RULES AND
REGULATIONS |
I.
Player Draft
A. Location: Friday, August 23 2002 at Palatine Hills Golf Course in Palatine IL, beginning at 7:00 PM and ending approximately 11:00 PM. We may adjourn afterwards to the Oak Alley Saloon for further discussions.
B.
Team
Representation: No team will be
permitted to draft for or represent another unless prior arrangements are made
with the commissioner. Any team not
represented at the draft will forfeit their franchise spot in the SFFL. Also, team names will remain the same from
the prior year, but if a team chooses to change their name there will be a $25
charge (which goes towards the league pot).
Entirely new teams/owners replacing existing teams are exempt from this
charge.
C.
Draft Order:
¨
The draft order will typically be selected at the
“Think Tank”, which takes place two weeks prior to the draft. Draft order is picked in “NBA Lottery”
fashion, with the prior years worst team getting twelve (12) chances put in a
hat, the second worst team getting eleven (11) chances, and so on. These team chances will be pulled from the
hat in order of 1-12 for the draft (note - teams with franchise players do not
draft until the second round; details are described in section IIF).
The Conferences will be picked randomly during round seven, with each
team drawing American, National or Federal.
¨ The draft will consist of FIFTEEN (15) rounds. The draft itself will be done in “serpentine order” (i.e. 1-12, then the #12 in the draft order takes the 13th pick, #11 in draft takes the next pick, etc).
¨ Players may be chosen in any order with the team consisting of players as follows:
Position |
#
Required to Draft per Team |
#
of Starters required in every game (per team) |
Quarterbacks |
2 |
1 |
Running
Backs |
4 |
2 |
Wide
Receivers or Tight Ends* |
5* |
Wide
Receivers: 2 |
Kickers |
2 |
1 |
Defense |
2 |
1 |
Tiebreaker
Player |
N/A |
1 (used for
ties only) |
*You can draft a combination of 5 WR & TE, though minimum of one (1) TE is mandatory.
¨ No two teams can draft the same player.
¨ Any position\player\defensive team may be drafted during any of the 15 rounds.
¨ Trades of draft picks that occurred during the prior season will be noted on the draft board by the commissioner before the draft begins. Affected teams will also be notified.
¨ Teams must field enough required starters per week but are not required to keep the same number of drafted players per position during the season. See section II E for further details.
¨ In order to expedite the draft process, a time limit will be enforced. Each franchise will be allotted TWO (2) MINUTES to make their selections (four (4) minutes will be allotted for the franchise owners with consecutive “reverse order” picks). Enforcement will be done by “peer pressure” of other teams.
¨
A 15-20 minute break will be taken after the 7th
round to regroup and rehang the draft board.
A. The official reporting source will be the FLM Software (www.flm.com). Though usually identified and corrected by FLM, in the case of a discrepancy in scoring, the franchise owner(s) must provide the commissioner with two (2) other backup sources to correct errors.
B.
SFFL Official
Website address: https://members.tripod.com/HuskerFan1,
which remains the same as last year. All league update information will be posted here consistently,
including preliminary game results information. This site can also be reached through a link on my homepage,
www.mcgonigal.org.
***SFFL official e-mail address: SFFL1997@AOL.COM (same as past
five years).
***Bryan’s home phone number: 847-277-1660. Work phone number: 847-949-2298.
All updates will be done via the
website (or e-mails if there are problems posting updates to the
site). Lineups should be e-mailed to
the above e-mail address. Only in
special circumstances will they be accepted by either voice message or phone
conversation.
C.
Importat
Information on WEEKLY LINEUP submissions:
¨
Player trades
or transactions request MUST be submitted by Thursday
at 9:00 PM. If the franchise owner does not
submit the request before this time, they will not be allowed.
¨ Final weekly lineups must be submitted no later than Sunday by 7:00 AM CST. If the franchise owner does not submit any lineup by this time, the team will consist of the previous weeks lineup regardless of individual player status (players no longer on the teams roster will be replaced with a total of 0 points).
¨
The Commissioner will organize the weeks roster and
distribute via web postings (or e-mail if necessary) no
later than 9:00 AM on Sunday. If the site is not updated there may be a problem with the
upload, so check your e-mail.
¨ The only exception that will be allowed to the above deadlines will be “special weeks” (Thursday night & Saturday games, vacations, etc.). The Commissioner will notify the league of these dates in advance and the amended deadlines for that week.
D.
SCORING -
the winning team in head-to-head competition is determined by the team with the
most points after the end of the football week. The following point scoring system will be used throughout the
season:
Position:
QUARTERBACK
|
Points
|
Touchdown PASS
thrown, 0 - 20 yards |
7 |
Touchdown PASS
thrown, 21 - 40 yards |
14 |
Touchdown PASS
thrown, 41+ yards |
21 |
For each 20
yards thrown (negative yards = 0) |
1 |
300 yards
passing. (Bonus Points) |
5 |
Two-Point
conversion, throwing or rushing |
5 |
Touchdown
scored rushing or receiving a pass |
Same as Running Back |
Every 10 yards rushing (negative yards = 0) Every 10 yards
receiving (negative yards = 0) |
1 1 |
Total 100 Yards COMBINED rushing and receiving *Each additional 25 yards combined* |
5 1 |
2-Point
conversion: rushing, receiving or passing |
5 |
Fumble or
Interception |
-3 |
RUNNING BACKS, WIDE RECEIVERS & TIGHT ENDS
|
Points
|
Touchdown (rushing) 0 - 15 yards Touchdown (rushing) 16 - 30 yards Touchdown
(rushing) 31+ yards |
7 14 21 |
Touchdown (receiving) 0 - 20 yards Touchdown (receiving) 21 - 40 yards Touchdown
(receiving) 41+ yards |
7 14 21 |
Every 10 yards rushing (negative yardage = 0) Every 10 yards
receiving (negative yardage = 0) |
1 1 |
Total 100 Yards COMBINED rushing and receiving *Each additional 25 yards combined* |
5 1 |
2-Point
conversion: rushing, receiving or passing |
5 |
Touchdown pass
thrown |
Same as Quarterback |
Fumble or
Interception |
-3 |
TIGHT ENDS ONLY – Every Reception |
1 |
KICKER
|
Points
|
Field goal: Under 30 yards 31 - 40 yards 41 - 50 yards Every yard over 50 |
3 6 9 1 |
Extra Point |
2 |
2-Point
conversion: rushing, receiving or passing |
5 |
Missed Field
Goal (UNDER 40 yards) |
-3 |
Position:
DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS
|
Points
|
QB Sack |
2 |
Fumble Recovery
or Interception |
4 |
Touchdown
scored on a blocked field goal/punt, fumble recovery or Interception |
7 |
Kick or punt
return for a touchdown |
7 |
Safety |
7 |
SHUTOUT of
opposing team |
10 |
Opposing team scores 30 or more points* |
-5 |
*Penalty is
assigned regardless of how scoring was done
¨
Every week
it will be necessary for each team to select one of their non-starting (bench)
players to act as the TIEBREAKER PLAYER.
In the event of a point TIE, the total points of this Tiebreaker Player
will be used to determine the winner
(higher total wins). If there is still
a tie, the HOME TEAM will be the winner of that game. The home team will be noted on the weekly schedule. If a
tiebreaker player is not assigned, that team will be given a 0 (no points) to
determine the outcome of a tie.
E.
TRADES &
TRANSACTIONS
¨
Players may be added and dropped from franchises
throughout the season. All
trade/transaction requests are done by e-mailing the commissioner on or before
the designated due date. Note that
franchise rosters must always be at 15 players after all weekly
trades/transactions (the commissioner will enforce this rule).
¨ Once a player has been dropped, he becomes a free agent and is eligible to be picked up by another franchise. The player that is dropped is “frozen” for one week (no player can be dropped and added in the same week). If two or more teams attempt to pick up the same player, the Commissioner will determine who gets that player with the roll of dice, with the following guidelines:
a)
Player transactions are
sorted & eligible based on level of choice, i.e., a team submitting a
player as their “first choice” supercedes all “second choice” or lower requests
(this is what will be forever referred to as the “Holmes-Holcombe” rule on free
agent transactions).
b)
Two dice will be used for all teams who at the time of the roll off are ranked 1-6 by point total. Three dice will be used for teams ranked
7-12, with the best two dice used. This
is a rule enacted in 2000 to give the lower ranked teams a slight advantage for
transactions.
c)
The high roll acquires the player, the losing roll(s) will be
permitted to acquire another player (once again determined by level of
choice). All dice roll ties will require
another roll-off until there is a high roll.
This will be done until all requests are processed.
d)
Participating franchise owners will be notified by the
commissioner as to the outcome of the transaction requests no later than 6:00 PM on Friday evening.
e) NOTE: Once an attempt is made to acquire a player, the franchise is committed to roll for settlement if there is more than one franchise interested.
¨
A $3.00 per player fee will be charged for player
transactions. All teams that participate in a "roll off" as
described above forfeit the $3.00 transaction fee. If the losing franchise(s) wish to do
another transaction, there will be another $3.00 transaction fee. Unlimited
transactions are permitted. Teams with player requests that are
ineligible due to the “Holmes-Holcombe” rule will NOT be charged the
$3.00 fee.
¨
Fees for MULTIPLE drops (i.e., using two or more
players on one team as potential drops to pick up one player) will increase by
$1 per extra player, cumulative. For
example, dropping three players to try and pick up one: $3 + $4 + $5 = $12.
¨
Teams may trade
players to and from each other through the Commissioner for a fee of $5.00 per player per team. Only the acquired player through trades will
be billed to the (receiving) team.
Unlimited players may be traded.
All trade requests are subject
to approval by the Commissioner.
¨ Trades for future draft picks: teams will be allowed to trade players with other teams for future draft picks. All records of draft pick trades will be logged by the commissioner and appear on the website. Note that no team will be permitted to have more or less than 15 draft picks come draft day, so it will usually be necessary for teams trading draft picks to do so on a 1-1 basis. The commissioner will enforce this rule.
¨
No trades are permitted after week #13.
¨ No player can be used in a position that differs from his draft day status. The commissioner will not allow this to happen, so no fines will need to be assessed.
¨ All transactions will be published on the website once completed. It will be the responsibility of the team owners to check the website for updates.
F. The Franchise Player rule is an OPTION, not a requirement. It will allow for a team to keep one (1) player for the following year. Here are the guidelines:
¨ There is a $50 fee (eff. 2003 season) for naming a franchise player – this goes towards the league pot.
¨ Player MUST be on the roster of the team who wants him at the season end (week #17)
¨ Team has until “Think Tank 2003” (two weeks before season begins) to declare a franchise player.
¨ A player in our league can only be named a franchise player ONE TIME before returning to the draft pool (i.e., all franchise players in 2002 will be available for the draft in 2003). After this player is drafted, he would again become eligible for franchise player status for the following year.
¨ All teams who did not claim a franchise player will have a first round pick, the order of which will be determined at the “Think Tank” two weeks before the season begins.
¨ Teams who choose a franchise player will experience the following at the draft:
a) Forfeit first round pick.
b) Team immediately moves to LAST spot in round #2 for draft purposes (i.e. #1 position). All teams taking franchise players will have separate draft order drawings (based on same league draft order policy) to determine placement in draft.
A.
$150.00
Franchise fee per team – payable on DRAFT DAY.
B.
Franchise
players ($25.00) and team name
changes ($25.00). Note – franchise player fee will be $50 in
2003.
C.
Weekly losers
pay $10.00 per loss for regular season games & “Second Chance” bracket
D. Playoff losers & Toilet Bowl loser pay $25.00 per loss.
E. “Free Agent” player transactions (including losing attempts) are $3.00 each. Note that this number increases by $1 cumulative per extra player used in multiple player drops for transaction pickups.
F.
Trades between
teams are $5.00 per player involved, paid by the team who acquires the
player.
G.
Points scored
vs. points against: Each team
pays/receives $.20 per point according to regular season and playoff/tournament
point totals.
H.
“KICK IN THE
DICK”: for all sixteen weeks of the season, a weekly fine of $10.00 will be
assessed to the team with the lowest total point output for that week. In the event of a tie, both (or all related)
teams will be fined. These funds will not
be added to the league pot; $80.00 will go towards the year-end party and
$80.00 goes to the ‘Toilet Bowl” winner.
I.
Weekly
Efficiency and Power Rankings Penalties:
for all sixteen weeks of the season, on a WEEKLY basis,
the team with the worst Efficiency Rating for that week will be fined $5.00 and
the team with the worst Power Ranking for that week will be fined $5.00. $75.00 of the funds will go towards the
year-end party, and $85.00 will go towards the league pot.
A. The league will be split into three (3) divisions of four (4) teams each. A 13-game regular season will be played. Teams will be RANDOMLY placed in each division at the draft.
B. The first thirteen (13) weeks of the NFL is our regular season; each team will play the other three teams in its division TWICE and seven of the eight teams in the other two divisions ONCE. Each team will play 6-7 “home” games and 6-7 “away” games. The full season schedule will be randomly determined after the draft and distributed via the website when ready.
C. Weeks 14 and 15 of the NFL will be our playoff tournament, and week 16 will be our SFFL Superbowl. Six (6) teams will qualify for the playoffs:
¨
The three (3) divisional winners
¨ Three (3) wildcard teams based on the following Tiebreaker model (in this order):
(1) Best win-loss record.
(2) Head to head competition (most wins)
(3) Best conference record.
(4) Most points scored during the regular season.
(5) Least points allowed during the regular season (team giving up the least points wins).
(6) Coin flip.
¨ The TOP TWO teams (by Tiebreaker Model) divisional winners receive a bye in the first round.
¨ In the first round, the third best divisional winner will play the #3 wildcard seed. The #1 wildcard seed plays the #2 wildcard seed. Additionally, for year-end point totals, efficiency ratings & power rankings, the bye week teams will be matched up (game will not result in a win or loss for records).
¨
After each round the teams will be re-seeded and made
“home” team based on the division winner and tie-breaker model. The Superbowl home team will be determined
with a coin toss by the commissioner.
¨
For year-end point totals, efficiency ratings &
power rankings, each playoff week will feature six games. Teams will either already be matched up in
the playoffs brackets (where wins/losses count), or will be paired up specifically
for statistical purposes. The one
exception will be week #16, which will feature five games minus the “Toilet
Bowl” participants, who will earn additional points and win/loss in week #17.
¨ “SECOND CHANCE” BRACKET – all teams ranked 7-12 at the end of the season will also participate in their own playoffs to determine final league rankings. The setup will be the same as the standard playoff bracket with the following exceptions:
a) 7th ranked team = #1 seed, 8th = #2, etc.
b) The team that wins this tournament retains #7 ranking and earns $50. 2nd place (#8 overall ranking) earns $25. Third place (#9 overall ranking) earns $10.
c)
Teams finishing last (11th & 12th
overall) earn a week #17 berth in the Toilet Bowl.
¨ Week #17 will feature one game, the “TOILET BOWL”, which includes the #11 and #12 ranked teams by finish in the “Second Chance” bracket.
a) The winner will receive ˝ of the Kick in the Dick funds, or $80, and finish #11 overall.
b) The loser owes the $25 playoff loss charge and is officially considered the league’s worst team.
c)
Under the “Russ Fyfe” rule enacted in 2000, the losing team
will also be required make the draft board for the following season. Russ or the commissioner will supply paper
at the year-end party.
VI.
Financial Contribution & Distribution Summary
Note – per the 1997 request of all
league participants, the franchise fee for the Commissioner’s team has been
waived. However, all other fees for
this team do apply.
A.
League Pool
Calculation – the following funds go
directly into the league pot:
¨
Each franchise pays a $150.00 fee: $150.00 X 11 Franchises = $1650.00
¨
Weekly losers pay $10.00: $10.00 X 6 per week X 13 weeks + $260 for playoff weeks* = $1040.00
*playoff week losers & Toilet
Bowl losers pay $25, Second chance bracket losers pays $10
¨
$85.00 additional from the Efficiency Ratings
& Power Rankings penalties.
¨
Player transactions are $3.00 each (+$1 cumulative for
every additional player in multiple drop situations). Player trades are $5.00 per player, paid by the team who owns the
player before the trade.
B.
Monetary Distributions
¨ Minimum total pool, excluding trade/transaction fees, is $2,400.00 ($2775 - $375 for efficiency/rankings, “Second Tier” and 3rd place playoffs, and league program costs). This will be distributed as follows:
AWARD PCT Minimum
SFFL Superbowl Champion 20% $480.00
SFFL Superbowl Runner up 8% $192.00
Overall total points winner 15% $360.00
Runner up total points winner 8% $192.00
Third Place total points winner 4% $96.00
1st Place American Conference 10% $240.00
1st Place National Conference 10% $240.00
1st Place Federal Conference 10% $240.00
Wildcard teams (3 total) 5% ea $120.00 each
Efficiency Ratings champion $100 from league pot before % is determined
Power Rankings champion $100 from league pot before % is determined
“Second Chance” Bracket $85 total from league pot before % is determined
Third Place overall in League $50 total from league pot before % is determined
¨
Tracking of points scored vs. points against will be
kept throughout the season; teams are charged or credited accordingly at $.20
per point. These funds are separate
from the league pool and payout %.
¨
Team with a starting 15th round draft choice
to score the most points in the first week per SFL rules will
receive $70.00, second place will pay out $40, third place will pay out $10 (12
teams @ $10.00 per team) from the other league teams. In the case of multiple 15th round winners, the final total prize
will be divided equally. ALL teams participate in this payout
regardless of their decision to start or bench their #15 pick.
¨
Teams will be informed approximately one week in
advance of the year-end wrap-up party of monies earned or owed. All additional fees other than the League
Entry Fee (which was paid at the beginning of the season) will be paid at the
party. The party will be set for
sometime after our Superbowl, usually early January to coincide with the NFL
playoffs. This will be at Splinters
Sports Club, and the commissioner will notify everyone of this date. Distributions
will be made only after all fees
have been paid to the league.
¨
The league will put forth $155.00 towards the year-end
party ($80 from the “Kick in the Dick” funds and $75 from the Efficiency &
Power Rankings penalties). Everyone at
the party will be responsible for a reasonable share of the remaining costs;
this is a league function and no
exceptions will be made. Typically
we will collect an equal amount of $$ up front from everyone and then
collect/give back any additional funds once the bill is finalized (usually
after game 1 of the NFL playoff games that day). A cutoff time/cost of this party will be set on that day by
league consensus and commissioner approval.
VII.
SPECIAL RULES AND CLARIFICATIONS
A.
Since there are more funds applicable to them this
year, efficiency ratings and power rankings will be revamped in 2002 to better
track performance. Explanations of the
calculations will appear on the website.
B.
The franchise player rule was voted down at the league
draft (8/23/02) and will cease to exist in the 2003 season.
During the season there may be questions regarding
rule interpretations. Every effort will
be made to resolve all disputes with consideration as to what is the most fair
and reasonable for the LEAGUE.
ALL FINAL DECISIONS will be made by the Commissioner.