League Constitution

Proposed 2018 Changes

 * 1) Trade Deadline: Thursday November 8th, Thursday November 15th, or Thursday November 22nd. All days at noon EST.
 * 2) Trades can only involve current players on rosters. All trades are independent transactions (meaning you can not structure one trade that involves a separate trade at a future time and guarantee that it completes). You can not propose a trade that involves the player's salary for next season (partial or total), real money, additional draft picks, additional keeper slots. The commissioner reserves the right to veto trades that have additional items in them at my discretion.
 * 3) Change to full PPR in 2019 or keep half PPR?

I ntroduction
1. Buy-in will be $200 USD (up from $100). This buyin will not increase without a league majority vote. No exceptions starting with the 2014 season. Any owner who is found to be avoiding paying fees will receive a lifetime ban.

2. The league contains 12 owners. If someone leaves, a replacement will inherit the team as is, and can keep players as they see fit.


 * 2a. (10/25/14) If more than one owner leaves in a year, replacements will not inherit a specific team unless necessary due to time constraints, as it would require a judgment call to assign more than one replacement to a specific team. In this scenario new owners will begin the league year with no keepers and a full auction salary. (i.e. Drew and Will replace AJ and Matt who resigned on the same day)

3. Starting player positions: 1 QB. 2 RB. 2 WR. 1 TE. 1 RB/WR Flex. 1 Defense. 1 Kicker. 6 Bench. 1 Injured Reserve.


 * 3a. Any player on Injured Reserve will not count against the roster limit. This allows owners to retain a player who suffers a season-ending injury into the following year. All keeper rules will apply for the following year.


 * 3b. Players may come off Injured Reserve; owners will need to drop another active player to make room on the roster.
 * 4. Prizes
 * 4. Prizes

Champion - $1,400

Runner-up - $600

Most wins in the Regular Season (Weeks 1-13) - $400

Scoring Settings
Fractional scoring is in effect.

1. Passing: 1 point per 25 Passing Yards (.04 points per Passing Yard). 4 points per Passing TD. -1 for an Interception. +2 bonus points for 400+ Passing Yards in a game.

2. Rushing: 1 point per 10 Rushing Yards (.1 points per Rushing Yard). 6 points per Rushing TD. +2 bonus points for 200+ Rushing Yards in a game.

3. Receiving: 1 point per 10 Receiving yards (.1 points per Receiving Yard). 6 points per Receiving TD. +2 bonus points for 200+ Receiving Yards in a game.

4. Kicking: 3 points for all Field Goals under 39 yards. 4 points for all Field Goals made between 40 and 49 yards. 5 points for all Field Goals 50 yards and longer. -2 points for all Field Goals missed 39 yards and under.

5. Defense: 1 point for a Sack. 2 points for an Interception. 2 points for a Fumble Recovery. 3 points for a Safety. 3 points for a Blocked Kick. 6 points for ALL Defensive and Special Teams TDs.

Team allows 0 points: 10 points

Team allows 1-6 points: 7 points

Team allows 7-13 points: 4 points

Team allows 14-21 points: 1 points

Team allows 22-27 points: 0 points

Team allows 28-34 points: -4 points

Team allows 35+ points: -7 points

'''D/ST are not penalized by offensive turnovers that result in TDs anymore starting with the 2017 season. The extra point after DOES count. If the Patriots' opponent only scores 7 points on a pick-six, the Patriots D/ST will have given up 1 point allowed.'''

6. Miscellaneous: All fumbles lost are -2 points. All kickoff, punt, fumble recovery and interceptions returned for TDs are 6 points for the player who scored. If you own the Green Bay defense and Randall Cobb returns a punt for a TD, Cobb gets 6 points and the Packers D/ST gets 6 points.

Free Agency / Waiver / Trade
1. All roster spots lock at their individual game time. You can freely add/drop any player or sub in from the bench until that game. You can NOT drop players on your bench who have already played in a given week to complete this transaction.

2. Waiver period is 1 full days from the day they are dropped. If a player is dropped on Thursday, they are eligible to be claimed on Saturday. Weekly waivers will be processed Wednesday morning.

3. Once you claim a player on WAIVERS, your waiver claim number becomes #12. Each player above you who makes a waiver claim will move your waiver number up one. You can not lose the #1 waiver priority until it is used.

4. Free Agent acquisitions do not affect waiver claim spot and there is no limit to the number of these transactions.

5. All trades will have a one-day review process. 6 vetos will result in the trade being voided.

6. Any trade involving more than 2 teams will need to be emailed/texted/messaged via league board to the Commissioner. Commissioner will confirm terms of the deal with all teams and push trade through via manual transaction.

7. Any free agent move that is made in error will need to be brought to the attention of the Commissioner by any means necessary within 15 minutes of the transaction occuring. This includes, but is not limited to, add/drops where the wrong player was added/dropped. Commissioner will reverse transaction at his/her discretion.

8. Any trades are binding once accepted.

9. (10/25/14) Any add/drop moves made before the draft or after the championship game in week 16 will NOT be valid for keeper purposes. This is not a dynasty league.

10. Trade Deadline is the start of the playoffs.

Draft
1. Starting with the 2013 season, the draft will be conducted in an auction format.

2. All players start 2013 with a $200 budget

3. Each owner nominates a player with a starting bid between $1 and their maximum bid based on money remaining (each roster spot needs to be occupied with a $1 player at the draft, maximum you can spend on your first player is $186)

4. The draft continues until all 180 roster spots are filled

Keepers
1. Starting with the 2014 season, up to 3 players from 2013 may be kept on an owner's team.

2. For every player kept, the owner will forfeit the amount paid for the player in the previous year's draft, plus a $5 fee the first time a player is kept, $10 the second time, and $20 the third time.

3. A player may not be kept more than THREE consecutive times (FOUR total seasons)

4. Trading/releasing a player does not reset this clock.

5. All Undrafted Free Agents can be kept ($5 to keep once, $15 to keep twice, and $35 to keep three times)

6. Owners may NOT trade salaries, (ex: I trade Adrian Peterson to AJ when his keeper value will be $85 in year 4 and say that I'll pick up $20 of the $85)

7. (10/25/14) There are no amnesty clauses for keepers. Keepers will traditionally be due three days before the draft.

Schedule / Playoffs
1. There are 13 weeks of the regular season, where each team will play every other team once, and two teams twice.

2. The playoffs begin in week 14 and are single-elimination. The top 2 teams based on regular season record receive a bye.

3. Teams with the same record will be seeded according to Total Points Scored, with the most points receiving the higher seed.

4. In the event of a tie, the person with the most bench points will win the week.

Illegal Lineups
1. In the interest of keeping a fair and competitive league, owners must field a proper lineup every week without any players on bye or obviously injured players.

'''   1a. '''The exception to the rule is if an owner feels benching a defense is to their advantage.

2. Owners will be given a warning for starting a player on a bye week or a player who is injured. If an owner fields an illegal lineup two weeks in a row, their lineup will be frozen and they will forfeit all potential winnings for the season.

3. The Commissioner can excuse an owner from this rule at their discretion. You are not expected to be able to edit your lineup at any time every week; if a player who was healthy all week has a setback in warmups you will not be penalized. I am very judicious with this rule.

4. The Commissioner can manually edit lineups at an owner's request but will NOT do so unless asked and within reason.

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Proposed 2016 Changes
1. Buyin increase to $200

Final Vote: Unanimous PASS

2. Defensive scoring changes: Reduce variance by introducing "Yards Allowed" instead of just points, having the starting D/ST points be 10, decreasing by 1 for a new "bracket" of yards/points allowed. A score of 0 (excluding sacks/INTs/TDs, etc.) would be about 17 points allowed and 300 yards allowed

Final Vote: Mixed reaction, keeping it as is. Next year I'll be clearer.

3. Number of keepers (to change with the 2017 season)

Final Vote: Stays at 3

 PROPOSED 2015 CHANGES 

1. Payouts: Currently 750 to first, 300 to second, 150 to regular season winner. Possible change to give regular season money to 3rd place to make playoffs more competitive.

Final Vote: NO CHANGE

2. Scoring: Manually changing D/ST scoring to remove points against for offensive turnovers that result in TDs, counting against the D/ST.

Final Vote: YES, manually remove all points against as a result of offensive turnovers that result in TDs

3. Trade Deadline: Move it back to the start of the playoffs (week 14), eliminate it entirely, or keep as is (week 10-11ish)

Final Vote: PENDING

4. Side bets: This is very open ended, all suggestions welcome. Possibly X times per year, we set up a rivalry week where the matchup is worth extra money.

Final Vote: No vote, do this shit on your own time you bunch of degens

2015 Administrative Changes
1. Illegal lineups: Simplify language. Set a valid lineup without any obviously injured players (this distinction is at my discretion) or players on bye. Benching players as a strategic move is OK.

Final Vote: No one gets a vote, this is happening and it's not really a change, just a language change.

2. Last place punishment: Team name change?. Potential sacko-like trophy for loser, following year's loser has to pay shipping. Also league penalty, with either one less keeper or paying the winner's fee for the following season.

Final Vote: I'm passing on this. Let's get a winner's trophy first.

3. Official trophy: Been talking about it for years. Would like something to display .

Final Vote: YES. EVERYONE LOVES THE FIRST ONE I FOUND. $12 per person.