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  1. Team owners  are responsible  for paying all local, state, and federal taxes on their awards.
  2. FanaticFantasyFootball.com LLC  is not responsible   for paying any local, state, or federal taxes on your awards for you.
  3. This applies to all leagues and all team owners.
  4. By purchasing one or more franchise and accepting our terms of service you agree to abide by these rules.

CHEAP SEATS LEAGUE INFORMATION

Franchise Fees
  1. Cheap Seats Franchise Fee: $29.95
  2. Awards,  Gate #04 Awards for all leagues or   Cheap Seats Awards for Cheap Seats awards information specifically
Cheap Seats Information
  1. We work hard to get our FanaticFantasyFootball.com™ fans a franchise in one of our leagues.
  2. Our Cheap Seats Leagues might be just right for you.
  3. Leagues consist of twelve (12) franchises with three (3) divisions, and four (4) teams in each division.
  4. Drafts are online live or online e-mail.
  5. Online live draft: 16 rounds.
  6. Online live draft: you have one and a half (1.5) minutes to make each draft pick.
  7. Online e-mail draft: 16 rounds
  8. Draft online e-mail: may take up to twelve (12) hours to make a draft pick (ideal for those that can't or don't want to spend 5-6 hours doing a live draft).
  9. Complete draft every year.
  10. Draft order: the draft order will be posted approximately 60 minutes before scheduled draft time.
  11. Schedule: regular season is weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 7.
  12. Schedule: playoff season is weeks 14-16.
  13. Schedule: your team plays each team in your division two (2) times during the regular season.
  14. Schedule: your team plays each non-division team one (1) time during the regular season.
  15. Schedule: all teams play one (1) double header in week 7.
  16. Schedule: all teams play fourteen (14) regular season games.
  17. You may own multiple franchises but only one franchise per league.
Roster Information
  1. Each franchise owner may have 16 players on their roster.
  2. During regular season play, weeks 1-13, each owner must maintain enough players at each position, (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF), to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  3. During the league playoff, weeks 14-16, each owner must maintain enough players at each position, (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF), to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  4. A legal lineup will consist of (1)QB, (1)TEAM DEF, (1)PK, (6)RB/WR/TE (combinations), Total=9 players: See legal combinations under Lineup Information.
Lineup Information
  1. Regular Season: weeks 1-13, Playoffs: weeks 14-16.
  2. Legal lineup scenarios: Your lineup must match one of the following:
  3. 1QB, 1RB, 4WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  4. 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  5. 1QB, 1RB, 3WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  6. 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  7. Any starting lineup not matching one of the above scenarios is not allowed.
  8. No franchise owner will be permitted to intentionally lose a game for any reason.
  9. If you suspect an illegal lineup you should notify the commissioner right away. He will note the situation and make a decision about how best to handle any problem.
  10. Violation of this rule is usually the exception rather than the norm. Any violation of this rule will be considered by the commissioner to determine whether the infraction was intentional or unintentional.
  11. The commissioner realizes accidents/mistakes do happen occasionally. Please don't take offense if I must make a correction.
Playoff Information
  1. The six (6) highest ranking teams play in the Fanatic-Bowl Championship; three (3) division winners and best (3) wildcards (determined by tie-breakers).
  2. Seeding for championship playoff: Week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #1 seed and #2 seed each receive a first round bye. Week fourteen (14) #3 seed plays #6 seed and #4 seed plays #5 seed in the first round. Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) the #1 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and the #2 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.   The 2 winners of week fifteen (15) games advance to the Fanatic-Bowl Championship game in week sixteen (16) (playoff week 3).
  3. The four (4) highest ranking teams not making the Fanatic-Bowl playoff play in the Consolation Bracket playoff (determined by tie-breakers).
  4. Consolation Bracket Winner: Prize to be determined later.
  5. The two (2) teams with the 11th and 12th place records after the regular season competition do not make the playoffs.
Draft Information
  1. Draft order each year: determined randomly by computer and posted 60 minutes before scheduled draft time.
  2. Draft types: online live with a one and a half (1.5) minute time limit to draft a player.
  3. Draft online live: 1 day, 16 complete rounds, approximately 3-5 hours to complete.
  4. Draft online e-mail: may take up to twelve (12) hours to make a draft pick, takes days, or weeks to complete (ideal for those who can't don't want to spend 5-6 hours doing a live draft).
  5. Draft order: serpentine draft 1st round = 1-12, 2nd round = reverse order 12-1 and so on until 16 rounds are complete.
  6. There will be no trading of draft picks before or during the draft.
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GRIDIRON SPECTACULAR™ LEAGUE INFORMATION

Franchise Fees
  1. GridIron Spectacular Franchise Fee: $500.00
  2. Awards,  Gate #04 Awards for all leagues or   GridIron Spectacular Awards for GridIron Spectacular awards information specifically
GridIron Spectacular Information
  1. Designed to be challenging for the most seasoned of fanatic fantasy football players.
  2. Twelve (12) franchise owners per league divided into three (3) divisions with four (4) teams in each division.
  3. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 7.
  4. Playoff season: weeks 14-16
  5. Schedule: your team plays each team in your division two (2) times during the regular season.
  6. Schedule: your team plays each non-division team one (1) time during the regular season.
  7. Schedule: all teams play one (1) double header in week 7.
  8. Schedule: all teams play (14) regular season games.
  9. You may own multiple franchises but only one franchise per league.
  10. These leagues may be converted to total keeper leagues.
Roster Information
  1. Each franchise owner may have 20 players on their roster
  2. During regular season play, weeks 1-13, each owner must maintain enough players at each position, (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF), to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  3. During playoff season, weeks 14-16, each owner must maintain enough players at each position, (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF), to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  4. A legal lineup will consist of (1)QB, (1)TEAM DEF, (1)PK, (6)RB/WR/TE (combinations), Total=9 players: See legal combinations under Lineup Information.
Lineup Information
  1. Regular Season: weeks 1-13, Playoff season: weeks 14-16
  2. Legal lineup scenarios: Your lineup must match one of the following:
  3. 1QB, 1RB, 4WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  4. 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  5. 1QB, 1RB, 3WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  6. 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  7. Any starting lineup not matching one of the above scenarios is not allowed.
  8. No franchise owner will be permitted to intentionally lose a game for any reason.
  9. If you suspect an illegal lineup you should notify the commissioner right away.  He will note the situation and make a decision about how best to handle any problem.
  10. Violation of this rule is usually the exception rather than the norm. Any violation of this rule will be investigated by the commissioner to determine whether the infraction was intentional or unintentional.
  11. The commissioner realizes mistakes happen occasionally. Please don't take offense if we must make a correction.
Playoff Information
  1. The six (6) highest ranking teams play in the GridIron Spectacular Championship bracket; three (3) division winners and best (3) wildcards (determined by tie-breakers).
  2. Seeding for championship bracket: Week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #1 seed and #2 seed each receive a first round bye. Week fourteen (14) #3 seed plays #6 seed and #4 seed plays #5 seed in the first round. Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) the #1 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and the #2 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.   The 2 winners of week fifteen (15) games advance to the GridIron Spectacular Championship game in week sixteen (16) (playoff week 3). The 2 losers of the week fifteen (15) games play in week sixteen (16) for 3rd and 4th place
  3. The six (6) lowest ranking teams that don't make the GridIron Spectacular Championship playoff play in the consolation bracket (seeding determined by tie-breakers)
  4. Seeding for consolation bracket: Week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #7 seed and #8 seed each receive a first week bye.  Week fourteen (14) #9 seed plays #12 seed and #10 seed plays #11 seed in the first week.  Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) #7 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and #8 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.  The 2 winners of week fifteen (15) games advance to the consolation bracket final (playoff week 3).
Draft Information
  1. Draft order each year: determined randomly and posted 60 minutes before scheduled draft time.
  2. Draft types: online live with a one and a half (1.5) minute time limit to draft a player.
  3. Draft online live: 1 day, 20 complete rounds, approximately 6-7 hours to complete.
  4. Draft online e-mail: 20 complete rounds, takes days or weeks to complete.
  5. Draft online e-mail: may take up to twelve (12) hours to make a draft pick. Takes days or weeks to complete (ideal for those that can't or don't want to spend 6-7 hours doing a live draft).
  6. Serpentine draft: 1st round = 1-12, 2nd round = reverse order 12-1 and so on until 16 rounds are complete.
  7. There will be no trading of draft picks before or during draft.
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EMPIRE TOTAL KEEPER LEAGUE INFORMATION

Franchise Fees
  1. Empire Preferred Franchise: $75.00
  2. Empire Elite Franchise: $99.00
  3. Empire Super Franchise: $149.00
  4. Empire Monday Night Lights™ Franchise: $199.00
  5. Awards,  Gate #04 Awards for all leagues or   Empire Awards for Empire total keeper awards information specifically
General Information
  1. Designed to be a premier total keeper fantasy football experience.
  2. Twelve (12) franchise owners per league renew rivalries each year to battle for the ultimate prize.
  3. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 7.
  4. Playoff season: weeks 14-16.
  5. Schedule: your team plays each team in your division two (2) times during the regular season.
  6. Schedule: your team plays each non-division team one (1) time during the regular season.
  7. Schedule: all teams play one (1) double header in week 7.
  8. Schedule: all teams play fourteen (14) regular season games.
  9. You may own multiple franchises but only one franchise per league.
Draft Information
  1. Draft order first year: determined randomly by computer and posted approximately 60 minutes prior to the start of the draft.
  2. Draft types first year: online live, online e-mail, or commissioner loaded.
  3. Draft online live first year: 1 day, 20 complete rounds, approximately 6-7 hours to complete, one and a half (1.5) minute time limit to draft a player.
  4. Draft online e-mail first year: may take up to twelve (12) hours to make a draft pick, takes days or weeks to complete (ideal for those who can't or don't want to spend 6-7 hours doing a live draft).
  5. Commissioner loaded: have draft at your private location with all franchise owners present. Send the results to be loaded by the commissioner (Not recommended due to the possibility of mistakes during information transfer).
  6. Franchise owners assume full responsibility for correctness of information transferred. Commissioner assumes no responsibility for correctness of information received during transfer but will work with your league to correct errors prior to league action beginning.
  7. First year: serpentine draft, 1st round = 1-12 2nd round = reverse order 12-1 and so on until 20 rounds are complete.
  8. First year: there will be no trading during the draft process.
  9. After the initial draft is completed in year 1 all team owners may trade players.
  10. Also see Trade Processing rules listed in the Rule Book.
  11. First year: draft order determined randomly approximately 60 minutes before scheduled draft time.
  12. Second and following years: NFL type rookie/free agent draft, based on league and playoff final standings from the previous year (2007).
  13. Second and following years: draft type online e-mail.
  14. Second and following years: Spring/Summer draft six (6) rounds.
  15. Spring/Summer draft: Begins in May, rounds 1 and 2 you may take up to 12 hours to make a draft pick.  June, rounds 3 and 4 you may take up to 10 hours to make a draft pick.  July, round 5 you may take up to 8 hours to make a draft pick.  August, round 6 you may take up to 6 hours to make a draft pick.
  16. After First Year draft is completed: future draft picks (limited to one year ahead) may be traded if the franchise teams involved in the trade have renewed their franchise for the year affected (2009).
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Roster Information
  1. Each franchise owner may have 20 players on their active roster + 1 (IR) injured reserve player for a total of 21 players.
  2. Players not listed on NFL IR are not eligable for fantasy IR designation.
  3. Commissioner will determine when a player has been placed on IR by the NFL.
  4. Once placed on IR, that player is inactive for the remainder of the current regular season and playoff season.
  5. Players placed on IR cannot be part of any trade until the current regular season and playoff season are over.
  6. IR players can be dropped into the waiver/free agent pool.
  7. If a IR player is dropped into the waiver/free agent pool he is ineligible to be picked up by any team during the current regular season (2008). The IR player will be eligible to be drafted during the Spring/Summer draft the next season (2009).
  8. When IR player is taken off the NFL IR list you must return that player to be part of your 20 player roster.
  9. During regular season play, weeks 1-13, each owner must maintain enough players at each position (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF), to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  10. During playoff weeks 14-16 each owner must maintain enough players at each position (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF) to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  11. A legal lineup will consist of (1)QB, (1)TEAM DEF, (1)PK, (6)RB/WR/TE (combinations), Total=9 players: See legal combinations under Lineups.
Lineup Information
  1. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 7.
  2. Playoff season: weeks 14-16.
  3. Legal lineup scenarios: Your lineup must match one of the following:
  4. 1QB, 1RB, 4WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  5. 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  6. 1QB, 1RB, 3WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  7. 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  8. Any starting lineup not matching one of the above scenarios is not allowed.
  9. No franchise owner will be permitted to intentionally lose a game for any reason.
  10. If you suspect an illegal lineup you should notify the commissioner right away.
  11. Violation of this rule is usually the exception rather than the norm. Any violation of this rule will be investigated by the commissioner.
  12. The commissioner realizes accidents/mistakes happen occasionally. Please don't take offense if we must make a correction
Playoff Information
  1. The six (6) highest ranking teams play in the Fanatic-Bowl Championship bracket; the three (3) division winners and best three (3) wildcards (determined by tie-breakers).
  2. Seeding for championship bracket: week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #1 seed and #2 seed each receive a first week bye.  Week fourteen (14) #3 seed plays #6 seed and #4 seed plays #5 seed. Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) the #1 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and #2 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.  The 2 winners of week fifteen (15) advance to the Fanatic-Bowl Championship game in week 16 (playoff week 3).  The 2 losers in week fifteen (15) play each other in week sixteen (16) for 3rd and 4th place.
  3. The six (6) lowest ranking teams that don't make the championship playoff play in the consolation bracket playoff (seeding determined by tie-breakers).
  4. Seeding for consolation bracket: week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #7 seed and #8 seed each receive a first week bye.  Week fourteen (14) #9 seed plays #12 seed and #10 seed plays #11 seed. Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) #7 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and #8 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.  The 2 winners of week 15 games advance to play in the consolation bracket final in week sixteen (16) (playoff week 3).

DYNASTY PARTIAL KEEPER LEAGUE INFORMATION

Franchise Fees
  1. Dynasty Preferred Franchise: $75.00
  2. Dynasty Elite Franchise: $99.00
  3. Dynasty Super Franchise: $149.00
  4. Dynasty Monday Night Lights™ Franchise: $199.00
  5. Awards,  Gate #04 Awards for all leagues or   Dynasty Awards for Dynasty partial keeper awards information specifically
Dynasty Information
  1. Designed to be a premier partial keeper fantasy football experience.
  2. Twelve (12) franchise owners per league renew rivalries each year to battle for the ultimate prize.
  3. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 7.
  4. Playoff season: weeks 14-16.
  5. Schedule: your team plays each team in your division two (2) times during the regular season.
  6. Schedule: your team plays each non-division team one (1) time during the regular season.
  7. Schedule: all teams play one (1) double header in week 7.
  8. Schedule: all teams play fourteen (14) regular season games.
  9. You may own multiple franchises but only one franchise per league.
Draft Information
  1. Draft order first year: determined randomly by computer and posted approximately 60 minutes prior to the start of the draft.
  2. Draft types first year: online live, online e-mail, or commissioner loaded.
  3. Draft online live: 1 day 18 complete rounds, approximately 5-6 hours to complete with a one and a half (1.5) minute time limit to draft a player.
  4. Draft online e-mail first year: may take up to twelve (12) hours to make a draft pick.  Takes days or weeks to complete (ideal for those who can't or don't want to spend 5-6 hours doing a live draft).
  5. Commissioner loaded: have draft at your private location with all franchise owners present. Send the results to be loaded by the commissioner (Not recommended due to the possibility of mistakes during information transfer).
  6. Franchise owners assume full responsibility for correctness of information transferred.  Commissioner assumes no responsibility for correctness of information received during transfer but will work with your league to correct errors prior to league action beginning.
  7. First year: serpentine draft 1st round = 1-12, 2nd round = reverse order 12-1 and so on until 18 rounds are complete.
  8. First year: there will be no trading before or during draft.
  9. Draft order: determined randomly approximately 60 minutes before scheduled draft time.
  10. Second and following years: NFL type rookie/free agent draft based on league and playoff final standings from the previous year (2007).
  11. Second and following years: online e-mail.
  12. Year Two and after Dynasty Partial Keeper Drafting Example:
    1. Teams 1, 2, and 3 each keep (0) players from the previous year.
    2. Teams 4, 5, and 6 each keep (1) player from the previous year.
    3. Teams 7, 8, and 9 each keep (2) players from the previous year.
    4. Teams 10, 11, and 12 each keep (3) players from the previous year.
    5. Draft rounds proceed as follows:
    6. Round 1: Teams 1, 2, and 3 each draft one player. Teams 1-6 each now have 1 player on their roster.
    7. Round 2: Teams 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 each draft one player. Teams 1-9 each now have 2 players on their roster.
    8. Round 3: Teams 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 each draft one player. Now teams 1-12 have 3 players on their roster.
    9. Round 4-18: Will proceed in a serpentine order as determined by the previous years league and playoff finish.
Roster Information
  1. Each franchise owner may have 18 players on their roster.
  2. During regular season play, weeks 1-13 each owner must maintain enough players at each position (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF) to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  3. During playoff season, weeks 14-16 each owner must maintain enough players at each position (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF) to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  4. A legal lineup will consist of (1)QB, (1)TEAM DEF, (1)PK, (6)RB/WR/TE (combinations), Total=9 players: See legal combinations under Lineups.
  5. Each franchise owner may keep up to and including three (3) players...(keepers) from their roster.
  6. Players not designated as (keepers) go back into the waiver/free-agent pool and are eligible for the new draft (2009).
  7. For each player you keep: you will give up a 1st round pick for one (1) player kept, a 1st and 2nd round pick for two (2) players kept, and a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round pick for three (3) players kept.
  8. See year two draft example below under Draft Information.
Lineup Information
  1. Regular season: weeks 1-13.
  2. Playoff season: weeks 14-16.
  3. Spring/Summer draft: commissioner will notify each player of the date and time to start.
  4. Legal lineup scenarios: Your lineup must match one of the following:
  5. 1QB, 1RB, 4WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  6. 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  7. 1QB, 1RB, 3WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  8. 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  9. Any starting lineup not matching one of the above scenarios is not allowed.
  10. No franchise owner will be permitted to intentionally lose a game for any reason.
  11. If you suspect an illegal lineup you should notify the commissioner.
  12. Violation of this rule is usually the exception rather than the norm. Any violation of this rule will be investigated by the commissioner.
  13. The commissioner realizes accidents/mistakes do happen occasionally. Please don't take offense if we must make a correction.
Playoff Information
  1. The six (6) highest ranking teams play in the Fanatic-Bowl Championship playoff bracket; the three (3) division winners and best three (3) wildcards (determined by tie-breakers).
  2. Seeding for championship bracket: week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #1 seed and #2 seed each receive a first week bye.  Week fourteen (14) #3 seed plays #6 seed and #4 seed plays #5 seed. Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) the #1 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and #2 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.  The 2 winners of week fifteen (15) advance to the Fanatic-Bowl Championship game in week 16 (playoff week 3).  The 2 losers in week fifteen (15) play each other in week sixteen (16) for 3rd and 4th place.
  3. The six (6) lowest ranking teams that don't make the championship playoff play in the consolation bracket playoff (seeding determined by tie-breakers).
  4. Seeding for consolation bracket: week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #7 seed and #8 seed each receive a first week bye.  Week fourteen (14) #9 seed plays #12 seed and #10 seed plays #11 seed. Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) #7 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and #8 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.  The 2 winners of week 15 games advance to play in the consolation bracket final in week sixteen (16) (playoff week 3).
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REDRAFT LEAGUES

Franchise Fees
  1. Redraft Preferred Franchise: $75.00
  2. Redraft Elite Franchise: $99.00
  3. Redraft Super Franchise: $149.00
  4. Redraft Monday Night Lights™ Franchise: $199.00
  5. Awards,  Gate #04 Awards for all leagues or   Redraft Awards for Redraft awards information specifically
Redraft Information
  1. Designed to be a premier fantasy football experience.
  2. Twelve franchise owners per league divided into 3 divisions with 4 teams per division.
  3. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 7.
  4. Playoff season: weeks 14-16.
  5. Schedule: your team plays each team in your division two (2) times during the regular season.
  6. Schedule: your team plays each non-division team one (1) time during the regular season.
  7. Schedule: all teams play one (1) double header in week 7.
  8. Schedule: all teams play fourteen (14) regular season games.
  9. You may own multiple franchises but only one franchise per league.
Draft Information
  1. Draft order each year: determined randomly by computer and posted 60 minutes before scheduled draft time.
  2. Draft types: online live with a one and a half (1.5) minute time limit to draft a player.
  3. Draft online live: 1 day 18 complete rounds, approximately 5-6 hours to complete.
  4. Draft online e-mail: may take up to twelve (12) hours to make a draft pick, takes days or weeks to complete (ideal for those who can't or don't want to spend 5-6 hours doing a live draft).
  5. Commissioner loaded: have draft at your private location with all franchise owners present. Send the results to be loaded by the commissioner (Not recommended due to the possibility of mistakes during information transfer).
  6. Franchise owners assume full responsibility for correctness of information transferred.  Commissioner assumes no responsibility for correctness of information received during transfer but will work with your league to correct errors prior to league action beginning.
  7. Serpentine draft: 1st round = 1-12, 2nd round = reverse order 12-1 and so on until eighteen (18) rounds are complete.
  8. There will be no trading before or during draft.
Roster Information
  1. Each franchise owner may have 18 players on their roster.
  2. During regular season: weeks 1-13 each owner must maintain enough players at each position (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF) to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  3. During playoff season: weeks 14-16 each owner must maintain enough players at each position (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF) to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  4. A legal lineup will consist of (1)QB, (1)TEAM DEF, (1)PK, (6)RB/WR/TE (combinations), Total=9 players: See legal combinations under Lineup Information.
Lineup Information
  1. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 7.
  2. Playoff season: weeks 14-16.
  3. Legal lineup scenarios: Your lineup must match one of the following:
  4. 1QB, 1RB, 4WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  5. 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  6. 1QB, 1RB, 3WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  7. 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  8. Any starting lineup not matching one of the above scenarios is not allowed.
  9. No franchise owner will be permitted to intentionally lose a game for any reason.
  10. If you suspect an illegal lineup you should notify the commissioner right away.
  11. Violation of this rule is usually the exception rather than the norm. Any violation of this rule will be investigated by the commissioner.
  12. The commissioner realizes mistakes happen occasionally. Please don't take offense if I must make a correction.
Playoff Information
  1. The six (6) highest ranking teams play in the Fanatic-Bowl Championship playoff bracket; the three (3) division winners and best three (3) wildcards (determined by tie-breakers)
  2. Seeding for championship bracket: week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #1 seed and #2 seed each receive a first week bye.  Week fourteen (14) #3 seed plays #6 seed and #4 seed plays #5 seed. Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) the #1 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and #2 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.  The 2 winners of week fifteen (15) advance to the Fanatic-Bowl Championship game in week 16 (playoff week 3).  The 2 losers in week fifteen (15) play each other in week sixteen (16) for 3rd and 4th place
  3. The six (6) lowest ranking teams that don't make the championship playoff play in the consolation bracket playoff (seeding determined by tie-breakers)
  4. Seeding for consolation bracket: week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #7 seed and #8 seed each receive a first week bye.  Week fourteen (14) #9 seed plays #12 seed and #10 seed plays #11 seed. Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) #7 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and #8 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.  The 2 winners of week 15 games advance to play in the consolation bracket final in week sixteen (16) (playoff week 3).
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AUCTION PARTIAL KEEPER LEAGUE INFORMATION

Franchise Fees
  1. Auction Preferred Franchise: $75.00
  2. Auction Elite Franchise: $99.00
  3. Auction Super Franchise: $149.00
  4. Auction Monday Night Lights™ Franchise: $199.00
  5. Awards,  Gate #07 Awards for all leagues or   Auction Awards for Auction awards information specifically
Auction League Information
  1. Designed to be a premier partial keeper auction fantasy football experience.
  2. Twelve franchise owners per league renew rivalries each year to battle for the ultimate prize.
  3. Auction types: online live auction, online e-mail auction.
  4. Auction online live: Approximately 5-8 hours to complete.
  5. Auction online e-mail: takes days/weeks to complete.
  6. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 7.
  7. Playoff season: weeks 14-16.
  8. Schedule: your team plays each team in your division two (2) times during the regular season.
  9. Schedule: your team plays each non-division team one (1) time during the regular season.
  10. Schedule: all teams play one (1) double header in week 7.
  11. Schedule: all teams play fourteen (14) regular season games.
  12. You may own multiple franchises but only one franchise per league.
Auction Process
  1. There are two types of auctions: Live auction conducted using FantasyAuctioneer and E-mail auction using MyFantasyLeague.com
  2. Live Auction: Takes a few hours to complete.
  3. E-mail Auction: Takes days/weeks to complete.
  4. Live & E-mail Auctions: No serpentine drafting order like traditional drafts. There is an order established in which each team owner may place a player up for auction. All team owners then have an equal chance to bid for the players services. Player is awarded to the high bidder.
  5. Live Auction: Players are put on the auction block by commissioner and team owners. Bids are placed in real time for everyone to see.
  6. Live Auction: Bids start and continue until no more bidding is going on. When the bidding slows the auctioneer begins saying going once, going twice, and on GONE! the player is added to the winning high bidders roster.
  7. Live Auction: Each franchise owner will be given $320.00 fanatic dollars to purchase their initial roster. During the initial auction you must purchase enough players at each position to field a legal lineup. Nine (9) players are required to field a legal lineup. (1QB, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, 6 Combination of RB,WR,TE). The final (9) players will be bid on in the 2nd phase of the auction to follow shortly after the first phase is completed. Eighteen (18) players is the maximum number of players allowed on any roster. See legal lineups under Lineup Information.
  8. E-mail Auction: There is no serpentine draft order like traditional drafts.
  9. E-mail Auction: An order is established for team owners to place players up for auction. When a player is placed on the auction block all team owners have an equal opportunity to bid for the players services.
  10. E-mail Auction: During the initial phase of the auction the commissioner and the team owners may place players up for auction. There will be a time limit set for bidding on players. At the end of that time all players will be award to the high bidders and placed on their roster.
  11. E-mail Auction: Each franchise owner will be given $320.00 fanatic dollars to purchase their initial roster. During the initial auction you must purchase enough players at each position to field a legal lineup. Nine players are required to field a legal lineup. (1QB, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, 6 Combination of RB,WR,TE). Eighteen (18) players is the maximum number of players allowed on any roster. See legal lineups under Lineup Information.
  12. All rosters will be filled with the nine (9) required players in the initial phase of the auction (live or e-mail)
  13. Auctions 2nd year and following: All are e-mail.
  14. Auction Keeper Players: Each team owner will be allowed to select 0, 1, 2, or 3 keepers from the previous season (2008).
  15. Value of Player(s) kept: FanaticFantasyFootball.com Owners will rank players from the previous year (2008) in tiers. Depending on the tier the player is place in, the tier dollar amount will be added to the previous years purchase price and that will be deducted from your new season auction money to start the new season (2009) bidding.
  16. Example: Year one you draft Adrian Peterson RB (MN) and pay $45.00 for him. For year two Adrian Peterson is listed as a tier one RB. If tier one players are determined to have an added value of $5.00 then if you keep Adrian Peterson it will cost you $50.00 off the top of your $320.00 leaving you with $270.00 to start out with in 2009.
  17. Example 2: If you purchased a player in 2008 for $10.00 (Ryan Grant RB) and he is determined to be a tier 2 RB and tier two players are valued at $4.00 added value then he will cost you $14.00 in 2009.
  18. All values used here are for example purposes only and should not be taken as what the actual added value prices will be when published.
  19. Tier rankings and added value amounts will be e-mailed to all team owners in plenty of time to allow them to determine which players they want to keep.
  20. If no keepers are designated by the team owner prior to the final date and time to make such selection the commissioner will assume you don't want to keep any player from the previous season (2008) and return unprotected players to the waiver/free-agent pool making them available for auction during the new year 2009.
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Roster Information
  1. Each franchise owner may have up to and including 18 players on their roster.
  2. During regular season play weeks 1-13 each owner must maintain enough players at each position (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF) to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  3. During playoff season weeks 14-16 each owner must maintain enough players at each position (QB,RB,WR,PK,TE,TEAM DEF) to submit a legal lineup. See legal lineup under Lineup Information.
  4. A legal lineup will consist of (1)QB, (1)TEAM DEF, (1)PK, ((6)RB/WR/TE (combinations)), Total=9 players: See legal combinations under Lineup Information.
  5. Business season: You will have from the completion of the last fantasy playoff game of the current season until March 30th at (11:59 p.m. ET / 8:59 p.m. PT) of new season (2009) to trim your rosters.
  6. Each franchise owner may keep up to and including three (3) players...(keepers)on their roster.
  7. Players not designated as (keepers) go back into the rookie/free-agent pool and are eligible for the new auction.
  8. If you do not designate keepers by the deadline time the commissioner will assume you do not want to keep any players on your current roster. Commissioner will return all players on your roster back to the rookie/free-agent pool and they will be eligable to be auctioned.
  9. How do we determine the amount of fanatic dollars to be deducted from your beginning auction funds the next year for the players kept from the previous year?
Lineup Information
  1. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 7.
  2. Playoffs: weeks 14-16.
  3. Legal lineup scenarios: Your lineup must match one of the following:
  4. 1QB, 1RB, 4WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  5. 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  6. 1QB, 1RB, 3WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  7. 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1TEAM DEF, is legal
  8. Any starting lineup not matching one of the above scenarios is not allowed.
  9. No franchise owner will be permitted to intentionally lose a game for any reason.
  10. If you suspect an illegal lineup you should notify the commissioner right away.
  11. Violation of this rule is usually the exception rather than the norm. Any violation of this rule will be investigated by the commissioner.
  12. The commissioner realizes mistakes happen occasionally. Please don't take offense if I must make a correction.
Playoff Information
  1. The six (6) highest ranking teams play in the Fanatic-Bowl Championship playoff bracket; the three (3) division winners and best three (3) wildcards (determined by tie-breakers)
  2. Seeding for championship bracket: week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #1 seed and #2 seed each receive a first week bye.  Week fourteen (14) #3 seed plays #6 seed and #4 seed plays #5 seed. Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) the #1 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and #2 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.  The 2 winners of week fifteen (15) advance to the Fanatic-Bowl Championship game in week 16 (playoff week 3).  The 2 losers in week fifteen (15) play each other in week sixteen (16) for 3rd and 4th place
  3. The six (6) lowest ranking teams that don't make the championship playoff play in the consolation bracket playoff (seeding determined by tie-breakers)
  4. Seeding for consolation bracket: week fourteen (14) (playoff week 1) the #7 seed and #8 seed each receive a first week bye.  Week fourteen (14) #9 seed plays #12 seed and #10 seed plays #11 seed. Week fifteen (15) (playoff week 2) #7 seed plays the (lowest seed) to advance and #8 seed plays the (highest seed) to advance.  The 2 winners of week 15 games advance to play in the consolation bracket final in week sixteen (16) (playoff week 3).
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