START UP! $75 per year

[JTLoh]

Please email me at: jtloh_70@yahoo.com if you want in!

BY LAWS:


I. Format/Divisions/Playoffs
This is a Fallout Themed, 2 copy, semi-best ball league. There will be 24 teams in the league. There will be 2 copies of every NFL player available to draft. You cannot own multiple copies of the same player. There will be 6 divisions with 4 teams in each division. The top 2 teams from each division make the playoffs. (Top 4 in Victory Points get a bye) Victory Points will be used to determine standings. Tie Breakers will be H2H record, followed by total points. The divisions will be Vault City, Shady Sands, Rivet City, Megaton, Nuka World, and New Vegas. Every owner/manager will be able to choose a character/NPC from any of the Fallout games as their team’s name. The name must be approved by the Commish. (Mostly for art purpose and sticking with Theme)



II. Semi-Best Ball
Each team will have a roster of size of 28. There will be 16 on the active roster and 12 taxi spots.
Each week, your highest scoring line up of 11 (That fulfill the line up requirements of, 1-2 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 2 TE, 2 Flex (WR/RB/TE)) will be used from your active roster as your teams score for that week. The five lowest scoring players will not be counted. You can switch out players between your active roster and taxi squad before the start of that week’s games. (Think of putting guys on your active roster as setting your line up)



II. League Fees/Payouts
All league finances will be handled through Leaguesafe.com.
Each year a league buy-in fee of $75 (plus MFL dues divided by 24) is due prior to the league’s supplemental/rookie draft. MFL site fee extracted directly from the League Safe pot each year. ENTERING the startup will require the first two years of league fees. If an owner drops, there will be no refunds, unless they find an owner to take over/pay for the team. The kept fees will be given to the new owner as incentive to take over the team. All funds after the MFL site fee will be used for league payouts.

There will be a one-time fee of $12 per owner in year 1 to pay for league page art and team banner. Therefore, joining the league will require a first payment of $170 (1st/2nd year dues, art fees, MFL costs)


PAYOUTS:

1st Place: $450
2nd Place: $250
3rd Place: $175
4th Place: $125
5th-8th Place: $100
9th-12th Place: $50

Regular Season Most Points Scored (Overall): $125
Free Entry Award: $75
TOTAL: $1800

Any team that did not win money, and pays for their next year of dues, will be entered into a random drawing. The winner of the drawing will have their dues for that year refunded at the end of the year, via the regularly scheduled payouts. This is meant as an incentive to stick around the league and improve your team!

The league commissioner is responsible for distributing league winnings at the end of the season. The commissioner allocates funds from the league to owners who have cashed during the league's season. At this time there will be a vote (via leaguesafe.com), among all league owners, after the commissioner allocates funds. The vote requires a 51% approval before payouts are made available to owners.

Once the vote passes, league owners can log in and withdraw your loot! League Safe offers several different withdrawal methods. The commissioner commits to processing payouts within 7 days of the end of the fantasy season. It is recommended that users avail themselves of the e-check option to avoid processing fees.



III. Devy Stimpak’s
Any team that does not make the playoffs will be awarded a Stimpak for the next season. The Stimpak is basically a Devy coupon. You can use a Stimpak with any rookie draft pick and select a college level player, who has not yet declared for the NFL draft. The Stimpak is also tradable.



IV. Exile Draft
Just prior to starting our rookie draft for the year, we will hold an exile draft for the teams holding Devy Stimpaks. This will be a one round draft and the order will be determined by possible points from the prior season. During this draft you may select any player from any taxi squad of another team or pass (keep your Stimpak) If you do choose to steal a player from another team you will send your Stimpak to that team as compensation. (They will get your Devy rights coupon)



V. Rookie Draft/Start up
Each year we will hold a 4-round rookie draft a week or so before the NFL draft. Draft order will be determined by possible points for non-playoff teams and by order of finish for playoff teams. There will be no extra taxi for rookies. You must fit them on the 28-man roster. (Taxi or Starters) During the rookie draft you can select any rookie eligible for the NFL draft. If you have Stimpak, you may select any college player not in the current draft. There will be no Stimpaks in the start up draft. Depending on when the league fills, the start up draft may contain rookies or if time does not permit there will be a separate rookie draft. Rookie draft spots will be part of the start up draft. At press time the goal is to run the start up and include rookies and have it completed before the NFL Draft.





VI. Scoring
Scoring will be a modified Best Ball scoring. As detailed in Rosters, there will be a 15-man active roster (out of a total of 28 on roster) The active roster will be the only ones eligible for the best ball scoring. You must be able to field a 16-man active roster which contains no bye weeks and players on NFL rosters.

Passing TD - 4 pt
Rushing/Receiving TD – 5 pt
Point per Reception (PPR) – 1
TE Premium – 1.5 PPR
Every 1 yards rushing/receiving – .1pt
Every 3 yards passing – .1pt
Pass play over over 50 = 1pt
Reception over 40 = 1pt
Rush over 20 = 1pt
We will use fractional points.



VII Trading
A trade is the exchange of players, draft picks, and/or both agreed upon by two or more owners.
Draft picks may only be traded for years paid. Loaning a player (trades conditioned on a specific duration) is prohibited. Owners can request a trade to be reviewed if they believe it is unfair to an unacceptable extreme. The commissioner will have the final call on trade vetoes. The commissioner will be very liberal when considering a veto. Both parties may be asked to provide an email as to why they felt the trade was good for their team. The explanations will be considered when deciding to veto a trade.

Trades will not be allowed the games first kickoff in week 15 until the completion of Week 17 games (“trade deadline”).

If any conditions are placed on a trade (i.e. pick converts to an earlier round if...) shall be at the commissioner’s discretion. It will depend on how hard the condition will be to track and/or how involved the conditions are.



VIII Courtesy
There's no offseason in a dynasty league. Owners should always be looking for ways to improve their team. Owners are expected to respond to all trade offers within 7 days during the offseason and 72 hrs in-season. It is discourteous to allow trades to expire without response or to reject trades with neither counter nor comment. The only exception would be if an owner has come to feel “badgered” by subpar trade offers from one source. In this case, the owner should attempt to resolve with the other party in a friendly manner or, failing this, discuss the situation with the commissioner to ensure there are no misunderstandings.

If the commissioner receives multiple complaints from multiple sources that these basic courtesies aren’t being adhered to, the commissioner may take action up to and including removal from the league. It is expected that such action would be exceedingly rare and would only be appropriate if a pattern of discourteousness is identified over an extended period and reported by multiple owners.



IX Tanking
Lineup tanking is prohibited in this league. Owners are responsible for filling their lineup and active roster bench each week with those players on their roster (including taxi squad) who are most likely to produce the most fantasy points in the coming week. Lineup tanking is different from roster tanking (arranging your roster and taxi via trade and add/drop intentionally to limit the number of available productive players). Roster tanking is a legal and broadly accepted dynasty tactic.

Obviously, lineup choices are somewhat subjective and risky, and there is no expectation that an owner is going to arrange his lineup and bench 100% optimally every week. However, it should be clear that a reasonable attempt to do so was made and it should be clear that no attempt was made to subvert this rule by leaving clear top producers on taxi squad.

If you suspect Lineup tanking, please report this to the commissioner. We will start with private warnings from the commissioner and go from there. Hopefully in the spirit of competition and fairness it will not have to go further. But if necessary, the commissioner reserves the right to assign punishments if a manner that best suits the league.



X Final Word
The commissioner will have the final word on everything. The commissioner reserves the right to make rulings on any of the above language that may require interpretation. The commissioner loves Fallout and wants this league to succeed so he will do everything in his power to make that happen.

[jordanzs]

So there is no waivers & FCFS? Once the draft is completed each year then all unowned players aren’t available until the draft next year?

[JTLoh]

Clearly I missed adding that to the by laws, but there 100% will be waivers.
Sorry about that.