NFFL Rules Quick Start Guide
1. TEAM COMPOSITION
A. Teams may have a maximum of 18 players signed to a contract while the roster size limitations are in effect. During the regular season, they must maintain at least enough players in the various positions to field a valid team (Bye weeks and injured players are not taken into account here).
B. Each team will have 1 injured reserve (IR) spot on their roster. A player MUST be on the NFL IR list in order to be eligible for placement into this position. The team must pay 1/2 of the player's salary while in the IR spot.
C. Teams may have no more than 2 defenses and 2 kickers.

2. STARTING LINEUPS
A. Owners can choose to field their team using either a Standard or Run & Shoot formation. Both formations require: 1 QB, 1 TE, 1 K, and 1 DEF. The Standard formation requires 2 RB and 2 WR, while the Run & Shoot formation requires 1 RB and 3 WR.
B. The procedure for submitting a starting line-up is: 1) post the line-up on the proper Broadcast Center messageboard AND 2) send an email to the Commissioner and your opponent.
C. The lineup submission deadline each week is normally Saturday night at midnight. When there's a game on Thursday, the deadline is one hour prior to the start of the game (on Thanksgiving, the FIRST game). It's IMPORTANT to note that any early deadline only applies to PLAYERS IN THOSE EARLY GAMES. Owners can submit the remainder of their lineups through Saturday night. Owners can make changes anytime up to the final Saturday night deadline.
C (1). Late submissions (or changes) will NOT be accepted without approval from your opponent for that week.
D. Failure to submit a lineup will result in the team being fielded according to the Default Lineup Card.

3. SCORING SYSTEM
A. Here are the scoring tables:

Player & Team Scoring Defensive Team Scoring
Offense (Ind) Defense (Team) Points Allowed Table Yards Allowed Table
Item Points Item Points Pts allowed Points Yds allowed Points
TD (run/rec) 6 TD 3 0 10 < 160 10
TD (pass) 4 Sack 1 2 - 3 9 160 - 179 9
Turnover -2 Turnover 3 4 - 5 8 180 - 199 8
2 pt conv 2 Safety 5 6 - 7 7 200 - 219 7
Run/rec ydg (every 10 yds) 1 TD (KR/PR) 6 8 - 9 6 220 - 239 6
Pass ydg (every 25 yds) 1     10 - 11 5 240 - 259 5
Special Teams 12 - 13 4 260 - 279 4
Item Points Item Points 14 - 15 3 280 - 299 3
Made FG Missed FG 16 - 17 2 300 - 319 2
0 - 30 yds 2 0 - 30 yds -2 18 - 19 1 320 - 339 1
31 - 45 yds 3 31 - 45 yds -1 20 - 21 0 340 - 359 0
> 45 yds 4 > 45 yds 0 22 - 23 -1 360 - 379 -1
Made PAT 1 Missed PAT -1 24 - 25 -2 380 - 399 -2
  26 - 27 -3 400 - 419 -3
  28 - 29 -4 420 - 439 -4
  30 - 32 -5 440 - 459 -5
  33 - 35 -6 460 - 479 -6
  36 - 38 -7 480 - 499 -7
  39 - 41 -8 500 - 519 -8
  42 - 44 -9 520 - 539 -9
  > 44 -10 > 539 -10

B. Players may score points in any offensive category regardless of position.
C. Defensive statistics are only derived while the defense is ON THE FIELD.
C (1). A defensive team WILL receive that team's kick and punt return TD's.
D. Homefield advantage will amount to the home team having 3 points added to their score.

4. TIE GAMES
A. When a game ends in a tie, the tie-breaker will be the combined score of the starting QB & Defense.

5. WAIVERS
A. Players may be waived at any time, except during the post-season.
B. The procedure for submitting a waiver(s) is: 1) post the waiver(s) on the proper Broadcast Center messageboard AND 2) send an email to the Commissioner.
C. All waived players will be placed on waivers for a period of one week.
D. When a player clears waivers (i.e. is not signed during the week he's on waivers), he becomes a free agent and may be signed by any team.
D (1).If a player with a salary of $1 mil + clears waivers, he becomes a restricted free agent for a period of one week with a minimum salary of 1/2 his salary upon clearing waivers. If the player remains unsigned after one week, he becomes a free agent and may be signed at or above the league minimum.
D (2). If the player is currently on the NFL IR, the player's minimum salary will be 1/2 of their salary upon being cut. Once the player is removed from the NFL IR, they may be signed at or above the league minimum.
D (3). All other players who clear waivers may be signed at or above the league minimum.

6. ACQUISITIONS
A. The free agent signing period begins August 1st and ends with the FINAL week 13 signing day (the Friday PRIOR to week 13).
B. The minimum bid on free agents is the league minimum (0.20). The minimum bid on restricted free agents is 1/2 of their salary upon clearing waivers.
C. Bids for free agents and players on waivers must be submitted to the appropriate Broadcast Center messageboard.
C (1). An auction-style format will be used for bidding on free agents. All bids will be known, not blind. Once a period of 24 hours passes without an increasing bid on a player, the player will be awarded to the team with the current high bid.
C (2). Bidding will be suspended from 8 pm Friday to 8 pm Sunday each week during the season. For bids on players not finalized by 8 pm Friday (ie, the player is not awarded), the earliest the player may be awarded is 8 pm Monday (this allows an owner 24 hours from Sunday to make a bid).
C (3). All bid increases must be done in increments of 0.05.
C (4). An owner may bid on as many players as you wish, but be aware that if you get awarded a player and you don't have the room on your roster (either from exceeding the salary cap or the roster size limit), mandatory cuts will begin as explained in the Salary Cap Mgmt section.
C (5). Players acquired prior to the deadline for submitting starting line-ups are eligible to be started that week.
C (6). An owner cannot cancel a bid currently on the board.

7. TRADES
A. Owners may make trades anytime between the NFFL Pro Bowl and the week 13 signing day.
B. Player salaries must remain the same when they are traded. However, it is perfectly legal to negotiate for an owner to pay a portion of a player's salary, even when he's on the other team.
B (1). Trades involving salary considerations must be explicitly defined.
C. Trades must leave both teams under the salary cap and with a valid team composition, except during the Roster Freedom Period. If an owner is relying on a successful acquisition to make the trade legal, and the acquisition falls through, the trade will not go through. Waiving players as part of the deal is perfectly acceptable.
D. Any number of teams may be involved in a single trade.
E. Future draft picks may be traded, and they may be traded conditional on player performance, team performance, or just about anything else. The only limitation to be placed on the trading of draft picks is that you may not trade draft picks farther than 2 drafts into the future.
F. Once an owner submits an offer to another owner, the owner who accepts the trade can simply forward that message with a note of acceptance to the Commissioner with a courtesy copy (CC) to the other involved owner. The Commissioner will accept this and process the trade.
G. Trades will be announced and go into effect immediately upon culmination.

8. POST-SEASON
A. PLAYOFFS: The 2 conference winners get first round byes with the playoff rounds occurring in the following format:
NFL WEEK 14: AFFC 3rd place at AFFC 2nd place
NFFC 3rd place at NFFC 2nd place
NFL WEEK 15: Week 14 AFFC winner at AFFC 1st place
Week 14 NFFC winner at NFFC 1st place
NFL WEEK 16: AFFC Champion vs. NFFC Champion (NFFL Fanatics Bowl)
9. SALARY MANAGEMENT
A. The salary cap is $10.00 million. The minimum salary for a player is $0.20 million.

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