Rules

2001 COLLEGE LEAGUE RULES

All questions, disputes and interpretations of these rules subject to commissioner’s rulings.

All commissioner rulings will be final.

ENTRÉE FEE BREAKDOWN

$ 100.47 GENERAL POT

$ 15 SCRUB BOWLS (REFUNDED IF YOU MAKE THE PLAY-OFFS)

$ 6.36 SIGNATURE BALL , TROPHY INSCRIPTION AND SUPPLIES

$ 4.54 ( $ 50 ) HIGH AVERAGE

$ 3.18 ( $ 35 ) HIGH PTS ( WINS + TOP 6’S)

$ 3.18 ( $ 35 ) HIGH TEAM FOR A WEEK

$ 3.18 ( $ 35 ) HIGH PLAYER FOR A WEEK

$ 1.82 ( $ 20 ) LONG TD THROW FOR THE YEAR1

$ 1.82 ( $ 20 ) LONG TD RECEPTION FOR THE YEAR

$ 1.82 ( $ 20 ) LONG TD RUN FOR THE YEAR

$ 1.82 ( $ 20 ) LONG FG OF THE YEAR

$ 6.81 ( $ 25 ) FOR EACH DIVISION WINNER

$ 150 TOTAL ( PLEASE BRING CASH IF POSSIBLE )

A MINIMUM OF $ 75 IS DUE AT THE DRAFT , OR YOUR ROSTER WILL BE FROZEN. YOU HAVE ONE MONTH TO GET THE BALANCE IN , OR THE FROZEN ROSTER RULE GOES BACK INTO EFFECT.

GENERAL POT PAY-OUT

1^ST = $ 370

2^ND = $ 260

3^RD = $ 170

4^TH = $ 130

5^TH = $ 100

6^TH = $ 75

FORMAT : 3 DIV. WINNERS & 3 WILD-CARDS

ALL 6 TEAMS IN THE MONEY

MASTER ROSTER (STARTING LINE-UP OPTIONS)

PRO RUN & SHOOT WISHBONE

2 QB’S 1 QB 1 QB 1QB

2 RB 2 RB 1 RB 3 RB

2 (WR/TE) 2 (WR/TE) 3 (WR/TE) 1 (WR/TE)

2 OPT. (RB OR WR/TE) 1 K 1 K 1 K

2 K 1 DEF 1 DEF 1 DEF

2 DEF

TE’S WILL BE CONSIDERED WR’S BUT WILL USE THE TE’S SCORING

WE WILL USE TEAM QB’S AND TEAM K’S, MEANING YOU USE ANY QB’S STATS AND ANY K’S STATS THAT PLAY. ONE EXCEPTION WOULD BE IF THE REGULAR QB SPLITS OUT WIDE AND ANOTHER QB COMES IN AND THROWS A TD PASS TO THE QB THAT IS SPLIT OUT WIDE. YOU CAN ONLY GIVE STATS TO ONE QB AT A TIME. THEREFORE THE QB THAT WAS UNDER CENTER WOULD BE THE STATS THAT YOU USE ON THAT PLAY.

THERE WILL BE $ 10 FINES FOR THE FOLLOWING: INCOMPLETE LINE-UPS (CHECK YOUR OFF-WEEKS), CALLING STATS IN LATE OR NOT AT ALL. $ ALL FINES GO TO PAY FOR FOOD FOR THE FOLLOWING YEARS DRAFT.

TRANSACTIONS CAN BE MADE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M. AND 10:00 P.M.EXCEPT ON FRIDAYS WHEN TRANSACTIONS ARE DUE IN BY 8:00 P.M. WITH YOUR LINE-UPS.

WAIVERS WILL BE PROCESSED EACH WEEK ON FRIDAY AT 6PM.
***If you want a player off waivers that plays on Thursday and you want to use him in the Thursday night game, you must submit a bid no later then 6pm on Thursday. Claims will be processed at that point for just the players plaing on Thursday night. After the 6pm deadline passes, the player can still be claimed, but they will not be eligble for the games that week. All other claims will be processed as normal on Friday.

LINE-UPS ARE DUE ON FRIDAYS AT 8:00 P.M.

STATS ARE DUE IN BY MONDAY AT 8:00 P.M. (PLEASE GIVE EARLIER IF POSSIBLE)

EXCEPTION BEING ON ANY THURSDAY NIGHT GAMES ( ANY PLAYERS INVOLVED, YOU HAVE UNTIL OPENING KICK-OFF TO MAKE ANY CHANGES)

YOU WILL BE GIVEN ONE MULLIGAN BEFORE FINES AND PLAYER &TEAM PTS PENALTIES ARE ISSUED.

SATURDAYS ARE A NON – TRANSACTION DAY

NO TRANSACTIONS ARE PERMITTED UNTIL WEEK ONE IS COMPLETE. MONDAY AT 10:00 P.M. AFTER THE FIRST GAME WILL BE THE FIRST DAY THAT PLAYERS WILL BE AWARDED. THE EXCEPTION BEING THAT IF A PLAYER YOU DRAFTED IS HURT OR YOU FIND OUT HE WON’T PLAY FOR SOME REASON.

YOU HAVE ONE WEEK TO PROTEST ANY SCORES OR MISTAKES THAT NEED TO BE MADE. AFTER THAT , THEY ARE WRITTEN IN STONE.

TRADING IS DONE ON THE HONOR SYSTEM THE DEADLINE BEING STARTING LINE-UPS FOR WEEK # 6

THESE RULES ARE ABBREVIATED; PLEASE SEE THE BELOW PRO RULES FOR ALL OTHER RULES.

PRO RULES
*Please Note, these Pro Rules are unedited for College, so some things may not apply to the College League

ANY PLAYER THAT IS PICKED UP DURING THE WEEK, MUST STAY ON YOUR ROSTER THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BARING INJURYOR ANY OTHER REASON THAT MAY KEEP THE PLAYER FROM PLAYING. IF THE PLAYER PICKED UP AS A FREE-AGENT OR WAIVER WIRE PLAYER AND IS IMMEDIATELY TRADED, HE MUST STAY ON THE ACTIVE ROSTER OF THE TEAM HE IS TRADED TO THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

THE ONLY TIME A STARTING LINE-UP CAN BE CHANGED IS IF YOU FIND OUT A PLAYER NOT ON THE INJURY REPORT IN THE FRIDAY USA TODAY IS NOT GOING TO PLAY, REGARDLESS OF REASON. IF YOU FIND OUT BEFORE GAME TIME ,NOTIFY THE COMMISH AND YOUR OPPONENT. ****** NEW RULE = HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES THAT IF YOU ARE NOT WATCHING THE PREGAME OR ARE ONLINE, YOU MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF ANY LAST MINUTE CHANGES. YOU WILL NOW BE ALLOWED TO USE THE IMMEDIATE BACK-UP FOR THE SINGLE POSITION PLAYERS AND THE EXTRA RB OR WR YOU DESIGNATE AS YOUR FIRST BACK-UP. IF THE STARTER PLAYS EVEN ONE DOWN, THE MOVE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

IF YOU HAVE A BACK-UP ON YOUR ROSTER FOR THE PLAYER THAT IS BEING SUBSTITUTED FOR, YOU MUST USE HIM ( I WILL NEED TO HAVE YOUR 2 BACK-UPS PRIORITIZED IN CASE WE HAVE TO USE ONE). IF I AM NOT INFORMED OF THE ORDER OF YOUR BACK-UPS , YOU WILL NOT GET TO USE ONE. IF THE PLAYER IS A QB,TE OR K, YOU HAVE TO USE THE IMMEDIATE BACK-UP ON THAT TEAM. IF FOR SOME REASON THE BACK-UP IS ON SOMEONE ELSE'S ROSTER, YOU MAY THEN PICK UP A FREE-AGENT FROM ANOTHER TEAM, PROVIDING THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED YET. PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR OPPONENT OF ANY CHANGES IN YOUR LINE-UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE WILL HAVE USE OF AN UNLIMITED INJURY LIST. AS LONG AS A PLAYER IS LISTED AS QUESTIONABLE , DOUBTFULL OR OUT , HE CAN BE ON THIS LIST. IF YOU SEE A PLAYER GET SEVERELY HURT, OR IT SAYS HE IS HURT IN PRINT, YOU CAN PLACE HIM ON YOUR INJURY LIST. IF THE PLAYER IS NOT IN FRIDAYS INJURY REPORT ON FRIDAY, THE TRANSACTION WILL BE CANCELED. WHEN HE IS NO LONGER ON THIS LIST, HE MUST BE ACTIVATED OR RELEASED.

WE WILL LIMIT THE NUMBER OF FREE-AGENT ACQUISITIONS ON QB'S ,TE'S , K'S,AND DEF.'S TO 3 PER YEAR. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE INJURY RELATED TRANSACTIONS.

YOU MUST DECLARE 1 PLAYER AT EACH POSITION TO BE A FRANCHISE PLAYER. PUT A * NEXT TO THE PLAYER WHEN YOU HAND IN YOUR ROSTER. IF A PLAYER IN QUESTION SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR INJURY LIST, YOU WOULD HAVE FIRST RIGHTS TO HIS REPLACEMENT . IF THE REPLACEMENT IS ON SOMEONE ELSE'S ROSTER, YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK. IF THE OWNER WHO HAS RIGHTS TO THE REPLACEMENT DOES NOT EXERCISE HIS OPTION ON THE PLAYER, ANY OTHER TEAM CAN BE GIVEN THE PLAYER. HE WILL BE AWARDED WHEN LINE-UPS ARE DUE IN.

IF YOUR FRANCHISE PLAYER IS LISTED AS PROBABLE, HIS BACK-UP WILL BE INELIGIBLE TO BE PICKED UP BY ANY OTHER TEAM, AS LONG AS HE IS ON THE INJURED LIST. IF THE BACK-UP IS ALREADY ON SOMEONES ROSTER BEFORE THE FRANCHISE PLAYER GETS HURT, THIS RULE DOES NOT APPLY.

ON THE WEEK YOUR QB,TE,K,AND DEF. ARE OFF, YOU WILL GET A FREE PICK FROM THE FREE-AGENT POOL. IF MORE THAN ONE TEAM HAS A PLAYER OFF THAT WEEK THE ONE WITH THE LEAST POINTS (W’S+TOP 8’S) OR THE ONE THAT IS LOWER RANKED, IF THERE IN THE SAME DIVISION, WILL BE AWARDED THE FIRST PICK TO REPLACE THE PLAYER.

WHEN DETERMINING WHO IS LOWER RANKED WHEN THE TEAMS ARE NOT IN THE SAME DIVISION, FIRST USE POINTS (W’S=TOP 8’S),WINS,HEAD TO HEAD, THAN LOWEST POINTS SCORED TO BREAK THE TIE.

THE TRADING DEADLINE IS THE STARTING LINE -UP DEADLINE OF WEEK # 9

WE ARE ON THE HONOR SYSTEM WHEN IT COMES TO TRADES, IF I FEEL THERE IS SOME SHADY DEALINGS, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT ASK YOU BACK THE FOLLOWING YEAR. PLUS IT CAN GREATLY EFFECT THE OUTCOME OF OUR LEAGUE. SO PLEASE HAVE A REASON AS TO WHY YOU THINK THE TRADE IS BENEFITING YOUR TEAM, IF I SHOULD ASK.

WHEN A PLAYER IS RELEASED BY HIS FANTASY TEAM, HE IS WHAT WE CALL A PLAYER ON WAIVERS. WAIVER PLAYERS CAN BE BID ON ANYTIME FROM THE TIME YOU RECEIVE THE REPORT , TO THE LINE-UP DEADLINE. THE LOWEST RANKED TEAM WITH A BID ON A PLAYER WILL GET THE PLAYER AT THE LINE UP DEADLINE. IF YOU HAVE A BID ON MORE THAN ONE PLAYER, YOU WILL ONLY GET YOUR FIRST CHOICE IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS A BID ON ONE OF THE PLAYERS. IF A PLAYER CLEARS WAIVERS , HE WILL THEN BE PUT BACK IN THE FREE-AGENT POOL, AND BE AVAILABLE ON A DAILY BASIS.

IF A PLAYER IS CUT BY THEIR PRO TEAM AND RESURFACES ON ANOTHER TEAM, YOU STILL HAVE RIGHTS TO THAT PLAYER.

YOU HAVE UNTIL THE LINE-UP DEADLINE FOR THE POST SEASON AND SCRUB-BOWLS, TO GET YOUR ROSTER IN ORDER. LINE-UPS ARE THEN FROZEN UNLESS YOU CANNOT SUBMIT A FULL LINE-UP TO EITHER INJURY OR BENCHING , WHETHER IT BE A FULL BENCHING OR PLAN ON GREATLY REDUCING HIS ROLE.

AFTER WEEK 13, PLAY-OFF TEAMS WILL GET PRIORITY ON FREE-AGENTS.

WHEN LOOKING AT A QB';S STATS FOR YARDAGE THROWN, LOOK AT THE PERSONAL STATS, NOT NET YARDS. NET YARDS INCLUDES SACKS FOR LOSSES. YOU WILL HOWEVER USE NET YARDS FOR PLAYERS RUSHING TOTALS.

AN OFFENSIVE FUMBLE RECOVERY FOR A TD, REGARDLESS OF WHO FUMBLES IT IS 6 PTS FOR THE PLAYER THAT RECOVERED IT.

TIE-BREAKERS FOR THE PLAY-OFFS

1) POINTS (W’S + TOP 8’S)

2) WINS

3) HEAD TO HEAD

4) WINS WITHIN THE DIV.

5) WINS WITHIN THE CONFERENCE

IF THERE IS A 3 WAY TIE FOR A WILD-CARD SPOT, EX., A1, A2 AND B4 ARE TIED. YOU MUST FIRST DETERMINE WHO IS HIGHER RANKED, A1 OR A2, THEN COMPARE THAT TEAM TO B4.

*** IMPORTANT: EVEN THOUGH WE ARE PLAYING FOR RELATIVELY HIGH STAKES, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT WE ARE PLAYING FOR THE FUN IT WAS INTENDED. LETS PLEASE KEEP THE ARGUMENTS TO A MINIMUM. I WILL BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL ON ANY DESCREPANCIES THAT MAY ARISE. GOOD LUCK THIS YEAR, YOUR GOING TO NEED IT !!!!!