, 1-2 TEs, 1 K, 1 Def
6.3 The deadline for naming starters is set by MFL rules, but generally a player is locked approximately 5 minutes before kick-off.
6.4 On Thursday night games, only those players in that night's game must be submitted. The rest of the lineup will not be due until approximately 5 minutes prior to that weekend's first game.
6.5 If no starters are named, the previous week's starters will be used (regardless if the players are active that week or not).
Trading
7.1 Trades between teams are unlimited.
7.2 The trading deadline is 1/2 hour before the start of the week 11 NFL games..
7.3 The weekly deadline for all trades is 30 minutes prior to the first weekend game.
7.4 Trades that involve draft picks are allowed. You may only trade the next year draft picks.
7.5 Trading period resumes after a Champion is crowned.
7.6 All trades go through except in cases of collusion.
Free Agency (FA)
8.1 You can submit your BB waiver requests starting Tuesdays 12am (monday night). They automatically get processed Thursdays 12am (wednesday night), with the tiebreaker being 1. worse record, 2.least amount of pts. FCFS will start after waivers run until kickoff of the 1st game of the week. If it's a Thursday game, FCFS will re-open Fridays 6am. FCFS pick ups will cost $0 . The waiver period will end after the week 13 games, and will resume during the offseason one time per month.
One week before the rookie draft (which is the week after the NFL draft) we will all get $100 BB bucks. Before that time, if you have no money left, the only way to pick up free agents would be to trade for bucks.
Play-Offs
9.1 The play-offs begin on week fourteen (14) of the NFL season.
9.2 The play-offs conclude on week sixteen (16) with the Super Bowl
9.3 Six teams advance to the post-season. The 3 division winners and 3 wildcard. The wildcard teams can come from the same division.
9.4 Week 14 will consist of the Wildcard Games: The 2 divisions winners with the best records receives a bye, seed 3 will play seed 6 and seed 4 will play seed 5.
9.5 Week 15 is the Semi-Finals: seed 1 (The division winner with the best record) vs lowest seed remaining. Seed 2 will play the other team that advanced.
9.6 Week 16 is the Super Bowl:
9.7 The tie-breaking system for play-off qualification and seeding is as follows. Teams will first be sorted within their division by the criteria below and the two division winners with the best records will always be the top 2 seeds.
1. The wildcards will be first with best record.
2. Total Overall Points
3. Head to head record
9.8 For playoff games, each team will designate a player whose points will count only in the event of a tie. If the teams are still tied after the tiebreaker, total bench points will be used to break the tie.
Payouts/Payments
$50 to divison winners
Playoffs:
$250 to 1st
$125 to 2nd
$75 to 3rd
Scoring
Scoring
QB, RB, WR, TE, K
25 yards passing = 1
10 yards rushing/receiving = 1
TD pass = 5
Interception = -2
Rushing/Receiving TD = 6
Reception = 1
Off Fumble = -2 (This is only if recoverd by the opponent)
When team goes for 2: 2 pt reception/run/pass = 2 (This applies to QB,RB TE,WR)
Place kickers will receive the following points:
Length of Field Goal Made 0-39 3
Length of Field Goal Made 40-49 4
Length of Field Goal Made 50-59 5
Length of Field Goal Made 60-99 6
Extra Points 0-10 1 point each
Fumble Recoveries (from Opponent) 0-15 2 points each
Interceptions Caught 2 points each
Sacked a QB 1 point each
Safeties 2 points each
Offensive Points Against 0 6pts
Offensive Points Against 2-11 3pts
Offensive Points Against 12-22 1
Offensive Points Against 23-29 0
Offensive Points Against 30-99 -2
Total Net Yards Allowed 0-199 4
Total Net Yards Allowed 200-275 2
Total Net Yards Allowed 276-350 1
Total Net Yards Allowed 351-425 0
Total Net Yards Allowed 426-800 -2
Number of Defensive & Special Teams TDs 6 points each
Blocked FG/XP 1
Misc:
Fantasy games are final as of the start of the next week's games. Owners are responsible for notifying the commissioner of stat changes should they occur. The official source of stats for our league is NFL.com
If a kick actually takes place (including a blocked kick) it is a special teams play. Otherwise the team that snaps the ball is the offense for the entire play, and the team that did not snap the ball is the defense for the entire play. Aborted/fake FG/punt attempts are not special teams plays since no kick occurred.
All transactions are final. Any mistakes (accidentally hitting accept on a trade) must be posted on the message board no later than 15 minutes after they occur. Please read all trade offers carefully. Steve Smith of Carolina is not Steve Smith of the Giants. If there is intention to trick your leaguemates in such situations, reversal of the trade will occur even if the 15 minutes has passed. This is the only exception to the rule!
Loaning of player is NOT allowed.
BB Bucks
You can trade BB Bucks. When making an offer, please include and BB Bucks in the comments section. BB Bucks will carryover from season to season.
