I.

League Officers
a. League Officers are available if there are ever any questions or assistance
needed. Please contact the commissioner first. If he is unavailable, contact the
assistant commissioner. If nobody is available and the issue is time sensitive,
post on the league message board so we will be able to determine the time of
the issue and retroactively make any necessary changes.
b. Commissioner
i. Michael OBryan (315) 276-8228 michaelrobryan@gmail.com
c. Assistant Commissioners
i. Ismael Bonilla (302) 241-8138
ii. Roy Baugher (240) 439-0748
II. League Fee
a. The league fee for the 2017 season is $20. It must be paid by the start of the
draft, September 2nd at 5 pm. If you fail to meet this deadline, you will be
charged a late fee of $10.
b. You can access this site to pay the fee:
https://teamstake.com/league/league_detail/10/0/139
III. Payout
a. First Place-$200 plus any additional late fee money
b. Second Place-$40
IV. Draft
a. Time & Location
i. September 2nd, 5 pm at Buffalo Wild Wings in Bellevue
b. Order
i. Draft order will be determined the day of the draft when all members of
the league are present. All names will be written down on a piece of
paper and then randomly selected by a member of the league.
c. Rules
i. Snake Draft
ii. 2 minute timer per pick
1. If time runs out before pick is made, they will automatically be
given the highest ranking player remaining according to ESPNs
fantasy football rankings.
iii. 16 rounds with a 10 minute break after the 8th Round
V. League Rules
a. Roster
i. QB-1 (4max)
ii. RB-2 (8max)
iii. WR-2 (8max)
iv. TE-1 (3max)
v. Flex (WR,RB, or TE)-1
vi. D/ST-1 (3max)
vii. K-1 (3max)
viii. Bench-7
b. Scoring
i. Head to head scoring
ii. See the league settings page to look at scoring details
c. Transactions
i. Acquisitions
1. Waivers is the time period by which a player must wait before
becoming a free agent. Players will go into waivers once the draft
is completed, once a players game has started each week, and
immediately after a player is dropped.
2. Players will be on waivers for a one day period. During this one
day period, all teams may put in a claim to add a player.
3. Priority order resets each week to inverse order of standings.
4. No acquisition limit.
5. Observe ESPNs undroppable players list.
ii. Trades
1. Deadline 11/22, 11:00 am
2. When a team is eliminated from playoff contention, they are no
longer allowed to make trades. This is done to prevent attempts
to give up for a better draft pick next season and to avoid
collusion and stacking of teams.
3. When a trade is accepted, all teams have a two day period to vote
against the trade. A minimum of five votes is required to veto the
trade. Voting against a trade is only allowed if you believe that the
trade is unfair. Unfair in this case refers only to a suspicion of
collusion or any form of cheating or stacking a team. You must be
able to justify your decision.
4. If there are ever any disputes, the owner that feels they have
been wronged will inform the league officers. The three league
officers will hear both sides of the situation and all cast votes to
determine which owner wins the dispute. Majority rules.
d. Divisions
i. There will be two 6-team divisions decided by draft order.
1. NFC- Picks 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12
2. AFC- Picks 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11
e. Schedule & Playoffs
i. 14 game regular season schedule
1. Will be randomly chosen by ESPN after divisions are created.
ii. 2 weeks of playoffs
1. Four teams make the playoffs
a. Division winners
b. Next two teams with best records
c. Total overall points scored is the tie breaker
f. Banning Team Owners
 i. If an owner is banned they will be kicked from the league and the
commissioner will find a new owner to join the league to take over their
team. A banned owner will not get their league fee reimbursed.
ii. Inactivity
1. Two strike system
a. One freebie
b. The second time here is an unexplained lineup issue,
(starting injured players or players with a bye week) the
owner will become banned from the league.
iii. Cheating
1. No tolerance policy
a. If there are any transaction attempts that aim to stack a
team, any owners involved will be banned.
iv. Giving up/Tanking
1. If an owner is dropping or trading away multiple players without
attempting to improve team, they will be banned.
VI. Miscellaneous Items
a. These are some of the most important parts of a fantasy football league. They
make people want to come back and compete every year.
i. Have fun with your team
ii. Try hard (do research, use the waiver wire, etc.)
iii. Be as offensive as you want with trash talking.
iv. Help the people that are new to the game.