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Eligibility
All
participants must be at least 21 years of age and from eligible
states. Participants must be able to attend live draft in
Philadelphia, PA on September 1, 2007 or appoint substitute to
draft by August 28, 2007. See
Terms and Conditions.
Fees
The
all inclusive entry fee is $2,000 per team. If an owner
would like to buy more than one team, his/her teams will be
placed in separate divisions.
If owner cancels prior to
August 21, 2007 he/she will be refunded all money. If owner
cancels after August 21, 2007 he/she will be refunded all
money with the exception of $500.00. If owner cancels after
August 28, 2007, no refund will be given.
Payment must be
made by credit card, check or money order. All monies
payable to Payday Sports.
Draft
All divisions will hold their draft simultaneously in
Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, September 1, 2007. Maximum of
2 representatives per team will be admitted into draft
unless an additional seat is requested before the draft and
the $50 seat charge is paid. A valid id will be required to
obtain pass to enter draft. Each division will be composed
of 12 teams, and each draft will last for 18 rounds, with
each team selecting a player in each round in a serpentine
fashion. Owner can draft as many players as he/she sees fit
regardless of position, however, they must meet the minimum
required starting lineup each week. Drafted team cannot be
“void” of a position. The skill of each owner will dictate
who and how many players are drafted.
Draft order will be determined when league is full by a random
drawing.
There will be a time limit of 1:45 minutes per pick for each
team. Advance notification of time expiring will be given at
1:15 and 1:35. If owner does not make a pick in the allotted
time he/she will be passed over and the next team will make a
pick. After the next team makes his/her pick the team that was
passed over will be revisited and have 10 seconds to make a pick
or will be passed over again.
There will
be absolutely no trading of draft picks or players during or
after the draft.
There
will be no computer access at the draft. All electronic
equipment is not encouraged. PDA’s, cell phones and computers
will be permitted as long as they do not in any way disrupt the
draft.
All teams will sit in the order of their draft pick. NO
EXCEPTIONS.
Each team, as mentioned before, will be able to have a
substitute draftee who is not the owner as long as they are
registered by August 28, 2007 and meet the eligibility
standards.
Each team MUST confirm their lineup and submit their week 1
lineup BEFORE leaving the draft.
Teams who do not provide lineups will be given one by Payday
Sports. Any lineup that is submitted will remain that way until
owner changes it. Lineups from the previous week will be used
if no changes are made.
Lineups/Roster
Rosters will contain 18 players.
Starting
lineups will be:
1 QB : Quarterback
2 RB : Running Backs
3 WR : Wide Receivers
1 TE : Tight End
1 Flex player (RB, WR, TE)
1 K : Kicker
1 DT : Defense/Special Team
Teams will be able to
access their teams via the internet to make lineup changes,
drop/add, etc.
If a team has no access to
a computer they can phone in their lineup during certain hours
which will be posted later. Phone-in weekly lineups are
due no later than 15 minutes before the start of each week.
On holidays and Thanksgiving the phones will be closed.
Saturdays and Thursdays
will begin the weeks not end them.
All Thursday games will count in this league, including the
game on Thursday, September 6, 2007.
Point
Scoring
Passing (for all QB’s,
RB’s, WR’s, TE’s, and K’s)
- Yard passing divided by
25 (136 yards = 5.44)
- 5 Bonus points for 300+
yards passing, 5 additional for every 50 yards after
original 300
- 2 Points for 2 point
conversion, running or passing
- 6 Points for a
touchdown pass
Rushing (for all QB’s,
RB’s, WR’s, TE’s and K’s)
- Yards rushing divided
by 10 (76 yards = 7.60)
- 3 Bonus points for 100+
yards rushing, 3 additional for every 50 yards after
original 100
- 2 points for 2 point
conversion
- 6 points for a
touchdown run
- ½ point per reception
(RB’s only)
Receiving (for all
QB’s, RB’s, WR’s, TE’s and K’s)
- Yards receiving divided
by 10 (65 yards = 6.5)
- 1 point for every
reception (TE and WR only)
- 5 Bonus points 100+
yards receiving, 5 additional for every 50 yards after
original 100
- 2 points for 2 point
conversion
- 6 points for a
touchdown
Kicking
- 1 point for extra point
- 3 points for 1-39 yard
field goal
- 4 points for 40-49 yard
field goal
- 5 points for 50+ yard
field goal
Defense/Special Teams
- 2 Points for every sack
- 2 Points every
interception
- 2 Points for every
fumble recovery
- 6 Points for a safety
- 6 Points for a
touchdown
- 10 Points for a shutout
- 5 Points for allowing
between 1-5 points
- 3 Points for allowing
6-10 points
- “points allowed”
are from opposing teams OFFENSE only
Only points from the
opposing teams OFFENSE are considered “points allowed”.
Points scored on Fake
field goals, and fake punts are NOT defensive scores.
Weekly Winners
Prize money will be awarded to the highest point getting team in
the league every week during the regular season of play (the
first 11 weeks). In the event of a tie, the prize money will
be split evenly among all winners.
Free
Agency
Free
Agency will be governed by a “blind bidding” process. Each
team will begin the season with a $1,500 free agency
budget. All bids will be anonymous to other teams. The
amount of the winning bid will be deducted from the winning
team’s free agent dollars. A player must be dropped to make
room for a free agent acquisition. When a teams free agency
budget hits zero that team can no longer bid. All bids must
be in $1 increments. A team cannot void themselves of a
position. Teams must maintain the minimum number of players
to complete a starting lineup.
After the draft the free agency pool will be open and available
for drop/add. There is PRE-SEASON free agency. September 4,
2007 at 9am EST, the first free agency period will open. Any
player that is not on a team within the division is a free
agent.
THERE WILL BE TWO DROP/ADD PERIODS EACH WEEK.
Free
agency will begin every Tuesday morning at 9am EST and end at
midnight before the first game of the week. For example, a
Thursday night game means that the first free agency period will
end at midnight on Wednesday.
A
second free agency period will take place beginning at 5am the
day after the first free agency period closes. For example,
most often you will see free agency stretch from Tuesday morning
to Saturday at midnight. Then the second free agency periods
will open from 5am Sunday until 11:30 Sunday morning. For
Thursday games the first free agency period will end Wednesday
at midnight and the second free agency period will be from 5am
until 11:30 Thursday morning.
Free
agency will extend the length of the ENTIRE season, all the way
through the championship game.
Regular
Season Format
The regular season will last 11 weeks with the division
wildcard playoff games held week 12. The team with the best
record in each division will receive a bye into the playoffs
beginning week 13. The wildcard games will be played by the
2nd and 3rd team in each division
(determined by record). Regular season games can end in a
tie. The tie breakers are as follows:
Regular Season to Determine Best Division record tie breaker
1) Head to Head record (provided that all teams involved
played each other and equal number of times. To calculate best
winning percentage take number of games won divided by total
number of games won/lost. Best winning percentage wins
determines best head to head record)
2)
Total points for the regular season
3)
Total points by starting quarterback week 11
4)
Total points by starting defense week 11
5)
Total points scored by kicker week 11
6)
Total points scored week 10, 9, 8 etc until tie is broken
Division Wildcard Game tie breaker
1)
Head-to-Head record (see previous explanation about how it is
calculated)
2)
Total points for the regular season
3)
Total points by starting quarterback week 12
4)
Total points by starting defense week 12
5)
Total points by starting kicker week 12
6)
Total points scored week 11, 10, 9, etc. until tie is broken
Playoff Berths
All division champions and wildcard winners will advance to
the playoffs. The wildcard winners will be the teams that
won their division wildcard game week 12 AND the teams
scoring the most points for regular season who were not
division or division wildcard game winners.
In the event of a wildcard berth tie (both teams have equal
regular season total points through week 11), they will both
advance to the playoffs.
Playoff
Format
The
playoffs for the National Fantasy Football Tournament will
run from week 13 through week 16. All playoff teams will
start at 0 points. The one team with the most total points
overall after week 16 will win the grand prize. There will
be no head-to-head play.
The Playoff Tie Breakers For Prize Winners
1)
Total points for the regular season
only
(points through week 11)
2)
Most points scored by starting
quarterback week 16
3)
Total points scored week 15
4)
Total points scored week 14
5)
Total points scored week 13
6)
Total points scored week 11, 10, 9 etc. until tie is broken
The term “total points” always refers to points for starting
lineup players only.
Consolation Bracket
The 45
teams that did not make the playoffs will compete from week 13
through week 16 in a total point race. All teams will start at
0 and the one team with the most total points after week 16 will
win a free entry into the 2008 $2,000 High-Stakes Tournament. |
