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Gurupie 24 Replica NFL Fantasy
League
League Champions
2002 Indianapolis "Ref"
2003 Indianapolis "Ref"
2004 Pittsburgh "Rockafellerskank"
2005 San Francisco "StL Cards"
2006 Denver "Coldwater Coyotes"
2007 St. Louis "blackjackis21"
Commissioners:
"Ref”
refguru@gmail.com
"StL Cards" (also Treasurer)
Kes2golf@aol.com or SmithKi@mir.wustl.edu
G24 Web Site: www.angelfire.com/games5/gurupie/football.html
E-mail to all Owners:
rfsrfs@rfsrfs.football.sportsline.com
(This will also post to the league BBoard.)
I Sign Up / Pre-Season
The website will cost $65 (50% discount this year only) for the 2007 season.
We will pay it in advance and divide the cost equally by 24 owners ( $3 each). Anything extra will go toward engraving and
postage of the plaque that the champion will receive. Payment will be due to StL Cargs by 9/5/07. We have e-mailed the details (pay pal or US
Mail). Extensions only granted with prior permission from Cards. We reserve
the right to remove any deadbeats from the league.
II Draft
The 2007 Supplemental Draft is a slow draft and held on the football
standings board at rotoguru.com and/or via email beginning approx. 8/24/07. Time limits will be announced in the draft
thread.
The draft order: there will be a draft lottery for the 16 non-playoff teams
to determine the top four selections in the first round. Picks 5-16 will fall
in after that in reverse order of record; Picks 17-24 reverse of the prior
year's playoff finish. Subsequent rounds will be in reverse order of regular
season finish for picks 1-16. Picks 17-24 remain unchanged. The draft will
NOT snake. Only players currently in the CBS database are eligible to be
drafted.
Playoff Results (Reverse For Draft Order)
1st bj21's Rams
2nd Ref's Colts
3rd CT's Cardinals
4th TB's Ravens
5th thk's Vikings
6th Doug's Raiders
7th mbj's Bengals
8th Cards' 49ers
Regular Season Standings
1. Cards' 49ers 20-6
2. CT's Cardinals 19-7
3. thk's Vikings 17-9
4. bj21's Rams 16-10 2930.5
5. Ref's Colts 16-10 2541.1
6. TB's Ravens 16-10 2346.3
7. mbj's Bengals 14-12 2547
8. Doug's Raiders 14-12 2349.1
9. DS' Eagles 16-10 2701.5
10. Slizz's Bills 14-12 2278.5
11. Pete's Cowboys 13-13
12. Twarpy's Giants 12-14 2550.4
13. Coyotes' Broncos 12-14 2531.4
14. sj's Packers 12-14
2303.4
15. GO's Jets 12-14 2252.7
16. bmd's Texans 12-14
2217.7
17. mjd's Chargers 12-14
2202.9
18. Promize's Seahawks 11-15 2454.1
19. Toral's Saints 11-15 2259.3
20. CCR's Bears 10-16 2422.2
21. PD's Browns 10-16 2223.8
22. AF's Falcons 9-17
23. Yokel's Jaguars 7-19
24. SW's Chiefs 7-19 2060.3
It will be possible to end up without a QB, K or D, but unlikely. You should PLAN YOUR DRAFT
accordingly. If you end up without a QB, K or D, you have 2 choices: Pick one
up off FA/WW or trade. You may not exceed 19 players. If you make a trade
that puts you over 19, you must immediately drop (a) player(s). Your roster
must be valid to score points. You must have a healthy player in your lineup each week. No IRs or Known OUTS/inactives/Suspensions
III Roster Freeze
Each week, you must set your starting lineup. Only players in your starting
lineup will generate points. Owners may change the status (IE start or bench)
of individual players up to 5 minutes before their individual game. No
changes can be made after this time.
It is your sole responsibility to set your lineup. No excuses! No Internet,
too bad, Computer huffed, too bad. Got drunk and over-slept, too bad.
However, the commissioners do have the ability to set your lineup. If you are
away or have a legitimate excuse in advance of roster freeze (24-hour notice
preferred), you can e-mail your changes to us. No guarantees, but if possible
we will make your lineup changes. If you e-mail your request and we don’t get
it, too bad. THERE WILL BE NO RETROACTIVE LINEUP CHANGES.
Starters:
1 QB
1 WR
1 RB
1 TE
1 Kicker
1 Defense / Special Teams
2 additional from TE, RB or WR slots
1 DL
1 LB
1 DB
1 Flex-can be any DB, LB or DB
The website will give you a warning (A BIG YELLOW SIGN) if your lineup is
“illegal” It’s up to you to correct your illegal roster by freeze. An
“illegal roster” will get 0 points for the week.
There is not a Disabled List (DL).
IV Schedule / Opponents / Divisions
The regular season will last 13 weeks with two games per week. The top 8
owners will go on to the playoffs for weeks #14, #15 and #16. Week #17 is
scrapped. The top eight teams will play all 16 weeks. Furthermore, the other
16 teams will continue to play in the Wanna Be Bowl
(teams 9-16) and the Toilet Bowl (teams 17-24) until defeated.
Teams will be divided into to two major conferences (AFC & NFC) and two
divisions (6 teams each) within each conference (east/west/north/south).
The standings are formatted in head-to-head matchups.
Total points Y-T-D will be kept for the purposes of tiebreakers.
Since there are 4 divisions (east/west/north/south) of 6 teams each divided
into two confererences (AFC/NFC), you can expect
the following opponents over 26 games:
*10 games vs. teams in your division (twice each)
*6 games vs teams in your conference outside of
your division (each team 1 time)
*10 games vs teams in the opposite conference (all
but two teams)
The idea is to play all the teams in your division twice and everyone in your
conference omce to battle for the playoffs.
V Waivers/ Free Agent Acquisitions
At the conclusion of the draft, all undrafted
players will become free agents in “waiver” status. Once turned on, all
players on waivers will remain there for ONE FULL DAY (one plus days).
Waiver order will be established in the order of the supplemental draft and
will not reset each week.
An owner may make a waiver claim on any available player through the
website’s add/drop feature. If more than 1 owner claims the same player, the
player will go to the owner with the highest waiver priority [IE 3 is better
than 8]. The owner receiving the player via waiver claim will then be bumped
to waiver claim #24 and the next player is processed. This process continues
until all waiver claims are completed. At this point the remaining player
pool all become free agents and it is strictly first come, first serve.
Picking up a free agent does not affect your waiver priority. This process
repeats each week.
Note that all players used in the playoffs must be on your team for the last
game of the regular season. Therefore there are no acquisitions once the
deadline after the freeze for the last week of our regular season. i.e. No add/drops during the playoffs. Waivers/Add/Drops
will be turned off at the freeze of Week 13.
VI Trades
All trades must be submitted via the website’s offer trade feature to the
commissioners for review (trades for draft picks, or 3-way deals may be
allowed to bypass this process--please ask a commish).
Once a trade is accepted (submitted for review), it cannot be withdrawn. If
appropriate it will be approved and will go into effect immediately.
If the trade is deemed to be too lopsided [IE Joe Stud for Joe Benchwarmer]
or if collusion between two owners is suspected (i.e
trading back the exact same players to avoid each other's bye week), the
commissioners will veto the trade. The parties involved may resubmit the
trade with an explanation if they wish. The commissioner’s decision is final,
subject to Section XIII – arbitration. If the commissioner is involved in a
trade, it shall be reviewed and approved / denied by the other commissioner
if possible. If both commisioners are involved in
the trade, it will be approved, subject to league arbitration.
3 for 2 or 2 for 1 or uneven trades are allowed as long as they do not
violate roster guidelines. In the event of an uneven trade, the team getting
the extra player(s) will be responsible to drop down to the proper roster
limit. The team getting the less player(s) may fill
his roster via free agency/waivers.
The deadline for trades will be the freeze before the the
first game of week 13. For all other weeks, it will be before those player's
games. Note that if a player has already frozen that week, you may not trade
him until the following week. Also note that you should give the commishs ample time to review and approve your trade
before the freeze. Simply because you agreed to a trade before the deadline
does NOT guarantee that it can be approved before the freeze.
VII Playoffs & tie breakers
There will be 8 teams that make the playoffs. Each division winner (4) will
make the playoffs. The next 2 teams with the best records AFC (east/west divisions)
& the next 2 teams with the best records NFC (north/south divisions) will
also make the playoffs. It is possible for both wildcards to come from the
same division (IE west). If there is a tie at any level, the first tie
breaker will be total points accumulated during the year. The second tie
breaker will be most total TDs scored during the
year. The third tie breaker will be the single highest week point total.
Playoff Game Tiebreak Policy:
1st tiebreaker: Most TD's scored
2nd tie: Most TD's passing
3rd tie: Highest single scoring player
4th tie Next highest scoring player and so on
Playoff teams will be announced at the end of week #13, which is the end of
the regular season. Playoff teams will be seeded accordingly:
#1 seed = division winner with best record
#2 seed = other division winner
#3 seed = wildcard team with best record
#4 seed = other wildcard team
Seeds #1/#4 and Seeds #2/#3 will play in week #14, with the winners advancing
to meet for their respective conference championship in week #15. Each
conference winner will advance to the SuperBowl to
be held in week #16.
Runner-Up playoffs: We run teams 9-16 (Wanna-be
Bowl) and teams 17-24 (Toilet Bowl) in a single elimination version of our
Super Bowl. All stats will count but only regular season records will be
counted toward your draft order for the following year.
VIII Keepers
Returning owners will have a deadline to declare what players from their team
they wish to keep. Each owner may keep up to 9 players (D/ST is considered a
player). All “un-kept” players will go into the draft. A player MUST be in
the CBS database in order to be kept.
The only off-season transactions that will be allowed are trades (and drops
for going over max. roster size). No free agents may be picked up.
IX Prizes
A fine plaque will be engraved and shipped to the Super Bowl winner courtesy
of the previous year's winner (coyotes). The trophy will be yours to proudly
display with your other cherished mementos for 1 year. It will be the
winner’s responsibility to engrave it and ship it to the next winner.
A separate cash prize pool has also be established.
It was strictly voluntary through the 2005 Season. Now you must either be in
or out every year so managers can't pick and choose when they think they will
have a chance to win or not. Only those who participate will be eligible for
this prize. $15 USD entry must be paid to be included. The exact method of
prize distibution will vary from year to year
depending on participation. We focus payouts so it will NOT be winner take
all.
Here are the payouts for the 2007 prize pool:
We have 22 of 24 paid for a total of $330:
1st: $100
2nd: $60
3rd: $42.50
4th: $32.50
5th: $30
6th: $22.50
7th: $17.50
8th: $15
Best Regular Season Record: $10
(PD and TB have opted out of the prize pool.)
You must make the playoffs to win a prize. If PD or TB qualifies, his prize
will be given to the next in line. Everyone else will be moved up and the
unclaimed prizes will be dedicated to the plaque/shipping fund for next year.
The Pick 'ems Contest began in 2004. In this
optional contest you select which team in our league will win their matchup each week. The season will continue for all 16
weeks and we will drop your low week in the first 13 weeks. The entry fee is
$1 for the year, with winner take all. You may decide each year whether to
play or not.
X Owners
As commissioners, we reserve the right NOT to extend an invitation to any
owner to return for any reason. Primary reason for being excluded would be
abusive behavior (beyond friendly trash talk), purposeful rules violations
(colluding on a trade), inactivity (IE leaving injured players in as starters
repeatedly or repeated failure to respond to the league in a timely manner),
or failure to pay your share of league fees. If an owner is NOT invited back
next year a new owner will be recruited to take over the vacated team in its
exact state. Teams may also be replaced before or during the season if need
be. The arbitration process is not applicable to ownership issues.
XI Stats Source
CBS Sportsline.com will be the official source for stats to settle any
scoring discrepancies. The site has a “live” scoring feature. Don’t take this
literally. This scoring is unofficial. From time to time the NFL reviews a
play and changes a stat. Typically they pick up on the changes within a day
or two and make the correction automatically. If you find a scoring error,
you must report it to us before the next week’s roster freeze to investigate.
The commisioners have the ability to manually
override scores if necessary. We will however not do it once the next week’s
freeze date has passed. A commish must manually
subtract negative yards gained (over -1). We will also change scoring rulings
on defensive turnovers where the offensive team subsequently recovers the
ball again and scores a TD. These changes have never resulted in a different
weekly outcome, but it remains a possibility.
XII Voting
The Commissioners may call for a league vote for motions, rule change
proposals, etc. If the commissioners ask for a vote, then it will take a
simple majority for that motion to be enacted. If the commissioners deem a
rules proposal to be a major change, it will take a 2/3 vote for it to pass.
XIII Whining / Abuse / Activty / Unforeseen
Circumstances / Arbitration
There will be no whining. Simple. If you are unhappy with a rule or scenario,
please follow the process described below under arbitration.
Abusive owners will not be tolerated. The league has message boards, add
news, and polls. Trash talking is certainly OK, if not encouraged, but
vulgarities, threats or abusive behavior will not be tolerated (either public
or private). Abusive behavior may result in your team being removed from the
league. If you are removed from the league, there will be no refunds of
monies paid.
Activity will be monitored. Every team and circumstance is different. Not
every team will want to change their lineup every week. Not every manager
will be able to respond to every trade the same day it is proposed. Not every
manager will be able to answer emails immediately. Not every manager will
make as many transactions (add/drops or trades) as others. Albeit, if we
notice some inactivity (leaving injured players in lineup or leaving healthy
players on the bench while your lineup has bye week players in it) or it is
brought to our attention, we will inquire. Things happen in real life that is
more important than this silly game, but for the integrity of the league we
must do this. Every week is VERY important! Please understand that we are
trying to work with you to resolve the inactivity. You are expected to
respond to all trades/emails in a timely manner whenever possible. Activity
on our threads in the Rotoguru boards is required
at times of rules discussion, drafts and on certain other occassions.
Active discussions at other times is not required but appreciated by the
league. Obviously, an inquiry or a warning letter is not required before
removal.
Unforeseen circumstances do occur. Should unforeseen scenarios arise, the
commissioners will use their best judgment to settle any matters in the “best
interest of the league”
Hopefully, an arbitration process will not be needed, however, if an owner
feels that a decision (IE a vetoed trade) by one of the commissioners is
unfair, he may appeal to the other commissioner with his reasoning. If the
owner still is unhappy, he may call for a league vote to overturn the
commissioners. A general e-mail will be sent with both sides stating their
position and 2/3rds vote must be returned in favor to overrule the decision
(note: the parties involved and the 2 commissioners will not be voting). This
is the final outcome. There is no recourse. Voting will remain open for 24
hours (if reasonable) or the needed vote total is reached (14 or 7 or 2/3
vote altogether). All requests for arbitration must be done in a timely
manner--generally 24 hrs. Obviously, it can not be done once the new team has
used that player. If a commish has ANY question whether
a trade may or may not be contested by the league that is made/seen close to
the freeze, he may wait to approve it until after that week's games or he
will do his best to get input from members before approving/vetoing the move.
XIV League Records
Are updated in-season in this thread:
http://rotoguru1.com/cgi-bin/read.pl?board=footst&thread=861&last=1191368621
League web site is here:
https://www.angelfire.com/games5/gurupie/football.html
*In week 2 of 2002, there were erroneous doubling of several scores. These
teams were given wins that should have been losses while their opponents
should have been credited with the win: Bears (81.26 vs. Colts), Bengals (59.54 vs. Giants), Chargers
(54.18 vs, Rams), Jaguars (62.8 vs. Cardinals) and
Raiders (84.4 vs. 49ers). The Seahawks were doubled but still got the win
(75.58 vs. Bills). High Score for the week was Minnesota instead of Oakland. These scores have
been fixed in our Overall spreadsheet and included here:
https://www.angelfire.com/games5/gurupie/g24franchisestandings.xls
We have a spread sheet made up with all our historical scores and game
history. It is available here:
https://www.angelfire.com/games5/gurupie/football.html
XIV Traded Draft Picks:
8-21 Doug gets GO's 3rd rounder for his 6th
(Winfield)
8-24 PD gets GO's highest 2nd round pick. GO gets PD's highest first rounder. (Frye and 07
picks)
9-8 Slizz gets Ref's 3rd rounder for his 8th (Favre/Bell)
10-14 ds' Eagles get Dougs
1st for his 4th rounder. (VY/AJ).
11-2 SW Chiefs get GO's Jets 1st Round pick for his
1st Round Pick. (S. Moss,Coleman/Porter,Freeny,
Fargas)
11-9 GO acquires Toral's 2nd rounder for his 8th.
(Cutler et al/Brees, KJ et al)
11-27 Twarpys Giants receives StL
Cards' 49ers second rounder for his fifth rounder (Colts D)
11-27 SW's Chiefs receives Ref's Colts 2nd rounder for his 4th (Fargas/Rhodes)
11-27 Slizz Bills get CT's Cardinals 1st rounder
(Grant/White-Branch)
12-1 Twarpy's Giants receive bj21 1st rounder for
his 6th (K.Smith/R.Williams)
Last Updated 4/24/08
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