by PJ Axelsson » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:28 am
Back to the original league rules:
[i:dc44fdc7ab]The particulars:
-First off, I'm open to suggestions or requests here. If you've got a good idea or feels something sucks, speak up.
-This is a Keeper League.
-We will use live drafts. Each draft will be for 27 rounds, the complete squad (ie no frenzies or waivers - I think this is important especially for the first two seasons, plus, why do we always have to abbreviate the live drafts?) Since we'll be keeping players, only the first round will be for 27, from then on, they will shorten. Anyone who wants to keep a roster of 23m can pass on additional rounds. Those who want depth can keep picking.
-Roster changes can be made after the league is officially drafted by the TSN site. Protected players can be dropped if need be. I can't really imagine a scenario where a protected player would be dropped anyway, but if some guy comes in to camp fat and out of shape, feel free to send him packing.
-We will commit to 5 Leagues or be responsible for finding a replacement owner to pick up your mess if you need to drop out.
-We will have unique ballparks that will be drafted prior to the first season and will remain with the team throughout the course of the 5 seasons. Each owner will be allowed to change their park at the cost of 2m. However, they must then select a new park that is not already in use. Once we reach the 100m cap, no stadium changes will be allowed.
-No more name restriction, this is entirely up to you. I can't wait to see Munich Man's variety of names
-At the conclusion of each season, the keeper players will be identified and the rest will be put back into a pool for the next league's live draft, which will begin at an agreed upon date.
-All drafts will be live. Each draft will consist of a complete 27 rounds, effectively filling the rosters. No hurry or pressure to crank these leagues out, we'll go at the pace everyone is comfortable with. Any owner can skip any number of picks if he wants (e.g. you can stop picking at 18 picks and autodraft the rest by choice).
-We can use Penngray's site, or if you all like the banter associated with the boards we can go that route. The boards would be my preference.
-Trades will be allowed at any time, and picks can be traded. Dealing for future picks is allowed, within reason. I doubt that any deal will be made inappropriately, but we'll throw in this safeguard. Commissioner PJ has final ruling on any weasel like deal.
Season 1 (50m): Following the season, owners can keep 6 players (any amount of money)
Season 2 (60m): Following the season, owners can keep 8 players (any amount of money)
Season 3 (80m): Following the season, owners can keep 10 players (any amount of money)
Season 4 (100m): Following the season, owners can keep 12 players (any amount of money)
Season 5 (200m): Finale
Draft order:
For season #1, we will use standard quick pick lottery to determine the draft order.
For Season #2 and #4, we will use the previous year's finish order to determine the draft order. The 12th place team will pick first, 11th second...Tie breakers will be determined by run differential first (worst run differential goes first), then by home losses (most home losses goes first). If that is still tied, commissioner will do a coin toss. No need to go further in a tiebreaker.
For season #3, the 80m cap season, we will tally the wins from the two previous seasons and the best combined record will get the first pick, and so on. Tiebreakers will be determined by finishing order in the first league, then playoff wins (if applicable), then a commissioner coin toss. The idea of this is to give everyone one more incentive to win with the low cap leagues rather than stockpile players for future caps.
For season #5, we will use another quick pick lottery to determine draft order.
Division assignments:
League #1: Draft order 1-12 will determine divisions, 1-E, 2-C, 3-W, 4-E, 5-C, 6-W,...standard assignments
League #2 - #4: Same idea, as the division assignments should shuffle naturally.
League #5: Back to the original divisional assignments from League #1 [/i:dc44fdc7ab]