ROSTERS
Rosters may consist of any combination of players. Rosters are limited to 27 players during the regular season. Rosters may be expanded up to 34 players from the start of the annual rookie/FA draft until 3 days before the season begins. Rosters must be reduced to 27 players at that time. The additional seven players during this period of time are not limited to rookie players.

STARTING LINEUPS
Each team must consist of the following starting lineup during each week of the season
1 QB
2 RB
3 WR
1 TE
1 OFX (Flex position may be a RB, WR, or TE)
1 PK
1 DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAM
If no lineup is submitted by a team, their previous week's lineup will be used.
Should an owner fail to submit a starting lineup for two weeks in a row, the commissioner shall warn the owner that his status as an owner is in jeopardy. If the owner fails to respond and or a starting lineup fails to be posted for the third week, the commissioner will strongly consider the owner's future with this league or lack thereof.

CUT DOWN DATES
There will be 2 cut down dates. One will be 3 days before the regular season begins when a team shall cut down from their rookie draft to the 27 player limit. The second cut down date will be 2 weeks after the superbowl. All IR players must either be cut or moved back to the roster as each team may only carry 27 players heading into the off-season. Any player not on a team after the season will automatically re-enter the rookie/FA draft pool.

SCORING
Points will be based on a decimal scoring system.
All Positions Touchdowns (including Passing, Rushing, Receiving, interceptions, fumble recovery, defense/special teams): 6 pts
2-pt Conversion (Passing, Rushing, Receiving): 2 pts
Each Rushing or Receiving Yard: 0.1 pts (1 pt = 10 yards)
Each Passing Yard: 0.1 pts each 3 yards (1 pt = 30 yards)
Pass Reception: 1 pt
Each Interception: -2 pts
Fumbles: -2 pts
Field Goal 0-39 yards is 3 pts
Field Goal 40-49 yards is 4 pts
Field Goal 50+ yards is 5 pts
Extra Point Made: 1 pt

Safety: 4 pts
Interceptions: 3 pts
Fumble Recovery: 3 pts
Sack: 1 pt
Blocked Punt or Kick: 2 pts

Defense Yards Allowed:
0-100................8 pts
101-200.............6 pts
201-250.............4 pts
251-300.............2 pts
301-350.............0 pts
351-400.............-2 pts
401-450.............-4 pts
451-500............. -6 pts
501 +................ -8 pts

Defense Points Against
Shutout..............8 pts
1-6.....................6 pts
7-13....................4 pts
14-20...................2 pts
21-27...................0 pts
28-34....................-2 pts
35-41....................-4 pts
42-48.................... -6 pts
49 +.....................-8 pts

TIE-BREAKERS
Game ties stand in the regular season.
End of Season Tiebreakers - The following is the tie-breaking scheme should two or more teams have identical records at the end of the season:

1. Overall winning %
2. Head to head winning %
3. Division winning % (If in same division)
4. Total points scored
5. Virtual coin flip

Championships that end in a tie, will result in splitting of the 1st and 2nd place pots 50/50.

SCHEDULE AND PLAYOFFS
A 13 week regular season will be scheduled prior to start of season.
Week 14 will be the start of playoffs. Playoffs will consist of 3 division winners and next best 3 teams league wide as wild card teams.
Top 2 division winners receive a BYE week 1 of the playoffs. Last division winner plays lowest seed, top wild card seed plays 2nd lowest wild card seed.
In week 2 of the playoffs, the top division winner plays remaining lowest seed from round 1.
Playoff tie breaks between Weeks 14 and 15 will be determined by bench points.

PAYOUTS
MyFantasyLeague.com fees will be taken out of the entry fees. The site currently costs $69.95. With 12 teams @ $100 a team. We have $1200 minus the $69.95. $1130.05 left for payouts. The payouts will be as follows:

Championship Winner: $530.05
2nd Place Finish: $200.
3 Division Winners: $100 each.
Highest Scoring Team (Year): $100.

DIVISION ALIGNMENT
3 Divisions of 4 teams each. Division allignment will be random.

WAIVER WIRE FOR FREE AGENTS
Waiver Wire will be done with Yahoo rules. Players that are cut are locked for 2 days and then free on waivers. They are assigned on a worst to first basis and processed each night at 3 am est.

DRAFT
We will have one inaugural draft. The 30 round draft MAY contain rookies. It will be a snake draft with 3rd round reversal.

Each year after season 1, we will have a 7 round rookie/FA draft. After the draft, your team may contain as many as 30 players. You will be required to cut down to the roster limit of 27 players 3 days before the regular season begins.

Draft order of the rookie draft will be determined by previous season standings.

INJURED RESERVE
Each team will be allowed 2 IR spots. Once a player has been moved onto the IR, he can not be removed until after the season finishes. IR spots can only be used during the course of a season.

IR players may be released from a team to the waiver wire, but not allowed to play for the remainder of the season if signed by another team.

IR players may be traded, but will still be unavailable to their new teams for the remainder of the year.

A player can be put on the IR in any injured state (Probable, Doubtful, Questionable, Out), but again, once they have been moved to the IR, they may not play again that season for any team.

No player in the off-season may be on the IR. All IR spots must be cleared by the season ending cut down date or the players will be released back into the rookie/FA draft pool.

TRADES
Trading- You may trade players and or draft picks.

No trades may be made that include real cash, future considerations, or a player to be named later. When draft picks are involved in a trade, only draft picks for the current draft year and/or following draft year may be traded. NOTE: Any team trading away the next year's pick will have to pay half of that year's entry fee up front to insure no owner leaves their team in bad condition and then drop out.

Any trade that appears to be suspicious or detrimental to the integrity of the league may be vetoed. A 3/4 vote is needed to over-turn a trade.

During the season, owners will have 48 hours to contest a trade. During the off-season, owners will have up to 1 week to contest a trade. Though there is a 48 hour process to contest a trade.

Trade deadline is the end of week 10. Meaning, all trades must be submitted to the site by the end of the MNF game week 10.

You may trade in the off-season, but your roster may never exceed 27 players. You can contain fewer than 27 players. If you as a team trade for more than 27 players, you must as part of the deal, drop players so your team is never above 27 players. Any deal that would make a team over the 27 player limit is null and void.

DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
Teams that start players during BYE weeks are subject to punishment and possible team removal. Because every game is crucial to the overall success of the league, and the rosters are deep enough. There is no reason to have players being used on BYE weeks. There will be no exceptions.

Removal & Replacement of Owner
This is an extremely serious consideration, one which the league will seek to avoid at all costs. If it arises, this path will be followed:
1. The commissioner will decide if team removal is required.
2. If this is determined to be needed a notification will be posted on the message board and via email.

RULE CHANGES
Rule changes may only occur in the off-season. If a change is needed it will be put to the league and a 3/4 majority will be needed to pass.

No rules may be changed while in season.

I just stole this from Chim(ty).

For Mods: Don't worry I will lock up this thread once I get it set up so we don't have 2 threads clogging the forum.

Players from the original POG dynasty league have first preference.

Followed by first come first serve.

In so far
OTI
RickOSU
Early325
BingoBango
J.D.
Bsball8806


All rules are changeable at this point. Post any suggestions you might have so we can discuss.

Would like to get this set up and drafting by end of the month.

Inz.

Also, your payout math looks wrong.

I think I'm in, but the draft might still be during my preseason, which would kind of screw that up for me.

Think I fixed the payout math.

Possibly expand this to 15 teams depending on interest and what those who already signed up think. Also considering decreasing roster size.

Draft timer is 12 hours long so you will have a fairly long time to draft and will be able to set up a draft list if your gonna be unavailable for a few days.

Worked out really well last year. I think with 360 draft picks only <5 picks were skipped.

ok so I'm in it to win it.

15 teams does not sound optimal.

I just kind of skimmed and didn't see a draft date. Are you still planning on beginning the draft pretty soon after we fill all spots?

in

Made a mistake. Birdman said hes in. Bsball was a maybe.

In so far
RickOSU(roommate, probably out)
Early325(roommate, probably in)
Onthinice911
BingoBango
J.D.
Madtown

In depeding on space
Birdman10687
ibavly
systolic

I'm def in imo

by the end of the month

Edit: 14? 12?. Thought 15 so we could keep 3 divisions. Get on aim.

I would prefer 12 but 14 is ok too I guess. We can't have an odd number since that would leave one team with a bye each week

ldo

didn't think about that.

get on aim so I can discuss the set up.

Personally, I think 12 teams with 27 roster spots is already a bit thin in non-IDP leagues. Expanding further would def. require smaller rosters (23 or 24) and probably should also cut down to 2 WR starters.

in if space allows

With 14 teams thats a maximum of 56 starting WR's (if all teams use WR in flex).

The top 60 WR's last year were 8+ ppg and 120+ for the year which is plenty deep enough to support 14 teams at this set up.

If we go to 14 teams Bingo and I were discussing 23 Roster spots + 1-2 Taxi(developmental) +1-2 Injured reserve.

Scoring Change:

In the OP it says 1 point every 30 passing yards.

Changing that to 1 point every 25 passing yards.

I reeeeeeeally wan't in if it's still possible

OTI,

I think I want a spot for me and Heelman.

I will tell you tomorrow.

Honestly I feel like the rules I use currently hasve been tried and tested for years, and is the best ruleset.

Will play under other rulesets, though.

Alright we need to discuss payments. Everyone in the league has a vote.

A) I escrow via FTP and PSTars. I've been on 2p2 for 4 years now made many bets and transactions w/o a single complaint. Been in POG for 1+ years and am not going anywhere. Been on a stake right through 2p2 for last 3 months.

B) We use the the leaguesafe.com https://www.leaguesafe.com/setupleague/setup.aspx
Easy to set up. Only takes echecks(routing number + bank account number) and 10$ late fee which could be a problem when starting this up.

C) Some other reputable owner escrows.


Also we need to decide about whether we want to put a down payment on next year or not(I kinda do) so that way everyone is more inclined to come back and if they do leave the new owner gets a discount.

I was thinking everyone pays $125-$150 originally and than just $100 every year after that.

I thikn paying the next year up front is a good idea, however I am a poor man, and that might put some strain on my budget. The 125-150 is fine, but I dont think I can drop 250 at the moment.

I trust you OTi, and I would rather keep the money inside of us so that we dont have to pay fees, etc. Keep the cost as low as possible.

it would only be 125-150 max this year

100$ would be paid next year before rookie draft.

Edit: and leaguesafe.com is free as long as you don't pay late.

It's not that i don't trust OTI or anyone else but leaguesafe seems like the best option. It's organized, safe, and probably easier if we'e going to have people pay for half the next season or whatever. It is a bit inconvenient that you have to use echecks but it's not that difficult to set up