League Rules Information

Playing Field Rules

THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT RULE IS, "KNOW ALL THE RULES!"
The final interpretation of any and all rules rests solely with the league commissioner.
Rules for scoring points can be found here: Gate #08 POINT SCORING
12 TEAM LEAGUES:
Total number of divisions: 3
Total number of teams: 12
Total number of roster spots: 20 on active roster +(1 IR) = Empire Leagues Only
Total number of IR (injured reserve) spots: 1 = Empire Leagues Only
Injured Reserve: You can not place a player on injured reserve until kickoff of the first NFL game of the 2008 season. Thursday September 4 at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT
During the current season (2008) you can only place a player on injured reserve after the NFL officially places the player on injured reserve.
Total number of roster spots: eighteen (18) = Dynasty, Redraft, Auction, and GridIron Spectacular Leagues
Total number of roster spots: 16 = Cheap Seats Leagues
Head-To-Head competition?: YES, (all leagues)
Multiple game weeks?: YES, 1 doubleheader week, ( a league poll will determine which non-bye week 1,2,3,11,12, or 13 will be the doubleheader week ), (all leagues).
Each player can be on only 1 roster per league: YES
Regular season tie scores are counted as ties: YES
Playoff season ties: NO, select 1 bench player from any position (QB,RB,WR,TE,PK,TEAMDEF) as your tie-breaker player. If still tied then we will revert back to the regular season tie-breakers in the same order used during regular season play.
Tie-breaker player points: used only to break a tie game during the playoffs.
Will players be awarded bye week carryover points: NO
Will starting lineups be withheld until after kickoff: NO
Will bye week players be eligible for starting lineup: YES
Starting lineup; Total Starters = nine 9 (all leagues)

Number of starting QBs = 1
Number of starting RBs = 1-2
Number of starting WRs = 2-3-4
Number of starting TEs = 1-2
Number of starting PKs = 1
Number of starting DEF = 1 TEAM

Legal line up: 1QB, 1RB, 4WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1DEF = 9 starters
Legal line up: 1QB, 1RB, 3WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1DEF = 9 starters
Legal line up: 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1DEF = 9 starters
Legal line up: 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1DEF = 9 starters
Each franchise/team owner may own only one (1) franchise per league.
24 TEAM LEAGUES:
Total number of conferences: 2
Total number of divisions: 6
Total number of teams: 24
Total number of roster spots: 20 + (1 IR) = Empire Leagues Only
Total number of IR (injured reserve) spots: 1 = (Empire Leagues Only)
Injured Reserve: You can not place a player on injured reserve until kickoff of the first NFL game of the 2008 season. Thursday September 4 at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT
During the current season (2008) you can only place a player on injured reserve after the NFL officially places the player on injured reserve.
Total number of roster spots: 18 = Dynasty, Redraft, Auction, and GridIron Spectacular Leagues
Total number of roster spots: 16 = Cheap Seats Leagues
Head-To-Head competition: YES (all leagues)
Multiple game weeks: YES 2 doubleheader weeks (double header weeks will be played in week 1 and week 12, the 1st and final regular season weeks; bye weeks do not affect weeks 1 and 12
Each player can be on only 1 roster in each conference: YES
Regular season tie scores are counted as ties: YES
Playoff season ties: NO, select 1 bench player from any position (QB,RB,WR,TE,PK,DEF TEAM) as your tie-breaker player. If still tied we will revert back to the regular season tie-breakers in the same order used during regular season play.
Tie-breaker player points: used only to break a tie game during the playoffs.
Will players be awarded bye week carryover points: NO
Will starting lineups be withheld until after kickoff: NO
Will bye week players be eligible for starting lineup: YES
Starting lineup: Total Starters = 9

Number of starting QBs = 1
Number of starting RBs = 1-2
Number of starting WRs = 2-3-4
Number of starting TEs = 1-2
Number of starting PKs = 1
Number of starting DEF = 1 TEAM

Legal line up: 1QB, 1RB, 4WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1DEF = 9 starters
Legal line up: 1QB, 1RB, 3WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1DEF = 9 starters
Legal line up: 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1DEF = 9 starters
Legal line up: 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 2TE, 1PK, 1DEF = 9 starters
Each franchise/team owner may own only one (1) franchise per league.

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Trade Processing

Regular season trade window: Kick off of NFL week 1 first game Thursday September 4, 2008 WASH @ NYG 7:00 p.m. ET until kick off of NFL week 11 Monday Night game Monday November 17, 2008 CLE @ BUF 8:30 p.m. ET.
No trades after kick off of the week 11 November 17 Monday Night game CLE @ BUF at 8:30 p.m. ET.The commissioner accepts no responsibility other than serving notice to all league members. Be sure your trade partner knows when he/she will need to drop a player or players for the trade to process.
The commissioner will VOID a trade if your roster is not corrected at least 2 hours before kick off of the first game of the week involved. If your trade is submitted within the 2 hour window then you should include information telling the commissioner who to drop from your roster if the trade is approved or the trade will not be considered until after the current weeks games are completed.
Players traded cannot be traded back to the team that traded them for a period of 5 playing weeks.
Example #1: If a player trade is approved and processed before kickoff of "HIS CURRENT WEEKLY GAME", thereby making him ELIGIBLE to be in that weeks lineup, then it counts as 1 playing week.
Example #2: If a player trade isn't approved and processed until after kickoff of "HIS CURRENT WEEKLY GAME", thereby making him INELIGIBLE to be in that weeks lineup, then the following week counts as the first playing week.

5 Playing Week Scenarios

If traded prior to week 1 first game kickoff (considered the off-season) then = NOT affected by 5 playing week rule.
If traded week 1: then 5 weeks = weeks 1-5 and you may trade at the conclusion of week 5 games.
If traded week 2: then 5 weeks = weeks 2-6 and you may trade at the conclusion of week 6 games.
If traded week 3: then 5 weeks = weeks 3-7 and you may trade at the conclusion of week 7 games.
If traded week 4: then 5 weeks = weeks 4-8 and you may trade at the conclusion of week 8 games.
If traded week 5: then 5 weeks = weeks 5-9 and you may trade at the conclusion of week 9 games.
If traded week 6: then 5 weeks = weeks 6-10 and you may trade at the conclusion of week 10 games.
If traded week 7: then 5 weeks = weeks 7-11 and no trades after week 11 MNF CLE @ BUF kickoff 8:30 p.m. ET.
If traded week 8: then 5 weeks = weeks 8-12 but! no trades after week 11 MNF CLE @ BUF kickoff 8:30 p.m. ET.
If traded week 9: then 5 weeks = weeks 9-13 but! no trades after week 11 MNF CLE @ BUF kickoff 8:30 p.m. ET.
If traded week 10: then 5 weeks = weeks 10-14 but! no trades after week 11 MNF CLE @ BUF kickoff 8:30 p.m. ET

Regular season weeks count toward playing weeks.
Playoff weeks count toward playing weeks.
Off season trades (the time when your league playoff is complete (2007) until kickoff of the first NFL game of the new season, (2008))do not fall under the 5 playing week rule.
The 5 playing week rule is implemented to help prevent collusion between team owners.

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Waiver/Free Agent Wire Sort Criteria

Overall Winning Percentage
Total Points Scored
Head-To-Head Competition
Divisional Winning Percentage
Victory Points
Last Week's Point Total
Power Rank
Reverse Order of Opponent Total Points Scored
All "waiver/free-agent sort criteria" displayed above are applied in a worst-to-first manner.
The maximum number of rounds for the waiver/free-agent wire is 4 per week.
Waivers/Free-Agents: 3 rounds process Wednesday at 11:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. PT; 1 round will process Saturday at 11:00 a.m. ET / 8:00 a.m. PT.
Players dropped on Wednesday are eligible to be picked up on Saturday and players dropped on Saturday are eligible to be picked up on Wednesday. We favor this 2 day waiver run to give you a chance to replace a player that might get injured after waivers run on Wednesday.
The final 2008 waiver/free-agent run will be Wednesday December 3 at 11:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. PT. This will be a 4 round run.

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Personal Conduct

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If you want to show off your coaching skills you are welcome here.
If you want to gamble, go somewhere else.
Respect all players in your league.
Respect all league rules.
Rules are here to level the playing field and make the game enjoyable and fun for everyone.
Rude, obscene, vulgar or any other offensive behavior directed toward other players, the commissioner, or employees of FanaticFantasyFootball.com LLC will not be tolerated.
Collusion will not be tolerated.
Intentionally losing games will not be tolerated.
Inactivity for a period of 3 weeks without good reason is reason enough for the commissioner of FanaticFantasyFootball.com LLC to take over your team to maintain fair play within the league.
If an owner returns with a good reason for inactivity he/she may resume play with their team as is.
If a team owner gets disqualified from his/her league and/or playoff competition, he/she forfeits any award/awards and the award/awards will be donated to St Jude's Childrens Hospital or another worthy charity.
No refunds will be given if a team owner(s) abandon their team(s) or get disqualified from their league(s).
FanaticFantasyFootball.com LLC will make all decisions concerning violations and how to handle them.
Generally, new rules will be implemented upon completion of the regular season and playoff season of the current year, 2008.
FanaticFantasyFootball.com LLC reserves the right to implement emergency rules if deemed necessary to preserve the good standing of the company, it's employees, leagues, and franchise owners.
Emergency rules would be implemented immediately.
We reserve the right to tweak our rules during the NFL Spring and Summer training camps up to August 15, 2008. We will notify everyone of any changes.
Rules concerning: Scoring, Trade Processing, Lineups, Schedule, Waiver/Free-Agent Processing, and Playoffs will be locked in for the season on August 15th, 2008.
After kickoff of the current season (2008) there will be no changing of rules except if unusual emergency rules are needed due to some conduct issue. We think we have great players at Fanatic Stadium and this is not an issue.
Thank you for helping to make your league a success for all team owners.

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Skills Displayed

Ability to analyze professional athletes in such a way so as to be able to determine which group of players, when assembled on one team, will be capable of delivering the most competitive week in and week out performance.
Ability to analyze the coaching philosophy of a head coach and his staff to determine how they will play the players on their team. Is he a coach that loves to run the ball with his running backs? or is he a coach that wants to go all out in the passing game?
Owners must be able to display a superior ability to manage their team's schedule. They must be prepared for weeks when their starting players are on a bye week making it necessary to play bench players or waiver wire additions in the starting lineup.
Owners must be able to negotiate. Negotiation skills are best displayed during trade talks involving other team owners in the league. How do I identify a coach I can negotiate an equitable trade that's benificial for both teams.
Is the team owner superior when dealing with adversity on his team? What does the owner do when his best player or players are hit with a season ending injury? or a career ending injury?
Time management skills are also displayed. How well does the coach balance his time? Family, career, and fantasy team are just a few of the things demanding a piece of his life. These are the same skills a NFL coach must display also.
Computer skills help players gather information from many sources. The more sources of information a coach uses the better decision he is likely to make.
Personal conduct is a skill our players must display at all times to be eligable to compete in our leagues. If a coach doesn't know how to conduct his behavior he will soon find himself/herself shut out from other league members making it much more difficult to deal with other members. Expulsion from the league could result from bad personal conduct.
The best coaches leave nothing to chance. They use all of their combined skills to make informed decisions.

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