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Team Cost
  1. Empire Big Fanatic: $75.00
  2. Empire Elite Fanatic: $100.00
  3. Empire Super Fanatic: $150.00
  4. Empire Monday Night Fanatic: $250.00
General Information
  1. Designed to be a premier total keeper fantasy football experience
  2. Twelve (12) team 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 11
  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 11
  8. Schedule: all teams play fourteen (14) regular season games
  9. You may own multiple teams but only one team 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
  3. Draft online live first year: 1 day, 20 complete rounds, approximately 3-4 hours to complete
  4. Time limit each pick: one and a half (1.5) minute for each pick
  5. First year draft order: serpentine draft, 1st round = 1-12 2nd round = reverse order 12-1 and so on until 20 rounds are complete
  6. First year draft: there will be no trading
  7. After the initial draft is completed in year one (1), all team owners may trade players and future year draft picks
  8. After First Year draft is completed: future draft picks (limited to one year ahead 2010) may be traded if the franchise teams involved in the trade have renewed their franchise for the year affected (2009)
  9. Also see Trade Processing rules listed in the Rule Book.
  10. First year draft: draft order determined randomly approximately 60 minutes before scheduled draft time
  11. Second and following draft years: NFL type rookie/free agent draft, based on league and playoff final standings from the previous year (2008)
  12. Second and following draft years: draft type online email
  13. Second and following draft years: Spring/Summer draft six (6) rounds
  14. 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 12 hours to make a draft pick.  July, round 5 you may take up to 12 hours to make a draft pick.  August, round 6 you may take up to 12 hours to make a draft pick.
Roster Information
  1. Each team owner may have 20 players on their active roster + 1 Taxi Squad player for a total of 21 players
  2. Players not listed on NFL IR are not eligable for fantasy Taxi Squad designation
  3. Commissioner will determine when a player has been placed on IR by the NFL
  4. Once placed on the Taxi Squad, that player is inactive for the remainder of the current year (2009)
  5. Players placed on the Taxi Squad cannot be part of any trade until the end of the regular season (2009) and playoff season (2009)
  6. Taxi Squad players can be dropped into the waiver/free agent pool
  7. If a Taxi Squad player is dropped into the waiver/free agent pool he is not eligible to be picked up by any team during the current regular and playoff seasons (2009). The Taxi Squad player will be eligible to be drafted during the Spring/Summer draft the next season (2010)
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. A legal lineup will consist of (1)QB, (1)TEAM DEF, (1)PK, (6)RB/WR/TE (combinations) = 9 Total players; See legal combinations under Lineups
Lineup Information
  1. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 11
  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 team 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 to an illegal lineup
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)
Team Cost
  1. Dynasty Big Fanatic: $75.00
  2. Dynasty Elite Fanatic: $100.00
  3. Dynasty Super Fanatic: $150.00
  4. Dynasty Monday Night Fanatic: $250.00
General Information
  1. Designed to be a premier partial keeper fantasy football experience
  2. Twelve (12) team 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 11
  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 11
  8. Schedule: all teams play fourteen (14) regular season games
  9. You may own multiple teams but only one team 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
  3. Draft online live: 1 day 18 complete rounds, approximately 3-4 hours to complete with a one and a half (1.5) minute time limit to draft a player
  4. First year: serpentine draft 1st round = 1-12, 2nd round = reverse order 12-1 and so on until 18 rounds are complete
  5. First year: there will be no trading during the draft
  6. Draft order: determined randomly approximately 60 minutes before scheduled draft time
  7. Second and following years: NFL type rookie/free agent draft based on league and playoff final standings from the previous year (2008).
  8. Second and following years: online email draft
  9. 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. Round 1: Teams 1, 2, and 3 each draft one player. Teams 1-6 each now have 1 player on their roster
    6. 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
    7. 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.
    8. Round 4-18: Will proceed in a serpentine order as determined by the previous years league and playoff finish
Roster Information
  1. Each team 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) = 9 total players: See legal combinations under Lineups
  5. Each team owner may keep up to and including three (3) players...(keepers) from their roster previous year (2008) 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 the new draft will begin
  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 team 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 lineup correction to make your lineup legal
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)
Team Cost
  1. Redraft Big Fanatic: $75.00
  2. Redraft Elite Fanatic: $100.00
  3. Redraft Super Fanatic: $150.00
  4. Redraft Monday Night Fanatic: $250.00
General Information
  1. Designed to be a premier fantasy football experience
  2. Twelve team owners per league, divided into 3 divisions with 4 teams per division
  3. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 11
  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 11
  8. Schedule: all teams play fourteen (14) regular season games
  9. You may own multiple teams but only one team 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 3-4 hours to complete
  4. Serpentine draft: 1st round = 1-12, 2nd round = reverse order 12-1 and so on until eighteen (18) rounds are complete
  5. There will be no trading before or during draft.
Roster Information
  1. Each team 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) = 9 total players: See legal combinations under Lineup Information
Lineup Information
  1. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 11
  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 to an illegal lineup
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).
Team Cost
  1. Auction Big Fanatic: $75.00
  2. Auction Elite Fanatic: $100.00
  3. Auction Super Fanatic: $150.00
  4. Auction Monday Night Fanatic: $250.00
Auction League Information
  1. Designed to be a premier partial keeper auction fantasy football experience
  2. Twelve team owners per league renew rivalries each year to battle for the ultimate prize
  3. Auction types: online live auction
  4. Auction online live: Approximately 3-4 hours to complete
  5. Auction online e-mail: 2nd and following years; takes days/weeks to complete
  6. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 11
  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 11
  11. Schedule: all teams play fourteen (14) regular season games
  12. You may own multiple teams but only one team per league
Auction Process
  1. There are two types of auctions: Live auction conducted using FantasyAuctioneer and Email auction using MyFantasyLeague.com
  2. Live Auction: Takes a few hours to complete
  3. Email Auction: Takes days/weeks to complete
  4. Live Auction: Players are put on the auction block by commissioner and team owners. Bids are placed in real time for everyone to see
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. Email Auction: There is no serpentine draft order like traditional drafts.
  8. Email 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
  9. Email 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 (example: 12 hours) for bidding on players. At the end of that time all players will be award to the high bidders and placed on their roster
  10. Email 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 roster. See legal lineups under Lineup Information.
  11. All rosters will be filled with the eighteen (18) players in the initial phase of the auction, (live or email)
  12. Auctions 2nd year and following: All are email.
  13. Auction Keeper Players: Each team owner will be allowed to select 0, 1, 2, or 3 keepers from the previous season (2008)
  14. Value of Player(s) kept: FanaticFantasyFootball.com 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)
  15. 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 with in 2009
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. Tier rankings and added value amounts will be emailed to all team owners in plenty of time to allow them to determine which players they want to keep
  19. 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.
Team Cost
  1. GridIron 500 Fanatic: $500.00
  2. GridIron 750 Fanatic: $750.00
  3. GridIron 1000 Fanatic: $1000.00
  4. GridIron Monday Night Fanatic: $5000.00
General Information
  1. Designed to be a premier serious fantasy football experience
  2. Twelve team owners per league, divided into 3 divisions with 4 teams per division
  3. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 11
  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 11
  8. Schedule: all teams play fourteen (14) regular season games
  9. You may own multiple teams but only one team 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 3-4 hours to complete
  4. Serpentine draft: 1st round = 1-12, 2nd round = reverse order 12-1 and so on until eighteen (18) rounds are complete
  5. There will be no trading before or during draft
Roster Information
  1. Each team 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) = 9 total players: See legal combinations under Lineup Information
Lineup Information
  1. Regular season: weeks 1-13 with one double header in week 11
  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 to an illegal lineup
Playoff Information
  1. The six (6) highest ranking teams play in the GridIron 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).