League Bylaws

A. Rosters

  • 30 Player Rosters
  • 11 Player Starting Lineup
    • 1 QB
    • 1 RB
    • 2 WR
    • 1 TE
    • 2 RB/WR/TE Flex
    • 1 K
    • 1 DB
    • 1 DL
    • 1 LB
  • A player must be started at each position every week.
  • Injured Reserve
    • Each team may have up to two players on IR at a time.
    • A player must have a designation of PUP, IR, or IRD to be placed on IR.
    • A player on IR will not count against a team's max roster size.
    • Once a player is no longer designated PUP, IR, or IRD, they must be moved out of the IR position.  If this puts the team over the roster maximum, they must drop a player to make room.
    • All players on IR must be moved to the active lineup or dropped prior to the rookie draft.

B. Scoring

C. Waivers

  • FAAB (Free Agents Acquisition Budget)
    • Each manager gets $100 at the beginning of the season for bidding on waiver wire pickups.
    • The highest bid gets the player when waivers process Wednesday morning.
  • Free Agency
    • After waivers process, all remaining players go into free agency, and may be picked up at any time until they lock at the start of their games for that week.
  • Off Season
    • After the championship game, free agency and waivers will be locked until the Rookie Draft.

D. Trades

  • Trades may involve players, draft picks, or a combination of the two.
  • Trades will undergo a commissioner review period to last no longer than 24 hours.
  • Only trades involving obvious collusion will be vetoed.
  • Trade deadline is week 13, prior to the playoffs.

E. Financials

  • $50/year dues, to be due the weekend of the NFL draft.
  • $500 in Prizes
    • 1st: $300 + Traveling Trophy (winner's responsibility to get name engraved)
    • 2nd: $150
    • 3rd: $50
  • In order to trade future year draft picks, teams must pay that year's dues first.

F. Rookie Draft

  • Roster sizes will be expanded to 38 positions prior to the Rookie Draft.
  • The draft will include 6 rounds, non-snake.
  • The draft will begin one week after the NFL draft.
  • The draft will include all rookies and free agents.
  • Draft Order will be determined by previous season positions.
    • Non-playoff teams draft first, in reverse order of placement.
    • Playoff teams follow in reverse order of placement in previous season

G. Playoffs

  • 6 teams will make playoffs, which start week 14 and run through week 16.
  • The top two teams from each division (using divisional tiebreakers) will take the 1-4 seeds, with the top team from each division earning the first round bye.
  • The remaining two seeds will go to the top two teams remaining using overall league standings.