Here they are! The official Rules of the RAFFLE. (Raleigh Area Fantasy Football LEague. If you have a better name PLEASE GOD e-mail me!!) 1> Each team will consist of 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, and a TEAM DEFENSE. A second string will also be submitted. They will consist of any three positions and will be used, in tie-breaker fashion starting with the home team, only to try to break ties. (This is where a 2nd K comes in handy, but REMEMBER: Must be a Fieldgoal or BETTER to break the tie! NO X-PTS!!! 2> Rosters should be submitted before the first NFL game of that week. For the most part, SUNDAY, 1pm EST. Other weeks, like thanksgiving and late in the season, will be different and you will be notified. If a roster is not turned in, I will assume you want the same as last week, so if that is what you want, RELAX. I will do it for you. 3> Scoring will be done by the following methodology: TD scored : 6 pts TD pass : 3 pts Field Goal : 3 pts Extra Point: 1 pt Safety : 2 pts (team defense) SACK or INT: 1 pt (team defense) NOTE ON SPECIAL TEAMS : TD's by special teams count only if THE PLAYER who scored is on your team. NOT BY TEAM DEFENSE!! Ex. W. Byars of Philadelphia runs a punt for a TD. Team A has Byars as a back-up RB. Team B has the philadelphia Team Defense. Only Team A can score!! If no team happened to have W. Byars, NO ONE SCORES. >> Note: The six points Team A got would only apply to a tie-breaker scenario in this case, but if Team A started him, then they would earn 6 pts! NOTE ON PLAYERS WHOSE TEAM HAS THE WEEK OFF: If a player has a player whose team does not play THE FOLLOWING WEEK, he may be chosen to play, BUT HIS PERFORMANCE WILL CARRY OVER TO NEXT WEEK!! He cannot be replaced and MUST PLAY THE WEEK HIS TEAM IS OFF!!!! Weekly notes will be posted to reflect which teams must pay special attention to their line-ups! This does include a team defense who has the next week off!!!! EXCEPTION: Due to Hurricane Andrew, Miami and NE will not play their game in week 1. Instead, teams with those players will be scored WEEK 2 for NE and Miami. For example, you STARTED DAN MARINO for WEEK 1. On week 2, he throws 2 TD passes. This means you will score 6 pts FOR WEEK 1 and 6 pts for WEEK 2, if you started him for week 2. If you did not start Marino for week 1, you only get 6 pts FOR WEEK 2. Get it? This will screw up the initial standings a bit, but after week 2, it will be overwith. We felt that there was no sense waiting until week X when they would, in fact, play each other. 4> Standings, Playoffs, and the Fantasy Bowl Standings are determined by the following methodology: 1. Overall record 2. Points for 3. Points against 4. Conference Record 5. Common Opponents Record 6. Coin Toss (When All else fails!) Each team will play their division rivals 2 times (6 games) and everyone else once (8 games). The winners of the three divisions AND THE 5 teams WITH THE BEST OVERALL RECORDS are in the playoffs!! The teams will then be ranked by record (the division winner gets an automatic bye regardless of record !!) and will play thus: WEEK 15 WEEK 16 WEEK 17! --1 seed-- ---------- --8 seed-- ------------ --4 seed-- ---------- --5 seed-- --FANTASY-BOWL-WINNER --2 seed-- ---------- --7 seed-- ------------ --3 seed-- ---------- --6 seed-- 5> Trades and the supplemental draft. Earlier, I stated a 16-round draft and 2 supplemental rounds. THIS HAS BEEN CHANGED!! Now, we have trades EVERY WEEK and EACH TEAM can *add* two players to their roster anytime before WEEK 7. An add counts when you increase the current roster and can only be done twice, and BEFORE week 7!! Weekly trades are conducted for each category as follows: a. Team-to-Team trades: Ok, as long as I am informed BEFORE THE LINEUP SUBMISSION DATE! If a trade takes place and I am not informed, you may get a message like: So-and-So is NOT on your roster and cannot play. (and that position is LEFT BLANK on your lineup!!) PLEASE E-MAIL ME ASAP, OK? b. Swap with a player in the untaken pool: Each week, after week 1, A SWAP ORDER will be posted. The swap order will be that a certain team will get EXCLUSIVE CHANCE to swap in the untaken pool. If the team fails to respond by the deadline, they go to the end of the list. Here is an example: Order 1: Team # 9 : before 8 am Wednesday Order 2: Team # 1 : before 9 am Wednesday Order 3: Team # 2 : before 10am Wednesday : : Order12: Team # 4 : before 7 pm Wednesday Team 2 is doing poorly and wants to trade his DOG 2nd QB for another, say Jim McMahon. He has until 10 am Wednesday to get in his request. HOWEVER, Team 1 and Team 9 have PRECEDENCE over him, so if they make a request for McMahon before their deadline, THEY get him. If Team #1 makes a request for McMahon at 9:20 am Wednesday, THEY CANNOT GET HIM because they missed their TRADE WINDOW. This means that all the other teams will have a ch- ance to get McMahon before HE does!!! After 5 pm on Wednesday, it is 1st come, 1st served!! This trade window allows for poor teams to get in their trade requests first and hopefully this will maintain some parity in the league ... After 5 pm WEDNESDAYS, requests will be honored in order of them being received. So, If Team 4 requests McMahon at 9 pm WED then they would NOT GET HIM because Team 1 requested him EARLIER. (See previous example) Hope this is not too confusing, but it should run well after you do it once or twice! 6> Weekly posts As commisioner, I am required to post the results of each week to each of you. I have a mail alias for this! The posts will have the following format: ***************************************************************************** RAFFLE standings and stats for week # 1: NoTrump Division | #| W | L | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst | ---------------- |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------| Allen's Airballers | 1| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Atlanta Wildcats | 2| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Clydestown Cloggers | 3| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Hot Death | 4| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Spade Division | #| W | L | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst | -------------- |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------| Witchita Linemen | 5| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Ch. Bay Bombers | 6| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Drunken Bastards | 7| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Lightning | 8| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Club Division | #| W | L | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst | ------------- |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------| Troan's Trouncers | 9| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Worcester Bombers |10| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Pischke Steelers |11| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | Clydestown Cloggers |12| 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 0 | 0 | 0 | *** Stuff about this weeks games! *** This week's game scores: (Home team listed on top) # 1 000 # 3 000 # 5 000 # 7 000 # 9 000 #11 000 # 2 000 # 4 000 # 6 000 # 8 000 #10 000 #12 000 Trades and transactions: | # | Released |pos| Acquired |pos| |---|------------------------|---|------------------------|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Next week's contests: # 1 vs # 2 # 3 vs # 4 # 5 vs # 6 # 7 vs # 8 # 9 vs #10 #11 vs #12 Game of the week: Trade Order: Order 1: Team # Order 2: Team # Order 3: Team # Order 4: Team # Order 5: Team # Order 6: Team # Order 7: Team # Order 8: Team # Order 9: Team # Order 10: Team # Order 11: Team # Order 12: Team # Special notes: ***************************************************************************** Please note that the sections are in chronological order, working down to the latest events. Next week's contests and Trade order are near the bottom because they apply to the current week. The stats and trade stuff up top is from the week just played. 7> Miscellaneous Info NO MONEY IS REQUIRED TO JOIN THIS LEAGUE. If I have left anything out you deem important or have any inquiries as to the rules, please e-mail your concerns and I will answer them the best I know how. Thank you all for your participation, and here's to a good season!!