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GREAT LAKES FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUES Huron League 2 Rules Section I - General 1. The Franchise Fee is $50.00. 2. This league is an All Play League. Meaning you will play every other team in the league EVERY week. 3. One Division of 12 Teams - 18 player rosters during the season, 20 players after the draft and up to the start of the NFL regular season. Must cut back to 18 players 2 days before the first game of the season. 4. Lineups consist of 1 QB, 1-3 RB’s, 2-4 WR’s, 1 TE, 1 K and 1 Def 5. Starting Lineup Options for RB’s and WR’s are:
6. The draft order will be randomly shuffled by the web site every year. This should prevent any teams from tanking games at the end of the season to get the top pick in the next year’s draft.
7. All teams must come out of the initial draft with the necessary components to field a starting lineup (i.e. a Quarterback, 1-3 Running Backs, 2-4 Wide Receivers, a Tight End, a Place Kicker and a Team Defense). Then, you must always maintain these minimum requirements throughout the regular and off-season (i.e. teams can't elect to go without a kicker, tight end, defense during the regular or off-season). The only exception to this rule is when teams cut their rosters to 4 players during the off-season.
8. First Year Draft - 15 rounds will be held in late July (NO ROOKIES) (you must fill your starting lineup during this part of the draft) - 5 rounds will be held in mid August (Rookies & FA’s) (The draft order will be the reverse of the draft order of the 1st round.)
9. Succeeding Years Drafts - 12 rounds will be held in late July (NO ROOKIES) (you must fill your starting lineup during this part of the draft) - 4 rounds will be held in mid August (Rookies & FA’s) (The draft order will be the reverse of the draft order of the 1st round.)
10. Any player or future draft pick for the subsequent year may be traded during the off-season. Before trades are approved involving players or picks in the off-season or future picks in the regular season, both owners must pay their full entry fee for the future year to ensure that they will return for the upcoming season. This is to prevent owners from dealing away multiple future picks and then walking away from the franchise, making it nearly impossible to sell off to a new owner.
11. Keepers - You may keep 4 players each year without restrictions to the number of players per position but in accordance with the rounds they were drafted (see below). You can also only keep each player for the year after he was drafted. (Example: You may keep any player drafted this year, in accordance with the rules below, for next year. However, for the 2009 season, the players you drafted this year, and keep next year, must be put back into the FA pool).
12. Keeper Restrictions - Players are kept in accordance with WHEN they are drafted, not according to WHO drafted them. So if a player is drafted this year, traded during the year, kept by the new owner next year, he must still be put back into the FA pool. No exceptions.
* NO Players may be kept from rounds 1-3 * 1 player may be kept from rounds 4-7 * 1 player may be kept from rounds 8-11 * 1 player may be kept from rounds 12-15 * 1 player may be kept from rounds 16-20
13. Waiver Wire Pickups acquired after the draft and during the season may be kept under the following criteria: Each player’s value will be based on where he ranks within his respective position at the end of season . * If a WW pick up’s total fantasy points place him in the top 15 at his position, he will be considered a keeper from rounds 4-7. * If a WW pick up’s total fantasy points place him in the top 16-25 at his position, he will be considered a keeper from rounds 8-11. * If a WW pick up’s total fantasy points place him in the top 26-40 at his position, he will be considered a keeper from rounds 12-15. * If a WW pick up’s total fantasy points place him outside the top 40 at his position, he will be considered a keeper from rounds 16-20.
14. Tie Breakers - .02 decimals for scoring and then each owner will select a non-starting player as a tie breaker. If two teams are still tied at this point, then it is recorded as a tie. Section II - Trading and Transactions 1. All transaction requests must be submitted via the web site to the commissioner's office no later than 11 p.m. EST on WEDNESDAY night. Free agents will be awarded to teams on a worst-to-first basis (record, total points, total bench points). These requests will be processed and posted to your respective teams immediately after transactions are processed. You can select up to THREE Free Agents to be processed on WEDNESDAY night. If adding a player or players will take you over the roster size limits for this league, you will also need to designate a player to be dropped for each player you are requesting to add. Leaving the dropped player field blank will cause the following to happen - the system will SKIP OVER anyone who would be in violation of the roster size restrictions by adding a player. You could be the first owner on the waiver priority list but you WILL NOT get your player if you fail to designate a drop at the same time. 2. The next two rounds of weekly transactions will take place on SATURDAY at 1 p.m. EST. Free agents will again be awarded to teams on a worst-to-first basis (record, total points, total bench points). Please note-- Players dropped on WEDNESDAY night ARE eligible to be added during the second transaction processing event on SATURDAY afternoon. Owners are again able to pick up a maximum of THREE Free Agents on Saturday. 3. Waivers - The Waivers Order will be set each week based on where each team is in the respective rankings: W/L Record, Total Points Scored and Total Bench Points. Last place gets first pick each week, next to last gets 2nd pick, etc. 4. Be aware of special weeks where the NFL plays on Thursdays or Saturdays. During these weeks, owners must declare all starting players who are playing in an early game BEFORE the kickoff. The rest of the starting players in the lineup may be submitted up until the respective player's game time. 5. If a trade is made with an uneven combination of players (2 for 1, 3 for 2, etc.), the team receiving the extra player must immediately notify the commissioner's office regarding who will be dropped to keep the roster size at 18 during the regular season and 20 during the off-season. While teams are permitted to start play with a roster size below 18, they are not allowed to go above that number. Failure to report a drop to the commissioner in this circumstance will result in the trade being voided. All trades must be approved and forwarded to the commissioner's office no later than Saturday evening at 9 p.m. EST in order to ensure that the players involved are available for Sunday's games. 6. Both teams need to give approval and list terms of the trade for it to be confirmed. This must be done through the league's web site. Once approved by the league commissioner, the trade will be official. Trade results will be posted on the web site for each league. As a trade is approved, the team(s) rosters will automatically be updated and a transaction record will be listed. 7. The league has the ability to call for a trade veto within 48 hours of the trade becoming official during the regular season and 72 hours of the trade becoming official during the off-season. Making a case to call for a veto vote must consist of something more substantial than "I don't agree with the trade and I want to vote against it." The owner calling for the veto should post a rationale on the league message board and send out an email to the commissioner for consideration by the entire league. Once this occurs, the trade will be voted on by a 15-member panel of the GLFFL's Board of Directors, consisting of the owners who have the longest tenure and most representation in the GLFFL. This way, deals can be decided by individuals who are unbiased since they are not a part of the league in question. In the event that members of the Board of Directors are involved in the trade in question, they must abstain from the voting procedure. Trades will be vetoed if 60 percent (nine panelists) vote for a reversal within the 48-72 hour period. 8. During the off-season, you can make as many trades per month as you wish. They also have to be submitted via the web site by both parties to the league commissioner. Upon approval, they will be listed on the web site. 9. Owners are not permitted to trade transaction slots. 10. Owners are permitted to submit the names of starting players up until the respective player's game time. Once a game has begun, all players participating in that game are either locked in as a starter or as a bench player. Lineups should be submitted through the league's web site. 11. You will be responsible for fielding a complete team during bye weeks. No carryover points will be awarded for position players or NFL teams. 12. No trades will be permitted following the kickoff of Week Nine's games. The Thursday after the sixteenth (16th) regular season game is the last week to make drop/add transactions. Section III - Playoffs and Payouts 1. Regular Season - The regular season will run for 13 weeks with every team playing every other team during those 13 weeks. After those 13 weeks are up, the top 6 teams will make the regular playoffs and the bottom 6 teams will make the toilet bowl playoffs. Both sets of playoffs will run with the same format. 2. Wildcard weekend – All 6 teams in each playoff set will play each other. The top 4 teams will move on to the 2nd round of the playoffs. There are no bye weeks for any teams. 3. Second Round of Playoffs – The Remaining 4 teams will play each other. The top 2 teams will move on to the championship game. The two losing teams will play each other during the championship round to determine who gets the 3rd place money. 4. Championship game – The team that scores the most points will be crowned the League Champion or Toilet Bowl Champion as it applies. Section IV - Scoring 1. Please follow this link -- http://football30.myfantasyleague.com/2007/options?L=88076&O=09 2. Points for kickoff and punt returns for touchdowns will only be awarded to the NFL Team, not individual players. 3. Overtime Games: Tie games will be broken by using a designated reserve player. Tie games will be broken using the same performance point system used by the rest of the players in the starting lineup. Section V - Playoffs and Payouts 1. Payouts – Collected League Fees minus the MFL league web site fee ($60.00)
GLFFL is not responsible for the taxes on the prizes of the winner. Section VI - Miscellaneous Items 1. All starting lineups must consist of a Quarterback, 1-3 Running Backs, 2-4 Wide Receivers, a Tight End, a Place Kicker and a Team Defense. 2. Rosters will consist of 18 players. The nine (9) reserves on your roster may consist of any number of quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, kickers, or NFL teams. It is your responsibility to maintain your roster at all times. If a team goes over the 18 spots (by free agent pickup or trade) during the regular season, the transaction or transactions will not be processed for that week. The off-season officially begins after the conclusion of Week 17. When new players are added during the off-season via the draft or trades, owners WILL NOT be required to drop a player to stay at the 18 man limit. Rosters may be expanded to 20 players during the off-season with the requirement that rosters are to be cut down to 18 players 2 days before the first game of the season. 3. The act of "throwing games" (losing on purpose by turning in a lineup filled of players that normally would not play) is not tolerated in the Great Lakes Fantasy Football Leagues. We will revert your starting lineup back to a typical lineup for games that are tried to be thrown and further action will also take place (i.e. possible removal from the league without refund). In every instance
where a team has found to intentionally lose a game by submitting a
bogus lineup, that owner will immediately be REMOVED from the league in
question. When other instances arise, teams will be REMOVED the moment
the indiscretions are discovered, whether they happened this year or in
a previous year. 4. ACTIVE OWNER CLAUSE - If the commissioner has not heard from you (by phone, e-mail or web evidence) or your authorized representative for 3 consecutive weeks (no transactions or lineup changes) you may be declared an inactive owner, banished from the league, and your team repurchased by the league on a pro-rata basis and resold or dissolved. It is unfair to the active owners to have a disinterested owner. This becomes especially critical as the season winds down and you find yourself "out" of the running. You may appoint a designated representative in writing to the commissioner anytime prior to a known absence. 5. Conduct that is deemed detrimental to the league or to the GLFFL will not be tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, posts and or emails that are harassing in nature and serve no legitimate purpose other than to cause discord within the league or the GLFFL organization. There is a difference between expressing viewpoints or likes/dislikes of a league or format and personal attacks toward fellow owners, the commissioner or the Board of Directors. Failure to comply may result in IMMEDIATE EXPULSION WITHOUT REFUND. In addition, attempts to negatively impact the integrity of the league (i.e. threatening or outright refusal to submit lineups, partaking in bogus trades, etc.) will result in an immediate expulsion, without refund, from the GLFFL. © Copyright 2007 Great Lakes Fantasy Football Leagues. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form.
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