Bobby Layne Fantasy Football League 2002

 

Commissioner:                         Paul Stoddard

Assistant Commissioner:          Steve Fridsma

                                               

General Information

The fantasy football league consists of 12 teams. The season will consist of 13 weeks of head to head regular season and 3 weeks of playoffs. The top six teams will compete for the “Bobby Layne Trophy” in the Superbowl and the last six teams will compete for the “American Standard Trophy” in the Toilet Bowl.  The 17^th week will be a “fantasy week” where by each owner will pick an all star lineup of all new NFL players. Highest point total for Week 17 will be the winner.

 

Duties of the commissioner:

·         Organize draft day

·         Record weekly scores and distribute weekly updates to all owners

·         Receive and record weekly lineups

·         Oversee trades and/or free agent moves and rule on any discrepancies

 

Money

The total cost of this league is $40.00 per team.  All team owners must pay in the full amount to the commissioners by Friday August 9th, 2002.  If anyone is unable to abide by the requirements, please see the commissioners.

 

The following is a breakdown of the money prizes:

 

Superbowl Winner (Bobby Layne Trophy)      $120.00 + (20% of the transaction money)

Superbowl Loser                                                 $ 60.00  + (20% of the transaction money)

3^rd Place                                                                                $ 30.00  + (20% of the transaction money)

4^th Place                                                                                $ 15.00  + (20% of the transaction money)

 

16 Weekly Winners (highest point total)         $ 80.00

($5 per week)

2 Conference champs (end of season)         $ 80.00

($40 per conference)

2 Division champs (end of season)                                $ 40.00

($20 per division)

Toilet Winner (American Standard Trophy)    $ 20.00

Toilet Loser                                                          $ 10.00

Fantasy Week Winner                                        $  5.00

Playoff Challenge                                                                (20% of the transaction money)

Software                                                                                $ 20.00

Draft Day

The draft will consist of 16 rounds. Draft day is on Friday, August 9th. The draft will be S-shaped, which means even numbered rounds will go in reversed order.  Each team owner may select NFL players in any order so as to fill the following openings:

 

Quarterback                              2

Running backs                           3

Wide Receivers / Tight ends        3

Special Teams/Kickers               2

Defense                                    2

Wildcard player                          4 (any of the above)

 

Any team owner who can not attend the draft day must have a representative take their place.

 

For any NFL week when a Thursday night game does occur, the team owner is responsible for submitting a lineup no later than 6:00 pm that Thursday. All other weeks, lineups are due on 1 hour before the 1^st game of the week.

Lineups must be turn in every week even if it is the same lineup.

 

There are three different types of starting lineups (normal, wishbone, and wideout) that you can use at any time of the season.  The overtime player is not figured in your total score, its use is for ties only.

 

A starting lineup can be one of these three different formats:

           

Normal (2rbs, 3wrs)                 

Quarterback                              1         

Running backs                           2

Wide Receivers / Tight ends        3

Special Teams / Kickers 1

Defense                                    1

 

Wishbone (3rbs, 2wrs)

Quarterback                              1

Running backs                           3

Wide Receivers / Tight ends        2

Special Teams /Kickers              1

Defense                                    1

 

Wideout (1rb, 4wrs)

Quarterback                              1

Running backs                           1

Wide Receivers / Tight ends        4

Special Teams /Kickers              1

Defense                                    1

 

The defense team is not a single player, it’s the entire defense.  It scores whenever any player on that defense makes a play (sack, interception, safety, touchdown). If you have a player that is on a defense,  which scores a touchdown you do not get any points unless you have that defense.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Agents

Any player not on team list is considered a free agent and available to any team owner.  Each manager gets $100 FB (Fantasy Bucks) for the entire season. The FBs are used for bidding on free agents. The minimum bid is $5 FB. By 5:05pm on Tuesdays, each manager must submit a closed bid for a player, if they want that player. The highest bidder gets the player and pays a real $1.00 for the transaction and subtracts the FBs from his account. After Tuesday, free agents can be picked up by first come first serve basis. But a minimum of $5 FB for a player.  The cost of dropping and adding a player is $1.00 per trade. No pick-ups will be allowed after the 12^th week.

 

 

 

Trades

Trading players between 2 or more teams is allowed by contacting the commissioners. The commissioners have the right to deny any trade they feel to be unjust to the rest of the league.  Their decision may be overturned by a simple majority vote of the team owners.  Players can be trade for FBs, too. The cost of any trade is $1.00 per trade per team. No trades will be allowed after the 12^th week.

 

Dropping A Player

If a player is dropped from a fantasy team, managers must wait until the following week to pick up that player if they want him.  This allows every manager to have a chance to pick up that player if they choose to.

 

Weekly Tie Breaker

Weekly high score ties will be broken as follows

1.  Tie breaker player points scored

2.  Most touchdowns per team

If a tie still stands, the team will split the winnings.

 

Playoffs

Playoffs will begin the 14^th week. The 2 conference winners automatically advanced to the playoffs and will have a bye for the first week of playoffs.  The other 2 division winners are in and 2 wildcard teams. The 2 wildcard teams are determined by team’s record and in case of a tie refer to the ties section. The last six teams will play in the Toilet Bowl for the “American Standard Trophy”.  All teams will continue to submit lineups for weekly winner.

 

Playoff Challenge

Everyone picks a starting roster at the beginning of the playoffs. They must be submitted by noon the day before the first wild card games are played. The roster is based upon Layne FFL scoring and lineup rules. This is your roster for the entire playoffs, no revisions week to week. As long as your players' teams stay alive in the playoffs, you keep earning points for their play every week all the way through the Superbowl.

 

Ties

The following is a tie breaking scheme should two or more teams have same records at the end of the regular season.  Tied games count as half a win.

1.         Record against other team in the tie

2.         Overall record versus other teams.

3.         Total points scored throughout the entire season

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Divisions

 

 

 

Draft Order