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Wild Card Football: Simpsons League League Bylaws |
| General League Setup | |
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| Commissioner Email Address: | Send Email To Commish |
| Total Number of Divisions: | 3 |
| Number of Franchises: | 12 |
| Number of Roster Spots: | 15 |
| Number of Injured Reserve Spots: | 1 |
| Head-To-Head Matchups: | Yes |
| Each Player can be on: | 1 rosters per League |
| Track Player Salaries and/or Contracts: | Yes |
| Abilities Setup | |
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| Franchise Abilities: | Submit lineups |
| Perform waivers / FA moves | |
| Drop players at any time | |
| Propose / accept trades | |
| Make IR moves | |
| Write league articles | |
| Post to message board | |
| Post to league chat | |
| Post to bulletin board | |
| Change franchise setup info | |
| View 'Prev. Proc. Waivers' report | |
| Participate in survivor pool | |
| Participate in NFL pool | |
| Participate in fantasy pool | |
| Commissioner Lockout: | No, the commissioner still has the ability to view pending owner-initiated transactions. |
| Standings Setup | |
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| Standings Sort Criteria #1: | Overall Winning Percentage |
| Standings Sort Criteria #2: | Total Points Scored |
| Standings Sort Criteria #3: | Head-To-Head Record |
| Standings Sort Criteria #4: | Divisional Winning Percentage |
| Standings Sort Criteria #5: | Reverse Order Of Opponent Total Points Scored |
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| Standings Sort Criteria #7: | |
| Standings Sort Criteria #8: | |
| Division/Conference Setup | |
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| Divisions: | Wiggum, Smithers, Flanders |
| Accounting Setup | |
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| League Entry Fee: | $100.00 |
| General Scoring Setup | |
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| Calculate Fantasy Results From: | Week 1 through Week 17 |
| Number of Decimal Places For League Scoring: | 2 |
| Ties Are: | Decided by 1 selected non-starting players at Any Position |
| Should Players Be Awarded "Bye Week Carryover Points"?: | No |
| Starting Lineup Setup | |
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| Total Starters: | 9 |
| Number of Starting QBs: | 1 |
| Number of Starting RBs: | 1-3 |
| Number of Starting WRs: | 2-4 |
| Number of Starting TEs: | 1 |
| Number of Starting PKs: | 1 |
| Number of Starting Defs: | 1 |
| Roster Position Limits Setup |
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| Salary Cap Setup | |
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| Per-Franchise Salary Cap: | $25.00 |
| Salary Cap Type: | hard |
| Reset Player Salary/Contract To League Default: | |
| Da H-Town Ruff Riders Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| Dirtbag's Shit Slingers Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| NJ Swamp Dragons Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| Richmond Silver Surfers Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| Sweet Chin Music Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| Georgia Big Bad Bullies Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| Barking Spiders Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| Springfield Isotopes Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| WAHOOS Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| Philly Field Jesters Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| FFB Wizards Salary Cap: | $0.00 |
| Percent Of IR Player Salary That Counts Towards The Salary Cap: | 0% |
| Other League Settings | |
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| Display NFL Player Injury Status? | Yes |
| Display Top Performers/Player Stats Report? | Yes |
| Display Rosters Report? | Yes |
| Display NFL Opponent's Passing/Rushing Rank On Submit Lineup Page? | Yes |
| Display NFL Bye Weeks/NFL Schedule? | Yes |
| Display NFL News Articles? | Yes |
| Display NFL Free Agents on Fantasy Free Agent Lists? | No |
| Display NFL Rookies With (R) Next To Name? | |
| Time Zone: | ET |
| Display "Drafted" Column on Rosters Report? | Yes |
| Are league reports private (Not accessible to guests)? | No |
| Is league home page private (Not accessible to guests)? | |
| Draft Setup | |
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| Draft Pick Time Limit Turned: | On and set to 0:2 hours |
| Weekly Lineup Setup | |
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| Lineup Submission Deadline: | Players Are Locked At Kickoff Of Their Game |
| Are Partial Lineups Allowed? | SYSTEM |
| Waivers Setup |
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| Blind Bidding Waivers Setup | |
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| Are Salary Cap Dollars And Blind Bidding Dollars Treated As One And The Same? | No |
| Maximum Amount Each Owner Can Spend During The Season On Blind Bid Waivers: | $100.00 |
| Socko's Revenge Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $100.00 |
| Da H-Town Ruff Riders Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $87.00 |
| Dirtbag's Shit Slingers Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $54.00 |
| NJ Swamp Dragons Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $45.00 |
| Richmond Silver Surfers Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $100.00 |
| Sweet Chin Music Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $7.00 |
| Georgia Big Bad Bullies Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $69.00 |
| Barking Spiders Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $5.00 |
| Springfield Isotopes Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $72.00 |
| WAHOOS Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $98.00 |
| Philly Field Jesters Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $7.00 |
| FFB Wizards Total Year-To-Date Spent On Blind Bidding: | $100.00 |
| All Blind Bids Must Be In Increments Of: | $1.00 |
| Do Winning Blind Bid Waiver Amounts Get Charged To An Owner's Accounting Report As "Real" Dollars? | No |
| Blind Bidding Ties Sort Criteria #1: | Head-To-Head Record |
| Blind Bidding Ties Sort Criteria #2: | Total Points Scored |
| Blind Bidding Ties Sort Criteria #3: | Overall Winning Percentage |
| Blind Bidding Ties Sort Criteria #4: | Divisional Winning Percentage |
| Blind Bidding Ties Sort Criteria #5: | Reverse Order Of Opponent Total Points Scored |
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| Blind Bidding Ties Sort Criteria #8: | |
| Trades Setup | |
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| When An Owner Accepts A Trade: | The trade requires approval from the commissioner. |
| Display Trade Comments To All Owners? | Yes |
| Allow Trades That Would Create Invalid Rosters To Go Through? | |
| When A Trade Causes An Invalid Roster, Allow Owner To Submit Lineup? | |
| Injured Reserve Setup |
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| Additional League Rules Setup |
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I. League Layout and Overview 12 Team Head to Head Keeper Fantasy Football League Straight-draft style format Keeper format Contract-style salary cap system, with no contract values, just years 9 starting players, 5 bench players, 1 Injured Reserve spot Free Agent System based on a blind-bidding system, then first come, first serve Internet-based, using MyFantasyLeague.com Commissioner is Brian Kreklau (brian@wildcardsports.com) Prize league with a league fee of $100 per season per team No league transaction fees II. Owners/Teams There shall be a maximum of 12 teams in the league. Teams may have multiple owners, but for the purposes of voting on league issues, each franchise is considered equal to all other franchises. Each owner is required to meet the basic guidelines of ownership in this league: Attendance at the league draft in the summer Required to turn in a contract list, 1 week after the league draft Required to pay league fees at least two weeks prior to the league draft Required to adhere to the rules of the league Required to participate in all league-wide constitutional amendment votes Required to maintain a team and keep up-to-date with a starting lineup Failure to comply with the above basic guidelines of ownership will result in possible expulsion from the league, without a refund of league fees. III. Rosters Each team's active roster consists of the following players: 1 Quarterback Flex RB's/WR's (A combination of 1 RB/4 WR's, 2 RB's/3 WR's,or 3 RB's/2 WR's) 1 Tight End 1 Place Kicker 1 Defensive Team/Special Teams Unit All teams will have 5 bench spots and 1 injured reserve spot. To be eligible to be placed on injured reserve, the player must be listed as at a minimum of "Out" on the official NFL Injury Report or placed on Injured Reserve by the NFL team. The player that is placed on injured reserve for the team is ineligible to come off injured reserve for the remainder of the season. At the conclusion of Week 17, the player comes off injured reserve and goes to bench status for the offseason. If a player is placed on injured reserve, his contract status does not count against your cap. Each team must have their starting lineups turned in prior to their respective actual NFL games. If the website is having technical difficulties, etc. The owner is required to email the commissioner prior to the deadline. IV. Standings/Scoring Wins and Losses are the #1 determination of record for this league. Ties in the standings are broken by total points. This leagues uses an actual decimal system for scoring. The following is the scoring system for this league QB/RB/WR/TE Passing Yards = 0.05 points per yard Rushing/Receiving Yards = 0.1 points per yard (WR's/TE's Only) Pass Receptions = 0.5 points each All Touchdowns scored = 6 points each Passing Touchdowns = 4 points each Passing/Receiving/Rushing 2 point conversions = 2 points each Interceptions thrown = -1 points each Fumbles lost = -2 points each Place Kickers Field Goals (1-39 yards) = 3 points each Field Goals (40-49 yards) = 4 points each Field Goals (49+ yards) = 5 points each Any Field Goals missed = -3 points each PAT = 1 point each PAT missed = -1 point each Defensive Team/Special Teams Unit Any Defensive TD (INT, FR) = 4 points each QB Sack = 1 point each Safety = 2 points each Turnovers (INT, FR) = 2 points each Kickoff/Punt Return TD = 6 points each Total Points Allowed = -0.1 point for each point allowed Teams will play a 14 week head-to-head schedule to be determined before the season by the commissioner. Each team will play it's division opponents twice, at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year. Each team will play each non-division opponent once, during the middle of the season. There are three, 4 team divisions. The divisions will be created at league start-up by the following: Homer Division: Draft Pick #1, #4, #7, #10 Flanders Division: Draft Pick #2, #5, #8, #11 Smithers Division: Draft Pick #3, #6, #9, #12 V. Statistics All statistics determined by the league software (MyFantasyLeague.com) are final unless a dispute is brought to the attention of the commissioner and an adjustment is made. VI. Trades Regular season trades may be made at any time from the conclusion of the draft until the Wednesday before Week 14 at Midnight EDT. Draft picks are never allowed to be traded under any circumstances. Offseason trades can be made at any time from the start of the offseason (explained below) up to one week prior to the draft. Teams are not allowed to make trades involving future considerations, players-to-be-named later, free agent dollars, or draft picks. All trades are subject to review by the Commissioner. If the commissioner deems a trade unacceptable to maintain league integrity, he will veto the trade and the parties involved will return to their respective teams. All trades must fit into each teams Salary Cap (explained below). VII. Free Agency Beginning with the first transaction period following the conclusion of the draft, through the end of the regular season, free agents in the free agent pool may be signed, without limit, in the following manner: Each team will use a blind-bidding free agent system run by the league software to put in bids on players, the league software or commissioner will process these waivers at 9:00 PM EDT on Wednesday. Free agents will then be available on a first come, first serve from then until Game-Time of each player's game. Each team will be given "$100" in free agent bucks to use for blind-bidding free agent money. This money cannot be traded and does not carry-over from year to year. The default value for all free agents is a 1 year contract (see below for explanation). There are no free agents allowed of any kind after the beginning of Week 14 of the regular season. Offseason waivers are not allowed. VIII. Draft The initial draft for the league will be determined by a random-dice roll. Each team will be given one roll and this will determine the initial draft order. The initial draft is a snake-style draft. Draft picks are not allowed to be traded at anytime. The draft will be 15 rounds. Each draft prior to the first draft will be determined by using an NBA style-lottery system. The 6 teams that miss out on the playoffs will be given the opportunity to obtain draft picks (#1-6). The worst team in the league will be given 6 dice rolls, the 2nd worst 5 dice rolls, etc. The 6th worst team in the league will have 1 dice roll. This roll will determine draft picks #1-6. The playoff teams will conduct a similar system to determine draft pick #'s 7-12. These teams rolls will be determined by their finish in the league playoffs. League Champion gets 1 roll, Runner-Up gets 2 rolls. League Semi-Final teams #3-4 get 3 and 4 rolls respectively. Those spots are determined by the score of each team compared against the other in the league semi-final matchup. The same system determines the 5-6 team rolls. Each draft after the initial draft is NOT a snake-style format. It is a straight draft. So if you receive pick #5, you have that pick for each round of the draft. X. Keeper System At the conclusion of the league draft, each team will "sign" each of it's players to contract years. The salary cap of contract years for this league is 25. The default value for any free agent is 1 year. The maximum year a contract can be awarded is 5 years. At all times a team must maintain it's salary cap of contract years. Each team has one week from the end of the draft to sign it's players. At this time, teams are now locked in to the contracts they have signed. If a team decides to cut a player with a 1 or 2 year contract there is no penalty. If a team decides to cut a player with a 3 year contract they receive a salary cap penalty of 1 year (from 25 to 24, etc). If a team decides to cut a player with a 4 year contract they receive a salary cap penalty of 2 years (ex from 25 to 23). If a team decides to cut a player with a 5 year contract they receive a salary cap penalty of 3 years. This salary cap penalty is in place for 1 year from the time the player is cut (the commissioner will maintain this on the website). At the conclusion of the regular season, the league commissioner will reduce each teams players contract values minus one year. Any player that has a value of zero is considered open for the following season's draft. Each player that a team has on it's roster 1 week prior to the draft will cost the team a draft pick determined by the following formula: Based on the league scoring rules, if your player is a top 15 QB, top 20 RB, or top 25 WR at the end of Week 17, you lose a draft pick starting in Round 1 for each player. Any other performance or position not listed above you don't lose any draft picks for those keepers. So for example, if you have 3 great players that qualify based on performance signed to contracts, you would lose your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks in the next draft. If none of your players qualify, you don't lose any draft picks. A team cannot draft more than 15 players onto it's team. The only offseason roster moves that can be made are trades. XI. League Schedule of Events League Draft (Held in August) Team contract signing (from the conclusion of the draft for 1 week) Trade/Free Agent Deadline (Wednesday, Midnight EDT prior to Week 14) Weeks 15-17, Simpson's League Playoffs Conclusion of Week 17, All players deducted one contract year, trading turned back on. Injured reserve players are moved back onto each team XII. League Fees/Prizes The cost of the Simpson's league season is $100 per team. This must be paid to the commissioner no later than 2 weeks prior to the draft. If an owner is removed from the league or quits the league, the commissioner is responsible for deciding the best fate for the franchise. The league prizes will be paid out as follows: League Champion: $300 League Runner-Up $150 Weekly Prize Winner: $10 each week for 17 weeks Division Champions: $100 each Wild Card Teams: $50 each League Software and PayPal Fees, etc: $130 The Weekly Prize winner will be determined as follows: If there is still a tie, then the teams split the weekly prize. All weekly prize winnings will be paid at the end of the season. XIII. Responsibility and Governance The commissioner is empowered to interpret the rules. All illegal player moves made by a league member will be nullified. For an illegal draft pick, the player will be immediately released back into the free agent pool. For an illegal roster move, the transaction will be nullified and any affected statistics will be recalculated back to the date of the offense. Approval for participation in the Simpsons Football League will be determined by the commissioner. Three recorded complaints received by the commissioner against any participant, for rule violations or behavior not in the best interest of the league, will be grounds for termination from the league either immediately or at the conclusion of the season. No fees reimbursement will be required for expulsion from the league. Any issues not covered by this constitution will be determined by the commissioner in the best interests of the league, until a suitable amendment can be ratified by the league in the offseason. Every November, each franchise will be given the chance to suggest up to 3 new amendments. Then at the end of November, all of the suggestions will be placed on one voting form and the league will vote on them. Any amendments must be ratified by a vote of 8 out of 12 teams. These changes will then appear in the "Amendments" section of the league constitution and will be named after the owner who suggested it. This would then conclude the policy changes for the year. This constitution was put into place by the league members on June 2nd, 2004. |