NFL Rules

[Ghosthawks GM (JT-Commish)]

League Overview:

• We will use ESPN for our fantasy baseball league.
  
• An active Chatango account will be required to be in the league.
  
• The league will consist of 10-14 (TBD) owners.
  
• You must be an active participant. Lack of activity will result in an owner being replaced.
  
• Lineups must be set. Lack of doing so will result in an owner being replaced.
  

Rosters:

• The rosters will consist of a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 players.
  
• You can have up to 3 players on injured reserve at any time
  
• Any roster violation will result in a salary cap penalty.
  
• NFL Rosters will consist of the following positions:

Starters:
QB, WR, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, W/R/T, W/R/T, K, DEF

9 Bench Positions

Injured Reserve:

• You can have a maximum of 3 players on the injured reserve at any time.
  
• The player must be listed as IR on ESPN to be eligible.
  
• You must post on the forum when you put someone on IR.

Draft:

• The draft will be 20 rounds.
  
• The draft will take place on proboards.
  
• You will have TBD hours to make your pick from the time of the last pick.
  
• The draft clock will run from Noon until Midnight Eastern Time each day.
  
• The draft order was randomly generated and e-mailed to every team in the league.
  
• If you think you may miss a pick, you can e-mail me or another owner a list.
  
• Once the draft is over you can hand out contracts according to the following list:

Years/Amount You Can Give
6 Years/2
5 Years/3
4 years/3
3 years/4
2 years/4

Salary Info:

• Each team will have a salary cap of $250.
  
• This cap will cover your roster and IR.
  
• Salary cap money can be traded
  
• Players salaries will be determined by their rank on Matthew Berrys Top 200, a thread with these rankings will be posted each year:
  

Matthew Berrys Annual Top 200 Rankings for the coming season (link will be posted)/Salary
1-10/$30
11-20/$25
21-40/$20
41-70/$15
71-100/$10
101-130/$5
131-160/$3
161-200/$2
201-up/$1

In-Season Free Agency:

• During the season you will bid on any available free agent.
  
• Minimum bid is based on scale above
  
• You will post your bid in the free agent bidding section of the forum.
  
• There is no maximum number of free agents you can add during the season.
  
• Once a bid is made, other owners have 24 hours to top that bid.
  
• The bidding is closed 24 hours from the most recent bid.
  
• You must have room for the player by the time you bid him, or the claim is voided.
  

Releasing Players:

• To release a player post in the released players forum.
  
• Post the players name and his entire contract information.
  
• All penalties will be rounded to the nearest dollar amount.
  
• Players with $1/1 year contracts have no penalty to release.
  
• If you have any questions about this please ask me.
  
• You will not be charged a penalty for releasing K or DEF teams.
  
• There will be a cap penalty to release players as follows:

Releasing a player with a 1 year contract is a 25% penalty of their salary.
Releasing a player with a multi-year contract is a 50% penalty of their total salary.

Examples:

You release a player with a 1 year $10 salary costs 2.50 which would be rounded to a $3 penalty.

You release a player with a 3 year $5/year salary costs 50% of $15 which is $7.50 rounded to an $8 penalty.

Trades:

• You can trade any asset: Players, Money or Picks.
  
• Both owners must post in the forum or inform me via IM.
  
• Trades will be reviewed by a trade committee.
  
• The committee will consist of 3 GM's.
  
• If 2/3 of the committee say veto the trade will have to be re-worked.

Waivers:

• You can place any player on waivers at any time.
  
• A player must stay on waivers for 48 hours before he clears.
  
• Once a player is placed on waivers any other team can claim him.
  
• If more then one team claims the player the team with the lowest record wins the claim.
  
• Once a player has been claimed he becomes the property of the claiming team.
  
• The players entire contract moves to the new team.
  
• A player may not be released or traded while on waivers.
  
• Once a player clears waivers he can be traded or released or kept.
  
• The penalty for releasing a player is the same even if they clear waivers.

Rookie Draft:

• Before each season we will hold a rookie draft.
  
• The draft will be 4 rounds, but you do not have to make any selections if you so choose
  
• This draft will be to draft the players picked in the recent NFL draft.
  
• The draft order will be reverse order previous season standings.
  
• Salaries will be based on the following list:

Draft pick #/Salary
1st Round/$15
2nd Round/$10
3rd Round/$5
4th Round/$1

You can hand out the following contracts:

6 years/2
5 years/2
4 years and below/unlimited
It is a rookie draft, so they are able to be kept longer.

Offseason Re-Signing period:

• You can keep any 2 of your teams pending free agents with a new salary.
  
• Their new salary will be based on the new top 200.
  
• You must decide who your are keeping by the actual NFL Draft Day

Offseason Free Agency:

• Following the re-signing period will be free agency.
  
• You can sign as many players as you have open spots on your team.
  
• You sign players by bidding, just like during the season.
  
• You can bid on any player not on another teams roster.
  
• During this period, there is no minimum bids.
  
• Each year during free agency, every team gets to hand out at maximum:

1/6 year deal
1/5 year deal
1/4 year deal
Unlimited 1-3 year deals

• This protects against players being owned for too long.
  
• Players are bid on using just a dollar figure, contracts are dealt later
  
• You must decide on the length of a FA contract by the Hall of Fame game.