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Draft Day Fanatics League - Redraft League Rules

Section I - General

1. The Franchise Fee is $75.00.

2. Each of the three (3) divisions will consist of four (4) teams.

3. The initial draft will be held on-line and will take place on NFL Draft Weekend. The initial draft will consist of 16 rounds. Any player in the MyFantasyLeague database may be selected during those 15 rounds, whether they are currently on a team or an incoming rookie not yet drafted by an NFL franchise. Rounds 17 through 20 will take place later in the summer, with one round being held each month

4. The initial draft will be held on-line. Teams will be formed in a draft that will be carried out in a format known as "3rd Round Reverse Serpentine" (1-12, 12-1, 12-1, 1-12, 12-1). The draft will be conducted via email. Teams have 12 hour time limits to make their selections. When a pick is missed, that owner has to get in contact with the commissioner ASAP in order to make a replacement pick. The longer he waits, the further down in the round his team will drop. The order for all initial drafts is decided randomly by the MyFantasyLeague commissioner software. 3rd Round Reverse Serpentine has been adopted by the National Fantasy Football Championship Leagues. It's an innovative way to balance the talent when drafting in a league. This league will feature the following draft format: Round 1: 1-12 Round 2: 12-1 Round 3: 12-1 Round 4: 1-12 Round 5: 12-1 Round 6: 1-12 Round 7: 12-1 Round 8: 1-12 Round 9: 12-1 Round 10: 1-12 Round 11: 12-1 Round 12: 1-12 Round 13: 12-1 Round 14: 1-12 Round 15: 12-1 Round 16: 1-12 Round 17: 12-1 Round 18: 1-12. Why Is 3RR Used? To balance out talent and draft positions throughout the draft, especially in those first few crucial rounds.

5. All teams must come out of the initial draft with the necessary components to field a starting lineup (i.e. a Quarterback, 2-3 Running Backs, 2-3 Wide Receivers, 1-2 Tight Ends, a Place Kicker and a Team Defense). Then, you must always maintain these minimum requirements throughout the regular and off-season (i.e. teams can't elect to go without a kicker, tight end, defense during the regular or off-season).

6. Off-Season drafting periods begin each year on May 15th and continue four more times before the start of the regular season (June 15, July 15 and August 31). Each draft round will follow the same order as there is no use of the serpentine format. Starting in 2009, off-season draft rounds will be held as follows: Round 1 will take place on May 15th, Round 2 will be on June 15th and Rounds 3 and 4 will kick off on August 15th.

7. Initial draft order in subsequent years will be determined randomly.

Section II - Scoring

1. The decimal scoring method will be combined (basic + performance) with points awarded as follows:

RUSHING - .1 point every 1 yard, 6 every touchdown, 2 for conversions
RECEIVING - .1 point every 1 yard, 6 every touchdown, 1 point each reception, 2 for conversions
PASSING - .05 points every 1 yard, 6 every touchdown, 2 for conversions
KICKING - 3 points every field goal (0-49 yards), 4 points every field goal (50 yards plus), 1 point every PAT
NFL TEAM - 6 points for Special Teams and Defensive TDs (Fumble, interception, blocked punt, blocked FG return, missed FG return, punt return, kickoff return), 2 points for safeties, 1 point for interceptions, 1 point for fumble recoveries, 1 point for sacks, 8 points each "team" shutout.

2. Points for kickoff and punt returns for touchdowns will only be awarded to the NFL Team, not individual players.

3. Overtime Games: Tie games will be broken by using reserve players. Tie games will be broken using the same performance point system used by the rest of the players in the starting lineup.

Section III - Trading and Transactions

1. All transaction requests must be submitted via the web site to the commissioner's office no later than 11 p.m. EST on WEDNESDAY night. Free agents will be awarded to teams on a worst-to-first basis (record, total points, power ranking). These requests will be processed and posted to your respective teams immediately after transactions are processed. You can select up to TWO Free Agents to be processed on WEDNESDAY night. If adding a player or players will take you over the roster size limits for this league, you will also need to designate a player to be dropped for each player you are requesting to add. Leaving the dropped player field blank will cause the following to happen - the system will SKIP OVER anyone who would be in violation of the roster size restrictions by adding a player. You could be the first owner on the waiver priority list but you WILL NOT get your player if you fail to designate a drop at the same time.

2. The next two rounds of weekly transactions will take place on SATURDAY at 1 p.m. EST. Free agents will again be awarded to teams on a worst-to-first basis (record, total points, power ranking). Please note-- Players dropped on WEDNESDAY night ARE eligible to be added during the second transaction processing event on SATURDAY afternoon.

3. If a trade is made with an uneven combination of players (2 for 1, 3 for 2, etc.), the team receiving the extra player must immediately notify the commissioner's office regarding who will be dropped to keep the roster size at 20. While teams are permitted to start play with a roster size below 20, they are not allowed to go above that number. Failure to report a drop to the commissioner in this circumstance will result in the trade being voided. All trades must be approved and forwarded to the commissioner's office no later than Saturday evening at 9 p.m. EST in order to ensure that the players involved are available for Sunday's games.

4. Both teams need to give approval and list terms of the trade for it to be confirmed. This must be done through the league's web site. Owners should take special care to make sure trades they are offering and/or accepting are deals they actually want. When accepting trades, MFL software is designed to require the owner to first click accept, then click the yes button to acknowledge that the trade is going to be accepted, and then click accept again. This is done to give an owner multiple chances to review a trade before deciding to make it official.

Once an owner has accepted a deal in this manner, the trade is forwarded to the league commissioner and it becomes official. Owners are not allowed to go through this three step process and then attempt to back out, claiming the deal was accepted "accidentally." Trade results will be posted on the web site for each league. As a trade is approved, the team(s) rosters will automatically be updated and a transaction record will be listed.

5. A player cannot be traded back to a team until four (4) games have passed.

6. The league has the ability to call for a trade veto within 48 hours of the trade becoming official during the regular season and 72 hours of the trade becoming official during the off-season. Making a case to call for a veto vote must consist of something more substantial than "I don't agree with the trade and I want to vote against it." The owner calling for the veto should post a rationale on the league message board and send out an email to the commissioner for consideration by the entire league. Once this occurs, the trade will be voted on by a 19-member panel of the GLFFL's Board of Directors, consisting of the owners who have been selected by longest tenure, geographic location, and overall representation of the GLFFL. This way, deals can be decided by individuals who are unbiased since they are not a part of the league in question. In the event that members of the Board of Directors are involved in the trade in question, they must abstain from the voting procedure. Voting can take place on a trade veto request if two thirds of the total membership, or 12 members, are present. When a quorum exists, 50% plus one will equal the decision.

7. Owners are permitted to submit the names of starting players up until the respective player's game time. Once a game has begun, all players participating in that game are either locked in as a starter or as a bench player. Lineups should be submitted through the league's web site.

8. Owners are not permitted to trade transaction slots.

9. You will be responsible for fielding a complete team during bye weeks. No carryover points will be awarded for position players or NFL teams.

10. No trades will be permitted following the kickoff of the games in Week 10. The Wednesday after the 13th regular season game is the last week to make drop/add transactions, meaning rosters will be locked for the duration of the playoffs.

Section IV - Playoffs and Payouts

1. In order to determine division championships and playoff seedings, the following tiebreaker system will be used:

1.) Best W/L Record,
2.) Head to Head Competition,
2a.) Best Division Record,
3.) Most Points Scored All Games,
4.) Best Net Points Head to Head,
4a.) Best Net Points Division Games,
5.) Least Points Allowed All Games,
6.) Coin Flip.

2. Division statistics (2a,4a) are used to resolve division ties only. Playoff seedings WILL NOT consider these values. With playoff seedings, once the division winners have been seeded, all other teams will be seeded based on overall record, head-to-head and then total points scored. In the event of a tie involving three or more teams, head-to-head can only be used as the tiebreaker if one team has a definitive advantage over the others (i.e. Team A defeated both Team B and Team C, therefore they earn the higher seed based on head-to-head.) If no definitive advantage can be derived for any one team (teams split season series, some teams involved in the tie did not play), the tiebreaker will automatically be decided using total points scored.

3. Three (3) division champions and three (3) wild-card teams will qualify for the playoffs. The two division winners with the best records will receive a first round bye and the first and second seeds. The other division winner will be the third seed and the wild-card teams will be seeded fourth, fifth and sixth using the tiebreaking formula above. Division Winner (#1 seed) plays #4 and the #2 seed plays #3. Wild-card weekend will be held during week #14 of the NFL season.

4. The winners advance to the conference semi-finals. The lowest seed to advance plays the highest seeded division winner, with each successive seed taking on the lowest advancing seed. This action will take place on week #15 of the NFL season.

5. The winners will square off for the Draft Day Fanatics League Championship. This action will take place on week #16 of the NFL season. The champion will receive a check for $400 while the runner-up receives $200. GLFFL is not responsible for the taxes on the prizes of the winner.

Section V - Miscellaneous Items

1. All lineups must consist of NINE players: 1 Quarterback, 2-3 Running Backs, 2-3 Wide Receivers, 1-2 Tight Ends, 1 Place Kicker and 1 Team Defense.

2. Rosters will consist of 20 players. The eleven (11) reserves on your roster may consist of any number of quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, kickers, or NFL teams. It is your responsibility to maintain your roster at all times. If a team goes over the 20 spots (by free agent pickup or trade) the transaction or transactions will not be processed for that week. The Draft Day Fanatics League is a TOTAL REDRAFT league, meaning all players are returned to the available player pool before the subsequent year's initial draft.

3. The act of "throwing games" (losing on purpose by turning in a lineup filled of players that normally would not play) is not tolerated in the Great Lakes Fantasy Football Leagues. We will revert your starting lineup back to a typical lineup for games that are tried to be thrown and further action will also take place (i.e. possible removal from the league without refund).

In every instance where a team has found to intentionally lose a game by submitting a bogus lineup, that owner will immediately be REMOVED from the league in question. When other instances arise, teams will be REMOVED the moment the indiscretions are discovered, whether they happened this year or in a previous year.

The REMOVAL involves the leagues in question only. After one year has passed, the offending owner has the opportunity to apply for reinstatement to that league. Reinstatement can only take place if 60 percent (seven panelists) of the GLFFL's Board of Directors vote for REINSTATEMENT. Other leagues are not impacted, although a meticulous study will begin on those other franchises to see if tanking games occurred at any time in the history of that club.

In addition, the offending owner will be placed on a PERMANENT PROBATIONARY STATUS in all other leagues, meaning any other incident of intentionally throwing games will result in PERMANENT EXPULSION from ALL GLFFL LEAGUES for LIFE.

4. ACTIVE OWNER CLAUSE - If the commissioner has not heard from you (by phone, e-mail or web evidence) or your authorized representative for 3 consecutive weeks (no transactions or lineup changes) you may be declared an inactive owner, banished from the league, and your team repurchased by the league on a pro-rata basis and resold or dissolved. It is unfair to the active owners to have a disinterested owner. This becomes especially critical as the season winds down and you find yourself "out" of the running. You may appoint a designated representative in writing to the commissioner anytime prior to a known absence.

5. Conduct that is deemed detrimental to the league or to the GLFFL will not be tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, posts and or emails that are harassing in nature and serve no legitimate purpose other than to cause discord within the league or the GLFFL organization. There is a difference between expressing viewpoints or likes/dislikes of a league or format and personal attacks toward fellow owners, the commissioner or the Board of Directors. Failure to comply may result in IMMEDIATE EXPULSION WITHOUT REFUND. In addition, attempts to negatively impact the integrity of the league (i.e. threatening or outright refusal to submit lineups, partaking in bogus trades, etc.) will result in an immediate expulsion, without refund, from the GLFFL.