Post by Electric Mayhem on Sept 9, 2013 7:49:29 GMT -5
The purpose of this page is to isolate changes made to the League Constitution to prevent confusion or argument in the future. The link provided contains the League Constitution in full archived as of 7/7/11. This version of the Constitution will remain unchanged for archiving purposes. All changes made before 7/7/11 that we have not already archived on this page should be considered as part of the orignal document.
LEAGUE CONSTITUTION (7/7/11)
29) (10/21/12) Compensation for Holdouts: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2013.
Original Rule: Section 3.05 Holdouts subsection a
(vii) There will be compensatory picks granted to teams who are not able to (or choose not to) sign their holdout players, in some cases.
a) If the Holdout player goes at auction for the Positional Transition Tag Value or Greater, the Holdouts owner receives a 1st round compensatory pick for the following years Rookie Draft.
b) If the Holdout player goes at auction for greater than 50% of the Positional Transition Tag Value and up to the Positional Transition Tag Value, the Holdouts owner receives a 2nd round compensatory pick for following years draft.
c) No compensatory pick is given if the holdout player goes at auction for less then 50% of the Positional Transition Tag Value.
d) If there are multiple compensatory picks issued, the order of the picks will be determined by the value of the player’s original salary (ex. If player A was worth $1 and Player B was worth $5 and both award their owners with 1st round compensatory picks. Owner of player A will receive the earlier pick. If both players had the same contract the team that finished lower in the standings the previous year will receive the earlier pick)
e) If the original owner of the Holdout Player wins the player at the OFAA, then no compensatory pick is awarded.
New Rule:
(i) There will be compensatory picks granted to teams who are not able to (or choose not to) sign their holdout players, in some cases.
a) A Holdout must be on the team’s roster going into the Playoff Roster Lock period for that team to be eligible to receive Holdout Compensation.
b) If the Holdout player goes at auction for Greater then the Positional Franchise Tag Value, the Holdout’s owner receives a 1st round compensatory pick for the following years Rookie Draft.
c) If the Holdout player goes at auction for Greater than the Positional Transition Tag Value the Holdout’s owner receives a 2nd round compensatory pick for following year’s draft.
d) If the Holdout Player goes at auction for Greater than 50% of the Positional Transition Tag Value then the Holdout’s owner receives a 3rd round compensatory pick for the following year’s draft.
e) Compensation is not cumulative, the Holdout’s owner will only ever receive One(1) compensatory pick per Holdout player.
f) No compensatory pick is given if the holdout player goes at auction for less then 50% of the Positional Transition Tag Value.
g) If there are multiple compensatory picks issued, the order of the picks will be determined by the value of the player’s original salary (ex. If player A was worth $1 and Player B was worth $5 and both award their owners with 1st round compensatory picks. Owner of player A will receive the earlier pick. If both players had the same contract the team that finished lower in the standings the previous year will receive the earlier pick)
h) If the original owner of the Holdout Player wins the player at the OFAA, then no compensatory pick is awarded.
28) (8/28/12) PUP List Players to Injured Reserve:Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: Section 3.02 Rosters subsection b
Injured Reserve:
(i) Owners may place 9 players on injured reserve, but only in the event that the player is actually placed on the NFL team’s injured reserve (as noted by www.nfl.com or that player’s official team website).
(ii) The player's salary will still count against your cap. However, this will free up an extra roster space for your team.
(iii) You may also place on the injured reserve a player who has been suspended for the rest of the regular season.
(iv) Players on injured reserve or suspended for the rest of the season may not be acquired during the season via trade or free agency, regardless of whether one of our managers have them on their team or not.
New Rule:
(a) Injured Reserve:
(i) Owners may place 9 players on injured reserve, but only in the event that the player is actually placed on the NFL team’s injured reserve (as noted by www.nfl.com or that player’s official team website).
(ii) The player's salary will still count against your cap. However, this will free up an extra roster space for your team.
(iii) You may also place on the injured reserve a player who begins the season on the PUP list or has been suspended for the rest of the regular season.
1) Once the PUP player is removed from the PUP list that player will immediately be placed back on the teams active roster and it will be up to the owner to ensure the team’s roster limits are maintained.
(iv) Players on injured reserve or suspended for the rest of the season may not be acquired during the season via trade or free agency, regardless of whether one of our managers have them on their team or not.
27) (8/16/12) Multi-Position Eligibility: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: Player position eligibility was determined by cbssports.com
New Rule: Section 3.02 Rosters subsection f
(a) Multiple Position Eligibility
(i) The new League site (MFL) determines its player position eligibilities based off of Rotoworld’s Fantasy Depth Charts. As these change MFL updates their player positions accordingly. This can cause a player to switch its position of eligibility after that player was drafted or picked up at auction. An owner may be very happy to acquire a certain player at one position but may find them less desirable at another. In the interest of fairness the commissioner’s office has established the following guidelines to allow for multiple position eligibility for these players.
(ii) After a player has been drafted, acquired through AUCTION or blind bidding process, and its eligibility has been changed by mfl, that player will be given eligibility at the new position as well as at the original position.
1) This multi-position eligibility will remain with said player for the remainder of its existing contract.
2) In the case of practice squad players, if a player is given multi-position eligibility while on the practice squad this player will maintain this eligibility after he is promoted to the main roster and until completion of his contract on the main roster.
3) Any changes to a player’s contract i.e. Holdouts, renegotiations, or the use of any tags, etc., will negate the multi-position eligibility and that player will then be given the default position as determined by MFL.
(iii) It will be the owner’s responsibility to recognize the position change by MFL and formally request multi-position eligibility by posting in a, to be created, Message Thread on the Message Board that will be titled: “Multi-Position Eligibility Requests”.
1) After a request has been made in the message thread the commissioners will verify the position has occurred and make the necessary changes.
2) At this point the owner will have the ability to change the eligibility of its player between the ones requested by clicking on the “For Owners” drop down menu at the top of the webpage and selecting “Change My Players Position”
(iv) At the end of the players current contract his eligibility will revert to the default position as determined by MFL.
26) (8/4/12) Fumble Scoring Changes: Further changes made due to increased flexibility of scoring associated with MFL website. Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule:
(OFR): 1pt
(FF): 2pts
New Rule:
Fumble (any fumble or muff by any player): -1 point
Own Fumble Recoveries (If a loose ball is not recovered by the opposing team, I believe this only applies to the specific player recovering the ball): +1 point
Fumble Lost to Opponent (self explanatory): -1 point (9/16/13- RTS Site does not offer scoring for this option)
FF (Forced FUmbles): +2 points
Fumble Recoveries from Opponent: +1 point
25) (8/3/12) Franchise and Transition Tag Compensation: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: Section 3.06 Tags
Franchise Tag
1) If the current owner matches the highest bid offer they will retain the player @ the highest bid amount, including contact year length and receives no compensation.
2) If the current owner does not match the outbidding owner, the highest outbidding owner MUST ……
a) ……Compensate the current owner with a 1st round pick (#’s 1-6) in the next rookie draft or if the team only has a 1st round pick outside of the top 6(#’s 7-12), they must also give up their earliest 2nd round pick
i) If an outbidding owner has multiple picks inside the first round (#1-6) or multiple picks in the first round(#7-12) the outbidding owner will have the choice of which pick to give up but.......
ii) ……..in the event the outbidding owner can meet both the first round (#1-6) or the first round (#7-12) plus a second round pick it will be required that the outbidding owner give up a first round (#1-6) unless both the current and the outbidding owner agree on compensation.
a. All compensation agreed upon MUST fall under the guideline discussed above in (3a) for league approval
TRANSITION TAG
1) If the current owner does not match the bid then the outbidding owner MUST…
a) … Compensate the current owner with a 2nd round pick in the next rookie draft
i) Players who do not have a 2nd round pick will have to give up their 1st round pick in the current draft.
ii) In the event the current owner has multiple 2nd round picks, any of those picks would be considered eligible as compensation, and the outbidding owner is left to his discretion as to which pick will be used as compensation.
New Rule:
Franchise Tag
1) If the current owner does not match the outbidding owner, the highest outbidding owner MUST ……
a) ……Compensate the current owner with a 1st round pick (#’s 1-6) in the next rookie draft or if the team only has a 1st round pick outside of the top 6(#’s 7-12), they must also give up their next season’s 1st Round Pick.
i) If an outbidding owner has multiple picks inside the first round (#1-6) or multiple picks in the first round(#7-12) the outbidding owner will have the choice of which pick to give up but.......
ii) ……..in the event the outbidding owner can meet both the first round (#1-6) or the first round (#7-12) plus next years 1st round pick it will be required that the outbidding owner give up a first round (#1-6) unless both the current and the outbidding owner agree on compensation.
a. All compensation agreed upon MUST fall under the guideline discussed above in (3a) for league approval
Transition Tag
1) If the current owner does not match the bid then the outbidding owner MUST…
a) Compensate the current owner with a 2nd round pick (#’s 1-6) in the next rookie draft or if the team only has a 2nd round pick outside of the top 6(#’s 7-12), they must also give up their next season’s 2nd Round Pick.
i) If an outbidding owner has multiple picks inside the 2nd round (#1-6) or multiple picks in the 2nd round(#7-12) the outbidding owner will have the choice of which pick to give up but.......
ii) ……..in the event the outbidding owner can meet both the 2nd round (#1-6) or the 2nd round (#7-12) plus next years 2nd round pick it will be required that the outbidding owner give up a 2nd round (#1-6) unless both the current and the outbidding owner agree on compensation.
a. All compensation agreed upon MUST fall under the guideline discussed above in (3a) for league approval
iii) Players who do not have a 2nd round pick will have to give up their 1st round pick in the current draft
24) (8/3/12) Absorbing Player Salary in Trades: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: N/A
New Rule: Section 3.07 Trades
(c) Absorbing Player Salary:
(i) It is allowed for teams to Absorb cap dollars of a player that is being traded to help get a deal done with some limitations:
1) You may only absorb salary cap dollars within the season that the player has been traded in. Future years Cap dollars are not eligible for use in trades.
2) There is a max of 75% of the salary of the player being traded that is allowed to be absorbed by the original owner.
23) (2/2/12) Failure to Set Lineup: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: Section 2.02 Owner Responsibilities
(a) Commitment:
(i) It is very important for you to put your best possible team on the field every week to create a fair situation for all other teams. I understand that during bye weeks there is a possibility that a team owner may choose to not drop a player off of their bench in order to avoid losing a good backup/prospect. I will allow owners to roll the dice if they choose to not start a player during the bye week period but before and after the weeks with bye weeks there will be a three strikes you’re out system in place. If for any reason you choose to not set your roster the first offense you will receive a “Warning”. The second offense will cause you to forfeit your 1st round pick (or if traded an equivalent punishment as determined by the commissioner) of the next draft. The third offense will result in automatic removal from the league. If you are not going to have computer access to set a lineup, let one of the commissioners, or another team owner know so they can make the appropriate changes for you. I can understand if the player was supposed to play but was de-activated at the last minute but if the player has been hurt all week you need to pay attention around kickoff.
New Rule:
Section 2.02 Owner Responsibilities
(a) Failure to Set Lineup:
(i) Effective 2012: In the event an owner fails to set their lineup, a series of actions will be followed by the league.
1) Failure to set your lineup will be defined as: leaving in your starting lineup, bye week players or players announced as inactive no less than 30 minutes prior to kickoff. We will use www.Rotoworld.com for their time stamped posts to avoid argument.
2) Last minute inactives or inactives that were unannounced or announced less than 30 minutes prior to game time on www.rotoworld.com will not be considered a violation.
3) If you have a player playing in a late game that is questionable and you have no replacement should that player be deactivated, then it is that owners responsibility to post on the league message board of their intentions of taking the risk, to avoid a violation.
(ii) In the event of a violation the league will take the following actions:
1) 1st violation of Season: Warning posted to League Message Board
2) 2nd Violation of Season: $15 Cap Hit Penalty on the current season and the following season.
3) 3rd Violation of Season: $30 Cap Hit Penalty on the current season and the following season.
4) 4th Violation of the Season: League Vote on removal of Owner – 6 votes of 11 are required for the owner to be immediately removed from the league. If the owner is not voted out then an ADDITIONAL $30 Cap Hit Penalty on the current season and the following season will be levied.
5) 5th Violation of the Season: Commissioners discretion for immediate removal from the league.
(iii) Should any of the Penalties described in this section result in an In-Season Owner Replacement then ALL of the Cap Room will be immediately refunded to the New Owner.
22) (1/20/12) Restricted Free Agent Tag Expansion: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2013.
Original Rule: Every owner is given one (1) Restricted Free Agent Tag yearly to be used on any impending Free Agent.
New Rule: Owners will recieve two (2) Restricted Free Agent Tags. One of which may be used on any impending Offensive Free Agent and the other tag may only be used on any impending Defensive Free Agent.
21) (1/20/12) Salary Bonuses for Year End Awards: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: N/A
New Rule: Located in League Constitution in Section 3.08
(a) Most “Valuable” Player (MVP)
(i) A players “Value” is determined by the following equation: Players Fantasy Points while in the starting lineup through week 13 divided by current salary.
1) Ex. In 2011 Rob Gronkowski scored 221 points while in the starting lineup at a salary of $1 giving him a “value” of 221.
(ii) The owner of a player winning this award will receive a Salary Cap Bonus of $5 for the following season.
(b) Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year
(i) A player winning this award will have scored the most points while in a starting lineup through Week 13.
(ii) There will be a winner for both Offense and Defense.
(iii) The owner of a player winning this award will receive a Salary Cap Bonus of $5 for the following season.
(c) Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year
(i) A player winning this award will be the Rookie scoring the most points while in a starting lineup through Week 13.
(ii) There will be a winner for both Offense and Defense.
(iii) The owner of a player winning this award will receive a Salary Cap Bonus of $5 for the following season.
20) (1/20/12) DL, LB, DB Franchise/Transition Determination: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective immediately.
Original Rule: DL, LB, and DBs Franchise value based off of 1-6 and Transition value determined off of 7-12.
New Rule: DL, LB, and DBs Franchise value based off of 1-12 and Transition value determined off of 13-24.
19) (1/20/12) Determination of Holdouts: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective immediately
Original Rule: Found in League Constitution Section 3.05.a.i
(i) At the end of the regular season, the commissioner will analyze fantasy stats and salaries to determine if there are any holdouts. He will do so ASAP after the week 17 is complete.
New Rule: Found in League Constitution Section 3.05.a.i
(i) At the end of the fantasy season, Completion of Week 16/Semi-Bowl, the commissioner will analyze fantasy stats and salaries to determine if there are any holdouts. He will do so ASAP after week 16 is complete.
18) (1/20/12) Renegotiation Loophole Closed: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective immediately.
Original Rule: N/A
New Rule: Found in League Constitution Section 3.04.e.vii
(i) The Franchise and Transition values used for renegotiation will be previous year’s end of season ”locked” values. This is important to note because following the OFAA the values “unlock” and become fluid based on player add/drops for the season. Even though the values are unlocked at this point, for the purpose of renegotiation the value remains the previous seasons “locked” value.
1) Ex.: In 2011 the Franchise value for running backs locked at $100…if after the 2012 OFAA that value then changes to $105…the value used to renegotiate a RB prior to the start of the 2012 season remains $100.
17) (1/20/12) Scoring Change - Fumbles: Rule implented by Commissioner's Office following no contest by League. Effective 2012. SUPERCEDED BY AMMENDMENT 26 - 8/14/12
Original Rule:
Offensive Fumble Recoveries(OFR): 2pts
Forced Fumbles(FF): 1pt
New Rule:
(OFR): 1pt
(FF): 2pts
16) (1/16/12) New Payout Schedule/Trophies: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective immediately. SUPERCEDED BY AMMENDMENT 30 Jan '13
Original Rule:
(a) Payouts:
(i) Payout Schedule for the 2011/2012 Seasons
1) League Funds: 12 Teams x $50 = $600
2) CBS Fantasy Football Site Fee = Approximately $200
3) League Champion: $300
4) Runner-up: $100
5) Single Game High Score of the Year: removed from play until 2013 and money will be used for jackie moon championship trophy
(ii) Payout Schedule for the 2013 Season and beyond unless voted upon
1) League Funds: 12 Teams x $100 = $1200
2) CBS Fantasy Football Site Fee = Approximately $200
3) League Champion: $700
4) Runner-up: $200
5) Trophy/Awards – Remainder of league fees approx $50
6) Single Game High Score of the Year: $50
New Rule:
(a) Payouts:
(i) Payout Schedule for the 2011/2012 Seasons
1) League Funds: 12 Teams x $50 = $600
2) CBS Fantasy Football Site Fee = Approximately $200
3) League Champion: $300
4) Runner-up: $100
5) Single Game High Score of the Year: removed from play until 2013 and money will be used for Jackie moon championship trophy
(ii) Payout Schedule for the 2013 Season and beyond.
1) League Funds: 12 Teams x $100 = $1200
2) CBS Fantasy Football Site Fee = Approximately $200
3) League Champion: $700
4) Runner-up: $200
5) Trophy/Awards – Remainder of league fees approx $50
6) Single Game High Score of the Year: $50
15) (1/14/12) Trading for Owners on Probation: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective immediately.
Original Rule:
Section 1.01 AL DAVIS RULE:
(a) The Semi-Pro Football League is a league designed for extremely competitive and competent owners who have both the time and knowhow to compete each year to contend for a title. The commissioners take an extreme amount of pride in this league and the time that is spent progressing this league and maintaining parity is something the commissioner’s offices takes pride in. The rules have been designed for even the worst of teams to be able to work the “NFL GM experience” and create a competitive team within a few years of ownership. After some extreme discussion the Commissioners have enacted a plan to prevent future owner issues and to lay the groundwork in the event an owner is removed or decides to leave for their own reasons. This league is not typical and having a team that needs to be replaced will be tough if the replacement owner has left a bag of shit to work with and the buy in is $100 per head.
(i) There will be two methods, Probation and the “Eighty Sixed Vote”, used to help eliminate any issues with current owners and to allow for the league to objectively vote on an owner replacement in the future.
1) Probation:
a) The consequence of probation will be that the current owner will be required to pay the normal current league fee AND a Non-Refundable 50% payment toward the following years league fee to maintain ownership in the league.
i) This 50% payment will be saved and applied toward the following year’s league fee. Probation violations will be officially in effect immediately following the NFL Super Bowl Sunday but any owners in violation will be notified by the commissioners as soon as we are aware of upcoming violations and the 50% payment MUST be made with the current league fee before the NFL Super Bowl Sunday deadline.
ii) Should you voluntarily leave the League or should you be voted out (see 86Rule below) this 50% payment will be put towards the League Fee of the replacement owner. This is to allow us to find new owners willing to take over a squad in need of rebuilding without having to fork out full payment. If you are not happy with these rules please let us know immediately and we will refund your 2011 league fee and find a replacement owner before the 2011 OFAA for your team, after the 2011 OFAA you will be required to understand and accept these rules.
b) Violations that result in probation are as follows:
i) Any team that has finished in the bottom 25% of the league (10th – 12th), for 2 consecutive years;
ii) Any team whose roster is below 50% of the active current roster limit following the NFL Super Bowl Sunday changeover (Ex: If the max number of active players for the following year is 25 then you will need to have 13 total players AFTER the league season changes over….practice squad players will count toward the total but the PS limits do not);
iii) Any team who is below $200 Salary Cap;
iv) Any teams whose players salary to cap ratio exceeds $40 per player (ex. if you own only 10 players and their combined salary exceeds $400 then this will result in probation).
c) Once an Owner is placed on probation it will be effective for the entire season and to be removed from probation a team must finish outside of the bottom 25%(10th – 12th) for that season and/or be in compliance with the other violations discussed above for the following season.
d) If a team falls back into the bottom 25% or falls in violation again the following season after coming off probation they will be automatically in violation again and will once again be placed on probation.
e) After 2 consecutive seasons outside the bottom 25% and in compliance with the other violations, probations rules will be normal again.
2) “Eighty Sixed” Rule:
a) The consequence of this rule will consist of a league vote to decide whether or not you will be able to retain ownership of your team. This vote will take place the Wednesday following week 16 and will last until the Sunday of week 17. This vote will be silent and majority rules with only 11 votes being cast as the violating owners’ vote will not be considered. All votes will need to be sent to the League email to make sure the commissioners know that everyone votes.
b) 6 “Eighty Sixed” votes are all that is necessary for replacement but ALL OWNERS MUST VOTE ON THIS….. After the removal from the league occurs the commissioner’s office will gladly inform the violating owner of the votes if they choose to know but only AFTER they have been removed on the league website.
c) Violations that result in an “Eighty Sixed” vote are as follows:
i) Any team that has finished in the bottom 25% of the league (10th – 12th), for 3 consecutive years;
ii) Any team that has finished in the bottom 25% of the league (10th – 12th), for 5 of 7 consecutive years;
d) If you are not voted out by the league members in the first “Eighty Sixed” year you will still be in a probation period and if you finish in the bottom 25% again the next season you will be up for vote again by the league.
(b) Commissioners Clause
(i) The League office retains the right to remove an owner from the League at anytime. This right will however be reserved for extreme circumstances where no other course of action would be sufficient.
New Rule: SECTION 2.03 AL DAVIS RULE/PROBATION: subsection a.1.b
b. Current and New Owners will be under a trade restriction that will not allow the commissioners to process any trade involving the probationary owner until voted on by the ENTIRE league and passed with a majority vote of 6 votes
i. Because there is an even amount of teams, and majority will need an odd number of votes to allow for a majority, the two owners in agreement of a proposed trade will count as a single combined vote of YES
1. This will leave 10 owners to vote with 5 or more YES votes creating a majority and allowing trades to process
ii. ALL owners NOT involved in the deal will need to post their vote on the League message board by approx 8pm on the second day after the trade processes
1. Any owners posting a NO vote will also need to post a legit explanation for the reasoning of disagreement and I expect this to be for informational purpose only, so the trade partners know what direction to move in if they would like to attempt an additional trade involving the same players. We do not need a war of words debating the reasoning and will not tolerate childish arguments about this.
2. Any owners that do not Vote within this period of 8pm the second day will be subject to a warning for the first yearly offense and any additional offenses will be $5 cap hit penalties for the current and following seasons.
iii. The commissioners reserve the right to elect to allow the trade if arguments presented are not legitimate and the trade is sufficient.
1. This action will only be taken if it is obvious others are blocking trades for their personal gain.
14) (1/14/12) Conditional Pick/Trade Loophole Closed: Rule implemennted by Commissioner's decree. Effective immediately.
Original Rule: N/A
New Rule: found in League Constitution in Section 3.07 Trades subsection e
(a) Conditional Draft Picks; Loophole Closed:
(i) In order to uphold league integrity and prevent any unnecessary arguments, the commissioners have decided to close a conditional loop hole. Conditional picks have become something that most members have begun to take advantage of but some things have came to light that would not be beneficial for the league or the owners if they were to take place
1) Starting in 2012 conditional trades may only be negotiated using picks owned at the time of the negotiation.
2) Potentially owned picks may not be considered when making a trade.
3) ALL info for the conditional trading must be included in the trade comments block and include ALL involved players and/or picks
4) ALL picks involved must be referred to as earlier, middle or later pick if the owner owns multiple picks in the same round, or the second earliest or second latest if the owner would happen to own 4 picks or more in one round any trades that do not use this vocabulary will be vetoed…..the commissioners do not know what u may or may not mean and will not take liability for misinterpreting the trade offers if these methods are not used.
5) Any involved picks of a negotiated deal that have conditional basis for trade will need to be included in the trade proposal and will not be processed unless future deals do not conflict with existing conditional deals already accepted and processed
a) Any future deal that is in confliction of an existing deal will be reviewed and vetoed by the commissioners and team owners notified and they will then have 48 hours to re-negotiate before the commissioners announce the vetoed deal to the rest of the league
b) This is to give owners the ability to negotiate again without league interference and the reason commissioners will announce the in-violation deal is to help educate others on the situation
c) If teams are in violation for a second consecutive deal the 2 day grace period will not be provided
(ii) Teams may reserve the right to make handshake agreements with other owners, but these agreements will not be acknowledged by the commissioners or processed unless the future trade is in no violation or is not unbalanced
13) (12/13/11) New Owner Installation Rules: Rule implemented after Commissioner's deliberation. Effetive immediately.
Original Rule:
Section 2.04 New Owner Replacement
(a) In the event of an owner replacement because of an owner choosing to leave or an “Eighty Sixed” vote the commissioners believe it is in the best interest of the league to provide the replacement owner some benefits if they are taking over a team that is in disrepair in order to be competitive. This will also help us to entice a new owner if the team to be replaced sucks and the league fee is @ or above $100.
(i) All new owners without a first round pick in their first draft will receive a compensation pick @ the end of the first round.
(ii) All new owners will receive an additional franchise, transition and restricted tag in their first season.
(b) If the replacement owner takes over a team that has finished in the bottom 25% in any of the last 2 seasons or is in violation of any of the probation violations they will also receive:
(i) A player contract dissolve
(ii) Any additional players that are signed for longer than 2 years and over 120% of the franchise value will be allowed to be re-negotiated @ the 120% value and for 2 years
(c) All new owners whose teams are in violation that result in probation will still be required to pay the 50% Non-Refundable fee but will have three full seasons to rebuild before they can be “Eighty Sixed” voted.
New Rule:
Section 2.04 New Owner Replacement: In the event of an owner replacement because of an owner choosing to leave or an “Eighty Sixed” vote the commissioners believe it is in the best interest of the league to provide the replacement owner some benefits if they are taking over a team, in order to be competitive. This will also help us to entice a new owner if the team to be replaced sucks and the league fee is @ or above $100.
(a) All new owners will receive these benefits:
(i) If you do not already own a first round pick, you will receive a compensatory first round pick @ the end of round 1 in the upcoming rookie draft
a) If you already own multiple first round picks after taking over a team that will constitute a full complement of picks then no additional picks will be awarded
b) If multiple new owners are joining @ the same time, the first to pay their league fee will be awarded the earlier of the pick and all OFFA draft compensatory picks will be awarded before any new owner picks
c) If you already own more than 5 rookie draft picks your latest pick will be removed in place of the compensatory pick awarded
d) This method will continue for rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 until you have been awarded a maximum of 5 rookie draft picks.
e) If at any point 5 picks are owned in consecutive rounds starting in round 1, the compensatory pick evaluation process will end.
(ii) All future cap hit penalties accrued by the previous owners will be void and deposited back into your salary cap
a) If an in-season owner change happens all current cap hits will still be enforced for the remainder of the season
(b) Owners benefits who have replaced teams that finished in the middle 4 of the final standings the year prior AND in the bottom 4 two years prior will be:
(i) All benefits described above and:
(ii) An additional franchise, transition and restricted tag
(c) Owner’s benefits who have replaced teams that finished in the bottom 4 of the final standings the year prior AND not in the top 4 two years prior will be:
(i) All benefits described above and:
(ii) A Player Contract Dissolve
(iii) All additional players that are signed for 2 years or more AND over 120% of the franchise value will be allowed to be re-renegotiated @ the 120% of franchise value
a) The players contract lengths cannot be extended but if they are longer than 2 years they can be reduced to 2 years
(d) Owner’s benefits who have replaced teams that finished in the bottom 4 of the final standings the year prior AND in the bottom 4 two years prior will be:
(i) All benefits described above and:
(ii) A one season $50 Salary Cap increase
(e) Owner’s benefits who have replaced teams that finished in the bottom 4 of the final standings the year prior AND in the bottom 4 two years prior AND in the bottom 4 Three years prior will be:
(i) All benefits described above and:
(ii) An additional one season $50 Salary Cap increase
(f) After careful consideration it has been determined by the Commissioners that there will be a one week freeze on trades involving the new owner. This is to allow the new owner some time to become acclimated with the league and other owners, as well as give all existing owners the opportunity to contact the new owner.
(i) While negotiations between owners can exist during this period, trades cannot be accepted during this period.
(ii) Should a deal involving the new owner be accepted during this period, the deal will be immediately vetoed and the terms of the vetoed deal will be posted on the League Message Board.
(g) All New owners whose teams are in violation that result in probation will still be required to pay the 50% Non-Refundable fee but will have three full seasons to rebuild before they be "Eighty Sixed" voted.
12) (8/16/11) Holdout Rule Corrections: Rule implemented through Commissioner’s Office. Part 1 goes into effect 2012 season. Part 2 goes into effect immediately.
Original Rule:
(i) Holdouts may be cut, signed anytime up until the week before the OFAA or held onto at the old salary into the New Year.
1) If you hang onto a holdout and do not sign him before the OFAA you may not start him until you sign him to a holdout contract. He will cost you a roster spot and his old salary will count against your cap. You may not sign or drop the player until the Wed before Week 4. Also he must be signed by the trade deadline if you want to start him that year and may not be dropped after the trade deadline.
2) If you drop the player after the OFAA (and before the trade deadline) you will suffer the customary 20% cap hit. If you trade the holdout player after the OFAA auction the player is transferred "as is" i.e. a new contract does not need to be signed before the player is traded and all holdout restrictions transfer to the new team.
New Rule:
(i) Holdouts may be cut, signed, or traded anytime up until the week before the OFAA or held onto at the old salary into the New Year.
1) If you hang onto a holdout and do not sign him before the OFAA you may not start him until you sign him to a holdout contract. He will cost you a roster spot and his old salary will count against your cap. You may not sign or drop the player until the Wed AFTER Week 4. Also he must be signed by the trade deadline if you want to start him that year and may not be dropped after the trade deadline.
2) If you trade the holdout player after the OFAA auction the player is transferred "as is" i.e. a new contract does not need to be signed before the player is traded and all holdout restrictions transfer to the new team.
11) (3/3/11) Limitations on Rules and Scoring Changes: Rule implemented through Commissioner's Office. Rule goes into effect: Immediately
Original Rule: No rule was present limiting changes to scoring and roster sizing.
New Rule: Section 2.02 Owner Responsibilities
(iii) League Vote
4) Please understand that while there are countless ways for us to change both the league scoring or roster configuration, to maintain stability, the commissioners have decided that only one roster or scoring change may be passed and implemented in a 3 year period.
a) This means that should a change to the league scoring occur then 3 seasons must pass before another change may be installed; Roster sizing and changes are considered separate but follow the same guidelines, so that changes cannot be done more than once every 3 years.
b) Special circumstances may arise where high demand from the league requires a vote within this 3 year period; during these instances a Unanimous (100%) vote is needed to pass the change as opposed to the usual (67%) requirements.
10) (3/3/11) Roster and Scoring Changes: Rule implemented by League Vote. Rule goes into effect: Start of 2012 League Year SALARY CAP AND ROSTER SIZE SUPERCEDED BY AMMENDMENT 30 Jan '13
Original Rule:
Starting Defensive Players: 1 DL, 1 LB, and 1 DB
Total Players on Active Roster: Max: 25 Min: 21
Salary Cap: $600
Points Per Sack: 2
New Rule:
Starting Defensive Players: 2 DL, 2 LB, and 2 DB
Total Players on Active Roster: Max: 30 Min: 26
Salary Cap: $660
Points Per Sack: 3
Addition of new Defensive Stat: Pass Deflections worth 1 point per deflection.
9) (1/16/11) Draft Order: Rule implemented by commissioners office. Rule goes into effect 2011 season.
Original Rule: Section 4.05 Rookie Draft:
(b) Info:
(i) There will be 5 rounds and the draft order will be reverse order of final standings, except that the playoff champion automatically has the 12th pick.
New Rule: Section 4.05 Rookie Draft:
(b) Info:
(i) There will be 5 rounds and the draft order will be as follows
1) Draft picks 1-6 will be reverse order of the Regular Season Standings
2) Picks 7 and 8 will be the Losers of the first round of the playoffs using normal Tie Breakers if needed.
3) Picks 9 and 10 will be the losers of the Second Round of the playoffs using normal Tie Breakers if needed.
4) Pick 11 will be the Loser of the League Championship Game
5) Pick 12 will go to the League Champion.
8) (1/16/11) Roster Lock Period: Rule installed following League Vote (8y 3n). Rule goes into effect 2011 season.
Original Rule: Allowed for Free Agents to be added to your roster throughout the playoffs.
New Rule: Section 4.01 Calendar
(c) Playoffs:
(i) Roster Lock Period: Kickoff Week 14 until completion of Championship Game- period in which no roster transactions of any kind can be made.
Section 4.07 In Season Free Agent Auction (FAAB)
(a) Info:
(i) Free agents are available from the end of the OFAA until the start of the Week 14 Roster Lock Period. Free Agency then reopens briefly from the completion of our championship game until the NFL Super Bowl.
7) (1/9/11) Rookie Holdouts: Rule implemented through Commissioners office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 Rookie Draft.
Orignial Rule: N/A
New Rule: Section 4.05 Rookie Draft
(d) Holdouts
(i) Drafted rookies will not be subjected to becoming a holdout after their first season
(ii) If they have finished holdout eligible after year one it will be noted and if the rookie finishes inside the top 12 for QBs, TEs, Ks, or Top 24 for RBs, WRs, LBs, DEs, and DBs in their second year they will then be required to be handled as a holdout player.
6) (1/9/11) Practice Squad: Rule implemented through Commissioner's office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 Rookie Draft
Original Rule: N/A
New Rule: Section 3.02 Rosters
(e) Practice Squad (PS):
(i) Effective immediately after the 2011 Rookie draft
(ii) Each team owner will have the ability to place and maintain a maximum of up to 3 players on their practice squad
1) To be placed on the PS, players must be rookies and must have been drafted in the 3rd, 4th or 5th round.
2) PS players must be announced on the website before the OFAA roster freeze.
3) The minimum and maximum time a player can remain on the PS is 3 years.
4) Once a player is removed from the PS they cannot be placed back on the PS.
5) The player's salary will not count against your cap. This will free up an extra roster spots for your team while allowing you the ability to wait for your later round picks to pan out.
(iii) All 3rd, 4th, and 5th round non-PS rookies carry a value of $1 with no contract but if you choose to place a player on the PS this value will change if or when you choose to move a PS player to your active roster or bench.
1) The following pay scale is set for early activation from the PS
a) First year PS players moved will hold a salary of $6 with a 3 year minimum contract.
b) Second year PS players moved will hold a salary of $5 with a 2 year minimum contract
c) Third year PS players moved will hold a salary of $4 with no minimum contract
d) After the third year they will then have the $1 value.
2) Any PS player can be cut @ any time without penalty as long as they haven’t been moved to your roster.
(iv) You can trade PS players in any combo of a trade and as long as the new owner moves them directly to their PS they will maintain PS status.
1) All PS players maintain their original PS start date even after trades and will only be allowed to remain PS 3 years from PS activation.
(v) In the event a PS player becomes Holdout eligible they will need to be moved to your active roster and will fall under the same guidelines as all other holdouts.
(vi) You are able to maintain a maximum of 3 players on your PS. The penalty for going over the maximum or placing a player who is ineligible to be placed on the PS will be a $10 per day per player penalty hit effective on the current season and the next season.
(vii) If you go over the maximum number of players for the PS your roster will be considered illegal and will score 0 points for that week’s matchup unless the situation is corrected by kickoff of the first game of the week.
(viii) If you have an ineligible player on your PS at any point between a week’s first and last games your roster will not be considered illegal, however regardless of the outcome of your matchup that week you will still be credited with a loss.
1) This means that if you beat your opponent they will take the loss but you too will be credited with a loss that will be taken into account when it comes time for the final standings to be decided.
5) (1/5/11) Under Roster Limit: Rule implemented through Commissioner's office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 season
Original Rule: Section 3.02 Rosters
(c) Exceeding/Under Roster Limits:
(i) If you make any transaction that puts your team over or under the predetermined roster/positional limits your roster is deemed illegal and will score zero points if not corrected by game time.
(ii) You will have 24 hours to make the corrections needed. If this is not accomplished then you will incur a $5 cap penalty effective immediately on this season, and the following season (Starts in 2011).
(iii) This will penalty will continue to accrue until the correction is made at $5 per day per player over the roster limits.
New Rule: Now includes the following
(iv) The Under Roster Penalty is not enforced after the Championship Game, and it goes back into effect following the completion of the Offseason Free Agent Auction (OFAA).
4) (Date Unknown) Scoring of Sacks: Scoring Rule changed by League Vote. Rule goes into effect: Start of 2011 season SUPERCEDED BY AMMENDMENT 10 - 3/3/11
Orignal Rule: 1 Sack = 1 point
New Rule: 1 Sack = 2 points
3) (Date Unknown) Restricted Free Agent Tag: Rule implemented through Commissioner's office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 Season
Orignal Rule: Section 3.06 Tags (a)General Tag Info
(i) 2)The Restricted Free Agent designation will be due by the roster freeze, the week before the OFAA (close to the 1st week of the pre-season but determined by OFAA draft date).
New Rule: The Restricted Free Agent Tag designation will be due at the same time as the Franchise and Transition Tag Designations.
2) (Date Unknown) Tag Designation Deadline: Rule implemented through Commissioner's office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 season
Original Rule: Section 3.06 Tags (a) General Tag Info (i) 1) The Franchise and Transition tag designations must be made, via email, by the Tag Deadline (The Sunday after the NFL Super Bowl by noon).
New Rule: Deadline for designation of ALL tags (Franchise, Transistion, and Restricted Free Agent will be 48 hours after the NFL Super Bowl.
1) (Date Unkown) Blind Bid Tag Auction Deadlines: Rule implemented through Commissioner's Office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 season
Original Rule: Section 4.04 Blind Tag Auction (b)Blind Tag Auction Period
Bids for all blind auction bidding can be sent to semiprofootballleague@gmail.com from 6am sharp the Monday following the first Sunday after the NFL Super Bowl until the Second Sunday after the NFL Super bowl at 12 noon.
New Rule: Bids for all blind auction bidding can be sent to semiprofootballleague@gmail.com during the 48 hour period starting from the conclusion of the Tag Designation Period (after which all Tagged players will be officially announced by the Commissioner's office). The original owners will then have another 48 hours after the Blind Tag auction is completed (and all the winning bids are announced by the commissioner's office) to declare whether they will be retaining their players or accepting compensation.
LEAGUE CONSTITUTION (7/7/11)
29) (10/21/12) Compensation for Holdouts: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2013.
Original Rule: Section 3.05 Holdouts subsection a
(vii) There will be compensatory picks granted to teams who are not able to (or choose not to) sign their holdout players, in some cases.
a) If the Holdout player goes at auction for the Positional Transition Tag Value or Greater, the Holdouts owner receives a 1st round compensatory pick for the following years Rookie Draft.
b) If the Holdout player goes at auction for greater than 50% of the Positional Transition Tag Value and up to the Positional Transition Tag Value, the Holdouts owner receives a 2nd round compensatory pick for following years draft.
c) No compensatory pick is given if the holdout player goes at auction for less then 50% of the Positional Transition Tag Value.
d) If there are multiple compensatory picks issued, the order of the picks will be determined by the value of the player’s original salary (ex. If player A was worth $1 and Player B was worth $5 and both award their owners with 1st round compensatory picks. Owner of player A will receive the earlier pick. If both players had the same contract the team that finished lower in the standings the previous year will receive the earlier pick)
e) If the original owner of the Holdout Player wins the player at the OFAA, then no compensatory pick is awarded.
New Rule:
(i) There will be compensatory picks granted to teams who are not able to (or choose not to) sign their holdout players, in some cases.
a) A Holdout must be on the team’s roster going into the Playoff Roster Lock period for that team to be eligible to receive Holdout Compensation.
b) If the Holdout player goes at auction for Greater then the Positional Franchise Tag Value, the Holdout’s owner receives a 1st round compensatory pick for the following years Rookie Draft.
c) If the Holdout player goes at auction for Greater than the Positional Transition Tag Value the Holdout’s owner receives a 2nd round compensatory pick for following year’s draft.
d) If the Holdout Player goes at auction for Greater than 50% of the Positional Transition Tag Value then the Holdout’s owner receives a 3rd round compensatory pick for the following year’s draft.
e) Compensation is not cumulative, the Holdout’s owner will only ever receive One(1) compensatory pick per Holdout player.
f) No compensatory pick is given if the holdout player goes at auction for less then 50% of the Positional Transition Tag Value.
g) If there are multiple compensatory picks issued, the order of the picks will be determined by the value of the player’s original salary (ex. If player A was worth $1 and Player B was worth $5 and both award their owners with 1st round compensatory picks. Owner of player A will receive the earlier pick. If both players had the same contract the team that finished lower in the standings the previous year will receive the earlier pick)
h) If the original owner of the Holdout Player wins the player at the OFAA, then no compensatory pick is awarded.
28) (8/28/12) PUP List Players to Injured Reserve:Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: Section 3.02 Rosters subsection b
Injured Reserve:
(i) Owners may place 9 players on injured reserve, but only in the event that the player is actually placed on the NFL team’s injured reserve (as noted by www.nfl.com or that player’s official team website).
(ii) The player's salary will still count against your cap. However, this will free up an extra roster space for your team.
(iii) You may also place on the injured reserve a player who has been suspended for the rest of the regular season.
(iv) Players on injured reserve or suspended for the rest of the season may not be acquired during the season via trade or free agency, regardless of whether one of our managers have them on their team or not.
New Rule:
(a) Injured Reserve:
(i) Owners may place 9 players on injured reserve, but only in the event that the player is actually placed on the NFL team’s injured reserve (as noted by www.nfl.com or that player’s official team website).
(ii) The player's salary will still count against your cap. However, this will free up an extra roster space for your team.
(iii) You may also place on the injured reserve a player who begins the season on the PUP list or has been suspended for the rest of the regular season.
1) Once the PUP player is removed from the PUP list that player will immediately be placed back on the teams active roster and it will be up to the owner to ensure the team’s roster limits are maintained.
(iv) Players on injured reserve or suspended for the rest of the season may not be acquired during the season via trade or free agency, regardless of whether one of our managers have them on their team or not.
27) (8/16/12) Multi-Position Eligibility: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: Player position eligibility was determined by cbssports.com
New Rule: Section 3.02 Rosters subsection f
(a) Multiple Position Eligibility
(i) The new League site (MFL) determines its player position eligibilities based off of Rotoworld’s Fantasy Depth Charts. As these change MFL updates their player positions accordingly. This can cause a player to switch its position of eligibility after that player was drafted or picked up at auction. An owner may be very happy to acquire a certain player at one position but may find them less desirable at another. In the interest of fairness the commissioner’s office has established the following guidelines to allow for multiple position eligibility for these players.
(ii) After a player has been drafted, acquired through AUCTION or blind bidding process, and its eligibility has been changed by mfl, that player will be given eligibility at the new position as well as at the original position.
1) This multi-position eligibility will remain with said player for the remainder of its existing contract.
2) In the case of practice squad players, if a player is given multi-position eligibility while on the practice squad this player will maintain this eligibility after he is promoted to the main roster and until completion of his contract on the main roster.
3) Any changes to a player’s contract i.e. Holdouts, renegotiations, or the use of any tags, etc., will negate the multi-position eligibility and that player will then be given the default position as determined by MFL.
(iii) It will be the owner’s responsibility to recognize the position change by MFL and formally request multi-position eligibility by posting in a, to be created, Message Thread on the Message Board that will be titled: “Multi-Position Eligibility Requests”.
1) After a request has been made in the message thread the commissioners will verify the position has occurred and make the necessary changes.
2) At this point the owner will have the ability to change the eligibility of its player between the ones requested by clicking on the “For Owners” drop down menu at the top of the webpage and selecting “Change My Players Position”
(iv) At the end of the players current contract his eligibility will revert to the default position as determined by MFL.
26) (8/4/12) Fumble Scoring Changes: Further changes made due to increased flexibility of scoring associated with MFL website. Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule:
(OFR): 1pt
(FF): 2pts
New Rule:
Fumble (any fumble or muff by any player): -1 point
Own Fumble Recoveries (If a loose ball is not recovered by the opposing team, I believe this only applies to the specific player recovering the ball): +1 point
FF (Forced FUmbles): +2 points
Fumble Recoveries from Opponent: +1 point
25) (8/3/12) Franchise and Transition Tag Compensation: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: Section 3.06 Tags
Franchise Tag
1) If the current owner matches the highest bid offer they will retain the player @ the highest bid amount, including contact year length and receives no compensation.
2) If the current owner does not match the outbidding owner, the highest outbidding owner MUST ……
a) ……Compensate the current owner with a 1st round pick (#’s 1-6) in the next rookie draft or if the team only has a 1st round pick outside of the top 6(#’s 7-12), they must also give up their earliest 2nd round pick
i) If an outbidding owner has multiple picks inside the first round (#1-6) or multiple picks in the first round(#7-12) the outbidding owner will have the choice of which pick to give up but.......
ii) ……..in the event the outbidding owner can meet both the first round (#1-6) or the first round (#7-12) plus a second round pick it will be required that the outbidding owner give up a first round (#1-6) unless both the current and the outbidding owner agree on compensation.
a. All compensation agreed upon MUST fall under the guideline discussed above in (3a) for league approval
TRANSITION TAG
1) If the current owner does not match the bid then the outbidding owner MUST…
a) … Compensate the current owner with a 2nd round pick in the next rookie draft
i) Players who do not have a 2nd round pick will have to give up their 1st round pick in the current draft.
ii) In the event the current owner has multiple 2nd round picks, any of those picks would be considered eligible as compensation, and the outbidding owner is left to his discretion as to which pick will be used as compensation.
New Rule:
Franchise Tag
1) If the current owner does not match the outbidding owner, the highest outbidding owner MUST ……
a) ……Compensate the current owner with a 1st round pick (#’s 1-6) in the next rookie draft or if the team only has a 1st round pick outside of the top 6(#’s 7-12), they must also give up their next season’s 1st Round Pick.
i) If an outbidding owner has multiple picks inside the first round (#1-6) or multiple picks in the first round(#7-12) the outbidding owner will have the choice of which pick to give up but.......
ii) ……..in the event the outbidding owner can meet both the first round (#1-6) or the first round (#7-12) plus next years 1st round pick it will be required that the outbidding owner give up a first round (#1-6) unless both the current and the outbidding owner agree on compensation.
a. All compensation agreed upon MUST fall under the guideline discussed above in (3a) for league approval
Transition Tag
1) If the current owner does not match the bid then the outbidding owner MUST…
a) Compensate the current owner with a 2nd round pick (#’s 1-6) in the next rookie draft or if the team only has a 2nd round pick outside of the top 6(#’s 7-12), they must also give up their next season’s 2nd Round Pick.
i) If an outbidding owner has multiple picks inside the 2nd round (#1-6) or multiple picks in the 2nd round(#7-12) the outbidding owner will have the choice of which pick to give up but.......
ii) ……..in the event the outbidding owner can meet both the 2nd round (#1-6) or the 2nd round (#7-12) plus next years 2nd round pick it will be required that the outbidding owner give up a 2nd round (#1-6) unless both the current and the outbidding owner agree on compensation.
a. All compensation agreed upon MUST fall under the guideline discussed above in (3a) for league approval
iii) Players who do not have a 2nd round pick will have to give up their 1st round pick in the current draft
24) (8/3/12) Absorbing Player Salary in Trades: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: N/A
New Rule: Section 3.07 Trades
(c) Absorbing Player Salary:
(i) It is allowed for teams to Absorb cap dollars of a player that is being traded to help get a deal done with some limitations:
1) You may only absorb salary cap dollars within the season that the player has been traded in. Future years Cap dollars are not eligible for use in trades.
2) There is a max of 75% of the salary of the player being traded that is allowed to be absorbed by the original owner.
23) (2/2/12) Failure to Set Lineup: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: Section 2.02 Owner Responsibilities
(a) Commitment:
(i) It is very important for you to put your best possible team on the field every week to create a fair situation for all other teams. I understand that during bye weeks there is a possibility that a team owner may choose to not drop a player off of their bench in order to avoid losing a good backup/prospect. I will allow owners to roll the dice if they choose to not start a player during the bye week period but before and after the weeks with bye weeks there will be a three strikes you’re out system in place. If for any reason you choose to not set your roster the first offense you will receive a “Warning”. The second offense will cause you to forfeit your 1st round pick (or if traded an equivalent punishment as determined by the commissioner) of the next draft. The third offense will result in automatic removal from the league. If you are not going to have computer access to set a lineup, let one of the commissioners, or another team owner know so they can make the appropriate changes for you. I can understand if the player was supposed to play but was de-activated at the last minute but if the player has been hurt all week you need to pay attention around kickoff.
New Rule:
Section 2.02 Owner Responsibilities
(a) Failure to Set Lineup:
(i) Effective 2012: In the event an owner fails to set their lineup, a series of actions will be followed by the league.
1) Failure to set your lineup will be defined as: leaving in your starting lineup, bye week players or players announced as inactive no less than 30 minutes prior to kickoff. We will use www.Rotoworld.com for their time stamped posts to avoid argument.
2) Last minute inactives or inactives that were unannounced or announced less than 30 minutes prior to game time on www.rotoworld.com will not be considered a violation.
3) If you have a player playing in a late game that is questionable and you have no replacement should that player be deactivated, then it is that owners responsibility to post on the league message board of their intentions of taking the risk, to avoid a violation.
(ii) In the event of a violation the league will take the following actions:
1) 1st violation of Season: Warning posted to League Message Board
2) 2nd Violation of Season: $15 Cap Hit Penalty on the current season and the following season.
3) 3rd Violation of Season: $30 Cap Hit Penalty on the current season and the following season.
4) 4th Violation of the Season: League Vote on removal of Owner – 6 votes of 11 are required for the owner to be immediately removed from the league. If the owner is not voted out then an ADDITIONAL $30 Cap Hit Penalty on the current season and the following season will be levied.
5) 5th Violation of the Season: Commissioners discretion for immediate removal from the league.
(iii) Should any of the Penalties described in this section result in an In-Season Owner Replacement then ALL of the Cap Room will be immediately refunded to the New Owner.
22) (1/20/12) Restricted Free Agent Tag Expansion: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2013.
Original Rule: Every owner is given one (1) Restricted Free Agent Tag yearly to be used on any impending Free Agent.
New Rule: Owners will recieve two (2) Restricted Free Agent Tags. One of which may be used on any impending Offensive Free Agent and the other tag may only be used on any impending Defensive Free Agent.
21) (1/20/12) Salary Bonuses for Year End Awards: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective 2012.
Original Rule: N/A
New Rule: Located in League Constitution in Section 3.08
(a) Most “Valuable” Player (MVP)
(i) A players “Value” is determined by the following equation: Players Fantasy Points while in the starting lineup through week 13 divided by current salary.
1) Ex. In 2011 Rob Gronkowski scored 221 points while in the starting lineup at a salary of $1 giving him a “value” of 221.
(ii) The owner of a player winning this award will receive a Salary Cap Bonus of $5 for the following season.
(b) Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year
(i) A player winning this award will have scored the most points while in a starting lineup through Week 13.
(ii) There will be a winner for both Offense and Defense.
(iii) The owner of a player winning this award will receive a Salary Cap Bonus of $5 for the following season.
(c) Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year
(i) A player winning this award will be the Rookie scoring the most points while in a starting lineup through Week 13.
(ii) There will be a winner for both Offense and Defense.
(iii) The owner of a player winning this award will receive a Salary Cap Bonus of $5 for the following season.
20) (1/20/12) DL, LB, DB Franchise/Transition Determination: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective immediately.
Original Rule: DL, LB, and DBs Franchise value based off of 1-6 and Transition value determined off of 7-12.
New Rule: DL, LB, and DBs Franchise value based off of 1-12 and Transition value determined off of 13-24.
19) (1/20/12) Determination of Holdouts: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective immediately
Original Rule: Found in League Constitution Section 3.05.a.i
(i) At the end of the regular season, the commissioner will analyze fantasy stats and salaries to determine if there are any holdouts. He will do so ASAP after the week 17 is complete.
New Rule: Found in League Constitution Section 3.05.a.i
(i) At the end of the fantasy season, Completion of Week 16/Semi-Bowl, the commissioner will analyze fantasy stats and salaries to determine if there are any holdouts. He will do so ASAP after week 16 is complete.
18) (1/20/12) Renegotiation Loophole Closed: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective immediately.
Original Rule: N/A
New Rule: Found in League Constitution Section 3.04.e.vii
(i) The Franchise and Transition values used for renegotiation will be previous year’s end of season ”locked” values. This is important to note because following the OFAA the values “unlock” and become fluid based on player add/drops for the season. Even though the values are unlocked at this point, for the purpose of renegotiation the value remains the previous seasons “locked” value.
1) Ex.: In 2011 the Franchise value for running backs locked at $100…if after the 2012 OFAA that value then changes to $105…the value used to renegotiate a RB prior to the start of the 2012 season remains $100.
17) (1/20/12) Scoring Change - Fumbles: Rule implented by Commissioner's Office following no contest by League. Effective 2012. SUPERCEDED BY AMMENDMENT 26 - 8/14/12
Original Rule:
Offensive Fumble Recoveries(OFR): 2pts
Forced Fumbles(FF): 1pt
New Rule:
(OFR): 1pt
(FF): 2pts
16) (1/16/12) New Payout Schedule/Trophies: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective immediately. SUPERCEDED BY AMMENDMENT 30 Jan '13
Original Rule:
(a) Payouts:
(i) Payout Schedule for the 2011/2012 Seasons
1) League Funds: 12 Teams x $50 = $600
2) CBS Fantasy Football Site Fee = Approximately $200
3) League Champion: $300
4) Runner-up: $100
5) Single Game High Score of the Year: removed from play until 2013 and money will be used for jackie moon championship trophy
(ii) Payout Schedule for the 2013 Season and beyond unless voted upon
1) League Funds: 12 Teams x $100 = $1200
2) CBS Fantasy Football Site Fee = Approximately $200
3) League Champion: $700
4) Runner-up: $200
5) Trophy/Awards – Remainder of league fees approx $50
6) Single Game High Score of the Year: $50
New Rule:
(a) Payouts:
(i) Payout Schedule for the 2011/2012 Seasons
1) League Funds: 12 Teams x $50 = $600
2) CBS Fantasy Football Site Fee = Approximately $200
3) League Champion: $300
4) Runner-up: $100
5) Single Game High Score of the Year: removed from play until 2013 and money will be used for Jackie moon championship trophy
(ii) Payout Schedule for the 2013 Season and beyond.
1) League Funds: 12 Teams x $100 = $1200
2) CBS Fantasy Football Site Fee = Approximately $200
3) League Champion: $700
4) Runner-up: $200
5) Trophy/Awards – Remainder of league fees approx $50
6) Single Game High Score of the Year: $50
15) (1/14/12) Trading for Owners on Probation: Rule implemented by Commissioner's office. Effective immediately.
Original Rule:
Section 1.01 AL DAVIS RULE:
(a) The Semi-Pro Football League is a league designed for extremely competitive and competent owners who have both the time and knowhow to compete each year to contend for a title. The commissioners take an extreme amount of pride in this league and the time that is spent progressing this league and maintaining parity is something the commissioner’s offices takes pride in. The rules have been designed for even the worst of teams to be able to work the “NFL GM experience” and create a competitive team within a few years of ownership. After some extreme discussion the Commissioners have enacted a plan to prevent future owner issues and to lay the groundwork in the event an owner is removed or decides to leave for their own reasons. This league is not typical and having a team that needs to be replaced will be tough if the replacement owner has left a bag of shit to work with and the buy in is $100 per head.
(i) There will be two methods, Probation and the “Eighty Sixed Vote”, used to help eliminate any issues with current owners and to allow for the league to objectively vote on an owner replacement in the future.
1) Probation:
a) The consequence of probation will be that the current owner will be required to pay the normal current league fee AND a Non-Refundable 50% payment toward the following years league fee to maintain ownership in the league.
i) This 50% payment will be saved and applied toward the following year’s league fee. Probation violations will be officially in effect immediately following the NFL Super Bowl Sunday but any owners in violation will be notified by the commissioners as soon as we are aware of upcoming violations and the 50% payment MUST be made with the current league fee before the NFL Super Bowl Sunday deadline.
ii) Should you voluntarily leave the League or should you be voted out (see 86Rule below) this 50% payment will be put towards the League Fee of the replacement owner. This is to allow us to find new owners willing to take over a squad in need of rebuilding without having to fork out full payment. If you are not happy with these rules please let us know immediately and we will refund your 2011 league fee and find a replacement owner before the 2011 OFAA for your team, after the 2011 OFAA you will be required to understand and accept these rules.
b) Violations that result in probation are as follows:
i) Any team that has finished in the bottom 25% of the league (10th – 12th), for 2 consecutive years;
ii) Any team whose roster is below 50% of the active current roster limit following the NFL Super Bowl Sunday changeover (Ex: If the max number of active players for the following year is 25 then you will need to have 13 total players AFTER the league season changes over….practice squad players will count toward the total but the PS limits do not);
iii) Any team who is below $200 Salary Cap;
iv) Any teams whose players salary to cap ratio exceeds $40 per player (ex. if you own only 10 players and their combined salary exceeds $400 then this will result in probation).
c) Once an Owner is placed on probation it will be effective for the entire season and to be removed from probation a team must finish outside of the bottom 25%(10th – 12th) for that season and/or be in compliance with the other violations discussed above for the following season.
d) If a team falls back into the bottom 25% or falls in violation again the following season after coming off probation they will be automatically in violation again and will once again be placed on probation.
e) After 2 consecutive seasons outside the bottom 25% and in compliance with the other violations, probations rules will be normal again.
2) “Eighty Sixed” Rule:
a) The consequence of this rule will consist of a league vote to decide whether or not you will be able to retain ownership of your team. This vote will take place the Wednesday following week 16 and will last until the Sunday of week 17. This vote will be silent and majority rules with only 11 votes being cast as the violating owners’ vote will not be considered. All votes will need to be sent to the League email to make sure the commissioners know that everyone votes.
b) 6 “Eighty Sixed” votes are all that is necessary for replacement but ALL OWNERS MUST VOTE ON THIS….. After the removal from the league occurs the commissioner’s office will gladly inform the violating owner of the votes if they choose to know but only AFTER they have been removed on the league website.
c) Violations that result in an “Eighty Sixed” vote are as follows:
i) Any team that has finished in the bottom 25% of the league (10th – 12th), for 3 consecutive years;
ii) Any team that has finished in the bottom 25% of the league (10th – 12th), for 5 of 7 consecutive years;
d) If you are not voted out by the league members in the first “Eighty Sixed” year you will still be in a probation period and if you finish in the bottom 25% again the next season you will be up for vote again by the league.
(b) Commissioners Clause
(i) The League office retains the right to remove an owner from the League at anytime. This right will however be reserved for extreme circumstances where no other course of action would be sufficient.
New Rule: SECTION 2.03 AL DAVIS RULE/PROBATION: subsection a.1.b
b. Current and New Owners will be under a trade restriction that will not allow the commissioners to process any trade involving the probationary owner until voted on by the ENTIRE league and passed with a majority vote of 6 votes
i. Because there is an even amount of teams, and majority will need an odd number of votes to allow for a majority, the two owners in agreement of a proposed trade will count as a single combined vote of YES
1. This will leave 10 owners to vote with 5 or more YES votes creating a majority and allowing trades to process
ii. ALL owners NOT involved in the deal will need to post their vote on the League message board by approx 8pm on the second day after the trade processes
1. Any owners posting a NO vote will also need to post a legit explanation for the reasoning of disagreement and I expect this to be for informational purpose only, so the trade partners know what direction to move in if they would like to attempt an additional trade involving the same players. We do not need a war of words debating the reasoning and will not tolerate childish arguments about this.
2. Any owners that do not Vote within this period of 8pm the second day will be subject to a warning for the first yearly offense and any additional offenses will be $5 cap hit penalties for the current and following seasons.
iii. The commissioners reserve the right to elect to allow the trade if arguments presented are not legitimate and the trade is sufficient.
1. This action will only be taken if it is obvious others are blocking trades for their personal gain.
14) (1/14/12) Conditional Pick/Trade Loophole Closed: Rule implemennted by Commissioner's decree. Effective immediately.
Original Rule: N/A
New Rule: found in League Constitution in Section 3.07 Trades subsection e
(a) Conditional Draft Picks; Loophole Closed:
(i) In order to uphold league integrity and prevent any unnecessary arguments, the commissioners have decided to close a conditional loop hole. Conditional picks have become something that most members have begun to take advantage of but some things have came to light that would not be beneficial for the league or the owners if they were to take place
1) Starting in 2012 conditional trades may only be negotiated using picks owned at the time of the negotiation.
2) Potentially owned picks may not be considered when making a trade.
3) ALL info for the conditional trading must be included in the trade comments block and include ALL involved players and/or picks
4) ALL picks involved must be referred to as earlier, middle or later pick if the owner owns multiple picks in the same round, or the second earliest or second latest if the owner would happen to own 4 picks or more in one round any trades that do not use this vocabulary will be vetoed…..the commissioners do not know what u may or may not mean and will not take liability for misinterpreting the trade offers if these methods are not used.
5) Any involved picks of a negotiated deal that have conditional basis for trade will need to be included in the trade proposal and will not be processed unless future deals do not conflict with existing conditional deals already accepted and processed
a) Any future deal that is in confliction of an existing deal will be reviewed and vetoed by the commissioners and team owners notified and they will then have 48 hours to re-negotiate before the commissioners announce the vetoed deal to the rest of the league
b) This is to give owners the ability to negotiate again without league interference and the reason commissioners will announce the in-violation deal is to help educate others on the situation
c) If teams are in violation for a second consecutive deal the 2 day grace period will not be provided
(ii) Teams may reserve the right to make handshake agreements with other owners, but these agreements will not be acknowledged by the commissioners or processed unless the future trade is in no violation or is not unbalanced
13) (12/13/11) New Owner Installation Rules: Rule implemented after Commissioner's deliberation. Effetive immediately.
Original Rule:
Section 2.04 New Owner Replacement
(a) In the event of an owner replacement because of an owner choosing to leave or an “Eighty Sixed” vote the commissioners believe it is in the best interest of the league to provide the replacement owner some benefits if they are taking over a team that is in disrepair in order to be competitive. This will also help us to entice a new owner if the team to be replaced sucks and the league fee is @ or above $100.
(i) All new owners without a first round pick in their first draft will receive a compensation pick @ the end of the first round.
(ii) All new owners will receive an additional franchise, transition and restricted tag in their first season.
(b) If the replacement owner takes over a team that has finished in the bottom 25% in any of the last 2 seasons or is in violation of any of the probation violations they will also receive:
(i) A player contract dissolve
(ii) Any additional players that are signed for longer than 2 years and over 120% of the franchise value will be allowed to be re-negotiated @ the 120% value and for 2 years
(c) All new owners whose teams are in violation that result in probation will still be required to pay the 50% Non-Refundable fee but will have three full seasons to rebuild before they can be “Eighty Sixed” voted.
New Rule:
Section 2.04 New Owner Replacement: In the event of an owner replacement because of an owner choosing to leave or an “Eighty Sixed” vote the commissioners believe it is in the best interest of the league to provide the replacement owner some benefits if they are taking over a team, in order to be competitive. This will also help us to entice a new owner if the team to be replaced sucks and the league fee is @ or above $100.
(a) All new owners will receive these benefits:
(i) If you do not already own a first round pick, you will receive a compensatory first round pick @ the end of round 1 in the upcoming rookie draft
a) If you already own multiple first round picks after taking over a team that will constitute a full complement of picks then no additional picks will be awarded
b) If multiple new owners are joining @ the same time, the first to pay their league fee will be awarded the earlier of the pick and all OFFA draft compensatory picks will be awarded before any new owner picks
c) If you already own more than 5 rookie draft picks your latest pick will be removed in place of the compensatory pick awarded
d) This method will continue for rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 until you have been awarded a maximum of 5 rookie draft picks.
e) If at any point 5 picks are owned in consecutive rounds starting in round 1, the compensatory pick evaluation process will end.
(ii) All future cap hit penalties accrued by the previous owners will be void and deposited back into your salary cap
a) If an in-season owner change happens all current cap hits will still be enforced for the remainder of the season
(b) Owners benefits who have replaced teams that finished in the middle 4 of the final standings the year prior AND in the bottom 4 two years prior will be:
(i) All benefits described above and:
(ii) An additional franchise, transition and restricted tag
(c) Owner’s benefits who have replaced teams that finished in the bottom 4 of the final standings the year prior AND not in the top 4 two years prior will be:
(i) All benefits described above and:
(ii) A Player Contract Dissolve
(iii) All additional players that are signed for 2 years or more AND over 120% of the franchise value will be allowed to be re-renegotiated @ the 120% of franchise value
a) The players contract lengths cannot be extended but if they are longer than 2 years they can be reduced to 2 years
(d) Owner’s benefits who have replaced teams that finished in the bottom 4 of the final standings the year prior AND in the bottom 4 two years prior will be:
(i) All benefits described above and:
(ii) A one season $50 Salary Cap increase
(e) Owner’s benefits who have replaced teams that finished in the bottom 4 of the final standings the year prior AND in the bottom 4 two years prior AND in the bottom 4 Three years prior will be:
(i) All benefits described above and:
(ii) An additional one season $50 Salary Cap increase
(f) After careful consideration it has been determined by the Commissioners that there will be a one week freeze on trades involving the new owner. This is to allow the new owner some time to become acclimated with the league and other owners, as well as give all existing owners the opportunity to contact the new owner.
(i) While negotiations between owners can exist during this period, trades cannot be accepted during this period.
(ii) Should a deal involving the new owner be accepted during this period, the deal will be immediately vetoed and the terms of the vetoed deal will be posted on the League Message Board.
(g) All New owners whose teams are in violation that result in probation will still be required to pay the 50% Non-Refundable fee but will have three full seasons to rebuild before they be "Eighty Sixed" voted.
12) (8/16/11) Holdout Rule Corrections: Rule implemented through Commissioner’s Office. Part 1 goes into effect 2012 season. Part 2 goes into effect immediately.
Original Rule:
(i) Holdouts may be cut, signed anytime up until the week before the OFAA or held onto at the old salary into the New Year.
1) If you hang onto a holdout and do not sign him before the OFAA you may not start him until you sign him to a holdout contract. He will cost you a roster spot and his old salary will count against your cap. You may not sign or drop the player until the Wed before Week 4. Also he must be signed by the trade deadline if you want to start him that year and may not be dropped after the trade deadline.
2) If you drop the player after the OFAA (and before the trade deadline) you will suffer the customary 20% cap hit. If you trade the holdout player after the OFAA auction the player is transferred "as is" i.e. a new contract does not need to be signed before the player is traded and all holdout restrictions transfer to the new team.
New Rule:
(i) Holdouts may be cut, signed, or traded anytime up until the week before the OFAA or held onto at the old salary into the New Year.
1) If you hang onto a holdout and do not sign him before the OFAA you may not start him until you sign him to a holdout contract. He will cost you a roster spot and his old salary will count against your cap. You may not sign or drop the player until the Wed AFTER Week 4. Also he must be signed by the trade deadline if you want to start him that year and may not be dropped after the trade deadline.
2) If you trade the holdout player after the OFAA auction the player is transferred "as is" i.e. a new contract does not need to be signed before the player is traded and all holdout restrictions transfer to the new team.
11) (3/3/11) Limitations on Rules and Scoring Changes: Rule implemented through Commissioner's Office. Rule goes into effect: Immediately
Original Rule: No rule was present limiting changes to scoring and roster sizing.
New Rule: Section 2.02 Owner Responsibilities
(iii) League Vote
4) Please understand that while there are countless ways for us to change both the league scoring or roster configuration, to maintain stability, the commissioners have decided that only one roster or scoring change may be passed and implemented in a 3 year period.
a) This means that should a change to the league scoring occur then 3 seasons must pass before another change may be installed; Roster sizing and changes are considered separate but follow the same guidelines, so that changes cannot be done more than once every 3 years.
b) Special circumstances may arise where high demand from the league requires a vote within this 3 year period; during these instances a Unanimous (100%) vote is needed to pass the change as opposed to the usual (67%) requirements.
10) (3/3/11) Roster and Scoring Changes: Rule implemented by League Vote. Rule goes into effect: Start of 2012 League Year SALARY CAP AND ROSTER SIZE SUPERCEDED BY AMMENDMENT 30 Jan '13
Original Rule:
Starting Defensive Players: 1 DL, 1 LB, and 1 DB
Total Players on Active Roster: Max: 25 Min: 21
Salary Cap: $600
Points Per Sack: 2
New Rule:
Starting Defensive Players: 2 DL, 2 LB, and 2 DB
Total Players on Active Roster: Max: 30 Min: 26
Salary Cap: $660
Points Per Sack: 3
Addition of new Defensive Stat: Pass Deflections worth 1 point per deflection.
9) (1/16/11) Draft Order: Rule implemented by commissioners office. Rule goes into effect 2011 season.
Original Rule: Section 4.05 Rookie Draft:
(b) Info:
(i) There will be 5 rounds and the draft order will be reverse order of final standings, except that the playoff champion automatically has the 12th pick.
New Rule: Section 4.05 Rookie Draft:
(b) Info:
(i) There will be 5 rounds and the draft order will be as follows
1) Draft picks 1-6 will be reverse order of the Regular Season Standings
2) Picks 7 and 8 will be the Losers of the first round of the playoffs using normal Tie Breakers if needed.
3) Picks 9 and 10 will be the losers of the Second Round of the playoffs using normal Tie Breakers if needed.
4) Pick 11 will be the Loser of the League Championship Game
5) Pick 12 will go to the League Champion.
8) (1/16/11) Roster Lock Period: Rule installed following League Vote (8y 3n). Rule goes into effect 2011 season.
Original Rule: Allowed for Free Agents to be added to your roster throughout the playoffs.
New Rule: Section 4.01 Calendar
(c) Playoffs:
(i) Roster Lock Period: Kickoff Week 14 until completion of Championship Game- period in which no roster transactions of any kind can be made.
Section 4.07 In Season Free Agent Auction (FAAB)
(a) Info:
(i) Free agents are available from the end of the OFAA until the start of the Week 14 Roster Lock Period. Free Agency then reopens briefly from the completion of our championship game until the NFL Super Bowl.
7) (1/9/11) Rookie Holdouts: Rule implemented through Commissioners office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 Rookie Draft.
Orignial Rule: N/A
New Rule: Section 4.05 Rookie Draft
(d) Holdouts
(i) Drafted rookies will not be subjected to becoming a holdout after their first season
(ii) If they have finished holdout eligible after year one it will be noted and if the rookie finishes inside the top 12 for QBs, TEs, Ks, or Top 24 for RBs, WRs, LBs, DEs, and DBs in their second year they will then be required to be handled as a holdout player.
6) (1/9/11) Practice Squad: Rule implemented through Commissioner's office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 Rookie Draft
Original Rule: N/A
New Rule: Section 3.02 Rosters
(e) Practice Squad (PS):
(i) Effective immediately after the 2011 Rookie draft
(ii) Each team owner will have the ability to place and maintain a maximum of up to 3 players on their practice squad
1) To be placed on the PS, players must be rookies and must have been drafted in the 3rd, 4th or 5th round.
2) PS players must be announced on the website before the OFAA roster freeze.
3) The minimum and maximum time a player can remain on the PS is 3 years.
4) Once a player is removed from the PS they cannot be placed back on the PS.
5) The player's salary will not count against your cap. This will free up an extra roster spots for your team while allowing you the ability to wait for your later round picks to pan out.
(iii) All 3rd, 4th, and 5th round non-PS rookies carry a value of $1 with no contract but if you choose to place a player on the PS this value will change if or when you choose to move a PS player to your active roster or bench.
1) The following pay scale is set for early activation from the PS
a) First year PS players moved will hold a salary of $6 with a 3 year minimum contract.
b) Second year PS players moved will hold a salary of $5 with a 2 year minimum contract
c) Third year PS players moved will hold a salary of $4 with no minimum contract
d) After the third year they will then have the $1 value.
2) Any PS player can be cut @ any time without penalty as long as they haven’t been moved to your roster.
(iv) You can trade PS players in any combo of a trade and as long as the new owner moves them directly to their PS they will maintain PS status.
1) All PS players maintain their original PS start date even after trades and will only be allowed to remain PS 3 years from PS activation.
(v) In the event a PS player becomes Holdout eligible they will need to be moved to your active roster and will fall under the same guidelines as all other holdouts.
(vi) You are able to maintain a maximum of 3 players on your PS. The penalty for going over the maximum or placing a player who is ineligible to be placed on the PS will be a $10 per day per player penalty hit effective on the current season and the next season.
(vii) If you go over the maximum number of players for the PS your roster will be considered illegal and will score 0 points for that week’s matchup unless the situation is corrected by kickoff of the first game of the week.
(viii) If you have an ineligible player on your PS at any point between a week’s first and last games your roster will not be considered illegal, however regardless of the outcome of your matchup that week you will still be credited with a loss.
1) This means that if you beat your opponent they will take the loss but you too will be credited with a loss that will be taken into account when it comes time for the final standings to be decided.
5) (1/5/11) Under Roster Limit: Rule implemented through Commissioner's office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 season
Original Rule: Section 3.02 Rosters
(c) Exceeding/Under Roster Limits:
(i) If you make any transaction that puts your team over or under the predetermined roster/positional limits your roster is deemed illegal and will score zero points if not corrected by game time.
(ii) You will have 24 hours to make the corrections needed. If this is not accomplished then you will incur a $5 cap penalty effective immediately on this season, and the following season (Starts in 2011).
(iii) This will penalty will continue to accrue until the correction is made at $5 per day per player over the roster limits.
New Rule: Now includes the following
(iv) The Under Roster Penalty is not enforced after the Championship Game, and it goes back into effect following the completion of the Offseason Free Agent Auction (OFAA).
4) (Date Unknown) Scoring of Sacks: Scoring Rule changed by League Vote. Rule goes into effect: Start of 2011 season SUPERCEDED BY AMMENDMENT 10 - 3/3/11
Orignal Rule: 1 Sack = 1 point
New Rule: 1 Sack = 2 points
3) (Date Unknown) Restricted Free Agent Tag: Rule implemented through Commissioner's office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 Season
Orignal Rule: Section 3.06 Tags (a)General Tag Info
(i) 2)The Restricted Free Agent designation will be due by the roster freeze, the week before the OFAA (close to the 1st week of the pre-season but determined by OFAA draft date).
New Rule: The Restricted Free Agent Tag designation will be due at the same time as the Franchise and Transition Tag Designations.
2) (Date Unknown) Tag Designation Deadline: Rule implemented through Commissioner's office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 season
Original Rule: Section 3.06 Tags (a) General Tag Info (i) 1) The Franchise and Transition tag designations must be made, via email, by the Tag Deadline (The Sunday after the NFL Super Bowl by noon).
New Rule: Deadline for designation of ALL tags (Franchise, Transistion, and Restricted Free Agent will be 48 hours after the NFL Super Bowl.
1) (Date Unkown) Blind Bid Tag Auction Deadlines: Rule implemented through Commissioner's Office. Rule goes into effect: 2011 season
Original Rule: Section 4.04 Blind Tag Auction (b)Blind Tag Auction Period
Bids for all blind auction bidding can be sent to semiprofootballleague@gmail.com from 6am sharp the Monday following the first Sunday after the NFL Super Bowl until the Second Sunday after the NFL Super bowl at 12 noon.
New Rule: Bids for all blind auction bidding can be sent to semiprofootballleague@gmail.com during the 48 hour period starting from the conclusion of the Tag Designation Period (after which all Tagged players will be officially announced by the Commissioner's office). The original owners will then have another 48 hours after the Blind Tag auction is completed (and all the winning bids are announced by the commissioner's office) to declare whether they will be retaining their players or accepting compensation.