KEEPER LEAGUE RULES
1.
League Format
1.1 The
League will be run during the season on the Yahoo Fantasy Sports Web Site
2.
Draft
2.1 Season 1 will be a Live Online Draft
2 .2
Season 2 and on will be a Message Board Draft, Unless
we vote on another system.
2.3 The Draft will go in order
of record. The last team will get the 1st pick and the super-bowl
champ getting the last pick. The order will be 10 thru 1, 10 thru 1, so forth.
2.4 *** The
winner of the consolation bracket will be awarded the #1 pick overall in the
following years’ draft or an anchor, which ever they choose. If they choose an
anchor they will stay in the normal draft order from worst to best, if they
choose the 1st overall pick, then they will get pick # 1 in the
first round, the following rounds they will fall in draft order.
2.4.1 If the consolation bracket winner chose the anchor:
Round
1
Pick 1 10th place
Pick 2 9th place
3
8th
4
7th
5
6th
6
5th
7
4th
8
3rd
9
2nd
10
Keeperbowl
Champion
Round
2
1
10th
2
9th
3
8th
4
7th
5
6th
6
5th
7
4th
8
3rd
9
2nd
10
Champion
And
so forth, every round will follow this pattern.
2.4.2 If the consolation bracket winner chose the 1st
overall pick this is what it would look like
Round 1
1.
consolation bracket winner
2.
10th
3.
9th
4.
8th
5.
7th
6.
6th
7.
4th
8.
3rd
9.
2nd
10.
Champion
Round
2
1
10th
2
9th
3
8th
4
7th
5
6th
6
5th
7
4th
8
3rd
9
2nd
10
Champion
The rest of the rounds will
follow the same format as this round 2. The first round is the only difference.
2.5 The draft will start in July
every year. Around the 4th of July, the commissioner will send out
an email to let everyone know the draft will start at a certain date and time
chosen by him. The draft will NOT start unless everyone is aware of it by
replying to the email stating they are ready. If nothing is heard from the
player after two weeks from the initial email, the league will assume that you
have quit and recruit another coach in your spot. If you know you will be out
in that month ahead of time, please let someone in league know, preferably the
commissioner.
3. Keeper Players
3.1 Keeper Players will be
signed to teams using a contract system. It is up to each coach to decide which
player on his team, get which contract. Contracts can be tricky, meaning if a
player retires or goes to jail, his career ended short, etc. you will loose
that contract and not get another one until that one is up. Choose wisely,
because you will have to live with the player you sign, no matter how bad or
inactive they may be. Depth is the key in this league. This format will allow
you to build a great team, but will also make it possible for weaker teams to
improve each year, because of the players coming off contracts.
3.2 If a player does retire or
go to jail or die, you may drop that player and pick up another player to
replace him. However if he comes back you must pick him up and drop the
replacement player. You will not be able
to replace this player’s contract until it is over, example – you signed a
player to a 3 year, his first year he is suspended or get injured, you may drop
the player form the roster, but you may not be able to re sign someone to his
contract meaning you are stuck with that player for the 3 years you signed him
whether he plays or not.
4. Contracts
4.1 Contracts
will work like this. Each year there will be a specific number of contracts
available for signing players. Also, each contract will be for a certain amount
of years. At the end of each season, each team will have to sign keeper players
to the contracts that they have available for that year. All contracts must be
used. If you do not use one of your contracts, you will lose your draft choice
the following year. 1 year contract = 1
round, 2 year contract = 2 rounds, 3 year and rookie contracts = 3 rounds.
4.2 Players
under contract are un-droppable. I will enter all contracted players onto Yahoo's
list of un-droppable players. Pay attention to this. All coaches have the
responsibility to watch this. The last couple of years, coaches have admitted
to dropping players they knew were on contract. If this occurs, you will
forfeit a pick in the draft, meaning if you had the 3rd pick, you
know drop to the 4th.
4.3 When
a contract expires that player will go back into the draft pool for the next
season. The only way a team may re-sign a player coming off contract is to use
an anchor (see section 6), if available.
4.4 The
deadline for signing players to contract will be two weeks after our season is
over. The player to be signed must be on your current roster at the time of
signing. Be aware that Yahoo will lock your ability to save or drop players
after the last game of the season, so make sure you have to players on your
roster that you wish to sign. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS or ADDITIONS to rosters after this
deadline.
4.5 Unused
contracts will result in a penalty in the upcoming years draft for each
contract not used. 3 year and rookies
contracts = 3 rounds lost, 2 year contracts = 2 rounds lost, and 1 year
contract = 1 round lost. Bonus contracts earned at the end of the season are
exempt from this penalty. You need not to use your bonus contracts unless you
want them.
4.6 If
a player under contract is traded, the contract will go with the player. When
the contract expires it will go back to the original team. (See section 8 for
more details on trading contracts)
4.7 Bonus
contracts will be awarded to teams that make the playoffs. (See Contract chart,
section 7) Bonus contracts do not have to be used. They cannot be carried over
to the next season, and are not renewed when they expire.
5. Rookie Contracts
5.1 Rookie
contracts are contracts that are used to sign Rookie players. Rookie contracts
may only be used to sign Rookie players. A Rookie is a player in his first year
in the NFL whether drafted or un-drafted in the NFL draft.
6. Anchors
6.1 Anchors are used to hold a
player to contract when his original contract expires. In order to use an
anchor, the owner must advise the league of his intentions at the end of the
season, and use one of his available contracts to re-sign the player.
6.2 Anchors
will be awarded to 3 or 4 teams at the
end of each season in this order, 1 for the super-bowl champion, 1 for the team
with the best regular season record, 1 for the team with the most points in the
regular season, and consolation bracket winner if chosen (see. A team will receive only 1 anchor per year.
Anchors will be listed on your team page.
6.3 *** The winner of the consolation
bracket will be awarded the #1 pick overall in the following years’ draft or an
anchor, which ever they choose. If they choose an anchor they will stay in the
normal draft order from worst to best, if they choose the 1st overall
pick, then they will get pick # 1 in the first round, the following rounds they
will fall in draft order.
6.4 Any new owners/managers joining the
league will be automatically awarded an anchor if their new team does not own
one when they take over.
7. Contract Chart
2008 2 3 year contracts; 2 2 year contracts; 2 1 year contracts; 2 3 year
Rookie contracts; Total : 8
2009 2 1 year contract expires; 1 3 year contract added; 1 2 year contract
added; 1 1 year contract added; 2 3 year Rookie contracts added; Total : 11
2010 2 2 year contracts expire; 1 1 year contract expires; 1 3 year contract
added; 1 2 year contract added; 1 1 year contract added; 2 3 year Rookie
contracts added; Total : 13
2011 2 3 year contracts expire; 1 2 year contract expires; 1 1 year contract
expires; 2 3 year Rookie contracts expire; 1 3 year contract added; 1 2 year
contract added; 1 1 year contract added; 2 3 year Rookie contacts added; Total
: 14
2012 1 3 year contract expires; 1 2 year contract expires; 1 1 year contract
expires; 2 3 year Rookie contracts expire; 1 3 year contract added; 1 2 year
contract added; 1 1 year contract added; 2 3 year Rookie contracts added; Total
: 14
2013 1 3 year contract expires; 1 2 year contract expires; 1 1 year contract
expires; 2 3 year Rookie contracts expire; 1 3 year contract added; 1 2 year
contract added; 1 1 year contract added; 2 3 year Rookie contracts added; Total
: 14.
8. Trades:
8.1 A trade is an agreement between two teams to exchange players. Trades can occur all year except when the deadline set forth by Yahoo is reached. One this deadline comes, any trades agreed upon by both times must be sent to the commissioner and will not go in effect until the end of the season.
8.2 If there is a trade agreement between two teams after the deadline, the agreement cannot be pulled unless agreed to by BOTH teams. For example, your trade Steve Smith for Peyton Manning after the deadline, it is put in writing and sent to the commissioner. Two weeks later, Manning gets hurt and looks like he will be out for a year, the trade cannot be nullified unless both trading teams agree the trade is to be voided. This also must be placed in writing and sent to the commissioner.
8.3 Trades can consist of players, bonus contracts, and anchors, draft choices for the following years or any combination of these. However, trades for anything other than other players will not be allowed or go in effect until the end of the year. These cannot be conducted during the season. Example, you have Peyton manning and want to trade him to someone for their #1 draft pick and an anchor. The other coach will not get Peyton until the end of the season, at which point you will receive the anchor and draft pick. Players can be traded for other player until the deadline set forth by Yahoo, anything after that will occur after season.
8.4 When you trade a
contract player, you still have that contract. Meaning, you cannot pick up a
new contract until that one runs out. Example lets use Terrell Owens and Steven
Jackson. I have Terrell Owens signed to 2 years left on his contract, if this
is 2005 then his contract expires 2007. You have Steven Jackson who is not on
contract. I trade you Owens for
9. Conduct:
9.1 All coaches will hold the up most respect for each other. Trash talk is allowed and encouraged, however, when this talk or chat becomes offensive to anyone, you will be asked to halt. If you continue, your second warning will lose your first draft pick for the following year. Your third and last warning will constitute a vote from other coaches whether to allow you to continue to play in the league.
10. Waiting
List for new players:
10.1 All coaches are encouraged to recruit new interested players/coaches every year. The commissioner will keep a “waiting list” for the next available spot. However, if at anytime, there are two new coaches on the waiting list and are willing to be competitive and play, there will be a vote to expand the league to 12 teams. If this was to occur, and the vote passed. The following year is when the new coaches will be assigned to the league. They will get the first two picks in the draft of each round making it fair for them to be competitive. The order in which they are chosen will depend on a coin flip. This will only be done their first year; however, the winner of the consolation bracket will still get the #1 pick in that year in the first round only. The following rounds beginning with round two will have the new coaches as 11th and 12th pick. Example of two new coaches added and the league expanding to 12 teams: Draft order – 1. Consolation bracket winner 2. new coach 3. new coach 4. 10th place team 5. 9th place team . etc. Round two will start 1st pick of round 2 – new coach, 2nd pick round 2 – new coach, 3 pick round 2 - 10th place team, 4th pick round 2 – 9th place team, etc, etc, etc.
11. Termination
from League:
11.1 Simple here. If you want to leave and not play anymore, have the respect to let the commissioner know. I feel it is rude. We try everything we can to not get one year dreamers in this league. If you know you are not going to like this league or feel any interest in this league, please do not join! DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME! We do not look for fillers here. If you do want to leave, please have the courtesy to let the commissioner know and do not wait until draft time to say you are not playing. This is a way never to get invited to any of our leagues again. Yes black balled! However, those of you who have played more than a year or two, we thank you for your time and you are always welcomed back. If for any reason, you cannot play for a year but can return, we will vote on a tactic to keep you alive in our system, if it comes down to the commissioner placing the best starters in your lineup every week per Yahoo rankings then so be it. We will do this every week for you for the season if you must have to skip a season, however, we will not add or remove anyone form your roster meaning if you do not have a full roster due to bye weeks, then so be it. No additions or deletions form roster will occur.
11.2 You must keep your email up to date. Please, please, please, if you know you have changed your email, please inform us of the change. If anything let the commissioner know the email if you do not want anyone else knowing. This keeps you informed of any happenings in our league. If you do not let us know of an email change, and for some reason we do not hear from you and our emails bounce back, we will assume you no longer exist in the league. Especially 60 days before the start of the season, you will be deleted from the league and a replacement will be sought. If several attempts to reach you have failed, including emails, phone calls, etc, we will exclude you from the league. If however, you contact us before the season; your name will be re-added to the stand-by list for consideration in the following year.
12. Funds
or Fees:
12.1 There are neither fees nor funds to play in this league. It is free. The purchase of stat tracker is your option. However, in the future if all teams agree to split the costs, we can always upgrade to the “plus”, which is $125 per league, as of 2008. This is not a requirement and will only be elected if ALL teams agree.
12.2 There may be times we will have to chip in at most $10 per team every now and then to purchase trophies. Any ideas are welcome to make this league ore exciting. For trophies however, there is only a $10 max limit set. We shall not ask any player for more than this amount. We should be able to get a decent trophy for this price, especially if expanded to 12 teams down the road, but with 10 teams at $10 will give us $100 for a nice trophy. Any remainder of the sums will be placed into an account and saved for future trophy purchases.
12.3 Any other ideas are welcome. Anything from trophies to T shirts, etc. There can be votes on items down the road if everyone is willing.