League Rules

Active Rules

09/18/24: Draft Pick Trading (Rounds 4 - 13)

• Draft pick trading will be allowed for round 4 through 13. Rounds 1 through 3 and 14 through 16 are off limits for trading. If a trade includes one of those rounds, it will be cancelled and the trading parties will need to update their trade with eligible draft picks. 

09/18/24: Draft Rounds 14 through 16 Saved for Keepers

• Rounds 14 through 16 of the league draft will be saved for keepers placement. This prevents the draft order needing to be reversed, as was the case for the 2024 draft. 

07/28/24: League Format Change - League of Record Rules

• Choose one franchise player from your end of season roster.

  • This is who you get to keep no matter what. Among the 14 teams, everyone identifies their franchise player letting the league know this player is off-limits to everyone. There is no “keep them in the round you drafted them” rule, this player is seen as a locked-in part of your team.

• Pick three other players for the keeper lottery 

  • The keeper lottery is where you choose three other players from your previous year's roster to keep for the upcoming season. The three lottery players you select CANNOT be from the same position group as your franchise player. From those three, a random lottery determines which two you get to keep. Before the draft, each team starting with pick one will spin a wheel with their lottery players. The player randomly selected from the three keepers will be eliminated, and the owner will keep the other two players. 

• Once the franchise (keeper) and lottery players are identified, they will represent the last 3 players of your draft. All other players not selected as keepers will be eligible for anyone to draft. Keeper and lotto picks will be set/randomly selected the first week of August. If one of your keeper or lotto picks has a season ending injury after selecting and before the draft, you can select a player who is still on your roster from the previous year (The rules for Keeper positions and lotto positions still apply). Besides injury, once a keeper is picked and lottery players are set, they cannot be changed or replaced. 

08/08/22: Commissioner Executive Order -  Updated 3 Strike Rule

If you leave an out person (Out, PUP, IR, Suspended) in your starting line up, you get a strike. If you get 3 strikes. You lose a draft pick, starting with your 12th round pick. If you leave an out player in your starting line up / or ineligible player in IR again (after the original 3 strike rule), your 12th round pick will lower each time (i.e. your 12th round pick will turn into an 11th round pick loss). This can go all the way to a first round pick loss. If there are questionable strikes (i.e. last second out player), league members can send the commissioner a message to appeal to have their strike removed. 

8/30/21: New Last Place Finish Rule for 2021

The person who finishes last in the league will become the beer bitch for an entire year to every league member. The beer bitch will have to grab any league member a beer/drink when requested. If the beer bitch does not do their duty, the punishment is a loss of a draft pick specified by a league vote. 

7/15/21: Regular Season will now be 14 Games 

With the NFL going to 17 games, we will now be moving away from 13 regular season fantasy games to 14. Playoffs will remain the same length.

7/14/21: Commissioner Executive Order - League fees move from $75 to $100

Starting with the 2021 season, league fees will be moving from $75 to $100 dollars. This will be the new entrance fee going forward, unless increased by vote or executive order in the future.

2/12/21: Continued Snake Draft for 2021 Season

Snake draft format will be continued for the 2021 season and on, unless voted on again after the 2021 season. 

8/10/19: Draft Order Change ---- Passed

6 teams make consolation bracket & 6 make playoffs (same as today) The way they finish after playoffs is the order they pick their draft spot. Winner of consolation bracket would get first choice of draft position the next year. After the first pick, we continue down the consolation bracket. Then the two teams that miss playoffs go next (13th place then 14th). Then 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st. So in every game your incentive is to win, regardless of bracket. (Admins) Keep in mind, the toilet bowl on sleeper is a reverse consolation bracket, so order needs to be carefully looked at when applying these rule. 

12/1/16: Week 11 Trade Deadline ---- Passed

Week 11 will serve as the deadline for player trades between owners. 

8/4/16: Remove Conferences/Top 6 Overall Teams Make Playoffs ---- Passed

Starting with the 2016 season and onward, there will be no conferences and only one 14 team leader board. Top six teams at the end of the season will make the playoffs. 

3/1/16: Add an Extra Bench Spot to Each Team ---- Passed

Starting with the 2016 season and onward, each owner will have their bench increase from 6 to 7 available bench seats. 

3/1/16: Post Season Wins

Only winner's bracket wins will count towards the post season overall record. Consolation bracket, 3rd and 5th place game wins will not count towards the overall post season record. 

8/3/15: Waiver Acquisition Budget (150 Points) Replacing Wavier Wire by League Ranking ---- Passed

Starting with the 2015 season and onward, owners will start with a 150 point budget they will use to bid on free agents. Free agent bidding starts Tuesday and ends Wednesday at midnight every week. The owner who bids the most points will acquire the free agent. If an owner runs out of points, they can still try to acquire a player with a 0 point bid but will lose if another owner bids with actual points. 

3/1/13: Expand League from 12 Teams to 14 Teams ---- Passed

The league will expand from 12 teams to 14 teams starting with the 2013 season and onward. 

Retired Rules

8/30/21: Keeper is Optional - Expired 07/28/24

Keepers are optional, so if you do not want one, you can opt out of having one. If you have already chosen a keeper and they get hurt, you can opt out of having that keeper (Pre-Draft) on your team (you cannot replace your keeper with another keeper if you opt out).

7/15/21: Commissioner Executive Order -  New teams redraft their entire roster. No keepers their first year. Expired 7/28/24

All new teams replacing an existing team will redraft their entire roster and not be able to keep a player from the previous owner's roster. After a new members first year is over, they will be allowed to keep a player from the roster they drafted, as long as the keepers rule is still in place.

10/22/20: Commissioner Executive Order -  3 Strike Rule for Unfilled Rosters (Retired)

If an owner fails to fill out their roster each week, they will receive 1 strike. If you receive 3 strikes in one season, you will be removed from the league following the season's conclusion. Strikes include starting the following: Bye Week, IR, Out, Suspended, or COVID Players. 

07/28/20: (COVID-19 Rule, only applies to 2020 season) (Retired)

If season is less than 10 games, full refund and a completely new draft order is chosen for 2021 (auction).

07/23/20: (COVID-19 Rule, only applies to 2020 season) (Retired)

If season is more than 10 games but no playoffs, best record wins. Tie-Breaker will be most points scored. Winner receives full payout of funds.

12/5/19: Eliminate Draft Pick Trading ---- Passed (Retired 07/28/24)

Teams will no longer be able to trade their draft picks. Only player trades will be allowed. 

12/5/19: Reintroduce Keepers into the League ---- Passed (Retired 07/28/24)

Keepers will return in the 2021 season. The keeper has to be someone who you drafted and is on your roster at the end of the season. You lose a pick in next years draft at the place where you drafted your keeper in the previous year. The same keeper can only be kept for two consecutive seasons, not counting the season they were originally drafted. 

8/9/19: League Buy-in Amount ---- Passed (Retired)

League fees were set to $75. 

12/12/2018: Remove Keepers ---- Passed (Retired)

Owners will no longer be able to keep a player from one year to the next. 

8/18/18: Last Place Finish Punishment ---- Passed (Retired)

The team that finishes in last place will buy the first place finisher a bottle of alcohol of the winners choice. 

3/1/16: Add Defensive Player ---- Passed (Expired 07/29/2024)

Starting with the 2016 season and onward, defensive player will be slot added to each team. 

11/18/14: Keeper Rule ---- Passed (Expired 07/28/24)

Starting with the 2015 season and onward, owners will select a player as their keeper for the next season. The keeper must be a player you originally drafted and was present on your team at the end of the year. Your keeper will be drafted at the same draft spot you chose the player at the previous year.