Extreme Football Constitution

The Dynasty Challenge – Extreme Football is a hardcore 32 team dynasty football league. The league will be hosted on Fantrax and all league fees and payouts will be administered through Fantrax Treasurer.

 Franchise Fees & Payouts

Franchise fees will be $56 per season ($50 entry fee plus $6 for league administration fees). All teams will be locked for offseason activities until franchise fees are paid. Payouts will be as follows:

1st Place (Super Bowl Champion) $500
2nd Place (Super Bowl Runner-up) $250
Playoff Win $25 x 12
Playoff Berth $25 x 14
1st Round Bye $100 x 2

 League Setup

AFC EAST AFC NORTH AFC SOUTH AFC WEST
Buffalo Bills Baltimore Ravens Houston Texans Denver Broncos
Miami Dolphins Cincinnati Bengals Indianapolis Colts Kansas City Chiefs
New England Patriots Cleveland Browns Jacksonville Jaguars Los Angeles Chargers
New York Jets Pittsburgh Steelers Tennessee Titans Oakland Raiders
       
NFC EAST NFC NORTH NFC SOUTH NFC WEST
Dallas Cowboys Chicago Bears Atlanta Falcons Arizona Cardinals
New York Giants Detroit Lions Carolina Panthers Los Angeles Rams
Philadelphia Eagles Green Bay Packers New Orleans Saints San Francisco 49ers
Washington Redskins Minnesota Vikings Tampa Bay Buccaneers Seattle Seahawks

 Roster

Positions # Of Active Roster Spots Max (Position Limits) Max Draft (Initial Draft)
QB 1 3 3
RB 1 6 5
WR 2 7 6
TE 1 4 3
W/R/T 3    
DE 2 5 4
DT 1 3 3
LB 3 6 6
CB 2 5 4
S 2 5 4
K 1 2 1
P 1 2 1
BENCH 23    
PRACTICE SQUAD 10    
IR 5    

Players with less than 16 games played in their career are eligible to be held on the Practice Squad. Players that are on the Practice Squad do not count against the Max Position Limits.

 Scoring

Passing Yards 0.04 Safety 10
Completions 0.25 Defensive TD 6
Passing TDs 4 Passes Defended DE/DT = 3, LB = 4, CB = 5, S = 4
Interceptions -3 Sacks 4
Rushing Yards 0.10 (+3 @ 100 yards) Fumble Recovery Yards 0.1
Rushing Attempts 0.1 Interception Yards 0.1
1st Downs Rushing 0.5 Sack Yards 0.1
Rushing TDs 6 Stuffs 3
Receiving Yards 0.10 (+3 @ 100 yards) Punt Yards 0.02
Receptions WR = 1.25, RB = 0.75, TE = 1.5 Punt Inside 20 2
1st Downs Receiving 0.75 Touchbacks 1
Receiving TDs 6 PAT 1
Two Point Conversion 2 FG 0 – 29 3
Fumbles Lost -2 FG 30 – 39 4
Tackles (Assisted) DE/DT = 1.5, LB = 1, CB = 1.5, S = 1 FG 40 – 49 4
Tackles (Solo) DE = 3, DT = 3.5, LB = 1.75, CB = 2.75, S = 2 FG 50+ 5
Tackles for Loss DE = 3, DT = 3.5, LB = 2.5, CB = 3, S = 2.5 Missed FG / PAT -2
Blocked Kick / Punt 5 Kickoff / Return Yards 0.1
Forced Fumbles 3    
Fumble Recovery 5    
Interception 5    

 Inaugural Draft

The Inaugural Draft will run on Fantrax and will be a standard snake draft which will go 40 rounds. The initial draft order will be randomly selected. Eligible players will be any player who is signed to a professional contract. All drafted players will be assigned a “FRANCHISE” contract. During the initial draft there will be no trading. Since this will be a very long draft, trading of picks will only slow the process, this will force franchise owners to focus on drafting. (Don’t worry, once the draft is complete anything is on the table for trading!). The draft will run from 9:00am EST until 12:00am EST then, the clock will pause until the next day (owners may continue to make picks but clock will be stopped overnight). Each pick will have a 3 hour time limit. It is important to keep the draft moving, so please make good use of your player queue.

As this is an extremely deep league, it is important to keep the league competitive and one way to help this is to create balance. The QB, K, and P positions could cause some issues if every team did not have a chance to draft these players and be in position to field a full team each week. Therefore, no team will be allowed to draft a 2nd QB until all of their starting offensive positions are full (RB, WR, WR, TE, RWT, RWT, RWT). This should allow teams ample time to draft a QB while not having to chase a run at the expense of passing up elite talent at other positions in the early part of the draft. As far as Kickers and Punters, for the draft only, the roster max will be reduced from 2 to 1, allowing all teams to start the season with those positions filled. At the conclusion of the draft the roster max will be increased to 2 so teams can work the waiver wire, rookie drafts, and trades if they want to build up some depth with those positions.

In an effort to standardize and put some control around initial player contracts, each drafted player will have a predetermined base salary. The salary will be determined by their position (QB, FLEX (WR,RB,TE), DEF, & Special Teams) as well as draft position ranking. Managers will then be able to set contract lengths for each player drafted ranging from 1 – 5 years with following restrictions:

Initial Contracts

Contract Length # of Contracts (Offense) # of Contracts (Defense) # of Contracts (Special Teams)
5 Year Contract 4 4 1
4 Year Contract 3 4 1
3 Year Contract 4 5 1
2 Year Contract 3 4 1
1 Year Contract 4 4 1

Initial Salaries

QB Draft Position Salary Flex Draft Position Salary Defense Draft Position Salary Special Teams Draft Position Salary
1 $33,000,000 1 $18,000,000 1 $24,000,000 1 $5,000,000
2 $32,000,000 2 $17,500,000 2 $23,000,000 2 $4,750,000
3 $31,000,000 3 $17,000,000 3 $22,000,000 3 $4,500,000
4 $30,000,000 4 $16,750,000 4 $21,000,000 4 $4,250,000
5 $29,000,000 5 $16,500,000 5 $20,000,000 5 $4,000,000
6 $28,000,000 6 $16,250,000 6 $19,000,000 6 $3,750,000
7 $27,000,000 7 $16,000,000 7 $18,000,000 7 $3,500,000
8 $26,000,000 8 $15,750,000 8 $17,500,000 8 $3,250,000
9 $25,000,000 9 $15,500,000 9 $17,000,000 9 $3,000,000
10 $24,000,000 10 $15,250,000 10 $16,750,000 10 $2,900,000
11 $23,000,000 11 $15,000,000 11 $16,500,000 11 $2,800,000
12 $22,000,000 12 $14,750,000 12 $16,250,000 12 $2,700,000
13 $21,000,000 13 $14,500,000 13 $16,000,000 13 $2,600,000
14 $20,000,000 14 $14,250,000 14 $15,750,000 14 $2,500,000
15 $19,000,000 15 $14,000,000 15 $15,500,000 15 $2,400,000
16 $18,000,000 16 $13,750,000 16 $15,250,000 16 $2,300,000
17 $17,000,000 17 $13,500,000 17 $15,000,000 17 $2,200,000
18 $16,000,000 18 $13,250,000 18 $14,900,000 18 $2,100,000
19 $15,000,000 19 $13,000,000 19 $14,800,000 19 $2,000,000
20 $14,000,000 20 $12,750,000 20 $14,700,000 20 $1,900,000
21 $13,000,000 21 $12,500,000 21 $14,600,000 21 $1,800,000
22 $12,000,000 22 $12,250,000 22 $14,500,000 22 $1,700,000
23 $11,000,000 23 $12,000,000 23 $14,400,000 23 $1,600,000
24 $10,00,000 24 $11,750,000 24 $14,300,000 24 $1,500,000
25 $9,000,000 25 $11,500,000 25 $14,200,000 25 $1,400,000
26 – 29 $8,000,000 26 $11,250,000 26 $14,100,000 26 $1,300,000
30 – 34 $7,000,000 27 $11,000,000 27 $14,000,000 27 $1,200,000
35 – 38 $5,000,000 28 $10,750,000 28 $13,900,000 28 $1,100,000
39 – 41 $4,000,000 29 $10,500,000 29 $13,800,000 29 $1,000,000
42 – 44 $3,000,000 30 $10,250,000 30 $13,700,000 30 – 39 $750,000
45 – 48 $2,000,000 31 $10,000,000 31 $13,600,000 40+ $500,000
49 – 75 $1,000,000 32 $9,900,000 32 $13,500,000    
76+ $750,000 33 $9,800,000 33 $13,400,000    
    34 $9,700,000 34 $13,300,000    
    35 $9,600,000 35 $13,200,000    
    36 $9,500,000 36 $13,100,000    
    37 $9,400,000 37 $13,000,000    
    38 $9,300,000 38 $12,900,000    
    39 $9,200,000 39 $12,800,000    
    40 $9,100,000 40 $12,700,000    
    41 $9,000,000 41 $12,600,000    
    42 $8,900,000 42 $12,500,000    
    43 $8,800,000 43 $12,400,000    
    44 $8,700,000 44 $12,300,000    
    45 $8,600,000 45 $12,200,000    
    46 $8,500,000 46 $12,100,000    
    47 $8,400,000 47 $12,000,000    
    48 $8,300,000 48 $11,900,000    
    49 $8,200,000 49 $11,800,000    
    50 $8,100,000 50 $11,700,000    
    51 $8,000,000 51 $11,600,000    
    52 $7,900,000 52 $11,500,000    
    53 $7,800,000 53 $11,400,000    
    54 $7,700,000 54 $11,300,000    
    55 $7,600,000 55 $11,200,000    
    56 $7,500,000 56 $11,100,000    
    57 $7,400,000 57 $11,000,000    
    58 $7,300,000 58 $10,900,000    
    59 $7,200,000 59 $10,800,000    
    60 $7,100,000 60 $10,700,000    
    61 $7,000,000 61 $10,600,000    
    62 $6,900,000 62 $10,500,000    
    63 $6,800,000 63 $10,400,000    
    64 $6,700,000 64 $10,300,000    
    65 $6,600,000 65 $10,200,000    
    66 $6,500,000 66 $10,100,000    
    67 $6,400,000 67 $10,000,000    
    68 $6,300,000 68 $9,900,000    
    69 $6,200,000 69 $9,800,000    
    70 $6,100,000 70 $9,700,000    
    71 $6,000,000 71 $9,600,000    
    72 $5,900,000 72 $9,500,000    
    73 $5,800,000 73 $9,400,000    
    74 $5,700,000 74 $9,300,000    
    75 $5,600,000 75 $9,200,000    
    76 $5,500,000 76 $9,100,000    
    77 $5,400,000 77 $9,000,000    
    78 $5,300,000 78 $8,900,000    
    79 $5,200,000 79 $8,800,000    
    80 $5,100,000 80 $8,700,000    
    81 $5,000,000 81 $8,600,000    
    82 $4,900,000 82 $8,500,000    
    83 $4,800,000 83 $8,400,000    
    84 $4,700,000 84 $8,300,000    
    85 $4,600,000 85 $8,200,000    
    86 $4,500,000 86 $8,100,000    
    87 $4,400,000 87 $8,000,000    
    88 $4,300,000 88 $7,950,000    
    89 $4,200,000 89 $7,900,000    
    90 $4,100,000 90 $7,850,000    
    91 $4,000,000 91 $7,800,000    
    92 $3,900,000 92 $7,750,000    
    93 $3,800,000 93 $7,700,000    
    94 $3,700,000 94 $7,650,000    
    95 $3,600,000 95 $7,600,000    
    96 $3,500,000 96 $7,550,000    
    97 $3,400,000 97 $7,500,000    
    98 $3,300,000 98 $7,450,000    
    99 $3,200,000 99 $7,400,000    
    100 $3,100,000 100 $7,350,000    
    101 $3,000,000 101 $7,300,000    
    102 $2,950,000 102 $7,250,000    
    103 $2,900,000 103 $7,200,000    
    104 $2,850,000 104 $7,150,000    
    105 $2,800,000 105 $7,100,000    
    106 $2,750,000 106 $7,050,000    
    107 $2,700,000 107 $7,000,000    
    108 $2,650,000 108 $6,950,000    
    109 $2,600,000 109 $6,900,000    
    110 $2,550,000 110 $6,850,000    
    111 $2,500,000 111 $6,800,000    
    112 $2,450,000 112 $6,750,000    
    113 $2,400,000 113 $6,700,000    
    114 $2,350,000 114 $6,650,000    
    115 $2,300,000 115 $6,600,000    
    116 $2,250,000 116 $6,550,000    
    117 $2,200,000 117 $6,500,000    
    118 $2,150,000 118 $6,450,000    
    119 $2,100,000 119 $6,400,000    
    120 $2,050,000 120 $6,350,000    
    121 $2,000,000 121 $6,300,000    
    122 $1,975,000 122 $6,250,000    
    123 $1,950,000 123 $6,200,000    
    124 $1,925,000 124 $6,150,000    
    125 $1,900,000 125 $6,100,000    
    126 $1,875,000 126 $6,050,000    
    127 $1,850,000 127 $6,000,000    
    128 $1,825,000 128 $5,950,000    
    129 $1,800,000 129 $5,900,000    
    130 $1,775,000 130 $5,850,000    
    131 $1,750,000 131 $5,800,000    
    132 $1,725,000 132 $5,750,000    
    133 $1,700,000 133 $5,700,000    
    134 $1,675,000 134 $5,650,000    
    135 $1,650,000 135 $5,600,000    
    136 $1,625,000 136 $5,550,000    
    137 $1,600,000 137 $5,500,000    
    138 $1,575,000 138 $5,450,000    
    139 $1,550,000 139 $5,400,000    
    140 $1,525,000 140 $5,350,000    
    141 $1,500,000 141 $5,300,000    
    142 $1,475,000 142 $5,250,000    
    143 $1,450,000 143 $5,200,000    
    144 $1,425,000 144 $5,150,000    
    145 $1,400,000 145 $5,100,000    
    146 $1,375,000 146 $5,050,000    
    147 $1,350,000 147 $5,000,000    
    148 $1,325,000 148 $4,900,000    
    149 $1,300,000 149 $4,800,000    
    150 $1,275,000 150 $4,700,000    
    151 $1,250,000 151 $4,600,000    
    152 $1,225,000 152 $4,500,000    
    153 $1,200,000 153 $4,400,000    
    154 $1,175,000 154 $4,300,000    
    155 $1,150,000 155 $4,200,000    
    156 $1,125,000 156 $4,100,000    
    157 $1,100,000 157 $4,000,000    
    158 $1,075,000 158 $3,900,000    
    159 $1,050,000 159 $3,800,000    
    160 $1,025,000 160 $3,700,000    
    161 – 200 $1,000,000 161 $3,600,000    
    201 – 250 $900,000 162 $3,500,000    
    251 – 300 $800,000 163 $3,400,000    
    301 – 350 $750,000 164 $3,300,000    
    351 – 375 $600,000 165 $3,200,000    
    376+ $500,000 166 $3,100,000    
        167 – 171 $3,000,000    
        172 – 176 $2,750,000    
        177 – 181 $2,500,000    
        182 – 186 $2,250,000    
        187 – 216 $2,000,000    
        217 – 246 $1,750,000    
        247 – 276 $1,500,000    
        277 – 306 $1,250,000    
        307 – 336 $1,000,000    
        337 – 366 $750,000    
        367+ $500,000    

 Regular Season Schedule

The regular season will run 13 weeks and mirror the spirit of the NFL schedule with each team playing their division opponents twice, two matchups with each other division in their conference and one matchup with each out of conference division. Division matchups will take place during non-BYE weeks in order to allow teams to be at full strength when they are playing their most important matchups.

 Playoff Schedule

 Salary Cap

There will be a salary cap which will match the NFL salary cap each season. The salary cap will be used for signing players to contracts and any unused cap space will be used to sign free agents and make in-season waiver claims.

Year  Salary Cap 
2019  $        188,200,000
2020  $        198,200,000
2021  $        182,500,000
2022  $        208,200,000
2023  $        224,800,000
2024  $        255,400,000

 Contracts

  • “ROOKIE” Contracts – will be assigned to players drafted in the annual Rookie Draft and will be based on draft position. Each ROOKIE Contract will be a 4-year deal. Each season the players’ salary will increase by 10% during their ROOKIE Contract. At the end of 4th year, teams will be able to offer 1 player on an expiring ROOKIE deal an upgrade to a FRANCHISE Contract.

Rookie Contract Starting Salaries

*uses real life player’s total salary (salary and signing bonus) divided by 4 and apply to player drafted in same pick

1st Round Draft Pick Values

  • “RESTRICTED FREE-AGENT” Contract – will be assigned to a player coming off their ROOKIE Contract who was given a Qualifying Offer. Players who were upgraded to a FRANCHISE Contract are not eligible. Once a tender offer is made by the original team, other managers can make bids on the Restricted Free-Agent Pool, this will be done via open bidding during the Restricted Free Agency Period. At the conclusion of the period the original team will have the option to match the highest bid, or give up the rights to the highest bidder at which point the winning team must give the stated compensation to the original owner. Bidding owners must have a draft pick of equal or greater value in the current season in order to make an eligible bid. Owners can make the following type of tenders (Salaries based on NFL Tender values):

    • 1st Round Tender – $6,820,000 or 110% of salary whichever is higher

    • 2nd Round Tender – $4,890,000 or 110% of salary whichever is higher

    • Original Round Tender – $3,116,000 or 110% of salary whichever is higher

    For players that were bid on during Restricted Free Agency, they will be signed to a 3 year RFA deal. If a player who was extended a qualifying offer is not bid on during this period, they will play on a 1 year RFA deal at the qualifying offer amount. At the conclusion of a RESTRICTED FREE AGENT deal you can either use your FRANCHISE TAG or the player becomes an UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT.

  • “FRANCHISE TAG” Contract – will be able to be used by a Franchise as a way to protect their top players. A team may elect to place one FRANCHISE TAG on an expiring ROOKIE, RESTRICTED FREE AGENT, or player on a FRANCHISE TAG contract each season. A single player may be given a FRANCHISE TAG up to 3 times. If a team does not extend an additional Tag or after the 3rd Tag the player will become an unrestricted FREE-AGENT. At the completion of a FRANCHISE TAG contract teams are able to work out a long term FRANCHISE deal with ONE tagged player on a 3 year deal at 200% of current salary, 4 year deal at 175% of current salary, or 5 year deal at 150% of salary. You may only use a Tag once per season and owners will have their choice of the type of tag to apply:

    • “EXCLUSIVE” – 1-year contract equal to average of top 5 salaries at the player’s position or 120% for 2nd time tag and 144% for 3rd time tag of player’s current contract, whichever is higher.

    • “NON-EXCLUSIVE” – 1-year contract equal to average of top 10 salaries at the player’s position or 120% for 2nd time tag and 144% for 3rd time tag of player’s current contract, whichever is higher. These players will be able to be bid on by other owners via open bidding during the Restricted Free Agency Period. At the conclusion of the period the original team will be able to either match the highest bid or give up the rights to the highest bidder at which point the winning team must give up two 1st round draft picks as compensation, can be from any season but one of the picks must be from your nearest draft.

  • “FREE-AGENT” Contract – will be assigned to a player who is signed during off-season free agency. Each offseason teams will be able to resign ONE expiring FREE AGENT contract to a FRANCHISE contract between 3 and 5 years.

    • 5 Year extension 110% increase

    • 4 year extentsion 115% increase

    • 3 year extension 120% increase

  • “WAIVER” Contract – will be assigned to a player who is claimed from waivers during the season. Only players who are not currently rostered and have at least 1 career game played are eligible. Players who are on Injured Reserve are not eligible to be claimed. Owners are able to bid on all eligible unlocked players daily and claims will be processed daily prior to game day. Once a game starts that player is locked and any claim for a locked player will be processed on Wednesday morning. Winning bid will become player’s salary for remainder of the season. Owners may convert 1 WAIVER contract at the end of the season to a 2-year FREE-AGENT contract at 120% of current salary.

  • “FRANCHISE” Contract – will automatically be assigned to all players drafted in the inaugural draft. Initial contract values and length are predetermined and based on draft position. Upon the conclusion of each season an owner may extend 4 expiring FRANCHISE contracts, from 1 to 5 years. The player’s salary will be based on their ending salary of their previous contract and length of new deal. The total amount of years an owner can give out with these extensions can be no more than 12 total. In addition to the initial designated FRANCHISE contracts, an owner will be able to upgrade an expiring ROOKIE Contract to a Franchise Contract each season.

    • 5 year extension 110% increase

    • 4 year extension 115% increase

    • 3 year extension 120% increase

    • 2 year extension 125% increase

    • 1 year extension 130% increase

 Contract Buyouts

All contracts are guaranteed except ROOKIE Contracts for those rookies who were drafted in round 3 or later (designated as ROOKIE-3, ROOKIE-4 or ROOKIE-5). If a player with a non-guaranteed contract is dropped during the off-season window the owner will no longer be responsible for the contract. If a player with a non-guaranteed contract is dropped during the season the owner will be responsible for 100% for the current season and future seasons will be eliminated (Manager must request relief for future seasons as it is not automatically tracked).

For players who are on Guaranteed Contracts the owner will be responsible for the player’s entire salary if dropped during the season (current and future season’s salary). Each offseason there will be a window where teams can negotiate a buyout. The cap relief applies ONLY to the LAST season of a players deal, so if a buyout is reached the owner is responsible for 100% of a player’s salary until the final season of the deal at which point they will get some cap relief based on the players salary.

Player Salary Cap Relief
< $1,000,000 100%
$1,000,000 – $2,499,999 $500,000
$2,500,000 – $4,999,999 $1,000,000
$5,000,000 – $9,999,999 $2,500,000
$10,000,000+ $5,000,000

Special Retirement Clause - for players on a FRANCHISE contract only, if a player officially has retired from the NFL you can request that their contract be voided. This clause can also be utilized in the event that a player passes away no matter what type of contract they are on.

 

 Rookie Draft

Each year there will be a 5 round rookie draft. The Draft order will be determined by the previous season’s standings in reverse order. Eligible players will be anyone drafted in the current season’s NFL Draft or undrafted players from current season’s draft class who have been signed to a deal. All drafted players will be assigned an initial “ROOKIE” Contract. Any player with a ROOKIE Contract who has played in 16 games or less will be eligible to be held on the Practice Squad. Their salary will still count but the player will not count towards the Maximum Position limit. This will allow owners to develop their drafted rookies but not use up valuable roster spots for those players who may not get the opportunity to play right away. A lottery is done for the first 4 picks, then will be based on reverse order of standings after that.

Previous Season Finish % Odds of 1st Pick
32nd Place 15%
31st Place 15%
30th Place 15%
29th Place 10%
28th Place 10%
27th Place 7%
26th Place 7%
25th Place 5%
24th Place 5%
23rd Place 3%
22nd Place 1%
21st Place 1%
20th Place 1%
19th Place 1%
18th Place 1%
17th Place 1%
16th Place 1%
15th Place 1%

 Free Agency

Each season during the off-season there will be a Free-Agency period. During the first phase of Free-Agency team owners will be able to resign their own players. At the beginning of the Free-Agency period owners will be sent their eligible players and contracts. Once decisions are made on which players will be re-signed an owner will post their extensions on the League Message Board under the appropriate thread. Teams will not be allowed to go over the salary cap to resign their players. Any players that go unsigned will be entered into the general Free Agency pool.

Phase two of Free Agency will be where all owners can bid on eligible Free Agents. An announcement will be made regarding the dates where this phase will open up. Owners will then submit their blind bids on the Free Agents they choose to bid on. The winning bid will go to the highest bidder and become the player’s salary on a 3 year deal. Bids will be processed twice per week during the Free Agency period.

 Practice Squad

During the season players held on your practice squad can be claimed by other teams but with protection. The intent behind this is to prevent teams from hoarding extra players if there are teams who could use them on their active roster. If another team wants to claim a player who is held on someone else’s practice squad they may do so by posting on the “Practice Squad Claims” thread, but if they do put in a claim the original team has the option to keep their player by promoting them to their active roster OR accept compensation in the form of a draft pick from the claiming team. The draft pick is based on the player’s draft slot:

If an owner chooses to keep the player, they must promote the player to their active roster and they must stay there moving forward (the player’s minor league eligibility will be removed). If multiple teams put a claim on the same player, the priority will go to the team with the worst record, with total points as a tie breaker. These types of claims will not start until after week 1. All compensation picks will be for the next Rookie Draft. If you do not have the required draft picks to give away, you may send a better pick than what is required, or picks for the following Rookie Draft that amount to the equivalent FPV with one of the picks must being equal or better than what was required. (Example: required compensation is a Round 4 pick, claiming team may send a 3rd round pick from current season or a 4th and 5th round pick the following season)

 Special Teams

In order to standardize special teams contracts and prevent bidding and salaries that are unrealistic and a long-term detriment to the league as well as setting unreasonable price tags for these positions that are extremely scarce and volatile year to year we will implement a system similar to practice squad claims for Special Teams players (Kickers & Punters). Each team will be able to designate 1 kicker and 1 punter as protected, these players will not be able to be claimed by other teams. For any additional kicker or punter someone holds on their active roster (unprotected) another team may submit a claim of the unprotected player provided that they currently do not have a protected player at that position and they have the necessary preset compensation to give the other team. Compensation will be based on the players type of contract as follows:

FRANCHISE - 2nd round pick

ROOKIE - pick equal to round player was drafted in

FREE AGENT - 4th round pick

WAIVER - 5th round pick

This system is not in place for teams to fill a hole due to a BYE week, every team will have a week where their special teams players are on a BYE, this system is to allow all teams a fair an reasonable chance to roster a starting kicker/punter during the course of a season and also keep things flexible for those who want to draft and build depth at a these scarce positions while providing reasonable compensation in the event that they are pushed to give up a player. (example – let’s say that a team has Justin Tucker as their kicker and he has a BYE during week 6, if the owner protects Justin Tucker he is unable to claim an unprotected kicker since that option is only open to teams who do not have a protected kicker, if they choose to unprotect Justin Tucker during week 6 and therefore submit a claim, someone would be able to claim him, so it is either or and not a system to find a one week fill in while also protecting your current kicker).

 Trading

Trading will be an important part of the league as there will be 32 teams meaning that the free agent pool should not be very deep. Trading of players and draft picks are allowed (outside of the inaugural draft). In addition, cash considerations are an asset that owners can use when trading. Once a trade has been agreed to, the owners involved in the trade must post the trade along with an explanation as to why they are making the trade. Once all owners have posted, the trade will be reviewed by the “Trade Review Committee” to make sure it is an eligible and fair trade and does not jeopardize the overall competitiveness of the league. If both teams have not posted the trade within 3 days of the trade being agreed to, it will be cancelled. Here are some things to keep in mind when trading:

  • Owners are not allowed to go over the Salary Cap

  • Cash considerations are allowed to help offset a player’s contract and keep teams within the salary cap. An owner will only be able to offer considerations up to the value of the player’s contract. When cash considerations are involved owners must be specific in their comments about how much cash is involved and over what time period (i.e. current season or remainder of the contract (may span multiple seasons).

  • Owners must maintain a minimum Future Pick Value (FPV) of 50 when trading away picks, this is done to protect the Franchise in the event an owner leaves the league and a new owner takes over. Teams may also only accumulate a maximum Future Pick Value (FPV) of 200 when acquiring additional picks via trades. This is also to protect the Franchise from trading away too much current value, potentially making the team uncompetitive and hurting the overall competitiveness of the league. FPV is determined by future season’s draft picks. Below is a table of the values of each round’s picks.

 Trade Review Committee

The Trade Review Committee will consist of a member from each of the 8 divisions. The commissioner will be part of the committee and serve as a stand-in voter when a member of the committee is involved in a trade or to be the tie-breaking vote if a vote is sitting at 4-4. The purpose of the Trade Committee is to ensure that none of the restrictions (salary cap, FPV, position limits, etc.) are triggered if a trade is processed and to maintain the integrity of the league. One thing to keep in mind is committee members not only have a responsibility of ensuring fairness, but also to protect the “Franchise”. What we don’t want to have happen is for a team to trade away too many assets and then bail leaving a replacement owner in a bad situation, but also making their team uncompetitive which hurts the other teams in the league. There are some built in restrictions that will help with this but some of it will be subjective as no system is perfect.

 Owner Conduct

In order to maintain the integrity of the league there are certain expectations that will be cast upon the franchise owners. We understand that this type of league will require a lot of time and energy and to make things easier a franchise owner will be permitted to add a co-manager to assist in the management of the franchise. One thing that will absolutely not be tolerated is tanking. This will be a very competitive league and one team deciding to tank will have an impact on every other manager and as a result this policy will be strictly enforced. We understand that in a dynasty league there will be some owners who are more focused on building for the future. There is nothing wrong with rebuilding and that is very different than tanking. There are a few built in rules and policies that should help, such as protection of picks (Future Pick Value) and Minimum Salary requirements. In addition, when making trades managers are required to post explanations about why they are making the deal. This should help the Trade Review Committee understand what is trying to be accomplished. Lastly, there will be certain roster restrictions which are detailed in the roster settings section. Managers are required to set their lineups and maintain an active roster that is capable of meeting certain minimum requirements for each scoring period. Those teams who consistently fail to meet these requirements will be penalized and if it continues will lose their team without refund and a replacement owner will be asked to take over.