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DRAFT ORDER/LOTTERY (updated during 2016 to be effective 2017): Picks 1-6 will be determined by lottery involving the
teams that missed the playoffs during the prior season, and picks 7-12 will be determined by lottery involving the
teams that made the playoffs during the prior season.
INJURED RESERVE SYSTEM (rule updated for 2016 season): FFL will no longer be using the IR system beginning in the 2016
season. We will revisit IR player options in future seasons.
PLAYOFF SPOTS (updated for 2011):
The Championship bracket playoff spots will be awarded to the 4 division winners (ranked 1-4 according to record then
total points in the event of a tie).
The 5th playoff spot (wild card) will be awarded to the team with the next best records in the league. In the event of
a tie between 2 or more teams the
tiebreaker will be total points. The 6th playoff spot (wild card) will be awarded to the team with the highest total
points (regardless of win-loss record) of
the remaining 7 teams. The top 2 seeded teams will receive 1st round byes.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (updated for 2021):
The championship game will be a 2 week match-up where the total points of 2 weeks (weeks 16+17) will be added together
and the team with the highest 2 week total will be the winner.
PLAYOFF WAIVER WIRE:
Following the regular season, as teams are eliminated from the playoffs (Championship and Consolation bracket) their waiver wire dollars will be reduced to $0. Please note, $0 moves are still allowed for all teams through week 18.
All teams competing in the Championship playoff bracket will be provided with an additional $25 of waiver wire dollars to spend on post season moves.
LEAGUE FEES:
$175 is the fee for 9 teams
$150 is the fee for the 3 teams that won the all star game
Total fees collected = 2025
Cost of league = 90 (RTsports cost)
Trophy update = *35
*approximate cost but typically the update from fantasytrophies site is between 30-40 with shipping
PRIZE STRUCTURE: (Total prize pool of 1900)
Championship game winner: 1000
2nd place: 300
Consolation Bracket Winner: 50
Weekly Prizes for high week: 550(see breakdown below)
17 winners @ 25
1 winner @ 125 (highest of 18 weeks)
KEEPER ELIGIBLE PLAYERS (new rule for 2010 season):
Teams are allowed to protect 1 player from prior year season. The following is eligibility criteria:
1. Player must be drafted outside of the top 60 players.
2. Player protected in current season are ineligible to be protected following season.
3. Player must be drafted and remain on team roster the entire season including playoffs (see trade exemption).
4. Teams are allowed to trade keeper eligible players along with 'keeper rights' to other teams. To maintain keeper
eligibility new team must have player on
roster through the end of the season including playoffs.
5. If at any point during the season (including playoffs) a keeper eligible player is "dropped" from a team, that
player is no longer eligible to be kept.
STARTING LINEUPS
Teams are responsible for setting complete starting lineups. Incomplete starting lineups are strongly discouraged.
Acceptable scenarios where a complete starting lineup would be allowed is due to 1) significant bye week issues and not
wanting to release a player on bye, 2) benching a player to not risk a negative score (to preserve a win)). In the
event a manager is not starting a full team, the commissioner may start a player from the team's bench to help preserve
competitive league.
TIEBREAKER PLAYERS (FOR PLAYOFFS ONLY)
For playoff and championship games only teams are allowed to select players from their starting lineup to serve as tiebreakers. If no players are selected the default tiebreaker will be QB and then in the event the game is still tied the next player on the roster (beneath QB as the roster is viewed on screen) will be used, and so on until the game is settled. Any tiebreaker player selected must be before the players games, or in the event a Team's QB is playing on Thursday the tiebreakers must be set ahead of that QB's game or else the QB will be the tiebreaker.
TIEBREAKER PLAYER (FOR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)
The tiebreaker player for the championship game will be the WEEK 17 score only. NOT a combined week 16 + 17.
2020 LEAGUE RULE UPDATE: The following league changes are directly related to the Pandemic.
1. Team roster size has been increased by 2 players for the 2020 season. This is to help teams manage increased IR'd players due to COVID. The change to roster size is expected to last for 1 season, but will be reviewed prior to the 2021 season.
2. League contingency planning in the event the NFL cancels during the 2020 season:
Scenario A: If the NFL Plays a full season which allows the FFL to play a full season (including playoffs). For this situation we will follow our standard league rules. The fees, prize pay outs, and keeper rules will not change.
Scenario B: If the NFL cancels the season prior to 8 weeks. If this happens, then the FFL season will be cancelled and all teams will receive a refund of league fees. There will be NO prize pay outs. For keepers, no 2020 players drafted will be allowed to be kept in 2021. However, 2019 keepers eligible for this season will roll forward to 2021.
Scenario C: If the NFL cancels the season 8 or more weeks into the season, but prior to allowing a full FFL season (including playoffs).
League Fees: will remain unchanged (no refunds)
Keepers: will not be allowed for the 2021 season (basically we'd be hitting the reset button on keepers)
Prize payouts: Prizes will be paid out to the Top 3 places based only on TOTAL POINTS (record won't matter). All accumulated high week winners will be paid out including the highest weekly prize winner.
Here's an example of what the prize payout would look like under scenario C
1st place (highest points) = 1000
2nd & 3rd Place (next highest points) = 75%-25% prize split after all high weeks have been awarded.
| Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | 1 | 3 |
| Running Back | 1 | 7 |
| Wide Receiver | 2 | 7 |
| Tight End | 1 | 4 |
| Kicker | 0 | 2 |
| Defense/Sp Team | 0 | 2 |
| Quarterback | 1 |
| Running Back | 1 |
| Wide Receiver | 2 |
| Tight End | 1 |
| Kicker | 1 |
| Defense/Sp Team | 1 |
| Flex ( RB WR TE ) | 2 |
| Week 1 | Fri Mar 1 12:00am ET | thru | Mon Sep 9 10:00pm ET |
| Week 2 | Wed Sep 11 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Sep 16 10:00pm ET |
| Week 3 | Wed Sep 18 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Sep 23 10:00pm ET |
| Week 4 | Wed Sep 25 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Sep 30 10:00pm ET |
| Week 5 | Wed Oct 2 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Oct 7 10:00pm ET |
| Week 6 | Wed Oct 9 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Oct 14 10:00pm ET |
| Week 7 | Wed Oct 16 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Oct 21 10:00pm ET |
| Week 8 | Wed Oct 23 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Oct 28 10:00pm ET |
| Week 9 | Wed Oct 30 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Nov 4 10:00pm ET |
| Week 10 | Wed Nov 6 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Nov 11 10:00pm ET |
| Week 11 | Wed Nov 13 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Nov 18 10:00pm ET |
| Week 12 | Wed Nov 20 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Nov 25 10:00pm ET |
| Week 13 | Wed Nov 27 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Dec 2 10:00pm ET |
| Week 14 | Wed Dec 4 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Dec 9 10:00pm ET |
| Playoff Week 1 | Wed Dec 11 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Dec 16 10:00pm ET |
| Playoff Week 2 | Wed Dec 18 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Dec 23 10:00pm ET |
| Playoff Week 3 | Wed Dec 25 9:00pm ET | thru | Sun Dec 29 10:00pm ET |
| Playoff Week 4 | Wed Jan 1 9:00pm ET | thru | Sun Jan 5 10:00pm ET |
| Offseason | Wed Jan 8 9:00pm ET | thru | Mon Jan 13 10:00pm ET |
| Week 1 | Fri Mar 1 12:00am ET | thru | Sun Sep 8 12:00pm ET |
| Week 2 | Tue Sep 10 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Sep 15 12:00pm ET |
| Week 3 | Tue Sep 17 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Sep 22 12:00pm ET |
| Week 4 | Tue Sep 24 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Sep 29 12:00pm ET |
| Week 5 | Tue Oct 1 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Oct 6 12:00pm ET |
| Week 6 | Tue Oct 8 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Oct 13 12:00pm ET |
| Week 7 | Tue Oct 15 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Oct 20 12:00pm ET |
| Week 8 | Tue Oct 22 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Oct 27 12:00pm ET |
| Week 9 | Tue Oct 29 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Nov 3 12:00pm ET |
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