alchico Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Some Bay area ff players are looking to start a live auction league and we could use some help with the rules/bylaws. Anyone in a league that i could look at your rules??? We are also considering Keepers and/or rookie keepers, so anyone using this format would also help. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratesownninjas Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Here is ours, it's an auction dynasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Al - Here are the rules of a local auction/keeper league I've been involved in for several years. Scoring system isn't included here but it is typical performance scoring. We are also moving to a TE mandatory this year. Constitution: 1. LEAGUE OVERVIEW 1.1. The 12-team league will consist of three divisions, with each team playing their division rivals twice and 7 interdivisional teams once in a head to head format. The regular season consists of 13 games. Playoffs last 3 weeks, ending with the Fantasy Bowl during NFL week #16. Six teams (division winners and three wild cards) make the playoffs. Players will be selected using an auction style draft. A team owner will have the option of keeping up to four players from their roster be used for the next season. 2. STARTING LINEUPS 2.1. Owners must field their team using the following formation: (1) Quarterback (2) Running Backs (3) Wide Receivers (Tight Ends are considered WR) (1) Kicker (1) Defense/Special Team 2.2. The lineup submission deadline will be five minutes before kickoff for players involved in those games. For example, if there's a game on Thursday, the deadline is Thursday five minutes before that game. It's IMPORTANT to note that any early deadline only applies to PLAYERS IN THOSE EARLY GAMES. Owners can submit the remainder of their lineups up until five minutes before kickoff on Sunday. 2.2.1. If for some reason you cannot enter your line-up into the league web site on time, you can call Tony’s cell phone ***-***-**** and he will enter the line-up for you. Please note the phone call must be placed before the deadline. 2.2.2. If a lineup is not submitted for Week 1, the top salaried players at each position will be used regardless of injury status. 3. SCORING SYSTEM (See scoring attachment) 3.1. Players may score points in any offensive category regardless of position. 4. TIE GAMES 4.1. Regular season – Ties count. 4.2. Playoffs – No ties allowed. Tie breaker: 1. Three players are ranked from your starting lineup and compared one at a time until the tie is broken. 5. ACQUISITIONS 5.1. The waiver wire signing period begins after the first week of NFL games are played. The deadline for the first round of weekly acquisition requests is Wednesday at 11:59 P.M. The waiver wires will be awarded based on reverse playoff order. 5.2. The free agent signing period is opened (6:01 A.M. Thursday) after the waiver wire period ends and players may be signed on a first come first serve basis up to 5 minutes before kickoff of that player’s game. 5.3. All acquisitions are signed to a maximum three–year contract at a salary of $3 for the first year. A drafted player that is dropped by a team and acquired by another will retain their drafted salary. 5.4. The transaction fee will be $5 per player picked up. 6. TRADES 6.1. Owners may make trades anytime before week 11 and anytime after the fantasy bowl. 6.2. Player salaries will remain the same for keeper purposes when they are traded. 6.3. Any number of teams may be involved in a single trade. 6.4. All trades will be monitored by the Commissioner and will be voided if he deems them to be collusive in nature. 7. PLAYOFFS 7.1. The 3 division champions will be the top three seeds based on records and tiebreakers. The Wild-Card teams will be the teams with the next 3 best records regardless of division. The Wild-Cards will be seeded 4-6. 7.2. Playoff seeding: 1. Best record 2. Total points 3. Head to head Playoff Week 1: 6th Seed vs. 3rd Seed 5th Seed vs. 4th Seed Top 2 Division winners get a bye in the first round. Playoff Week 2: Lowest seeded advancing wild-card vs. 1st Seed Other advancing team vs. 2nd Seed Playoff Week 3 (Fantasy bowl) Winners from Playoff Week 2 7.3. The Pay out schedule will be released during each year’s draft. The transaction fees from player acquisition signings will be carried over to the next football season. 8. THE ANNUAL DRAFT 8.1. Each year the draft will be held the on the last Sunday in August. 8.2. Each team’s salary cap is $100. 8.3. The initial draft order will be determined by a random drawing and will follow that pattern throughout the draft. 8.4. Each owner will have the opportunity to submit a player name to be bid on. The opening bid belongs to the owner who submits the name and is at least the league minimum ($1). The submitting owner may start the bidding at a value above the league minimum if they wish. 8.4.1. Any owner may increase the bid at any time until the bidding is deemed closed by the auctioneer. 8.4.2. The minimum increase for bidding is $1. 8.4.3. If no owner raises the bid, from the opening bid, the submitting owner gets the player at the opening bid. 8.4.4. Any winning bid that will put a team over their salary cap, or not allow for the minimum 16 roster slots at the minimum salary, will be refused and the next highest bid will be awarded the player (provided the same rules are not broken). 8.4.5. Any team that already has 16 players is not allowed to bid on any player. No team may make bids that will break their maximum allowed bid, in order to drive up the price on a player. 8.5. An owner will have a thirty-second time limit to nominate a player from the time the auction is closed on the previous player. 8.6. The auction will continue until all teams have filled 16 roster slots. 9. KEEPER TERMS 9.1. All players are signed to a maximum of a 3-year contract. This will allow for some player turnover within the league. Owners obtaining players near the end of their contract need to be aware that the player will be returned to the free Agent pool at the end of the season regardless of the terms of the trade. 9.2. The years remaining on the contract will be noted on the rosters. 9.3. Up to four players from your roster can be kept for the next season. A limit of two players per position is allowed. All team cuts must be turned in by Aug 15th. . 9.4. Players receive an automatic 10% salary increase each year they are designated as a keeper for the next season. All salaries are rounded up to the nearest $1. 9.5. Any players that are kept and injured in-between the keeper date and the draft can be dropped and another player kept if the owner wishes. The player must be projected to miss 6 regular season games. 10. MISCELLANEOUS RULES 10.1. RULE CHANGES: 10.1.1 A 2/3 majority of owners will be needed to have a rule changed during the season. In the off-season, rules changes only need simple majority. In the case of a tie, the Commissioner's vote will decide the rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchico Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 Thanks Puddy Yours is almost exactly what we are thinking of doing. I thought there would need to be a lot more rules for an auction league but it seems pretty simple. The differances are we are going to go with blind bidding for waivers and 3 keepers with 1 rookie. Does 3 year contracts create enough turnover??? I just think a guy can be real strong for all 3 years if he drafts well or is a shrewd trader. Since i've never been in a Keeeper league i guess thats what its all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Rookie Me........ Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Just out of curiosity in a league like this what would LT auction for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 (edited) Thanks PuddyYours is almost exactly what we are thinking of doing. I thought there would need to be a lot more rules for an auction league but it seems pretty simple. The differances are we are going to go with blind bidding for waivers and 3 keepers with 1 rookie. Does 3 year contracts create enough turnover??? I just think a guy can be real strong for all 3 years if he drafts well or is a shrewd trader. Since i've never been in a Keeeper league i guess thats what its all about. We've had four different champions in four years so it seems to be working well. I had LJ for $3 (last year of his contract) out of $100 and didn't win it We are also discussing moving to a blind bid waiver system this year. Edited July 15, 2007 by Puddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Just out of curiosity in a league like this what would LT auction for? I believe LT went for $45 last year. That ended up being a good deal for someone (but is usually the ceiling for any player every year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Corleone used to be an auction league....i won that 2 yrs in a row with LT/Priest and LT/LJ(i think) ...if you search there you might be able to find out the $$ I paid for LT...I was actually only bidding him and priest up that 1st yr...funny how things work out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 keggerz LT RB SD $82 Holmes RB KC $74 and I think our cap was $240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Cowboys & Indians have a real complicated set of rules ... you can check it out in our forum if you are interested ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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