2001 NFL LEAGUE RULES

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

All commissioner rulings will be final.

2001 FANTASY FOOTBALL
MIKE
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DRAFT: RAMADA INN 1-25 & 104TH (BEHIND APPLEBEES)

THURSDAY SEPT. 6, 2001 6:00 P.M. SHARP

ENTREE FEE BREAKDOWN

$ 192.40 GENERAL POT

$ 20 SCRUB BOWLS ($15 TO BE REFUNDED TO PLAY-OFF TEAMS) YOU CAN SELL YOUR

TEAM IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

$ 20 POST SEASON POOL

$ 10 SUPPLIES, SIGNATURE BALL, TROPHY INSCRIPTION, AND X-TRA PHONE LINE

$ 5 HOTEL

$ 12.50 ($200) HIGH AVG.

$ 5 ($80) BEST REGULAR SEASON POINT TOTAL (WINS+TOP 8’S)

$ 6.25 ($100) HIGH TEAM FOR A GAME

$ 6.25 ($100) HIGH PLAYER FOR A GAME

$ 5 ($80) HIGH QB TOTAL FOR THE YEAR

$ 5 ($80) HIGH RB TOTAL FOR THE YEAR

$ 5 ($80) HIGH WR TOTAL FOR THE YEAR

$ 5 ($80) HIGH TE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR

$ 5 ($80) HIGH K TOTAL FOR THE YEAR

$ 5 ($80) HIGH DEF. TOTAL FOR THE YEAR

$ 3.15 ($50) LONG TD THROW FOR THE YEAR

$ 3.15 ($50) LONG TD CATCH FOR THE YEAR

$ 3.15 ($50) LONG TD RUN FOR THE YEAR

$ 3.15 ($50) LONG FG FOR THE YEAR

($70) GOES TO EACH DIV. WINNER (COMES FROM GENERAL POT)

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$ 320 (PLEASE BRING CASH IF POSSIBLE)

 

!! ALL SIDE POST WILL CONCLUDE AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON !!

DUE TO PEOPLE BEING BENCHED AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON

**** ALL POSITION SIDE POTS WILL CONCLUDE AFTER THE PLAYERS 12TH GAME OF THE SEASON, DUE TO THE FACT THAT 3 TEAMS HAVE OFF WEEKS DURING OUR PLAY-OFFS

PAY-OUTS FROM GENERAL POT

1ST = $ 1000

2ND = $ 570

3RD = $ 360

4TH = $ 310

5TH = $ 240

6TH = $ 200

!!!!! A MINIMUM OF $ 160 WILL BE DUE AT THE DRAFT. IF IT IS NOT PAID, NO TRANSACTIONS WILL BE PERMITTED, NO EXCEPTIONS. IF YOU DO NOT PAY IN FULL AT THE TIME OF THE DRAFT, YOU WILL HAVE A ONE MONTH GRACE PERIOD TO BE PAID IN FULL. IF YOU ARE NOT PAID IN FULL AFTER THE ONE MONTH, THE NO TRANSACTION RULE WILL GO BACK INTO EFFECT. WITH THE MONEY BEING PAID IN ADVANCE, I WILL BE ABLE TO PAY OUT AS SOON AS THE SEASON IS OVER.

YOU CAN BE GIVEN FINES DURING THE COARSE OF THE YEAR FOR VARIOUS RULES VIOLATIONS. THESE FINES ARE TO BE PAID AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO MAKE TRANSACTIONS UNTIL THE FINES ARE PAID. I WILL KEEP A RUNNING TAB ON THE TRANSACTION SHEET OF FINES STILL OWED. ONCE YOU PAY , I WILL REMOVE THE FINES OWED FROM THE TRANSACTION SHEET. THESE FINES WILL GO TO A PRE-DRAFT PARTY OR HOTEL COSTS THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

THE ROSTERS WILL CONSIST OF :

MASTER: 1 – QB(TEAM) STARTING LINE-UP : 1 – QB(TEAM)

2 - RB 1 - RB

3 - WR 2 - WR

1 - OPT. (RB or WR) 1 - 2ND RB or 3RD WR

1 - TE 1 - TE

1 - K (TEAM) 1 - K (TEAM)

1 - DEF. 1 - DEF.

**** WE WILL BE DRAFTING A TEAM QB AND TEAM KICKER. THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE ALL NUMBERS FOR THAT POSTION DURING THE GAME. EX: GRIESE GETS HURT IN THE 3RD QUARTER, AND BEURLIEN FINISHES THE GAME, YOU WOULD ADD UP BOTH PLAYERS STATS AND USE THOSE FOR THE QB’S TOTAL. SAME WITH THE KICKER, ANYONE THAT’S KICKS , WOULD GET THE POINTS.

THE DEFENSES MAY BE TAKEN ANY TIME DURING THE DRAFT. SIMPLY TREAT YOUR DEF. AS ANY OTHER PLAYER ON YOUR ROSTER

IF A PLAYER IS CONSIDERED A H-BACK, HE WILL BE A TIGHT END FOR US. IF YOU EVER HAVE A QUESTION ON A POSITION ELIGIBILITY OF A PLAYER, CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THERE WILL BE NO TRANSACTIONS AFTER THE DRAFT UNLESS THERE IS AN INJURY OR A REASON A PLAYER MAY NOT PLAY UNTIL AFTER WEEK ONE IS COMPLETE. THE FIRST TRANSACTION DAY WILL TUESDAY NIGHT AT 10:00 P.M. AFTER WEEK ONE

**** THERE ARE NO TRANSACTIONS PERMITTED ON SUNDAYS. THIS WILL GIVE THE SWING-SHIFTERS A CHANCE TO SEE THE STATS OF THE GAMES PLAYED THAT DAY.

**** OUR STARTING LINE-UPS ARE DUE AT 8:00 P.M. ON FRI. PRECEDING THAT GAME.

**** IF THERE ARE THURS GAMES ,YOU HAVE UNTIL KICK-OFF OF THE GAME IN QUESTION TO NO NOTIFY ME IF YOU WANT THEM IN YOUR LINE-UP. THE REST OF THE LINE-UP STILL ISN'T DUE TILL FRI.

 

**** IF THERE ARE NO LINE-UPS SUBMITTED, I WILL ASSUME THE PREVIOUS LINE-UP WILL BE INSERTED. THIS ALSO GOES FOR PLAYERS EFFECTED BY OFF-WEEKS. YOU MUST NOTIFY ME OF ALL CHANGES.

**** IN ORDER TO GET THE REPORTS OUT ON WEDNESDAYS, I NEED TO HAVE ALL STATS E-MAILED OR CALLED IN ,IN CASE E-MAIL IS NOT AN OPTION BY 7:00 P.M. ON TUESDAYS . IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY GOING MONDAY NIGHT, GET YOUR STATS IN BY MONDAY. THIS WAY IT DECREASING YOUR CHANCES OF FORGETTING. (I’LL BE WORKING LATE SWINGS, SO GET THE NUMBERS IN EARLEY ON TUES IF POSSIBLE)

IF NO STATS ARE CALLED IN, THE WIN OR LOSS WILL STILL STAND, HOWEVER, YOU WILL NOT GET CREDIT FOR TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL POINTS.

YOU HAVE 1 WEEK TO PROTEST ANY SCORES OR ERRORS IN THE NUMBERS , OR ELSE THEY WILL BE FINAL

IF STATS OR LINE-UPS ARE LATE, OR IF YOU HAVE AN INCOMPLETE LINE-UP DUE TO OFF-WEEKS , A $ 10 FINE WILL BE ISSUED.

I WILL GIVE ONE MULLIGAN BEFORE I INSTITUTE THE FINE AND POINT RULES. IN DOING SO, I WILL NO LONGER GIVE COURTESY CALLS.

IF YOU HAVE A PLAYER IN YOUR LINE-UP THAT IS LISTED AS OUT, YOU WILL BE GIVEN A FINE FOR AN INCOMPLETE LINE-UP.

TRANSACTIONS CAN BE MADE FROM 7:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M. EXCEPT ON FRIDAYS , WHEN LINES ARE DUE BY 8:00 P.M. AND SUNDAYS, WHEN NONE ARE PERMITTED.

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.

PLAY-OFF FORMAT

THE 4 DIV. WINNERS GET $70 OFF THE TOP OF THE POT.

THE DIV. WINNER THAT IS HIGHER RANKED IN EACH CONFERENCE GETS A FIRST ROUND BYE.

******* WHEN DETERMINING ORDER OF FINISH FOR THE PAY-OUTS , A WILD-CARD CAN NEVER BE RANKED HIGHER THAN A DIV. WINNER.

WEEK # 14

DIV. WINNER WITH THE WORST RECORD IN EACH CONFERENCE VS. THE WILD-

CARD. (LOWER RANKED TEAM IS 6TH, THE OTHER 5TH)

WEEK # 15

THE BYE TEAM VS. THE WINNER IN EACH CONFERENCE.

(LOWER RANKED TEAM IS 4TH, THE OTHER IS 3RD)

WEEK #16

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

(LOSER IS 2ND, WINNER IS FIRST)

WEEK # 17

CONTINUATION OF SCRUB BOWL AND PLAY-OFF TEAM POOL

PLAY-OFFS = PLAY-OFF POOL

*** 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 !!!!!