| A. | LEAGUE FORMAT |
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| | 1. The league will be known as Poker League Fantasy Football. |
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| | 2. League will consist of 10 franchises. Franchises will be aligned into two 5-team divisions. The divisions will be known as the Hold'em Division and the Omaha Division. |
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| | 3. Each team will play a 13-game regular season schedule to determine which teams advance to the play-offs. |
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| | 4. The top 6 teams will participate in the Poker Bowl Play-Offs. The remaining teams with participate in the Toilet Bowl Play-Offs |
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| B. | TEAM ROSTERS |
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| | 1. TEAM ROSTERS (20 PLAYERS + 1 OPTIONAL INJURED RESERVE) |
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| | | a. 2 Quarterbacks (QB) |
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| | | b. 2 Runningbacks (RB) |
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| | | c. 3 Wide Receivers (WR) |
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| | | d. 1 Tight End (TE) |
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| | | e. 8 extra players. Can be any QB, RB, WR, and/or TE you wish to draft. |
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| | | f. 2 Kickers (K) |
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| | | g. 2 Defensive Teams (DT) |
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| | | h. DRAFT & ROSTER LIMITS - You may draft any mix of players you wish for your 8 extra QB, RB, WR or TE's, however your drafted roster may not exceed these total limits: 5 RB's, 2 K's, 2 DT's. You may draft as many QB's as you wish, however you may not draft QB's from more than 3 different NFL teams. You may draft as many WR's or TE's you wish. Once the draft is complete, the only roster requirements which need to be followed are that your team must A) be able to field a full correct lineup each week, and B) must have exactly 2 kickers and 2 defensive teams at all times - no more/no less. |
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| | | i. INJURED RESERVE - In addition to your 20 man roster, each team will have 1 Injured Reserve spot available. For a player to be qualified to be placed on IR, he must have either A) missed the preceeding weeks game or B) be listed as "DOUBTFUL" or "OUT" on the Official NFL Injury Report for the upcoming week. Injured Reserve players may remain on IR until the week following their return to play. They may be removed prior to returning to play in any week. By placing a player on IR, you will be allowed to make a Waiver or Free Agent claim to place onto your 20 man roster (which would be at 19 players with 1 player on IR), with out dropping a player . However when moving a player from IR back to your main roster you will have to drop a player from your roster or place another player on IR. You may release a player from IR at any time with no penalty. If you do not remove a player from IR the week following that player's return to play, the player will automatically be dropped at that player's gametime for the week or Sunday at 10 AM, whichever comes first. Defensive Teams may not be placed on IR. Your IR spot may be used prior to week 1, if a player qualifies under condition "B" listed in this section. |
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| | 2. STARTING LINEUPS (10 PLAYERS + 1 OVERTIME PLAYER) |
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| | | a. 2 QB |
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| | | b. 2 RB |
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| | | c. 3 WR |
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| | | d. 1 TE |
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| | | e. 1 K |
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| | | f. 1 DT |
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| | | g. OVERTIME PLAYER - In addition to each 10 player starting lineup each team will submit a 11th starter to be used as an Overtime Player (OT). The OT player may be any offensive player (any position but a DT). The OT will only be used if the score of the game is tied in regulation. If no OT player is submitted, the 2nd Kicker on a teams roster will be the default. If a teams 2nd Kicker is on a bye week, they will receive zero points for their OT player for any week necessary. All points earned from OT players will NOT be included in weekly scoring totals. |
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| | | h. ROSTER DEADLINE - Rosters must be emailed to the Commissioner and your opponent by 8:00 AM on Sunday. If no roster is sent in, the previous weeks roster will be used. |
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| | | i. EARLY GAME RULES - There is a game on Thursday, September 8th (which is actually before the official season starts) between the Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots. Players on these teams may be placed into your starting lineup 90 minutes prior to kick off of the game (Kick Off is 6 PM). All Raiders and Patriots are ineligible to be claimed after Wednesday, September 3rd at 6 pm,. They will be eligible to be claimed beginning at the Waiver Claim period following the conclusion of all games in Week 1. |
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| | | j. EARLY GAME DEADLINE - If there are any other early games during the season (two Thursday games week 13 & three Saturday games week 16), any players playing in games on those days, must be denoted as starting or benched 90 minutes prior to kickoff of that game. |
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| | | k. MONDAY NIGHT RULE - Any players playing on Monday Night may be held out of your starting lineup submitted on Sunday, then be choosen up to 90 minutes before the Monday Night game. You will have to have an unused spot in your starting lineup to take advantage of this, and you will need at least 2 eligible players to choose from. This situation will most likely be effective for a questionably injured player where you also have that player's back-up on your roster. |
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| | 3. DRAFT |
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| | | a. DRAFT DATE - The draft will take place on Sunday, August 28th at 11 AM. Plan on a 2 hour draft on this day. The draft will take place at a place at 4129 First Ave., Apt 3A, Zip Code 92103. |
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| | | b. DRAFT LOTTERY - 1. Jason Maxwell (TB Winner), 2. Russ Prentice (TB Runner-Up), 3. Adam DeJong, 4. Stan Chin/Eugene Suk, 5. Martin Wong, 6. Jeff/Stu Hamilton, 7. Steve Zacks, 8. Ronny Mor, 9. Ben Barth (PB Runner-Up), 10. Jared DeJong (PB Champ) |
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| | | c. DRAFT ORDER - The draft will be conducted in an 20 round, serpentine draft method (1, 2, 3, …10, 10, 9, 8, …1, 1, 2...). 1. Jason Maxwell, 2. Russ Prentice, 3. Stan Chin/Eugene Suk, 4. Jeff/Stu Hamilton, 5. Adam DeJong, 6. Jared DeJong, 7. Martin Wong, 8. Ben Barth, 9. Steve Zacks, 10. Ronny Mor |
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| | | d. DRAFT REQUIREMENTS - Each team is required to fill their 20 player roster during the draft and all positions must be covered to fill at minimum a weekly starting lineup. |
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| | | e. TRADING OF PICKS - There will be no trading of draft picks during the draft. |
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| | | f. TIME LIMIT ON DRAFT PICKS - Each team will be required to make their draft picks in 90 seconds at the draft. This will not be enforced until you become a problem during the draft. This is your warning, DO NOT SLOW DOWN THE DRAFT OR YOU WILL BE PLACED ON THE 90 SECOND CLOCK DURING THE DRAFT. |
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| | | g. POSITION ELIGIBILITY - Position eligibility will be determined by these lists QB, RB, WR, TE, K, DT. If there are any questions as to the position eligibility of a player that may not be on these lists, please clarify prior to selecting the player. These lists may also be helpful in creating your draft list, as the scoring system used on the site is almost identical to ours. |
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| | 4. SCORING |
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| | | OFFENSIVE SCORING* |
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| | | a. 25 Passing Yards = 1 point per full 25 yards |
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| | | b. 10 Rushing Yards = 1 point per full 10 yards |
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| | | c. 10 Receiving Yards = 1 point per full 10 yards |
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| | | d. Passing Touchdown = 4 points |
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| | | e. Rushing Touchdown = 6 points |
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| | | f. Receiving Touchdown = 6 points |
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| | | g. Two-Point Coversion = 2 points (only the player who has the ball in the endzone receives the points, i.e. no points for QB on 2-pt conversion pass). |
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| | | KICKER SCORING* |
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| | | h. Field Goal = 3 points |
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| | | i. Extra Point = 1 point |
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| | | DEFENSIVE SCORING* |
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| | | j. Sack = 1 point |
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| | | k. Turnover = 2 points (Fumble Recovery or Interception) |
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| | | l. Safety = 4 points |
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| | | m. Defensive Touchdown = 6 points (Kick-Off, Punt, Interception, Fumble or Blocked Kick Return) |
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| | | n. Defensive Points Allowed (Shutout) = 10 points (Defense responsible for ALL points scored by opponent) |
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| | | o. Defensive Points Allowed (2-6 Points Allowed) = 7 points (Defense responsible for ALL points scored by opponent) |
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| | | p. Defensive Points Allowed (7-13 Points Allowed) = 3 points (Defense responsible for ALL points scored by opponent) |
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| | | *All Players receive points for statistics earned by Offensive or Kicking Scoring. Players DO NOT receive points for statistics earned that fall into the Defensive Scoring categories. Example: If Santana Moss (Wide Receiver on Washington) scores a Touchdown on a Punt Return, Moss receives zero points for the play, however the Washington Defense would receive 6 points. |
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| | 5. NEW PLAYER CLAIMS |
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| | | a. NEW PLAYER CLAIMS - Each team will be allowed to claim new players during the entire season. |
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| | | b. WAIVER/FREE AGENT PERIODS - There are two periods to pick up new players during each week. Claims prior to 10pm on Wednesday each week (Waivers) and claims between 8am on Thursday until 6pm on Saturday (Free Agents). The dark period from 10pm Wednesday to 8am on Thursday is to allow the commissioner to email out announcements of Waiver Claims and/or Trades. Any Free Agent claims made between 10pm Wednesday and 8am Thursday will not be honored until noon on Thursday of the week. |
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| | | c. WAIVER ORDER - All claims made before 10pm on Wednesday each week are done through a waiver order, where the last place team get their first free agent choice, and so on until the team in first place get a player*. Once a team receives a player, the move to the end of the list before they receive a second player. |
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| | | d. MULTIPLE WAIVER CLAIM LISTS - You may submit a list of multiple players each week, even if you only plan on picking up 1 player. You will need to specify how many players you want from your list(s). Example: if you need a Runningback for a week, you may submit a list of 5 runningbacks with instructions for me to pick up just 1 when it is your turn to select in the Waiver Order. You can submit multiple lists, or have me pick up multiple players from the same list. |
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| | | e. NFL IR EXEMPTION - When a player in the NFL is placed on the NFL Injured Reserve list, they are officially ruled out for the season. If this happens to a player on your fantasy roster, you will be able to make a Waiver/Free Agent claim at no charge to your claim limit. The only condition is you must drop the player on the NFL IR list. |
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| | | f. RELEASING A PLAYER - For any Waiver/Free Agent claim, a player must be released from your roster, unless a player is placed on your fantasy rosters' IR spot. |
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| | | g. NEW PLAYER CLAIM LIMITS - Teams are allowed to make up to 12 Waiver/Free Agent claims during the whole season. Be advised that the Play-Offs fall under this limit, so it would be beneficial to leave a couple claims available for the play-off weeks. (See Fees & Prizes for more info.) |
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| | | h. FREE PRESEASON WAIVERS - All preseason claims are first come - first served (no waivers). No preseason claims will be allowed after 10pm on Saturday, September 10th (All Raiders & Patriots players may not be claimed after 10pm on Wednesday, September 8th.) All preseason claims are free and do not count against your 12 new player claim limit. |
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| | | i. *PLAY-OFF EXCEPTION - During the Play-Offs, the teams in the Poker Bowl Play-Offs get first shot at all waiver claims before the Wednesday deadline. All Poker Bowl Play-Off team waivers will be processed before any waiver claims from teams in the Toilet Bowl. After the Poker Bowl waivers are processed, Toilet Bowl waivers will be processed. Free Agent claims after the Wednesday deadline will occur as normal, first come-first served. |
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| | 5. TRADING |
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| | | a. TRADES - All teams will be allowed to trade during the season. Trades may be uneven, i.e. 2 for 1, however at 8 AM on Sunday morning each team must be at the correct number of players. Teams that need to add players following an uneven trade will be charged accordingly for a free agent or waiver claim. |
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| | | b. TRADE ANNOUCEMENT - All trades need to be emailed or phoned to the commissioner by 6 pm on Thursday evenings to be processed by the upcoming weeks games. |
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| | | c. TRADE FEES & LIMITS - Teams are allowed a maximum of 1 trade per week of the regular season. All trades are free. All trades are unlimited during the preseason. All preseason trades are free for all parties involved, except for any protest fees. |
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| | | d. 3-5-7 PROTEST RULE - Trades will be announced as soon as reported. If an owner feels a trade is unfair, they may protest the trade. If a trade is protested, a vote of the teams in 3rd place, 5th place, and 7th place teams will be required. A majority is needed for either decision. If a trade is protested, and the trade is ruled valid, the protesting owner will incurred a $2 penalty, if the trade is overturned no fee with be charged. Protest are allowed on all trades during the preseason and regular season. Protests must be submitted within 24 hours of the email announcing the trade. (If any of the 3-5-7 teams are involved in the trade that is protested, the next team lower in the standings which is not involved in the deal will be substituted for the vote process. This includes all teams in the trade AND the team which made the protest.) |
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| | | e. TRADE DEADLINE - Trading will be allowed until 6 pm on Wednesday before week 10 of the regular season. |
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| C. | REGULAR SEASON (Weeks 1 - 13) |
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| | 1. SCHEDULE |
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| | | a. SCHEDULE - Each team will play a 13-game regular season schedule. |
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| | | b. SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN - Teams will play the other 4 teams in their division twice (8 games), and 1 game against the 5 teams in the other division (5 games). |
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| | 2. STANDINGS |
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| | | a. DETERMINING STANDINGS - Standings are determined by a combination of team scoring and records during the season. |
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| | | b. WINS & LOSSES - During each week, any team who records a win for the week in their head-to-head matchup will receive 10 points. The losing team in each head-to-head matchup will receive zero points. In the case of a tie (after the OT players are compared), each team will receive 5 points. |
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| | | c. TEAM SCORING - During each week, in addition to the points allocated for Wins, Losses, or Ties, each team will receive Team Points depending on their scoring points for the week. Points are allocated as follows:
Highest Scoring Team of the Week: 20 points
Second: 18 points
Third: 16 points
Fourth: 14 points
Fifth: 12 points
Sixth: 10 points
Seventh: 8 points
Eighth: 6 points
Ninth: 4 points
Tenth: 2 points |
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| | | d. STANDING TOTALS - Each week teams will receive points based on their wins and their team scoring for the week, it will be the combined point total of the two items. |
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| | | e. WEEKLY POINT ALLOCATIONS - Each week there is a possible of 30 points (10 for a win, and 20 for the team points high score). |
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| | | f. TEAM POINT TIES - Any ties in scoring for a week will result in a split of all points earned by teams involved. |
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| D. | PLAY-OFFS (Weeks 14 - 16) |
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| | 1. POKER BOWL PLAY-OFFS |
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| | | a. MAKING THE PLAY-OFFS - Six teams will make the Poker Bowl Play-Offs. The Division Winners will receive bye weeks, and will not have to play week 14. The remaining four play-off teams (Wild Cards) will be the teams that have the highest standing point totals for the season, regardless of division. |
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| | | b. PLAY-OFF SPOT TIE BREAKERS - The first tie breaker for Play-Off seeding will be Points Scored for the entire Regular Season. The second tie breaker will be best record. The third tie breaker will be head to head record. The fourth tie breaker will be most number of high score weeks. |
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| | | c. WILD CARD WEEKEND SCHEDULE - The four Wild Card teams will play in two Quarterfinal games week 14. The best Wild Card team will play the Lowest Seeded Wild Card Team, and the Second and Third Wild Cards will match up as well. The top seeded Division Winner will play the lowest seeded winner from the week 14 Wild Card gamesin week 15. |
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| | | d. HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE - Play-Off games will be purely head-to-head, with 1 modification. In each game the team which scored the most points during the season will receive an advantage. The advantage will be equal to half of the average point differential between the season totals of the two teams. Example: If Team A plays Team B in the play-offs, and Team A scored 102.5 points per game during the regular season and Team B scored 94.5 points per game, Team A would have outscored Team B by 8 points per game, resulting in a 4 point advantage during the play-off game. This will be referred to as "HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE". |
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| | | e. HOME FIELD CALCULATIONS - If your home field comes out to be 6.89 points, that is what will be used to determine the outcome of the game. |
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| | | f. PLAY-OFF GAME TIE BREAKERS - In the case of a tie in the play-offs, an OT player will be used. If still tied after the OT player is used, the team which had the scoring DISADVANTAGE will move on in the play-offs. If there was no Home Field for the game, the team which had the highest scoring player will move on, this will carry on to the 2nd highest scoring players and down the line until the tie is broken. |
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| | | g. DETERMINING THE CHAMPION - Teams will move on in the six-team play-off until 1 Champion is determined in week 16. |
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| | 2. TOILET BOWL PLAY-OFFS |
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| | | a. MAKING THE TOILET BOWL PLAY-OFFS - The 4 teams which miss the Play-Offs, plus the two teams which lose in the first round of the Poker Bowl Play-Offs will participate in a Toilet Bowl Play-Off. |
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| | | b. TOILET BOWL PLAY-OFF SCHEDULE - The 4 teams which miss the Play-Offs will play in two games week 14. The two week 14 winners will then face the two teams which lost in the first round of the regular play-offs in week 15. The week 15 winners would then face off in the Toilet Bowl week 16. There will be NO Home Field Advantages used in the Toilet Bowl Play-Offs. |
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| | | c. TOILET BOWL PLAY-OFF TIE BREAKERS - In the case of a tie in the Toilet Bowl Play-Offs an OT player will be used. If still tied after the OT players are compared, the team with the high scoring single player will move on. This will continue with the 2nd highest scoring player and so on until the tie is broken. |
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| E. | FEES & PRIZES |
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| | 1. FRANCHISE FEES |
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| | | a. Franchise Fees are $100, and can be split by any number of team owners, however for ease of space, I'd like to limit each team to to 2 owners at the draft. |
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| | 2. TRANSACTION FEES |
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| | | a. Trade Protest Fee = $2 (must lose appeal process) |
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| | | b. No other transaction fees this season, all Free Agent and Waiver Claims are free. |
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| | 3. PRIZES |
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| | | a. (13) Regular Season Weekly High Scoring Team = $10 |
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| | | b. (65) Regular Season Team Victory = $5 |
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| | | c. (1) Regular Season High Scoring Team = $25 |
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| | | d. (2) Division Winners = $50 |
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| | | e. (2) First Round Poker Bowl Play-Off Winners = $40 |
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| | | f. (1) Third Place Winner = $50 (In addition to Division Winner or First Round Winner money) |
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| | | g. (1) Poker Bowl Loser = $100 (In addition to Division Winner or First Round Winner money) |
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| | | h. (1) Poker Bowl Champion = $160 + Fees (In addition to Division Winner or First Round Winner money) |
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| | | i. (1) Toilet Bowl Winner = $20 + First Lottery Pick Selection in 2006 Draft |
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| | | j. (1) Toilet Bowl Loser = $10 + Second Lottery Pick Selection in 2006 Draft |
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| | | *The Poker Bowl Winner, Runner Up, & Third Place teams will also receive prizes for being a Divison Winner or a First Round Play-Off Winner. The minimum the Third Place team will receive is $90 ($50 for winning the Third Place game + $40 for being a first round winner). The minimum the Poker Bowl Runner Up will receive is $140. The minimum the Poker Bowl Champion will receive is $200. |
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| | 4. FUTURE SEASON LOTTERY ORDER |
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| | | a. 1. Toilet Bowl Winner, 2. Toilet Bowl Loser, 3.-8. Lottery of Remaining Teams, 9. Poker Bowl Loser, 10. Poker Bowl Champion |
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| | | b. If a team that has a future set Lottery Pick decides not to return to the league, that Lottery spot will re-enter the lottery process, and any new team(s) that join the league will be included in the Lottery. |
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| | | c. Future Draft Picks MAY NOT be used as compensation in a trade. |
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