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FRANCHISE FEES
The BFL Franchise Fee is $175.00, and is a one-time entry fee. Failure to pay entry fees by the beginning of the season will cause penalties to be applied; beginning with a $25 late fee, Non eligibility for weekly award of high scoring player or team, up to full restrictions of all transactions.
The BFL has established a 32 team limit for the 2016 season. Team owners are
allowed only one team. There is a $4.00 fee for each trade or $2.00 for each player picked
up, dropped, placed on I/R or taken off I/R. All standings and statistics will be compiled and tracked on the Realtime Sports website. This site will post and track each team's record, schedule, previous scores, trades, injuries, etc. A section called the Commissioner's Corner may have commentary on league finances, news, and rule interpretations.
All late fees and transaction fees accumulated through the season will be put into a jackpot.
The last day to Pay the entire Franchise Fee is by the beginning of the regular season. All money is due to the TREASURER, Frank Mitchell. Any new member wanting to gain access to the BFL, must have the franchise fees turned in one week earlier.
The draft will start promptly at its scheduled time.
SCORING
Quarterbacks (QB), Running Backs (RB), Wide Receivers (WR), Tight (TE),
6 pts per rushing or receiving TD
6 pts for player returning kick/punt for TD
4 pts per passing TD
2 pts per rushing or receiving 2 pt conversion
2 pt per passing 2 pt conversion
5 pts per 50 yards rushing or receiving
1 points per 10 yards after 50 rushing and/or receiving
5 pts per 150 yards passing
2 points for every 25 yards passing after 150
-1 point per lost fumble
-2 points per interception
2 point bonus for 125 yds combined rushing/receiving
Kickers (k)
7 pts per FG made 60 or more
5 pts per FG made 50-59 yards
4 pts per FG made 40-49 yards
3 pts per FG made 39 yards and under
1 pt per extra point made
-1 pt per missed FG kick
Defensive / Special Teams (D)
10 pts per shutout
2 pts for 1-5 total points
3 pts Allow Under 200 Total Yards
6 pts per TD scored
2 pt per fumble recovery
3 pts per safety
2 pt for interception
2 pt for Blocked Kick
1 pt per sack
DRAFT DAY
On a date determined prior to the draft, the Rules Committee or the Commissioner whom will conduct a randomized computer draft order that will notify each of the participating teams via email. The 1st team will draft a player in descending order to the last team. The last team will select two players, the last in that round and the first in the next, the draft will then proceed in ascending order, until the 1st team picks twice and starts the descending order of selection again. This is called a snake draft.
**Once the draft has started a 3 minute time limit will be placed on each team. An owner who misses his pick will be skipped.
-The draft will consist of 15 rounds.
-There is no minimum for roster size but the maximum is 15 players/teams.
-9 Players will compete each week (QB,RB1,RB2,WR1,WR2,WR3,K,DEF,WC) wc-wild card
-Players/Teams may be dropped at any time
FREE AGENCY
This is a new rule. Free Agency will be open right after the draft.
Placing Players on I/R
You may place two players on I/R if RT Sports labels that players on I/R, OUT or PUP. Once RT Sports changes that players status, the BFL Owner have until Sunday @ 9am to either keep or drop that player. The commish will drop that player if the owner does not follow the rules. Please be advised that an unlimited amount of players can placed on I/R if that player is out on Covid.
The Owners are responsible for placing or removing players from I/R.
TRADES
BFL TRADE Deadline will be the Sunday at 10:00 am PST before week seven of the BFL regular season play.
All Trades must be confirmed with the commissioner and approved by the commisioner. If the commish is involved in a trade, the asst commish must approve it.
Players may be traded between teams from the conclusion of the draft up until week seven of the season and there is no limit to the number of trades a team can make during that period. Trades do not necessarily need to include the same number of players, though each team must stay within the restrictions of the 15 man rosters. All trades are final only upon confirmation by all parties to the commissioner unless challenged. Trades and dropped players will be listed on the RTsports website.
Franchises have 48 hours to challenge any trade. Challenged trades are subject to the approval of the Rules Committee.
Trades can be challenged on the basis of unfair trading practices, obviously lop-sided trades, and/or unethical trading.
RULES COMMITTEE AND COMMISSIONER POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
of the 2022 BFL LEADERSHIP TEAM
Commish - Keith Louis
Treasurer - Frank (Free) Mitchell
Rules Committee - Tony Williams (Northern), Danita Grime) (Southern) and Phil Sutton (Eastern)
The Rules Committee has the power to rule on all aspects of BFL Fantasy Football 2016 games, including but not limited to: league business, player trades, infractions of these rules and disputes among franchise owners. The decisions of the Rules Committee shall be final and irreversible. In case of a split vote among the Rules Committee and the Commissioner shall make the deciding vote. The Rules Committee has the right to make any necessary changes to the
game and rules as the season progresses. Any and all changes will be promptly issued by E-mail and noted in the
¨Commissioner's Notes¨.
THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RULES COMMITTEE IS TO INTERPRET THE EXISTING RULES NOT TO DEVELOP NEW RULES
·The regular season will end on week 14
·The tie-breaker system will be:
1) Head to head
2) Division Record (for ties within a division)
3) Conference Record
4) Total Points
·Weekly High Team will use the tiebreaker player to avoid splitting the money
·The Assistant Commish has to approve trades involving the Commish
*Any team that did not qualify for the playoffs are prohibited from using the waiver wire for any purpose.
·Issues that need clarification from the Commish or Rules Committee need to be communicated via email. The “message
board” will not serve as an appropriate communication medium. And verbal commentary via telephone or in person will not suffice. PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, QUESTION OR CONCERNS.
RULES CHANGE: All rules change will be conducted via RTSports Voting Poll.
GAME TIME
A schedule will be determined once the conferences and division have been established. There will be 32 teams total.
Each team will play each team in their division twice and each team in their Conference once. There will be 4 Non-Conference games for a total of 14 games.
There will be Four BFL Conferences. Each conference will select from the entire NFL roster.
End of season tie breakers for entry into the playoffs will be Head to Head, Division Record (with in the division)
Conference Record , & Total Points Scored.
Weekly Line-ups: If a player forgets to enter or omits his choices for any given week the previous week¡¦s line-up
will be entered, by the commissioner if necessary.
Illegal line-ups will not be allowed (Wild Card): If entered that team would forfeit that game and its points. In an effort to continue the use of the wild-card option last year¡¦s rules regarding this matter have been reaffirmed.
Please Note: The owner must be mindful not to enter an illegal line-up (e.g. 2QB,3RB,2WR,K,D)¡K¡K.
LEGAL LINE UPS ARE: 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1K, 1DEF, AND A WILD CARD
CHAMPIONSHIP PAYOUT SCHEDULE FOR 32 TEAM LEAGUE
BFL CHAMPION
RUNNER-UP
DIVISION CHAMPS(4) PER TEAM
Wild Card Winner(4) PER TEAM
Weekly High Score $ 25 PER Conference(14 week regular season games)
Weekly High Player $10 PER Conference (14 week regular season games) Tie Breaker Applies
PLAYOFF POOL
The PLAYOFF POOL rosters will be composed of players whose teams are in the tournament. Points will be accumulated in the same fashion as the regular season but the roster remains the same for each week throughout the playoffs. The winner of course will be the franchise with the highest playoff pool points. The size of the playoff rosters will be determined
by how many franchises participate in this year¡¦s league.
The 2015 Playoff Pool draft will occur on a date and host to be determined. The actual date and
time will be determined by the Rules Committee member in your conference, with input from the owners. In order to participate in the 2015 Playoff Pool, all transaction fees must be transmitted to the TREASURER before the last Sunday of Deccember 2015. PAY
OR NO PLAY!!! NO EXCEPTIONS.
Payment of the $175.00 franchise fee is an explicit agreement to abide by the rules stated above.
| Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | 1 | 3 |
| Running Back | 0 | 5 |
| Wide Rec/TE | 0 | 7 |
| Kicker | 0 | 3 |
| Defense/Sp Team | 0 | 3 |
| Quarterback | 1 | to | 2 |
| Running Back | 2 | to | 3 |
| Wide Rec/TE | 3 | to | 4 |
| Kicker | 1 | to | 2 |
| Defense/Sp Team | 1 | to | 2 |
| Week 1 | Fri Mar 1 12:00am ET | thru | Mon Sep 9 8:30pm ET |
| Week 2 | Tue Sep 10 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Sep 16 8:30pm ET |
| Week 3 | Tue Sep 17 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Sep 23 8:30pm ET |
| Week 4 | Tue Sep 24 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Sep 30 8:30pm ET |
| Week 5 | Tue Oct 1 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Oct 7 8:30pm ET |
| Week 6 | Tue Oct 8 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Oct 14 8:30pm ET |
| Week 7 | Tue Oct 15 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Oct 21 8:30pm ET |
| Week 8 | Tue Oct 22 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Oct 28 8:30pm ET |
| Week 9 | Tue Oct 29 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Nov 4 8:30pm ET |
| Week 10 | Tue Nov 5 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Nov 11 8:30pm ET |
| Week 11 | Tue Nov 12 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Nov 18 8:30pm ET |
| Week 12 | Tue Nov 19 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Nov 25 8:30pm ET |
| Week 13 | Tue Nov 26 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Dec 2 8:30pm ET |
| Week 14 | Tue Dec 3 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Dec 9 8:30pm ET |
| Playoff Week 1 | Tue Dec 10 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Dec 16 8:30pm ET |
| Playoff Week 2 | Tue Dec 17 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Dec 23 8:30pm ET |
| Playoff Week 3 | Tue Dec 24 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Dec 29 8:30pm ET |
| Playoff Week 4 | Mon Dec 30 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Jan 5 8:30pm ET |
| Week 1 | Fri Mar 1 12:00am ET | thru | Mon Sep 9 11:59pm ET |
| Week 2 | Tue Sep 10 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Sep 16 11:59pm ET |
| Week 3 | Tue Sep 17 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Sep 23 11:59pm ET |
| Week 4 | Tue Sep 24 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Sep 30 11:59pm ET |
| Week 5 | Tue Oct 1 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Oct 7 11:59pm ET |
| Week 6 | Tue Oct 8 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Oct 14 11:59pm ET |
| Week 7 | Tue Oct 15 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Oct 21 11:59pm ET |
| Week 8 | Tue Oct 22 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Oct 28 11:59pm ET |
| Week 9 | Tue Oct 29 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Nov 4 11:59pm ET |
| Week 10 | Tue Nov 5 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Nov 11 11:59pm ET |
| Week 11 | Tue Nov 12 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Nov 18 11:59pm ET |
| Week 12 | Tue Nov 19 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Nov 25 11:59pm ET |
| Week 13 | Tue Nov 26 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Dec 2 11:59pm ET |
| Week 14 | Tue Dec 3 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Dec 9 11:59pm ET |
| Playoff Week 1 | Tue Dec 10 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Dec 16 11:59pm ET |
| Playoff Week 2 | Tue Dec 17 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Dec 23 11:59pm ET |
| Playoff Week 3 | Tue Dec 24 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Dec 29 11:59pm ET |
| Playoff Week 4 | Tue Dec 31 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Jan 5 11:59pm ET |
| Offseason | Tue Jan 7 7:00am ET | thru | Mon Jan 13 11:59pm ET |
| Week 1 | Fri Mar 1 12:00am ET | thru | Sun Sep 8 1:00pm ET |
| Week 2 | Tue Sep 10 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Sep 15 1:00pm ET |
| Week 3 | Tue Sep 17 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Sep 22 1:00pm ET |
| Week 4 | Tue Sep 24 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Sep 29 1:00pm ET |
| Week 5 | Tue Oct 1 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Oct 6 1:00pm ET |
| Week 6 | Tue Oct 8 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Oct 13 1:00pm ET |
| Week 7 | Tue Oct 15 7:00am ET | thru | Sun Oct 20 1:00pm ET |
| General | |
|---|---|
| League Entry | $175 |
| Wins and Losses | |
| Losses | $0 |
| Ties | $0 |
| Wins Credit | $0 |
| Roster Moves | |
| Each Player Acquired | $2 |
| Each Player Acquired via Waivers | $0 |
| Each Player Acquired via Free Agency | $0 |
| Each Player Released | $2 |
| Each Player Placed on I/R | $2 |
| Each Player Activated from I/R | $2 |
| Lineup Moves | |
| Each Player Started | $0 |
| Each Player Benched | $0 |
| Trades | |
| Each Trade | $4 |
| Each Player Traded Away | $0 |
| Each Player Traded For | $0 |
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