Rules

Dynasty league startup

League will be held on Sleeper, yearly fee of $25 to be paid on teamstake. First two years required upon startup.

Fees

$25 per year, payment for 2 years required on startup. If trading a pick from future years, the fee for that year has to be paid. Fees are to be paid when the league is full, before the startup draft commences. Teamstake chosen rather than leaguesafe because leaguesafe is unavailable to most outside North America.

Roster

Only players with less than 2 years NFL experience rookies are eligible for the Taxi Squad. You can move players into the taxi squad until the regular season starts. Once the deadline passes, you may no longer move players into the taxi squad. You can activate a player off of your taxi squad at any point during the season. Once activated they can not be placed on the taxi squad again. After the startup draft rosters will have 4 extra spots to allow for taxi players. The rosters will be reduced before the regular season starts.

Draft

Snake draft, 3rd round reversal, 8 hours per pick. Order will be randomized.

Even if you have 8 hours per pick, teams are expected to make their picks as soon as they are able to.

Lineup

Managers are expected to set their lineups each week. Failing to do so repeatedly will result in a warning and ultimately exclusion from the league.

Scoring

Playoffs

Starts week 15. Top 7 teams make the playoffs. Points scored is the tie breaker. The regular season winner gets a bye for round 1 of the playoffs. Highest placed team plays the lowest placed team each round. Highest scoring loser from first round goes directly to 5th/6th placement game, while the other two losers play for a spot.

Teams placed 8-13 will play a consolation bracket (NOT toilet bowl). Last placed team is done for the year.

Waivers

Faab will be used for waivers with a $500 budget per season. $0 bids are allowed.

Reverse standings. The waiver priority is reset every week based on the standings. Lower-placed teams in the current standings will get the highest waiver priority at the beginning of each NFL week.

Waivers will be closed during off season (between fantasy season ending and until we’ve held next years rookie draft)

During pre season (between our rookie draft and when the regular season starts) rolling waivers will be in effect.

After the rookie draft and up until pre-season, waivers will run once per week.

During pre-season and regular season waivers are closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, and will run on Thursday, Sunday, and Monday at 9 AM CEST. After the waivers have been processed on Sundays and Mondays, all players on waivers become Free Agents. This is so teams can fill holes in case of emergency. Players whose game has started will be locked until Thursday at 9 AM CEST.

waivers run time

Rookie Draft Order

Decided by MaxPF for non-playoff teams. This includes Taxi and IR. Playoff teams are decided by their final standing when playoffs have concluded.

Trade Deadline

End of Week 13.

Payouts

  1. $150
  2. $25
  3. $20
  4. $15
  5. $10
  6. $5
  7. $5

Regular Season Winner $30 (Tie breaker points scored).
Team with highest points total $15 (tie break highest score single week)
Consolation bracket winner $10.

In addition, every week there is a challenge. The winner each week will receive $5 (paid at end of season) All challenges starters only, except week 1.

Rule changes

Rule changes during the season must pass with all teams in agreement. During the off season 8/14 teams must agree to the changes.

Setting a lineup

All teams must, in good faith, construct a lineup which they believe gives them the best chance to win. Starting end of bench guys (say, someone like Ty Chandler) over a stud (say Christian McCaffrey) is considered a work around, and a violation. Starting a player on a bye, players who are known to not be starting for days in advance, players on PUP list, or starting a player who has IR status is a clear violation of this. As is starting players that are not signed to a roster. Gametime decisions and similar issues are not violations.

If you have no players available that are not on IR/bye/PUP/unsigned it is not a violation. You will not have to drop a player or make a trade to fulfill a starting lineup. You will not have to move a player from your taxi squad to starting lineup.

If you start an inactive player that is not a gametime decision, I will replace them with the highest projected player on the bench that’s eligible.

Violations will be punished as follows:

1st time violation: Warning
2nd time violation: Lose $100 FAAB
3rd time violation: Loss of 4th round pick
4th time violation: Loss of 2nd round pick
5th time violation: Removal from the league\

This is to keep the league fair for everyone and to avoid people having implications on playoff positions even when they are not contending.

Leaving and refunds

To get a refund you must be in possession of all your future picks. If not, the league will keep the money to provide a discount to future managers.