Draft Date:The National Conference drafts Tuesday,
September 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. The American Conference
drafts Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
Entry Fee:A $100.00 ownership fee is due prior to the
first draft pick. There is a $10.00 “New Franchise”
fee.
Start of League:The 2011 season will start Thursday, September
8, 2011.
Alignment:The league consists of 16 teams divided into
two conferences with two 4 team
divisions. Conference alignments will be
determined prior to draft day and Division alignments
will be drawn on each conference's draft night.
Schedule:Each conference will play a 1st and
2nd half consisting of 7 weeks in each
half. Each team will play all teams in its
conference one time in each half, constituting a 14
week season schedule ending December 12, 2011. This is
to be followed by 3 weeks of playoffs ending on
Sunday, January 1, 2012.
Objective:All teams
will be trying to earn two (2) wins each week .......
(1) There are head-to-head matches with the team
scoring the highest point total gaining one (1) win.
(2) The 4 Teams in each conference with the highest
point totals, whether they've won or lost in their
head-to-head match, receive one (1) win.
Each division winner per half then qualifies for the
playoffs. Should a team(s) repeat as Division winner
in the second half, the team(s) (not winning a title)
with the best overall record in that
conference will qualify for the playoffs as a wild
card. Should a tie occur for the wild card spot,
head-to-head play is the first tie-breaker followed by
total points scored for the year by your starting 8 to
determine the qualifier. NOTE … Losing a
head-to-head match and those 4 teams in each
conference finishing the week with the lowest point
totals must pay $2.00 per loss.
Playoffs:When it has
been determined which 8 teams have advanced to the
playoffs, the following procedure will be taken to
decide the champion. There are no head-to-head
matches. The team that scores the most points during
the three week playoffs will be the winner. The
remaining order of finish is also determined by the
same three-week scoring period.
Drafting
Procedures:Each team will
consist of 12 NFL players that must include the
following,
2 QUARTERBACKS,
3 RUNNING BACKS, 4 RECEIVERS, 1 TIGHT END, and 2
KICKERS
(Note … A Tight End can be used as one of your 4
Receivers).
Each 8 team conference will conduct its draft using
the following procedure ....
Bid Draft:Each team will acquire its players by
submitting a written sealed bid. Owners will be
limited to $55 with which to acquire their 12
players. Bids may be made for any available
player at any position still open on each team’s
roster. The minimum bid for a player is $2.00 and
in increments of $0.05 thereafter. In case of a
tie, a re-bid will take place. In the re-bid, a
bid may exceed the $55.00 spending cap. If the
winning bid does exceed the $55.00 spending cap, said
amount will be deducted from your first half spending
fund. The re-bid can be less than your original
bid, but not less than the minimum bid. In each round,
re-bids continue until each team has a player at the
position they first bid on. No more than one
player per team can be acquired in each round.
Starting
Line-Ups:Each week your team will start its entire
12 man roster. Of that starting 12, the top
scoring QB, 2 RB, 3 RECs, TE and 1 KICKER will count
toward the team’s total points. (Note … A Tight End
can be used as one of your 4 Receivers). Points
earned will be based on the player's actual statistics
from NFL games. The point system below lists the
statistic and its corresponding point value.
Point
System:Points will be determined by the
following standards:
1 point for each
20 yards passed
1 point for each
10 yards rushed
1 point for each
10 yards on receptions
5 points for
each touchdown pass thrown or caught
10 points for each
rushing touchdown
1 point for each
conversion following a touchdown
3 points for a
field goal less than 30 yards
4 points for a
field goal from 30-39 yards
5 points for a
field goal from 40-49 yards
6 points for a
field goal from 50-59 yards
7 points for a
field goal from 60 yards or longer
10 points for any
kickoff or punt return for a touchdown
5 points for any
fumble recovered in the end zone that was originated
from another player
NOTE:2 Point. Conversion. If any
player on any of the FAFL rosters converts a 2 point
conversion by rushing, he will earn 2 points; by
receiving a pass or throwing a pass, the receiver and
passer will earn 1 point each.
On Monday, a secretary or the Commissioner will
research the statistics for the weekend games and
compile the league standings.
Players
Pool:Consists of any offensive players not
selected during the original draft or players waived
during the regular season. A player in this pool
may be claimed by a sealed bid during each of the 14
weeks of the regular season and the three weeks of the
play-offs. Transactions of this kind have a $3.00 minimum
fee if no sealed bid is needed. E-mail ONLY
for players may be made from Thursday until Saturday
at 6:00 A.M. except for a week beginning with a
Thursday game. In any week in which there is a
Thursday game, the transaction deadline is Wednesday
at 7:00 P.M. with bids to follow at that time. Only
the positions needed and the player's name will be
accepted until the transaction deadline. All owners
having made a transaction during the above times must
be available on Saturday morning between 9:00 and
11:00 A.M. or Wednesday evening between 7:00 and 8:00
P.M. (in the event of a Thursday night game) in order
to make a bid if needed. Bids must start
at $3.00 and must be made in increments of
$0.05. If an owner loses in his sealed bid, he
may claim any other player who has not been claimed
during that week at the same position the bid
originated.
Note: It is recommended that you
send an e-mail stating you will NOT be making a
transaction that week.
Spending Fund:
Each team will be allowed to spend $125.00
during weeks 1-7 and $125.00 for
weeks 8-14 for players available in the player’s
pool. There will be no carry-over of funds from
week 7 to week 8. Each team must keep at least $3.00
per the number of weeks left in its spending
fund. (Example: Bids for week 5
… Team has $15.00 in its spending fund. Team
can spend no more than $9.00 for players in week 5
since there are two weeks of bids remaining and at
least $6.00 must be kept in that team’s spending
fund.) In a bid situation, teams bidding against
each other may inquire as to how much its opponent has
in its spending fund. When a player is claimed
from the player’s pool, a player at the same position
from your existing roster must be put on the Inactive
List, the Bye List or back into the pool. If a
player is returned to the player’s pool he cannot be
claimed until the following week.
Teams involved in the playoffs may continue to make
transactions. The player being claimed must have
been in the player’s pool at the close of the
transactions in week 14. There will be a $125.00 cap
on the amount a team can spend for players during the
playoffs.
Only players involved in a Thursday game can be
claimed by the Wednesday deadline. Transactions
for the remaining weekend games will follow the
general rules stated above. NOTE: A player
kept on your active roster that is scheduled to play
on that given Thursday may not be dropped or put on
your inactive list during the weekend transaction
period following the Thursday night game. Any
player who is available that played in a Thursday
night game is NOT
available for the following Saturday transaction
period.
Trading:Trades may
be allowed between two or more teams with the approval
of the league owners. Trades can involve
player-for-player or player-for-players at any
position. Any trade must be finalized with the
league commissioner 24 hours prior to that week's
transaction deadline. Every effort will be made
to contact each non participating owner in the
conference involved. The league commissioner must
contact all owners in the involved conference as
said trade must require 4 of the 6 non-involved
owners’ OK. A $3.00 fee is charged to each
participating team regardless the number of players in
said trade. Fees charged in any trade will not
be subtracted from your spending fund. No
trades may be made after the 11th
week of the regular season.
Failure To
Report:Any player not on an active NFL roster as of
draft night may be drafted. At the conclusion of the
draft, said player may be placed on your inactive list
for week-1 play and replaced by a non drafted player
for the minimum transaction fee.
Inactive List:The purpose
of this list is to relieve some of the injury pressure
all owners come in contact with during the
season. Up to four players at any position may be
placed on this list each week. A $2.00 fee per
player will be enforced each week the inactive list is
used. This fee will not be subtracted
from your spending fund. By the following
Thursday (Tuesday for a week that begins with a
Thursday game), any owner having used the inactive
list the prior week may call or e-mail the league
Commissioner by the 10:00 P.M. deadline to release a
player at the positions the player placed on the
inactive list plays. If no call is made, the
player purchased to replace you IL player the
prior week will be placed back in the player’s
pool. Each player released is eligible to be
claimed during the upcoming week.
Bye List:At some
point during the 2011 season, each NFL team will be
idle for one week. During these weeks each owner
will be allowed to put any Bye player from its current
roster on the bye list at no charge. He then must
purchase a player from the player’s pool to return his
roster to an active 12. On the following Thursday
(Tuesday for a week that begins with a Thursday game),
any owner having used the bye list the prior week may
call or e-mail the league Commissioner by the 10:00
P.M. deadline to release a player at the positions the
player on the bye list plays. If no call is made,
the player or players purchased to replace your
bye list player(s) will be placed back
into the player’s pool. Each player released is
eligible to be claimed during the upcoming week.
NOTE: Trades will be allowed
involving players purchased or players placed on the
Inactive List and/or Bye list 24 hours prior to the
Thursday night release time.
Ties:To determine
the winner in head-to-head matches in case of a tie,
the following procedure will be taken .........
1-Total points of both teams' 12 man roster.
2-Highest scoring quarterbacks head-to-head.
3-Top scoring Tight End head-to head.
The above steps will also be in effect if there is a
tie for the top four scoring teams at the end of the
playing week.
DIVISION TIES .......
1-Head-to-Head.
2-Total points scored during the half in question by
your weekly top-8.
3-Total points scored during the half in question by
your entire roster.
PLAY-OFF TIES .......
1-Total points scored by 12 man roster during the
3-week playoff period.
2-Total points scored during the year by weekly top 8.
3-Total points scored during the year by entire
roster.
4-Best winning percentage during 14 week-season.
Payouts:Six special
awards at $15.00 each will be given at the end of the
season for the highest point total during a single
week of the 14 week schedule by a QUARTER BACK,
RUNNING BACK, RECEIVER, TIGHT END, KICKER and TEAM in
each conference. Six special awards at #15.00
each will be given at the end of the season to the
teams with the highest regular season total in
the above six categories.
There will be a $50.00 bonus for any FAFL team that
wins both halves of their Division.
Teams eliminated from the pay-off competition will
compete among themselves for a winner take all “Best
of the Rest” prize. The format used will be as
follows …. There are no head-to-head matches. The team
that scores the most points during the three week
playoffs will be the winner. Transactions will be
allowed and will follow the same guidelines as during
the regular season. There will be two separate
transaction pools of playoff teams and “Best of the
Rest” teams. These two pools will not compete
against each other. The “Best of the Rest” prize
begins at $100.00. All transactions made by the
“Best of the Rest” teams will be added to the $100.00
prize.
A league
operating fund of 10% of the total prize money will
be used during the season to cover all league
expenses.
The remaining prize money will be paid out as follows
............
1st place ............. 50%
2nd place ............ 25%
3rd place ............. 15%
4th place .............. 10%
5th through 8th place ......... minimum of
$100.00 **
** 5th through 8th place
prize money subject to change.
