Rules
- 2025 prize pool will be split as follows
- (Prizes are split in the event of a tie):
- Season Prizes
- League Champion.....$745
- 2nd Place...........$450
- 3rd Place...........$350
- Eliminator Winner....$325
- Weekly Prizes
- 1st Place...........$185
- 2nd Place...........$95
- 3rd Place...........$70
- 4th Place...........$55
- 5th Place...........$45
- Zach Nolden is the commissioner, treasurer, and secretary. Let Zach know if you would like to volunteer to be treasurer or secretary in the future.
- There is no minimum or maximum amount of members allowed in the league
- Members can be kicked out for any reason deemed detrimental to the league by league officials. PAY LEAGUE DUES ON TIME!
- We will use Yahoo's Daily Fantasy platform in 2025. Commissioner will be responsible for posting and distributing link for new contest every week.
- League members will enter a new lineup each week of the NFL regular season. There will be no exceptions given to any member who fails to enter a lineup
on time. There will be no penalty for failing to enter a lineup, but valuable points will be lost for the season-long prizes.
- The positions to be selected each week are as follows: QB, RB1, RB2, WR1, WR2, WR3, TE, FLEX, DEF
- Players can be selected from whatever games are determined to be the "main slate" of games for the week. League officials will make the determination of
what games constitute "main slate". "Main slate" games typically include all games Thursday-Monday.
- The league fee for 2025 is $250 ($245 to prize pool + $5 to kitty)
- Future league fees will be determined by league officials
- Balances will be tracked throughout the season by the treasurer
- Negative balances must be paid by February 7, 2026
- Positive balances will be paid on February 8, 2026
- Payments will be made through Venmo unless an arrangement is made between league member and treasurer
- The kitty will pay league expenses (perpetual trophy, engraving, shipping, etc.)
- Kitty expenses will be tracked and published by the treasurer
- Individual kitty accounts carry over to the next season. If the entire kitty isn't spent, the remaining balance will be divided equally and credited to each
league members account for the next season.
- Individual kitty accounts will be re-upped by $10 at the beginning of each season
- Individual kitty accounts will be returned to members leaving the league, unless deemed otherwise by league officials
- Disbursements of kitty balances will be occur at the end of a season when a balance is deemed too high by the treasurer
- The lowest scoring team is eliminated each week
- The last team standing is the winner of the Eliminator Challenge
- The commissioner will determine how many members get eliminated each week prior to the start of the season, if the league has over 17 members
- The lowest of the tied teams will be eliminated the following week in addition to the normal elimination in the event of a tie
- Perpetual trophy was purchased in 2017 using funds from the kitty
- Shipping and engraving expenses will be paid for using funds from the kitty
- Commissioner will manage engraving every year and will work with previous champion on shipping
- New members joining after the 2017 season will pay trophy dues (cost of the trophy divided by current count of league members) deducted from their individual
kitty account. These funds will be distributed into the individual kitty accounts of returning members. This is to ensure that original members aren't stuck
footing the bill for a trophy that is used year after year
- 11/11/19 - All scores are based off Yahoo results and are final - no exceptions
- 9/3/2020 - If the NFL season completes less than 12 weeks, only weekly prizes will be awarded. Season long awards will not be paid out and the trophy will not be updated.
- 9/3/2020 - If the NFL season completes a minimum of 12 weeks, season long will be paid out and the eliminator prize will be split between the remaining participants.
- 9/3/2020 - 75% of scheduled games must be played in an NFL week for the scores to count. If you start a player from a cancelled game and all other games are played, you are SOL.
- 9/3/2020 - Rescheduled games - we will sort through this if games get rescheduled. We will typically default to whatever yahoo deems as the contest for the week.