Rules

SCORING  [ return to TOP ]

6 - Player scoring touchdown
4 - Passer of a touchdown
3 - Player kicking a fieldgoal
2 - Player scoring safety
2 - Player scoring two point conversion
1 - Passer of two point conversion
1 - Player scoring extra point

BONUS POINTS

Rushing		50 yards		= 2 points
Each additional 25 yards				= 3 points
Receiving		50 yards		= 2 points
Each additional 30 yards				= 3 points
Passing		200 yards		= 2 points
Each additional 50 yards				= 3 points
Each interception				= (1) point
Kicking		45 - 49 yds		= 1 point
Each additional 5 yard increment				= 1 point
Missed kicked fieldgoals  < 45 yards				= (2) points
Missed kicked fieldgoals  45 and >				= (1) point
Missed kicked extra point				= (1) point
Individual Game Tie Breaker		NONE (by rule change 2002)
Home Team Advtg Regular Season				= none
Home Team Advtg Playoffs (including Fantasy Bowl)				=  ½ point

Note:   Wildcard team may not receive home team playoff points.

The league software (Fantasy Commissioner) will score all the games.  It is recognized that scoring errors may occur and occasionally, official NFL box score statistics are changed a few days after each game.  It is the responsibility of each individual team owner to audit their score.  Upon verification of data, regular season results (records) may be changed only until Tuesday 9:00 p.m. EST, two weeks following the game in question.  No records may be modified after week 14, Thursday 9:00 p.m. EST.   Overall point total, not records, may be corrected any time until the Saturday 3:00 p.m. EST following the final (week 17) game.

TIE BREAK RULES  [ return to TOP ]

Player additions and season ending draft priority:

1. *Total $ won
2. Win/lose/tie record
3. Total points (excluding home team bonus points)
4. *Division record (if all teams are in the same division)
5. Head to head record
6. Head to head point differential (excluding home points)
7. Division point differential (if in same division)
8. Total point differential
9. Coin Toss

*  =  Draft tie breaker only

FFL PLAYOFF TIEBREAKERS

(Most of the following comes directly from the NFL published rules)

If two or more clubs finish with identical best won-lost-tied records, the following steps will determine a champion.  The same steps are used to determine postseason game sites.

TWO TEAMS

1. Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games between the clubs).
2. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games within the division, if both teams in the same division.
3. Best net points in all games.
4. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games.
5. Best net points in division games, if both teams are in the same division.
6. Strength of schedule.
7. Coin toss.

THREE OR MORE TEAMS

1. Head-to-head sweep (applicable only if one club has defeated each of the others, or if one club has lost to each of the others).
2. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games within the division, applicable if all teams are it.
3. Best net points in all games.
4. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games.
5. Best net points in division games, applicable if all teams are it.
6. Strength of schedule.
7. Coin toss.

NOTE:  For wildcard and consolation tiebreakers, eliminate all but the highest-ranked club within each division prior to the tiebreaker across multiple divisions.  Once a team advances to the playoff round, the non-selected teams go back to the original group and all applicable teams from the original tiebreaker are once again considered.

DRAFT  [ return to TOP ]

Unless voted upon by two thirds of the team owners, the draft time and date will be 1 pm EST Saturday the weekend before the first NFL regular season kickoff.

Except where noted in the expansion procedures, draft order will proceed from worst record to highest money winner for rounds 2 through 15.  Draft order for non-money winners, from rounds 2 through 15, is based on statistics through week 14.  All non-money-winning teams will enter a lottery to determine the first round selection order.

Lottery Procedures For Non-Money Teams: The team with best record through Week 11 receives two chances, each subsequent team receives an additional two chances.  Also, the team with least number of points from Week 11 through Week 15 receives one chance, each subsequent team receives one additional chance.  All chances will be thrown into a hat and randomly chosen.  The first chance selected receives the number one pick.

Player Protections

Non-money-winning non-playoff teams may protect up to six players.  Other teams may protect a maximum of five players.  Any team protecting at least five players must retain at least one prospect.  Teams protecting less than five players need not keep a prospect.

The protected list may not include more than two players at any one of the following five position categories: QB, RB, WR, TE, KICKER, however, teams protecting a full complement of six players may protect up to three players at ONE position, provided that at least one of those players is a prospect. 

Teams eligible to protect six players but only hold five, will receive a supplemental selection after the seventh round.  Teams eligible to protect six players but only hold four, will receive a supplemental selections after the third and seventh rounds.  Teams eligible to protect five players but only hold four, will receive a supplemental selection after the third round.  All other selections will occur at the conclusion of the final draft round.

A prospect is any roster player who was an FFL starter for 5 or fewer game days throughout the entire previous 17 week season.

Note: Teams may trade players immediately after the protection deadline and may enter the draft with as many as 15 active and two inactive players or as few as zero players.  Teams receiving any extra supplemental selections due to protecting less than the maximum allowable limit do not lose the extra picks due to transactions occurring before or during draft day.  Supplemental selections may be traded.

A protected player must be on an FFL roster continuously, from kickoff Week 11 through protection day.  A protected player need not be on an NFL roster.

Approximately nine days prior to each draft, all unprotected players will be dropped.  Teams may trade before and after the protections are made. 

After protections are made, a DROPPED player is not available until the beginning of the draft.  Any player DROPPED during the draft, may be ADDED immediately.  Any player DROPPED after the draft, may not be ADDED until after kickoff Week 1.

Protected players may be placed on inactive status beginning prior to the draft.  Drafted players may be placed on inactive status during the draft.  Extra player selections must be made draft day to fill required active roster spots.

Each team must enter the draft with at least three selections in the first five rounds.

Time limit for each selection rounds one through four is one minute.  Time limit for all remaining selections is 75 seconds.  If time limit elapses, the original team may select at any time, however, the next team drafting may select before the original team.

NFL.com is the reference guide for player positions during the draft and throughout the season.  However, any team may petition the committee for a position change of any player, any time.  During the FFL season, player petitions for upcoming games will only be considered if they are received by the prior Thursday 9 p.m. EST (Tuesday 9 p.m. for NFL weeks beginning on Thursday).

For season ending player protection and draft purposes, the above guidelines will be used to determine the one position each NFL team most often utilized its player during the previous season.

The league is not responsible for player selections.  DO YOUR HOMEWORK!  Remember each NFL team has one week off.

Any person not in college may be drafted.  During the FFL season, only players on a current NFL roster may be added or traded.

TRADES are permitted during draft day.

DRAFT SEQUENCE

ROUND 1 (first few picks determined by lottery)

ROUND 2-9 (selections determined by record and $)

TRANSACTIONS  [ return to TOP ]

All transactions are made by calling a phone tape machine or submitting to the web site and must be reported by all teams concerned.  Any valid reported transaction is considered final.

All teams not paying their full league fee by kickoff week 2 will be prohibited from conducting any transaction until full payment is received.

All transactions and position petitions are subject to the review and approval by a majority of a special committee consisting of three people. The committee may void transactions or implement sanctions if it feels that the integrity of the league is threatened.  Generally, any attempt by teams to circumvent the rules in order to achieve financial gain will not be permitted.  In the event that committee members are involved in transactions, alternate members will be appointed.

2003 Transaction Review Committee: Nick, Ron, Doug
Terry - 1st alternate,   Mike - 2nd alternate

In the event that timely communication cannot be made with a committee member, the alternates will be contacted.  Alternate committee members will serve on the transaction committee the following year.

DROP/ADDS  [ return to TOP ]

D/A cost is $4.

A D/A is defined as a DROP and an ADD of 1 player to the active roster neither through a trade nor as a result of an I/R transaction.

A player DROPPED may not be ADDED to any team until next weekly games have concluded.

A player may not be ADDED to a team more than once each season, unless said player has been DROPPED by another team since the last DROP.  Note:  Draft choices and trade acquisitions are not considered ADDS.

During the FFL season, only players on a current NFL roster may be ADDED.  Except for the draft, a player may not be ADDED directly to I/R.

After protections are made, a DROPPED player is not available until the beginning of the draft.  Any player DROPPED during the draft, may be ADDED immediately following the draft.  Any player DROPPED after the draft, may not be ADDED until after kickoff Week 1.

All ADDED players must remain on an active roster for one FFL week (until the after the next weeks first NFL kickoff), even if the player is traded to other teams.  This rule begins kickoff game 1.

From kickoff week 3 through kickoff week11, until Tuesday at 9:00pm E.S.T., any player ADDED by multiple teams, will be awarded to the team with the lower record.  All ADDS prior to kickoff week 3 or after kickoff week 11 are on a first come basis.

During weeks one and two, no starting FFL player, in a given week, may be dropped until his corresponding NFL team has concluded its game.

Because ADDS are made by record, multiple candidates should be attempted when calling.

Excluding trade acquisitions, a maximum of three active roster ADDS per week is allowed; however only two additions are permitted until Tuesday at 9:00pm E.S.T..

DROP/ADD deadline for Running Backs and all Receivers is kickoff game 14.

DROP/ADD deadline for Quarterbacks and Kickers is kickoff game 16. If you add a QB or K in weeks 15 or 16, you must drop a QB or K to add them. The only exception would be transactions involving taking players off IR. Any player can be dropped to activate a player coming off IR status.

TRADING  [ return to TOP ]

$2 per team for each TRADE transaction.

A TRADE transaction is receipt of one player, one draft choice or cash.

$4 per team for each MULTI TRADE transaction.

A MULTI TRADE transaction is receipt of multiple players, draft choices, cash or a combination thereof.  Note:  A condition placed on a trade is considered part of a MULTI TRADE.

A transaction may exist between multiple teams and may include elements of a TRADE and a MULTI TRADE.

Note: A cash trade is defined as: the receipt of money exceeding the amount of the total transaction fees of all teams involved in the transaction.

$2 total for ADDS due to a TRADE or MULTI TRADE in order to maintain required roster sizes.  No fee for DROPS.  Note:  A grace period, until the beginning of the next FFL game, will be given to ADD players to maintain required roster size because of an unequal trade.  A $5 fine per day will be levied for violating roster size provision, thereafter.  No grace period will be given for teams needing to drop players because of additions made through trades.  FFL teams not dropping players immediately will automatically lose their last active FFL player(s) drafted (Teams will not lose FFL starting players if the trade happens just before kickoff).

During the FFL season, only players on a current NFL roster may be TRADED.

After kickoff, if a starting FFL player is traded, the transaction becomes official only after all starting FFL players', who are involved in the trade, corresponding NFL games are concluded.

During the season and through five games of the following season, any player traded from Team A to Team B, may not be traded back to Team A by Team B unless said player has been involved in either a Drop/Add, the draft or another trade.

TRADES prohibited from kickoff week 11 through kickoff week 17.  Trading may be resumed at the conclusion of the NFL regular season.  Note: Trading will be prohibited until after the expansion draft during expansion years.

Excluding the upcoming draft, each future year that a team trades away a draft pick (in the first three rounds) requires a $50 league fee deposit.

INACTIVE STATUS  [ return to TOP ]

INJURED RESERVE & SUSPENSION

$3 for each inactive status transaction.

An inactive status transaction is defined as:

1 transfer from active to inactive, plus an active roster ADD.

1 drop from inactive roster only.

1 transfer from inactive to active, plus an active DROP.

Every time a player is added or dropped from inactive status, a transaction has occurred for each player.

Note: A direct roster switch of two players, between active and inactive, is two (2) transactions.

A player may only be placed on INACTIVE STATUS if he is listed as "OUT" on the NFL Injury Report or is on the NFL Injured Reserve (out for season) list or is on the NFL suspension list. 

A player must be placed on one of three INACTIVE STATUS categories (5 week, 10 week or season long). The player may not be taken off the IR before the specified number of weeks has passed.

A player may not be placed on INACTIVE STATUS more than once in a season, however a player may be transferred from 5- or 10- week IR to season-long IR.  Only players that have been placed on the NFL Injured Reserve may be placed on FFL season-long IR.

No grace period will be given for teams needing to DROP players from their active roster because an INACTIVE player becomes eligible.  If roster size is not reduced within 24 hours due to a player becoming eligible (off INACTIVE STATUS), said FFL team will lose the newly eligible (just off INACTIVE STATUS) player. 

A maximum of 2 players may be on inactive roster at any time. 

Teams may place protected players on the inactive roster before the upcoming draft.  Extra draft picks must be taken draft day to fill required active roster size.

Only inactive status (NFL and FFL) TRADED players may be placed directly on inactive roster.  All inactive TRADED players must be placed on inactive roster.

Inactive - ADD transaction deadline is kickoff game 14.  No deadline on other inactive roster type transactions.

At the conclusion of the season, all roster players will be considered active.  In this case, it is possible for a team to exceed its maximum limit of active players until draft protection notification.