Lakenheath Fantasy Football League
rules-16th season Aug-Dec 2015
1) Yahoo league rules with the
following additional rules
2) Draft is Saturday 5 September 2015 in the afternoon.
(Draft normally is on a Saturday
on the last weekend before Labor Day but flexs due to local owner
availability. Due to International
Owners a start time no earlier than NOON BST is requested (7AM ET))
2a) Draft spots are picked prior
to the draft to allow the commissioner to set up the online draft room and test
connectivity. Keepers must be declared by Monday 24 August-Draft spots will be chosen on Tuesday 25 August.
2b) Draft slots are drawn at
random and the draft is serpentine. Order of who draws ping pong balls is Host,
Rookies and then worst team from last year until SB champ.
3) There will be a 20-minute
break between the 7th and 8th rounds and the Main draft and supplemental draft.
4) Each team drafts 14 players in
the Main draft. Each team roster must have 2 QB, 3 RB, 3 WR, 2 TE, 2 K and 2
Def after the main draft. You must have those exact player amounts but you can
draft them in any order. After the draft is over you do not need to maintain
these minimums. I.e you can drop a kicker and add another WR or QB etc. The
minimums for the main draft ensure owners who cannot attend the draft are
afforded a similar team to start.
5) After the main draft a
supplemental draft will be held in which each team can draft 6 additional
players from any positions. Draft slots for each round of this draft inverse
from the Main draft. ). So 20 total players will be drafted in the draft (14 in
original draft plus 6 more in the supplemental draft).
6) Each team has 90 seconds to
pick. A warning will be given at 15 seconds and 5 seconds. Owners should say
their pick and then place the appropriate players sticker on the draft board.
Owners should place the sticker on the board but simply calling out his name is
good enough to qualify as a pick, he can then place his sticker if no assistant
is there to help. If the name is not said before the time expires that pick is
missed. The next owner is then given his pick and the “missed” owner gets 10
seconds to pick after that.
7) Starting rosters are 1 QB, 2
RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K 1 Def and 1 Flex (either RB/WR or TE)
8) Owners have until 5 minutes
prior to their players game time to submit roster lineup changes. If the Internet
site is not working correctly the first step is to immediately post a message
on the League Yahoo site stating that you want to start XXXX and bench ZZZZZ.
This message will get a time stamp and if it is before or at the 5 minute
before game time (i.e 12:55 EST if a 1 PM game) then the commish can make that
change later for you. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST SECOND TO MAKE YOUR CHANGES.
If the web site is down, email
the commish at slamhendricks2002@yahoo.com with the same info and I will make
the change as long as the email was sent before the game started. You will have
5 minutes to send an email as last resort. Do not wait til the last minute!
9) Coaches must grant the
commissioner access to their rosters for step #8 to occur. Any coach not
allowing this will be banned from the league.
10) Prizes are awarded to the
team with the highest regular season Total points and each weeks highest total
points. Additional prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place are also presented.
These awards are far less than the “bragging” rights earned and exercised on a
daily basis. The SB trophy is known as the “Hendricks” trophy in honor of the
leagues first Super Bowl champion and the founding commissioner.
11) All decisions, which require
an official ruling by the commissioner should include discussions with all LFFL
owners. The decisions of the commissioner however are final.
12) NO COLLUSION between teams
allowed!
13) Once the draft is over all
picks are final. The commish will input them into YAHOO league and all other
players will all be on waiver wire initially.
14) Keeper Picks must be declared
before the draft. If you will not attend the draft either post Keepers on the MB
24 hours before the draft (so everyone can confirm it) or email commish with
intentions.
15) A player is only eligible to
be a Keeper if you drafted him in the 8th round or later and held him on your
roster continuously for the entire season. You can keep 2 such players but only
after paying a 4 round penalty (ex if picked in 10th round last year and kept
you keep him by forfeiting your 6th round pick the next year). Once a player
has been kept and paid a 1st round pick to keep he cannot be kept in subsequent
years.
16) Trade deadline is prior to
Week 12 games
17) Deleted (was waiver wire
rules but Yahoo takes care of this)
18) Competition committee will
consist of 4 Owners, one of which is the commissioner. Experience in the league
is the #1 requirement for selection. They will meet in the offseason to
determine any rule changes. The vote must be unanimous to change the rules.
19) Limit league to 14 teams
maximum. With 14 teams, 7 make the playoffs and the #1 team gets a 1st round
bye. With 12 teams, 6 make playoffs-top 2 teams get a 1st round bye.
20) Active scoring will be
implemented. This means that any player who scores a TD on a KO or P RTN or INT
or fumble recovery (if playing defense) will get credit for a TD.
21) The waiver wire system is a
Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB) system.
In a Free Agents Acquisition
Budgets (FAAB) waivers system, each manager receives a $100 to place blind bids
on waived players. The manager with the highest bid at the end of the waiver
period claims that player and that bid amount is deducted from the team's
acquisition budget. If multiple managers place an equal bid on a player, the
team with the highest waiver priority (based on reverse of draft order) gets
the player.
On Sunday at 1 PM EST all players
not on a team will be placed on waivers. None can be added until Tuesday 11:59
PM PST when the waiver request will run based on who bid the most for players.
After that time players will be awarded.
Prize Money (entry fee $30 x
12=$360)
SB winner $100
SB
loser $50
#3 Playoff team $30
Reg Season Total points Winnner
$10
#1 Seed and Reg Season H2H Winner
$10
Highest scoring team for weeks
1-15 $5 (all team eligible)=$75
Draft Board $5
Yearly Trophy or mug to SB
winner/postage $30
Draft online service $10
Week 17 Contest $10
Playoff Contest $30
Rules clarifications:
If a WR fumbles the ball after a
pass then recovers his own fumble for a TD, the QB does NOT get credit for a
TD,.
If a K scores a TD on a fake FG.
Both the K and the DEF/ST get a TD
22) New owners (rookies in the
league for their first year) are assigned a team from the previous year (at
random) which can be used for keeper purposes.
22a) If a new owner chooses not
to keep any players from this "legacy" team they inherited, then they
will be awarded a draft spot in the top half of the draft. For example, if the
league has 14 teams and two new owners play and do NOT keep players from the
old teams they took over, then each owner would be guaranteed a draft spot of
between 1 and 7. They would draw for their draft spot from a container with
only the 1 thru 7 balls.
23) On weeks with a game prior to
Sunday (i.e Thurs and Sat games) owners CANNOT ADD a player after dropping a
player who played in the early game. They can drop said player must cannot add
a player in his place until after the start of the Sunday games. Note due to
the waiver rules the owner effectively cannot add a player until Tues to
replace a player who plays early on Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
24) There can be no duplicate NFL playoff contest entries. Once an entry has been posted on the message board-no other owner can post an identical entry. I.e position must have a different player from the first and all subsequent entries.
25) Once the season starts you cannot change your team name. This is to prevent mass chaos when teams change names each week. So pick one and stick with it.
26) Defensive scoring rules have been spruced up. Now a sack is worth 1 point and any turnover (interception or fumble recovery is worth 2 points). Defenses will be scoring more this year going forward.
The commish
24) There can be no duplicate NFL playoff contest entries. Once an entry has been posted on the message board-no other owner can post an identical entry. I.e position must have a different player from the first and all subsequent entries.
25) Once the season starts you cannot change your team name. This is to prevent mass chaos when teams change names each week. So pick one and stick with it.
26) Defensive scoring rules have been spruced up. Now a sack is worth 1 point and any turnover (interception or fumble recovery is worth 2 points). Defenses will be scoring more this year going forward.
The commish
