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Rules
Section
1: Franchise Ownership
1.1: The LAFF league shall consist of 16 franchises, divided
into four 4-team divisions.
1.2: LAFF franchise owners and team names shall be approved
by majority vote of existing owners.
1.3: Each franchise shall pay an annual $25 membership fee,
due on or about the time of the draft.
1.4: Each franchise shall pay an annual subscription fee
of $10 to support the administrative costs of the Commissioner's
Office.
1.5: Each owner shall make every effort to participate in
and contribute to the social activies of the league.
1.6: Each franchise shall have one vote in matters of league
policy. Seventy-five percent of the franchises (12 of 16) must approve
any change to the LAFF bylaws.
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2: The LAFF draft
2.1: Franchise owners must attend the annual draft, conducted
in late August, in order to fill an initial roster of 11 players.
2.2: Draft order will be determined by a lottery conducted
during a summer meeting of owners. Draft order is reversed for each
round.
2.3: The draft shall consist of 11 rounds.
2.4: During the draft, a franchise will have one minute to
select a player once the draft emcee calls the team’s name.
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3: Franchise management
3.1: Each owner shall maintain an active roster of 11 players
throughout the season.
3.2: A franchise roster shall consist of A) 2 quarterbacks,
3 running backs, 4 receivers (including tight ends), 1 kicker and
1 defensive/special teams unit, or B) 2 quarterbacks, 2 running
backs, 5 receivers, 1 kicker and 1 defensive/special teams unit.
There are no exceptions to this rule.
3.3: Each owner shall submit a weekly starting lineup to
the commissioner by 1 p.m. on Friday, or at a day and time specified
by the commissioner.
3.4: Each starting lineup shall consist of 8 players, including
A) 1 quarterback, 2 running backs, 3 receivers, 1 kicker and 1 defensive/special
teams unit, or B) 1 quarterback, 1 running back, 4 receivers, 1
kicker and 1 defensive/special teams unit. A franchise can start
fewer than eight players, but cannot go beyond allowable number
at any one position.
3.5: If an owner fails to report a starting lineup by the
published deadline, the previous week’s starting lineup will
be used.
3.6: Owners can make one change to their starting lineup
prior to kickoff of the first NFL game of the week. The owner must
notify the commissioner and attempt to notifiy that week’s
opponent about the change in the starting lineup.
Section
4: Scoring
4.1: Quarterbacks, running backs and receivers score in the
following manner:
- TD
(run, pass or catch) from 1-9 yards - 6
- TD
from 10-39 yards - 9
- TD
from 40-59 yards - 12
- TD
from 60+ yards - 15
- 2
point conversion - 2
- Quarterback
passes for 300 yards - 6
- Each
additional 100 yards - 6
- Backs
rush or receive for 100 yards - 6
- Each
additional 100 yards - 6
- Receivers
receive or rush for 100 yards - 6
- Each
additional 100 yards - 6
(note: rushing and receiving yards are not combined to reach performance
marks)
4.2: Kickers
score in the following manner:
- Point
after touchdown - 1
- Field
goal from 1-39 yards - 3
- Field
goal from 40-49 yards - 5
- Field
goal from 50+ yards - 10
- Touchdown
scored in same manner as position players
4.3: Defensive/special
teams units score in the following manner:
- Touchdowns
scored in any manner (fumble return, interception return, kickoff
or punt return, blocked kick, fake field goal) will be scored
on the distance method consistent with position players.
- Home
team - 3
- Two-point
conversion - 2
- Full
game shutout - 15
- Safety
- 6
- Interception
or fumble recovery - 2
- Sack
- 1
Section
5: Transactions
5.1: Transaction requests shall be submitted to the commissioner
by 3 p.m. Thursday, or at a day and time designated by the commissioner.
5.3: Owners shall pay $1 for each new player added to their
roster through any type of transaction.
5.4: Owners may waive one or more players and pick up “free
agents,” or NFL players not on another LAFF roster. Waived
players may be picked up by another franchise one week after going
on waivers.
5.5: Trades can be made between owners. However, if an owner
trades a player, the same player cannot be reacquired through a
trade at any time during the season. The player can be reaquired
as a free agent.
5.6: Legitimately injured NFL players may be placed on “injured
reserve” and replaced on the active roster by a free agent.
Once the player returns to an NFL game, the owner must either reactivate
the player, waive him or trade him.
5.7: Transaction requests receive the following priorty:
the team with the worst record receives its first request, followed
by the team with the next worst record, and so on. Once all teams
making transaction requests have been considered, the rotation returns
to the team with the worst record. Owners should indicate priority
order when reqesting more than one free agent.
5.8: LAFF franchises holding kickers and defenses with byes
will be able to pick up replacements during that week. Owners must
put in a transaction request. Priority order will be determined
by teams with the worst record (see rule 5.7). Bye week replacements
are filled before other transaction requests are considered. Bye
week replacements automatically return to the free agent pool on
Tuesday of the following week.
5.9: Trades are not allowed after week 12 of the regular
season.
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6: Tiebreakers
6.1: There are no tiebreakers for regular season games.
6.2: For post-season games, ties shall be broken by total
score including active bench players.
6.3: The following methods will be used to break ties in
the standings:
- Record
against teams in tie (if all teams involved have played each other).
- Most
points scored against other teams in tie.
- Most
points scored in all games during season.
- Fewest
points allowed against teams in tie.
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7: Post-season play
7.1: The final three weeks of the NFL season will be reserved
for LAFF championship playoffs and consolation tournament.
7.2: The championship playoffs will consist of eight teams,
including the four division winners and four wildcard teams (the
next four best records) from any division.
7.3: Teams will be seeded 1-8 with the division winners earning
the top four seeds and the wildcard teams seeded 5-8 based on record
and the tie-breakers above. The higher seeded team will be the home
team for the first two rounds of the single-elimination tournament.
7.4: The remaining eight teams will play a single-elimination
tournament with the higher seeded team being the home team for the
first two rounds.
7.5: Homefield advantage for post-season games is worth 6
points, except for week 17 bowl games which are played on a neutral
site with no homefield advantage.
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8: Commissioner’s duties
8.1: The commissioner is responsible for organizing the
draft, conducting transactions, providing weekly scores and information
and overall operation of the league.
8.2: The commissioner has the power to act in the best interest
of the league and the game of fantasy football.
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