Cupcakes & Bananas Fantasy Football League Constitution
Jun 23, 2015 17:24:31 GMT -5
Post by Deadly on Jun 23, 2015 17:24:31 GMT -5
Cupcakes & Bananas Football Constitution
Fees
Each owner must pay an entry fee of $20 before the beginning of the season. Money will be held via LeagueSafe (www.leaguesafe.com) until the end of the fantasy season.
Winnings
Winnings will be paid out for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the final standings as well as a reward for finishing the regular season in first place. For a 12 team league ($240) the money will be allocated as follows: $150 for first, $50 for second, $20 for third, and $20 for finishing with the best regular season record. Winnings will be distributed by the league commissioner via LeagueSafe. (Add $10 to each if it’s a 14-team league.)
Rosters
Each roster will consist 15 players (9 starters, 6 bench) plus up to two additional injured reserve (IR) spots if necessary.
Starters
1 QB
2 RBs
2 WRs
1 TE
1 Flex (RB/WR/TE)
1 D/ST
1 K
The Draft
Teams will participate in a “snake draft” (teams pick in order from 1-12 in even rounds and from 12-1 in odd rounds) based on the reverse order of standings from the previous league year. The league champion, regardless of record, picks last. Teams will draft for 15 rounds, or until they have rostered 15 players. Teams that do not have 15 players after the 15th round (due to trades) will immediately be entered into a supplemental draft to fill their rosters.
*NEW RULE FOR 2014 SEASON*
Teams that do not make the playoffs will be entered into a consolation bracket. The winner of this bracket can choose their inverse placement in the first and second rounds (ie. 1st and 24th or 4th and 21st) in the following year’s draft. If the owner does not choose, they will receive the standard 1st and 24th pick. All other rounds will revert back to inverse order of final standings.
Keepers
Up to three players can be kept from one season to the next. Each keeper costs a draft pick one round higher than the previous year (Example: If a player was drafted in the 7th round last year he would cost a 6th round pick this year). If a player was drafted, waived, then picked up on waivers, the original draft round is the starting keeper value. If a team does not have a draft pick in the round a keeper is slotted to be kept in the team must spend a draft pick on the next highest round to keep the player (If a player’s cost is a 6th round pick but the team has traded away it’s 6th rounder the player may be kept at the cost of a 5th round pick).
No players drafted in the first three rounds can be keepered. However, a player drafted in rounds 4 and later can continue to be kept for up to (and including) the cost of a 1st round pick (A player drafted in round 4 can be kept the next year for a 3rd, the year after for a 2nd, etc).
Keepers are generally due to the league commissioner at least a week before the draft begins.
Scoring
*NEW RULE FOR 2014 SEASON*
Receptions will now count for .5 points instead of .2 points.
Teams & Divisions
In a standard 12 team league teams will be divided into three divisions of four teams each.
In a 14 team league teams will be divided into two divisions of seven teams each.
Division winners are guaranteed a playoff spot.
*NEW RULE FOR 2018 SEASON*
Divisions are chosen as follows:
1) Previous year champion picks his three divisional opponents.
2) Previous year runner-up picks his three divisional opponents.
3) The remaining four teams.
If the champ or runner-up decides not to choose, their division will remain the same. If, based on a non-decision, divisions can't be fill (champ and runner-up are in the same division or the runner-up's division had teams the champ chose), commissioners will hold a random draw. Division choices will take place before the draft.
Regular Season & Playoffs
Each team will play in 13 regular season match-ups.
12 Team League
At the end of the regular season the three division winners plus the three non division winning teams with the best records will advance to the playoffs. The top two teams will receive a first round bye. The remaining six teams compete for the Consolation Championship. The seventh and eighth seeds receive a bye. The 9th seed plays #12 (to play #
and #10 plays #11 (to play #7).
14 Team League
At the end of the regular season the eight teams with the best records will advance to the playoffs. Teams will be seeded by overall record. Division winners will receive the #1 and #2 seeds, the remaining teams will be seeded by record. The remaining six teams compete for the Consolation Championship. The ninth and 10th seeds receive a bye. The 11th seed plays #14 (to play #10) and #12 plays #13 (to play #9).
Playoff teams will match up based on seeding in a single elimination tournament. After three total rounds of playoffs (from Week 14 to Week 16 of the NFL regular season) a winner will be determined.
Tiebreakers
In the event of a tie heading into the playoffs seeding will be determined by the opponents’ head to head record, followed by division record, and then most total points.
New Owners
If new owners enter the league, they have two startup options...
1. Take over a vacated teams, including all trades, previous Keeper decisions and draft order.
2. Start a team from scratch. The owner is entered in a Keeper Supplemental Draft after all Keepers are decided by current owners and before the main draft. Not eligible as Keepers are players drafted in the first three rounds of the previous draft and all players on vacated teams. The "scratch" owner gets the second pick in the draft. (The Consolation Bracket champion gets the #1 pick.) If more than one owner decides to start a team from scratch, the first owner to join gets the #2 pick and following owners join in after that. If necessary, the Keeper Supplemental Draft order will be decided by random draw.
Fees
Each owner must pay an entry fee of $20 before the beginning of the season. Money will be held via LeagueSafe (www.leaguesafe.com) until the end of the fantasy season.
Winnings
Winnings will be paid out for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the final standings as well as a reward for finishing the regular season in first place. For a 12 team league ($240) the money will be allocated as follows: $150 for first, $50 for second, $20 for third, and $20 for finishing with the best regular season record. Winnings will be distributed by the league commissioner via LeagueSafe. (Add $10 to each if it’s a 14-team league.)
Rosters
Each roster will consist 15 players (9 starters, 6 bench) plus up to two additional injured reserve (IR) spots if necessary.
Starters
1 QB
2 RBs
2 WRs
1 TE
1 Flex (RB/WR/TE)
1 D/ST
1 K
The Draft
Teams will participate in a “snake draft” (teams pick in order from 1-12 in even rounds and from 12-1 in odd rounds) based on the reverse order of standings from the previous league year. The league champion, regardless of record, picks last. Teams will draft for 15 rounds, or until they have rostered 15 players. Teams that do not have 15 players after the 15th round (due to trades) will immediately be entered into a supplemental draft to fill their rosters.
*NEW RULE FOR 2014 SEASON*
Teams that do not make the playoffs will be entered into a consolation bracket. The winner of this bracket can choose their inverse placement in the first and second rounds (ie. 1st and 24th or 4th and 21st) in the following year’s draft. If the owner does not choose, they will receive the standard 1st and 24th pick. All other rounds will revert back to inverse order of final standings.
Keepers
Up to three players can be kept from one season to the next. Each keeper costs a draft pick one round higher than the previous year (Example: If a player was drafted in the 7th round last year he would cost a 6th round pick this year). If a player was drafted, waived, then picked up on waivers, the original draft round is the starting keeper value. If a team does not have a draft pick in the round a keeper is slotted to be kept in the team must spend a draft pick on the next highest round to keep the player (If a player’s cost is a 6th round pick but the team has traded away it’s 6th rounder the player may be kept at the cost of a 5th round pick).
No players drafted in the first three rounds can be keepered. However, a player drafted in rounds 4 and later can continue to be kept for up to (and including) the cost of a 1st round pick (A player drafted in round 4 can be kept the next year for a 3rd, the year after for a 2nd, etc).
Keepers are generally due to the league commissioner at least a week before the draft begins.
Scoring
*NEW RULE FOR 2014 SEASON*
Receptions will now count for .5 points instead of .2 points.
Teams & Divisions
In a standard 12 team league teams will be divided into three divisions of four teams each.
In a 14 team league teams will be divided into two divisions of seven teams each.
Division winners are guaranteed a playoff spot.
*NEW RULE FOR 2018 SEASON*
Divisions are chosen as follows:
1) Previous year champion picks his three divisional opponents.
2) Previous year runner-up picks his three divisional opponents.
3) The remaining four teams.
If the champ or runner-up decides not to choose, their division will remain the same. If, based on a non-decision, divisions can't be fill (champ and runner-up are in the same division or the runner-up's division had teams the champ chose), commissioners will hold a random draw. Division choices will take place before the draft.
Regular Season & Playoffs
Each team will play in 13 regular season match-ups.
12 Team League
At the end of the regular season the three division winners plus the three non division winning teams with the best records will advance to the playoffs. The top two teams will receive a first round bye. The remaining six teams compete for the Consolation Championship. The seventh and eighth seeds receive a bye. The 9th seed plays #12 (to play #
and #10 plays #11 (to play #7).14 Team League
At the end of the regular season the eight teams with the best records will advance to the playoffs. Teams will be seeded by overall record. Division winners will receive the #1 and #2 seeds, the remaining teams will be seeded by record. The remaining six teams compete for the Consolation Championship. The ninth and 10th seeds receive a bye. The 11th seed plays #14 (to play #10) and #12 plays #13 (to play #9).
Playoff teams will match up based on seeding in a single elimination tournament. After three total rounds of playoffs (from Week 14 to Week 16 of the NFL regular season) a winner will be determined.
Tiebreakers
In the event of a tie heading into the playoffs seeding will be determined by the opponents’ head to head record, followed by division record, and then most total points.
New Owners
If new owners enter the league, they have two startup options...
1. Take over a vacated teams, including all trades, previous Keeper decisions and draft order.
2. Start a team from scratch. The owner is entered in a Keeper Supplemental Draft after all Keepers are decided by current owners and before the main draft. Not eligible as Keepers are players drafted in the first three rounds of the previous draft and all players on vacated teams. The "scratch" owner gets the second pick in the draft. (The Consolation Bracket champion gets the #1 pick.) If more than one owner decides to start a team from scratch, the first owner to join gets the #2 pick and following owners join in after that. If necessary, the Keeper Supplemental Draft order will be decided by random draw.
