RULES

LEAGUE DETAILS

Current Commissioner: Charles Sansone

League ESPN Site: https://fantasy.espn.com/football/league?leagueId=27566

League Size: 10 Teams

League Dues: $175 + Draft day costs

DRAFT

Pre-draft Rules:

  1. Draft position choice order will be determined by a random lottery, hosted by the commissioner virtually, several weeks prior to the draft date. To further clarify, a random lottery will determine the order in which league members chose their draft position

  2. Within 1 week of determining the draft order, each league member will text the commissioner their keeper(s)

    1. The commissioner will publicly share their keeper first as to avoid any collusion

    2. Please see “Keeper Rules” section for further keeper details

Draft Day Rules:

  1. All league members must be present to complete a live draft. If one cannot attend, they must draft remotely with the same timing rules as those present

  2. Prior to the draft taking place, any rule change submissions will be discussed and voted upon

  3. Just prior to the first pick league member being on the clock, the keepers will be put on the board in their corresponding round

  4. Each league member has one minute to determine each of their picks, either verbally, putting the player’s sticker on the board or communicating with the commissioner if not present

    1. If a pick is not made within the one minute time frame, the next league member is able to make their pick and so on

  5. Each draft will have 15 rounds with the following minimum and maximums for each position:

Position Minimum Maximum

QB 1 4

RB 2 6

WR/TE 3 8

D/ST 1 3

K 1 3

KEEPERS

  1. Each team is required to keep one player, no more, no less, from their previous year’s roster

  2. Eligibility:

    1. The player must have been drafted in the second round or later

    2. The player must have been in your starting lineup for at least one game during the season, unless all of the following criteria are met:

      1. The player was on the IR when drafted

      2. Was never eligible to play (meaning the player remained on the IR all season)

      3. Was never dropped to waivers

    3. Players are eligible to be kept up to 3 times in a row depending on their original draft position (see Keeper draft position section)

    4. If a player is traded they carry their same keeper designation unless dropped to the waiver wire

  3. Keeper draft position:

    1. In their first year, a keeper will be drafted one spot higher than their previous season’s draft position or the 8th round, whichever is higher

    2. An undrafted player from the previous season is eligible to be kept in the 8th round

    3. In their second year, a keeper will be drafted two spots higher than their previous season's draft position 

    4. In their third year, a keeper will be drafted three spots higher than their previous season’s draft position

    5. Once a keeper’s correlated draft position would be above round one, they are no longer eligible to be kept

    6. For the avoidance of doubt:

      1. Player drafted in round 11 of the 2023 draft

      2. Player kept in round 8 of the 2024 draft

      3. Player kept in round 6 of the 2025 draft

      4. Player kept in round 3 of the 2026 draft

      5. Player can no longer be kept and must be returned to the draft pool

ROSTER

  1. Each roster is constructed as follows:

    1. 9 starting players

    2. 6 bench slots

    3. 1 IR slot

  2. Roster minimum and maximums are as follows:

    Position Minimum Maximum

    QB 1 4

    RB 2 6

    WR/TE 3 8

    D/ST 1 3

    K 1 3

    IR - 1

  3. IR eligibility:

    1. A player is only allowed on the IR if their injury designation in the ESPN app is IR

    2. Once a player is no longer listed as on IR within the ESPN app, they must be removed from that slot before the next week of games. For the avoidance of doubt:

      1. A player on the IR changes from IR to Questionable on Thursday

      2. They can remain in the IR through that week’s games, as long as the owner does not attempt to make a waiver claim or trade

      3. The player then must be removed before the next Thursday night game

SCORING

  1. This is a standard scoring league with half-point PPR and yardage bonuses (please see the league scoring page for specifics)

  2. Tiebreakers:

    1. Regular Season: No tie-breaker

    2. Playoffs:

      1. Manual calculation of team score based on yardage

      2. Bench points

WAIVER RULES

  1. Waiver order is a rolling waiver beginning with the reverse of the draft order

  2. Waivers typically process on Wednesday mornings and is handled by the ESPN app

  3. Once waivers clear, whether a league member was granted a player or not, each league member can only pick up one player prior to 8pm EST on Wednesday evening

  4. All other waiver rules are managed by ESPN defaults

TRADES

  1. Trades have a 1 day waiting period where league members can approve or veto the trade

  2. 5 votes are required to veto a trade

  3. The trade deadline is during week 13 and the exact date and time can be found in ESPN league settings

OFFSEASON

  1. The offseason begins at the conclusion of week 17 and no roster moves can be made other than trades

  2. If an offseason trade is made it cannot result in an uneven roster unless a draft pick(s) is included to keep the trade even

LEAGUE DUES & PRIZES

  1. League dues are currently $175 per league member totaling $1,750 with 100% going towards prizes

  2. Payment should be made to the commissioner prior to Week 1

  3. Prizes are paid to the following:

    1. League Champion - $700 / 40%

    2. League Runner Up - $350 / 20%

    3. Total Points Champion - $350 / 20%

    4. Weekly Bounty - $350 / 20%

      1. Weeks 1 - 16 - $20 per week

      2. Week 17 - $30

  4. Total points champion is through 17 weeks, the entirety of the regular season and playoffs, regardless of playoff results

    1. Points must be added manually following the regular season as the ESPN app does not continue to calculate

  5. A weekly bounty is paid to the highest scoring team each week - if there is a tie, the bounty is split accordingly

 

RULE CHANGES

 

  1. Rule changes are subject to discussion and voting at each year’s draft

  2. Rules can be submitted at any time through the league website

  3. If anything comes up mid-season that requires a ruling or rule change the commissioner can put it up to a vote

  4. The commissioner does not have a vote to avoid ties

DOCUMENT HISTORY

Document Version Updates Made Updated Date Author

1.1 Modernization of outdated version 1/5/23 CLS

1.2 Updated Keeper Rule details 8/16/24 CLS