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FanEx League Rules PREAMBLE We, the People of the FanEx Football
League, in order to Promote a more perfect game, disregard domestic
tranquility, scout obscure players in faraway places, spend inordinate
amounts of money on newsstand magazines with questionable value, peer
endlessly over columns of stats, curse inaccurate injury reports, and
revel in our genius when players occasionally perform remotely near
our projections, hereby establish this Constitution as the Official
Rule book for play and effectively end this run-on sentence. *When discussing this Constitution,
"Owners" and "Members" are defined as the Fantasy
Team Owners. "Players" are the actual NFL football players. ·
Utilize all avenues available to us to fully promote the league
and its members. ·
Seek new approaches and opportunities to promote ourselves. ·
Provide an open knowledge base for the fantasy football
community. ·
Provide in-depth, timely and useful information to the seasoned
fantasy football veteran, while still promoting and encouraging the
involvement of those new to our hobby. ·
Be actively involved in the fantasy football industry and guide
it appropriately. ·
Be a catalyst for the expansion of our industry so the hobby we
enjoy can transcend generations. II. Teams and Members The FanEx Executive Committee (XC) will
make conference and division assignments. Each Conference will
be comprised of four (4) divisions made up of three (3) teams each.
Assignments to the two conferences are good for one full season. The other conference of 12 owners will
hold a live draft at a date and time determined by the XC. Each
draft will have the full pool of NFL players available to it. All
draft picks and trades will be accompanied with written analysis for
publication. 1. An owner in one in-season league may
choose to fill a vacancy in another in-season league before that
position is filled via normal owner expansion guidelines. E. Should
a primary owner leave the league for any reason, the team is NOT
automatically inherited by the co-owners. Instead, the Commissioner
will immediately contact the remaining co-owner(s) and determine if
they wish to continue membership. Should there be multiple co-owners,
one will be selected to serve as the Primary Owner. This person will
then be placed before the Committee of the Whole for a confirmation
vote. A vote by a simple majority will confirm the new owner. III. Player Drafts A. The FanEx Live Draft will be
conducted at a place and time to be established by the XC. Every
attempt will be made to provide non-drafting members and one guest
free access to the event. Transportation and living costs will be the
responsibility of the membership. Attendance at the live draft is
mandatory for members of the Live Draft Conference and optional for
members of the Online Conference. All FanEx members are strongly
encouraged to attend the Live Draft. 1. Draft order. The draft order
will be determined by random draw prior to each draft. All league
drafts will have a unique order, decided by random draw. 2. Trading during the draft will
follow the same guidelines as trading during the fantasy season. 3. The draft will consist of 20
rounds. Once a draft selection has been presented to the Commissioner,
it cannot be rescinded. B. The FanEx Analysis Draft will
be held prior to the FanEx Player Drafts. Results will be posted
at the league website and the RSFF news group. Owners will select
their teams through a serpentine style draft, using the basic FanEx
Draft format, with exceptions enforced by the Commissioner. The
exception would be the commissioner, who may not be an owner in LIVE
or ONLINE leagues. He may manage a FAD team. Individual owners within
the in-season leagues can choose to team up for the ANALYSIS DRAFT. 1. The Analysis Draft will begin
prior to May 15th at a date set by the commissioner. IV. Rosters A. The maximum roster size is 20
players. B. Position eligibility. The
final say on all roster eligibility will be what position the player
is listed as at NFL.COM. In the event of a player being listed
in multiple positions, the player is available to be inserted in the
starting lineup at any of the positions listed. In the event that a
player changes positions during the season, he may qualify to be
inserted in the starting lineup at that new position by the
Commissioner. V. Starting lineups A. All starting lineups will
consist of the following: 1 Quarterback, 2 Running Backs, 3 Wide
Receivers, 1 Tight End, 1 Kicker, 1 Defensive/Special Team, and 1
"float" player that can be either a Running Back, Wide
Receiver, or a Tight End. B. The deadline for submitting
starting lineups will one hour prior to the first NFL game each week.
A short weekly lineup analysis is to be submitted with a team's weekly
lineup. Lineups must be submitted to the Commissioner by email, voice
mail, or phone. The deadline for submitting starting lineups will be
strictly enforced. C. Default starting lineup. Each
owner may submit a default lineup to the Commissioner. It is not
mandatory. If an owner fails to submit a lineup on time for that week,
his default lineup will be used if he has submitted one. If an owner
fails to submit a lineup on time for that week and he does not have a
default lineup in place, his starting lineup from the previous week
will be used, even if some players are on bye weeks. It is the owner's
responsibility to keep the default lineup current and up to date with
regard to traded and waived players. Note: Obviously, if an owner
trades or waives a player on his default lineup and fails to update
the default lineup, he will not receive points scored by that player
if the default lineup is used. VI. Scoring Official scoring is as follows:
General Rules: Any two point conversion scored by
rushing, receiving or passing is worth two points. - NFL.COM will be
used to settle any scoring disputes. The published NFL.COM scoring
will be official and final. Notes: --Players are awarded points for a TD
regardless of their position. Example: An RB is awarded 6 points for a
rushing TD, 6 points for a receiving TD, and 4 points for a passing
TD. In the same way, a QB is awarded 4 points for a passing TD and 6
points for a rushing TD. --TDs are scored the same regardless of
the length of score. Example: An RB is awarded 6 points for a 10 yard
TD run and also awarded 6 points for a 25 yard TD run. The Commissioner will tabulate the
weekly score for the starting lineup. This will determine the winner
in the Head to Head match ups as well as provide the weekly score for
the Total Overall Points race. Scores will be posted Tuesday evening. Important
note - the three (or more) way tiebreaker will be used until only two
teams are tied, either by enough teams advancing or dropping out to
make it a two-way tie. At that point, the tiebreaker reverts back to
step #1 of the two way tiebreaker. Overall Points Season Standings VIII. Playoffs/Divisions/Schedule A. The FanEx regular season will
end after NFL week 14. Playoffs will include 4 teams and will begin on
week 15 of the NFL season. The 3 division champions will advance to
the league's playoff, seeded on their 1) W-L record, 2) Head-to-Head
results, 3) Total points scored. The #1 vs. #4, and #2 vs. #3 will
play in week 15. B. Regular season schedule will
be established by league vote. IX. Transactions A. Trades. Notes: 1. At the conclusion of trading,
roster must not exceed 16 players. B. Free Agents: You may obtain a
maximum of 2 NFL players per week who are not on any team's roster.
Free agents will be dispersed in a weekly blind auction. The blind auction will work like this: At the beginning of the season, the
Commissioner will award every Owner 100 Simoleans. Simoleans (sims)
are the official "currency" of our league. Sims are NOT real
money and have no value. Every week, by the deadline, all Owners
interested in picking up free agents must submit a 1 time
"sealed" bid to the Commissioner for that player. No one
knows what player you have bid on or the amount of your bid except you
and the Commissioner. The only stipulation is that an Owner may not
bid more sims than he has available. Once all bids are received, the
free agent will be awarded to the Owner who bids the highest. The
Commissioner will be responsible for tracking each Owner's available
sims to spend. At the end of the season, all unused sims are voided. For example: Say John Free Agent gets
hot and starts tearing it up. Owner A bids 4 Simoleans for him. Owner
B bids 3 sims and Owner C bids 12 sims. None of the Owners knows what
the other has bid. John Free Agent goes to Owner C for 12 sims. He
overpaid by 7 sims but that's too bad. Once his bid is in, he can't
change it. No one calls you and says, "Owner C bid 12, do you
want to go 13?" John Free Agent is simply awarded to the highest
bidder. Notes: 1. Your roster may not exceed 20
after you make a free agent acquisition. 1. Clearing waivers. Once a
player is waived, the Commissioner will post the waiver in the
news/transactions section of the home page. The waived player cannot
be acquired by a new team, or re-acquired by his old team, until 5
days have passed from the time the initial waiver was posted. If the
old team wishes to re-acquire the waived player, they must submit a
blind auction bid like all the other teams. For example: If a player
is waived on Friday, he is not available to be bid upon in the free
agent blind auction until Wednesday. This would push him into the
following week's auction. X. Injured Reserve XI. Player Retention XII. League Governance A. Commissioner. Our goal is to
have a very strong, yet fair Commissioner. The Commissioner is sworn
to act at all times in the best interests of the League and is vested
with the following powers: 1. Interpret the Constitution as he
sees just and fit. B. Executive Committee. There
will be an Executive Committee (XC) made up of 3 Owners. The XC
members will be determined by the XC, with assistance from Joe Bryant
and Greg Kellogg; the League Co-Founders. TC Cannon, Duane Cahill, and
Chris Rito are the 2002 season XC members. The XC will serve several
functions: 1.Serve as an appeal board for an Owner
who feels the Commissioner has decided an issue unfairly. Each Owner
will have the opportunity to appeal 1 Commissioner's decision per
season to the XC. 2.Serve as a steering committee for the
league. Decisions affecting the league will often begin with the XC. 3. Appoint member(s) to be
responsible for maintaining the FanEx web site, located at
FanExFootball.com, for the general good of the league. 4. Appoint member(s) responsible for
scheduling, chairing, and/or taking minutes of any FanEx hosted
meetings. C. Committee of the Whole. The
league Owners will function as the Committee of the Whole (CW) which
is made up of all league members, each with an equal vote. The
Committee of the Whole reserves the right to veto any decision made by
the Executive Committee with a 2/3 majority vote (with at least 2/3 of
all current owners casting a vote). Each member of the Committee as
the Whole will be charged with the responsibility of acting in the
best interests of the League. XIII. Expected Owner Conduct 1. While bragging is always a
part of some Owner's personality and is to be expected, inflammatory
or taunting acts will not be tolerated. The Commissioner will have
total authority in drawing the line between a brag and a taunt. This
will be strictly enforced. See Article XIV. "Extraordinary
Situations". 2. All league owners are
required to display promotional FanEx material prominently upon all
football related websites that they operate and/or host. 3. Once-per-month activity is
required from the membership from July to December. This may be a
written contribution of a fantasy football related article posted at
the FanEx website or a contribution to any FanEx sponsored online
activity. XIV. Extraordinary Situations A. Appealing a Commissioner's
decision. ONLY 1 APPEAL WILL BE ALLOWED PER SEASON. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Once an Owner has appealed 1 decision, all further Commissioner
decisions involving that Owner will be final with no appeal possible.
Appealing the decision of the Commissioner is a very serious action
and is expected to be a rare occurrence. The process for appeal is as
follows. 1. Owner notifies the Commissioner he
is appealing the decision. 1. 3 league Owners together or the
Commissioner may recommend an amendment. C. Reprimanding an Owner. If an
Owner is considered by the Commissioner to be conducting himself in a
manner not in the Best Interest of the League, this path is followed: 1. The Commissioner issues a warning. D. Removing an Owner. This is an
extremely serious consideration, one which the league will seek to
avoid at all costs. If it arises, this path will be followed: 1. 3 league Owners together or the
Commissioner may recommend that an Owner be removed. E. Removing a Commissioner. This
also is an extremely serious situation. If it arises, this path will
be followed. 1. 3 league Owners recommend that the
Commissioner be removed. XV. Revenue Sharing A. Advertisements on an Owner's
Team page or Owner Information Page. Each Owner will be allowed to
display an ad on his own Team page and Owner Information page. He may
charge whatever price he wishes and collect 100% of whatever he
collects for the ad. B. Advertisements on League
Pages. To eliminate duplicity, advertisements which appear on League
Pages (League Standings, News, Draft, etc.) will be obtained by the
XC. Suggestions and comments toward potential advertisers are welcomed
by the XC. The league will determine prices regarding ads. The seller
of any collected FanEx revenue will receive a 15% bonus payment.
Afterwards, all revenue will be shared equally among the league Owners
and the Commissioner. The money paid by advertisers for
League Pages will be deposited in an interest bearing bank account
controlled by the league Co-Founders. After week 16, all moneys will
be divided equally and sent to each league Owner and the Commissioner.
The league will retain no money and all taxes will be the
responsibility of each individual Owner. All advertisements (League Pages and
Team Pages) will have the following restrictions: 1. All ads will be of uniform size. XVI. Bottom Line
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