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Weeks 1-13 Regular Season
Schedule:
Weeks 14-16 Playoffs and Championship

Playoffs and seeding: 6 teams advance, 1st and 2nd get a week 14 bye

Playoff seeding priority = Record (wins, losses and ties) -> regular season points scored
-> head-to-head record -> QB points scored -> WR points scored -> RB points scored
->pistol duel

Round 2 in playoffs will be reseeded

Ex. Round 1 has 6th vs 3rd and 5th vs 4th
3rd and 4th win Round 1
Round 2 has 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd
Free agency:
Blind bidding (FAAB)
 Each team has $100 budget for entire season
 Waiver claims are processed EOD Tues (more like Wednesday at 12:05 AM), EOD
Thurs and EOD Sat
o We will test out waivers during the preseason to make sure it’s working as
intended

Bidding Tiebreakers
 Least total points -> Worse won/lost record -> Worse previous week score ->The
loser of the head-to-head match-up -> Virtual coin toss.

Waivers will be locked from the end of Week 16 – September 1st

Startup draft:
23 round snake draft on August 18th @ 5:30 PM
 Each team must assign 2 rookies to their taxi squad by EOD August 19th
 Active roster size must be set to 21 on September 1st
Rookie/FA draft:
Draft date TBD, but typically it’s the weekend after the NFL draft
Offseason drafts are 4 rounds and will include all rookies and free agents
It is a straight draft, going from picks 1-12 and then back to 1 again
The team with pick 1.01 will have pick 2.01, 3.01, etc. unless any picks have been traded

The top 6 draft picks will be assigned to the 6 non-playoff teams in the following manner:

The bottom 6 teams will compete in a head-to-head playoff for draft pick position. The
team that wins get the #1 pick, takes 2nd gets #2, etc. Teams are seeded in inverse
order with the worst (least victory points) team getting the 1 seed, second worst getting
the 2 seed, and so on. During wildcard week, the 1st and 2nd seeds get a bye so that the
worst they could do is 1.3 and 1.4. With this system, the 6th worst team still has a shot at
the 1.1-1.4 as does every other non-playoff team.

The other 6 playoff teams will be slotted in inverse order of the playoff standings. In
event of a tie between teams, the following tiebreakers will apply:

1. Team with more total points scored during the regular season will get the lower
(worse pick, meaning 1.11 vs. 1.10, for example) draft pick.
2. Head to Head winner during the regular season will be slotted lower.
3. Coin flip.
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All teams must submit a competitive lineup for each matchup
Team management:
 Teams cannot blatantly tank to get a better rookie draft position
 Teams cannot:
o Have empty active roster spots for a matchup
o Roster low end players ahead of elite players
 Ex. Bench Deandre Hopkins and start Willie Snead
 Obviously there is a gray area, but something like Snead over a
healthy Hopkins will not be acceptable

Taxi Squad: Rookies only

Sophomores must be moved by March 31st cutdown date
See General Settings for more details

All trades are expected to be executed with the goal of improving one’s roster over the
Trades:
short or long term. All trades will be reviewed by the commissioner.

Trade transactions will be completed without a vote from the league.

If the commissioner receives numerous protests after a trade goes through, then the
commissioner may contact both owners to ask for their reasoning behind the trade.

Players that already have played for the week cannot be traded until the end of the week.

During the offseason (end of Week 16 – September 1st), rosters will be allowed to exceed, or be
Offseason roster size:
diminished by the yearly requirement of 21 players through trades and rookie/FA draft
acquisitions only.

Roster cutdown: Each team must reduce roster size from 21 to 17 players by March 31st
Each team must set their roster size to 21 players on September 1st

Payouts: Week high score (weeks 1-13) - $10

Regular season high score - $50
1st place – $670
2nd place – $250
3rd place - $100