Lakenheath Fantasy Football League rules

Lakenheath Fantasy Football League rules-10th season Aug-Dec 2009

1) Yahoo league rules with the following additional rules
2) Draft is the last weekend before Labor Day. Usually on Saturday at Noon. Once draft slots have been picked there will be a 15 minute break to set up the draft. There will be a 20-minute break between the 7th and 8th rounds and the Main draft and supplemental draft.
3) 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
4) Eact 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. YOU MUST ALWAYS HAVE these minimum amounts at each position for the entire season (including Super Bowl)
5) After the main draft a supplemental draft will be held in which each team can draft 4 additional players from any positions. Draft slots for each round of this draft will be selected seperately from the Main draft.
6) Each team has 60 seconds to pick in rounds 1-8 and 120 seconds in rounds 9 and up. A warning will be given at 15 seconds and 5 seconds. Owners should say their pick and then place the appropiate 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 comissioner.
11) All decisions, which require an offical ruling by the commissioner should include discussions with all LFFL owners. The decisioons of the commissioner hiwever are final.
12) NO COLLUSION between teams allowed!
13) Once draft is over all picks are final. Commish will input them into YAHOO league and they will all be on waiver wire initially.
14) Keeper Picks must be declared before the draft order is determined. The order of declaration is the same as order for drawing slots. If you will not attend the draft either post Keepers on 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 rd last yr and kept you keep him by forfieting your 6th round pick the next year). Once a player has been kept and paid a 1st round pick to keep he can not be kept in subseqent years.
16) Trade deadline prior to Week 12 games
17) Any adds after trade deadline must be of a player who was not on a roster at the time of the trade deadline. After the trade deadline the YAHOO waiver system will have a commissioner monitored stipulation that Owners can only add players who were available as Free Agents at the trade deadline. If an owner subsequently drafts an eligble player after the trade deadline and holds them for longer than 24 hours that player then becomes inelgible for pickup if dropped.
18) Competition committee will consist of 4 Owners, one of which is the comissioner. 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.
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 will no longer be first come first serve. Instead a Free Agent Aquistition Budget (FAAB) system will be used.
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.



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