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UFFL League 98 Rules
UFFL Rules and Regulations.
Updated Sept.1ST 1998.
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This Page Since June 15Th 1998
The UFFL is to consist of anywhere from 8 to 14 teams.
Many of these rules will have to be modified depending
on the number of teams which are involved in the league.
Definition of Terms
Manager-
A person participating in the league. He is in charge
of drafting,transaction of players and turning in
a weekly lineup.
Player-
Any person who is a member of a football team during
the regular season.
Roster-
A list of Sixteen players which make up a manager's
team. The manager decides which players he wishes
to have on his roster. It is from this list that
the manger picks his weekly lineup.
Lineup-
A list of seven players whose scoring will count
for a manager's team.Certain restrictions apply
to which players a manager can start.
Commissioner-
Person in charge of the league. There may be more
than one commissioner.
League Operations
The league will be run in the following manner: the
league will start with a draft to determine manager's
rosters. After the draft, each manager will turn into
the commissioner a weekly lineup consisting of players
from his roster. Each team will go head to head with
a different team each week. Standings for all teams
in the league will be compiled at the end of each week.
At the end of the league's schedule, there will be a
playoff to determine the champion of the league. This
league will be a carry over league so each manager
will be able to protect a certain number of players
for the next season.
Starting the League
The Draft
Before the start of the regular season, a draft will
be held to determine manager's rosters. A draft order
will be determined before the day of the draft
by picking numbers out of a hat. The number drawn by
a manager will be his position in the draft. On the
day of the draft the procedure will be as follows:
1.
The commissioner will call for
the first pick of the draft. Any person who is a member
of a football team may be drafted by a manager. The
person who has the first pick will tell the
commissioner who he wishes to have on his team. Once
a manger has selected a player, no other manager will
be allowed to pick that player. Example: Manager #1
drafts Barry Sanders. No other manager is allowed
to have Barry Sanders on his team unless Manager #1
gives up the rights to Barry Sanders. In other words,
only one manager is allowed to have a certain player.
2.
Manager's will then draft in numerical order until the
end of the first round. At beginning of the second
round, the person with the last pick will draft first.
The following rounds will follow this procedure.
Example: Round 1 will draft 1-12 and Round 2 will
draft 12-1. Round 3 will draft 1-12 and Round 4 will
draft 12-1 etc.
3.
Each manager will continue to pick players for Sixteen
rounds until each manager has drafted Sixteen
players for his roster. Managers should try to take no
more than five minutes in making a selection. Each
manager should have at least one player for the
following positions: QB, RB,WR, TE, K, and a Special
teams/ Defense.
(There have been disputes in the past over which
position a certain player should be listed. The
managers will agree on a certain position for that
player at the draft.)
Rosters
A manager’s roster is the list of players from
which he chooses his weekly lineup. Rosters can
not exceed Sixteen players. All Sixteen slots do
not need to be full, but may never exceed Sixteen
players.
Games and Lineups
Each week managers will turn in a list of players
that he wishes to start for his team. This list is
his lineup. Only the scoring for the players on a
lineup will count toward the manger’s team’s total.
A manager must start a player that is playing for
a football team during that week. Players that are
benched can not be started. In cases where a benched
player is started in a managers lineup,the commissioner
will notify that manager that the player is benched.
If he doesn’t make a change in his lineup, the
commissioner has the right to changethe lineup. THIS
IS THE ONLY INSTANCE IN WHICH THE COMMISSIONER CAN
CHANGE A MANAGER’S LINEUP! This rule is added only to
insure that all managers get a fair shot at winning.
A lineupcan consist of only one of these combinations:
1QB 1RB 3 WR 1 TE 1 K 1Def/Sp.Tm.
1QB 2RB 2 WR 1 TE 1 K 1Def/Sp.Tm.
1QB 3RB 1 WR 1 TE 1 K 1Def/Sp.Tm.
1QB 2RB 1 WR 2 TE 1 K 1Def/Sp.Tm.
1QB 1RB 2 WR 2 TE 1 K 1Def/Sp.Tm.
All lineups will be turned into the commissioner by
noon on Saturday (in the case of Sunday games) and
by Wed 6.00 Pm. Example:A
Thanksgiving day game will start at 1:00 PM. All
managers must turn in their lineups by 6:00 PM on that
Wed. Any manager who does not turn in a lineup by
the deadline will be forced to start the previous week's
lineup.THERE WILL BE NO EXEMPTIONS TO THIS RULE. This
makes things run smoother for both the players and the commissioner. The commissioner will then inform managers
of their opponent's lineups. A schedule of games will
be given to each manager on the day of the draft so that
the manager willknow who his/her opponent will be each
week. Each team will go up against another manager's team
each week. The team which scores the most points
will record a win for the game and the other team will
record a loss. A weekly standings update will be provided
to each manager. At the end of the season
there will be a playoff to determine the league
champion.
The first place finisher will play the eighth place
finisher, the second will play the seventh place
finisher, etc.
The winners in each playoff game will play the semi-final
game and the winner of each semi-final will then play for
the league championship. The two losers in the semi-final
will also play a consolation game.
Scoring
Scoring in this league will be as follows:
6 points for a rushing or
receiving touchdown.
1 point per 10 yards rushing or receiving.
2 points for a rushing or receiving PAT
3 points for a passing touchdown.
1 point per 20 yards passing.
1 point for a passing PAT
1 point for a kicking PAT
3 points for a Field Goal
6 points for a defensive touchdown
6 points for a special teams touchdown(KO or Punt return)
2 points for a safety (by the defense)
2 points for an interception (by the defense)
2 points for a fumble recovery (by the defense)
1 point for a sack (by the defense)
In order to get a point for rushing or receiving yards, the player must have
reached the ten yards to get a point. Example: Barry Sanders gains 108 yards
rushing and 29 yards receiving. He would earn 10 points for
his rushing and 2
points for his receiving. Yardage is not added up to
determine points. Note:
Players who score a touchdown on a kickoff return or a
punt return are NOT
awarded points but rather the points for that type of
touchdown go to the
defense/special teams for the team that player plays for.
Points will be
awarded to players based on box scores. If the
commissioner
makes a
mistake and another manager notices it, please inform the commissioner.
There are always going to be instances where scoring will
not be clear cut and
in those cases the commissioner will obtain a vote from
the managers that are
not involved in that case.
Example of a Week
In Week 11 Denver is scheduled to play Detroit. Each
manager turns the
following lineups into the commissioner by noon on
Saturday:
Harlem Hitmen Michigan Assasins
QB-Gus Frerotte QB-Jeff George
RB-Eddie George RB-Barry Sanders
RB-Corey Dillon RB-Napolean Kaufman
WR-Bert Emanuel WR-Joey Galloway
WR-Johnny Morton WR-Andre Rison
TE-Rickey Dudley TE-Shannon Sharpe
K-Richie Cunningham K-Mike Hollis
Defense-Special Teams: Atlanta
Defense-Special Teams:Washington
The commissioner then posts the lineups on the web site.
After the final box
scores come out, the commissioner totals the points
for each player and posts
the following results: 8
Harlem Hitmen Michigan Assasins
QB-Gus Frerotte 16 QB-Jeff George 30
RB-Eddie George
25 RB-Barry Sanders 7
RB-Corey Dillon
9 RB-Napolean Kaufman 5
WR-Bert Emanuel
5 WR-Joey Galloway 5
WR-Johnny Morton
12 WR-Andre Rison 10
TE-Rickey Dudley 7
TE-Shannon Sharpe 3
K-Richie Cunningham 6
K-Mike Hollis 11
Defense-Special Teams:PittsburghDefense-Special Teams:Carolina
2 0
Total
80 Total 74
Jokers won and NWO lost. The possible standings for
that week are:
Division 1 Win Loss Tie Pts. GB
Michigan Assassins 8 2 1 802 0
Harlem Hitmen 8 2 1 797 0
Oklahoma Bailiffs 8 3 0 742 1
Blakely Bacon 7 4 0 712 2
Blubber Boys 6 5 0 548 3
Atomic 5 6 0 750 4
Georgia Nightmares 5 6 0 700 4
Primetimes Hitmen 3 8 0 660 6
Colorado Bombardment 2 9 0 592 7
The Doggers 2 9 0 732 7
Slam 1 9 0 532 8
The commissioner will then post the results on the
web site no later than
Tuesday night at midnight.
Playoffs
At the end of the league’s regular season there will
be a playoff to determine
the league champion. The Following format will be
used: #1 vs. #8, #2 vs. #7,
#3 vs. #6, #4 vs. #5. The Semi Final round will have
the highest seeded team
playing the lowest winning seeded team. The winners
of the Semi Final round
will go to the League Championship, the losers will
play the Consolation
Game. The winner of the Championship game is the
league champion. Our
season will end on Week 16 of the football regular
season because most
teams that make the playoffs will bench their good
players to save them from
getting hurt.
Trades
Managers are allowed to trade their players to other
managers for either other
players or draft choices for next year. If you trade away a draft pick
(unless it is a higher round pick for compensation
for the earlier
round pick), you will be required to pay a fee to
insure your
entrance in the league next year. In order for a
trade to be considered
valid, one manager must contact the commissioner
notifying him of the trade.
The commissioner will then consult the other party
to verify that he wishes to
make this trade. Once the commissioner has the
approval of the second
manager, the trade is final. Once a player is traded,
he is able to be activated
for his new team. There is no penalty assessed to
a player that is traded i.e.
the manager does not have to wait a week before he is
able to start that
player. The Commisioner has the right to call a vote
on any trade he feels is
quesitontable. He will consult all managers for their
opinion. The majority
opinon will rule. Remember that managers are only allowed
fifteen spots on
their rosters. That means that if a two for one trade is
made the manager
receiving two players must drop one player from his
roster and that the
manager receiving one player is eligible to add a
player to his roster. This
does not mean that the manager has to add a player to his
roster. Any trades
that are made for draft picks must also be made for a
draft pick. Example:
Manager #1 wishes to trade J. Rice to Manager #2 for
his first round draft
pick and Johnny Morton. In order to make the trade even,
he must trade his
12th round pick for the following year to manager #2.
Manager #1 receives
Johnny Morton and Manager #2’s first round draft pick
while Manager #2
receives Jerry Rice and Manager #1’s 12th round draft
pick. (In following
seasons there will only be eleven rounds. See Carry over section.) Manager
#2 will also have to pay a fee (1/2 of the cost of the
team) to insure that he
will be a member of the league next year. If he is not
a member of the league,
his team will be sold for half price to a new owner.
There will also be a trade
deadline near the end of the season. There will be no
trades allowed after the
ninth week until the end of the final playoff game.
This is to prevent any
non-playoff team from trading to a playoff team to
strengthen the playoff
team. The commissioner will provide all managers
with a list of transactions on
the website so that managers can make transactions
with full knowledge of
player status.
Free Agents
Any player which is not drafted by manager in the
draft is considered a free
agent and may be picked up during the season. The
period for Free Agent
aquisition is from Tuesday at 12:00 am (no phone
calls, please email) until
Saturday 12:00 pm. THERE WILL BE NO FREE AGENT
PICKUPS ON GAME DAYS.
Or in case of Thursday games no pickups will be allowed on Fri or Sat. Roster's are locked in once the Thursday
night game begins. In order to pick up a free
agent, a
manager must drop a player from his roster to make
room for the free agent.
Once a player is picked up, he is no longer considered
a free agent. The
player that was dropped then becomes a free agent and
then can be picked
up by another manager. Dropping and adding of players
is based on a first
come, first served basis. The commissioner must also
appoint a person that he
must notify if he wishes to drop or add a player (if the commissioner also has
a team in the league). Example:Manager #4 watches the
games on a Sunday
and likes the performance of Jason Dunn. He emails the commissioner on
Tuesday morning and tells him to drop Charles Johnson
and pick up Jason
Dunn. At that point, Charles Johnson is the free agent
and Jason Dunn is on
Manager #4’s roster. Manager #7 is also watched the same
game and wants
Jason Dunn. He emails the commissioner to pick up Dunn
but finds out that
Dunn has been picked up by Manager #4. He likes Charles
Johnson and
decides to pick him up and drop Michael Haynes.
Exemption to the Free Agent Rules: Injured Reserve:
If a player is
listed as "out" on either NFL.COM or ESPN, the manager
who has him may
place him on injured reserve. There can only be three
injured reserve players
on one manager’s roster at a time. The manager of the
injured player is able
to pick up a free agent but also retains the rights
to the injured player. The
manager can keep three players on the same spot on
his roster until the
injured player returns, at which time the manager
must decide which player he
wishes to keep. One stays on the roster and the
other is considered a free
agent. At the end of the season all managers must
decide on their injured
reserve players and whether or not they will stay
on the roster or if the free
agent will stay on the roster. This is to insure
that all managers have only 15
players on their rosters during the off season.
There is no limit to the number
of transactions that a manager can make during
the season. Unlike Trading,
there is also no deadline limiting the addition
of free agents to the roster
(Exception: If two managers are using the free
agent system to circumvent the
trade deadline, the commissioner has the right
to deny any transactions that
violate the trade deadline.)
League Carry-over and Drafting
This league will be a carry over league. That means
that managers will be able
to keep part of their teams for the next season.
Any drafts that follow the first
season will be shorter based on the number of
players each manager keeps.
In this league, each manager will be allowed to
protect his roster through the
off season. He is allowed to make transactions
throughout the off season: both
trades and free agent acquisitions. The only free
agents that cannot be picked
up during the off season are rookies who were not
on a roster at the end of
last season. In other words, a manager cannot pick
up the top college draft
choice as a free agent. He must wait until the draft
to draft that player. Two
weeks before the draft, the managers will get together
to vote on new rules
and to select the players that they wish to protect.
Each manager will be
allowed to protect four players from his roster. All
of the other players that
were on his team will go into the drafting pool. The
draft will then consist of
11 rounds since each manager will already have four
players. The draft order
will be determined by the previous year’s final
standings and playoff
performance. The person with the worst record will
that won the Championship will draft last. In the
case of matching records, the
person with the lowest point total will get to draft
higher. In the instance that a
manager decides to leave the league, his team will
then be given to another
manager who will then take over the team and carry
on where the old
manager left off. Teams will be awarded to new owners
on a first come, first
served basis. There might be cases in which the league
may wish to expand
it's membership. If this is the case, there will be an
expansion draft. The order
of drafting for the expansion draft will be determined
by putting numbers in a
hat. The draft will then begin with the expansion
managers drafting first in the
draft followed by the manager whose team was in last
place in the league. If
no one replaces the old manager, the players from
that team will then go into
the draft pool. Example of carry over: At the end
of the season, Manager
#9 finished last in the league. He and all of the
other managers keep their
rosters in tact. During the off season #9 learns
that Sterling Sharpe is going
attempt a comeback. He notifies the commissioner
and drops a player from
his roster and picks up Sterling Sharpe. Managers
#10 and #3 are forced to
leave the league. Two other managers decide to
become part of the league.
They must both take a team that is available.
All managers then draft until their
rosters are complete.
Acquiring Teams
If a person wishes to acquire a team which has
been left by a previous
manager and disband the team, He will have to
honor any draft choices that
the team’s previous owner traded.
Quick overview of Duties
Duties of the Commissioner(s)
1.
The commissioner(s) will be in charge of the draft.
This entails keeping
track of the draft order, which players are
picked in which round and
to which manager the player belongs. The
commissioner(s) will furnish
each manager with a complete roster list of
each team as soon as
possible after the draft.
2.
The commissioner(s) are responsible for the lineups that
managers turn
in each week and should also furnish the managers
with their opponents
lineups so the managers are able keep track of
their opponent's scoring
if they so desire. This is now being done on the
web site.
3.
It
is also the commissioner’s responsibility to tabulate
all of the scoring
for each lineup that is turned in. Since many
of the statistics for the
games do not come out in the papers until
Wednesday morning, the
commissioner will not be required to have
the final results until the stats
are published.
4.
The commissioner(s) will also be in charge of recording all transactions
(drops and additions to rosters as well as any
trades that will be made).
He will also be responsible for update of
transactions on the web site.
5.
In
case of any disputes that can not be resolved by a
vote of the
managers, it will be the commissioner(s)
responsibility to reach a final
decision. If the commissioner is forced to
make a decision, the
managers will have to abide by the decision.
6.
The commissioner(s) will also be responsible for all rosters
in the off
season. He will keep a record of any changes made
in the off season
and provide changes to the web site to reflect any off-season changes.
Manager's Responsibilities
1.
Turn
in a weekly lineup. If a lineup is not turned into the commissioner
by the appointed time, the manager will be forced
to start his previous
week's lineup. There will be no exemptions.
2.
Keep
track of player's transactions via the website . If a
manager
wishes to pick up a player that is already on
another manager's roster,
he will not be able to.
3.
Maintain
a sportsman like attitude about the league.
Remember that this is for fun and that managers
must try
to do what is fair to all of the other managers
in the league.
It is normal to be competitive, it is not fair
to be cut-throat.
4.
Let
the commissioner know as soon as possible if there
has been any
error in the scoring of his players by the
commissioner. Everyone
makes mistakes, so do not be too hard on
the commissioner. He
probably just missed a point.
The most important thing about this league is to
have fun. The only reason that there are so many
rules is that I have had problems in these areas
in the past. I hope that this particular league will
be something that will continue into the future.
Please feel free to notify me concerning any errors
that you find; or if you have any questions or
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