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Tournament Rules

AF Pro Bowl
Tournament Rules

I     General

A.   These will serve to be the official rules for AF's Pro Bowl Tournament

B.   For anything not covered in these rules, please refer to the League Settings page at League website;  League will be hosted on NFL.com

C.   All arbitration of League Rules to be arbitrated solely by Tournament Coordinator (TC)

D.   TC may maintain their own team in the tournament, OR may be listed as a "Co-Owner" of a team, in the event TC is listed as a "Co-Owner" it will only be for the purposes of running the tournament and TC will have no actual control over the team they are Co-Owner of

E.   Should any unforeseen event arise not covered explicitly in the rules, TC will exercise final judgment

1.    Any TC judgment made outside of specified rules that may give TC's team an advantage or the appearance of an advantage will cause TC's team to be removed from Championship eligibility

2.   This rule applies ONLY if TC is a team owner.  If TC is a Co-Owner, that team will not be effected by this rule

F.   Tournament rules are subject to adjustment, but will be marked 'LOCKED' before tournament draft

G.   If, for any reason, there is a discrepensy between rules listed in these rules and settings listed on the League Settings page of the host site, settings page will supercede

II     Fees/Payout

A.   Entry fee for AF's Pro Bowl Tournament will be $50.00 (US) per team

B.   Payout will be $200.00 (US) for Tournament Champion (1st place); $100.00 (US) for Tournament Runner-up (2nd place)

C.   Entries and payouts will be handled through LeagueSafe.com

D.   TC will set deadline for payment of entry fee once all participants have accepted their Pro Bowl Invitation

E.  Prize money will not be disbursed until the Friday following Week 17 of the NFL Regular Season

III     Entry

A.     The AF Pro Bowl is an Invitational Tournament

B.     Annually, during the season prior to the following season's Pro Bowl Tournament, the staff of  AssociatedFantasy.com will nominate a group of teams from all AF Leagues and those teams will be designated as Pro Bowl Nominees and will be put forward for voting

C.     Pro Bowl Voting Process

    1. Voting on all Pro Bowl Nominees will take place through the website
    2. All AF League Teams are elligible to cast one ballot.  Any Coaches running multiple teams may cast one ballot for EACH team
    3. Ballots are arranged so that voting teams must choose 6 individual nominees as their selection for Pro Bowl Starter, plus one additional selection for Pro Bowl Captain
    4. Each selection counts as one vote for each of the teams selected -regardless of what order they are placed in by the voting team
    5. The selection for Captain receives 1 additional vote
    6. Teams must select a different nominee for each of the 6 Teams (except for "Captain", duplicate selections will not be counted as votes)
    7. Write-In Candidates are no longer allowed
    8. Teams are permitted to select themselves as one of their selections and also as Captain
    9. Captain Selections must be made from among the 6 teams selected as Selections 1-6 and count as an additional vote for one of those 6  selections.
      1. Selection of Captain is an Honorarium and serves no other function to the tournament except for providing an additional vote to the team receiving the honor
      2. Captain Selections that do not match one of the 6 other selections on the ballot will not be counted
    10. Top 6 teams (by TOTAL votes will be named 2020 Pro Bowl Starters and the remaining teams will become Alternates in order of vote total
      • Note that Total votes includes all votes and Captain votes counted together with the value of one(1) each and will be ordered by the total, not by sum of Captain vote

D.     Pro Bowl Entry Process

1. Should any of the top 6 teams decline to accept the invitation, alternate teams (Alternates), in order of votes received, will be given the opportunity to accept the vacant slot

2. If votes are tied between two or more teams (either Starters or Alternates), the tie breaker will be the teams' end-of-season ranking as determined by the Association Stats Department and published on the AF Rankings Page

4. If more than one team managed by the same coach is voted a Pro Bowl Starter, the managing coach may only accept the invitation for one of the teams and the other(s) will be passed over in favor of an Alternate

5. Should the list of Alternates be exhausted because multiple team managers decline the invitation, slot will be filled at the discretion of Associated Fantasy

E.     Pick-'em Group

1.   In addition to joining the tournament/league on NFL.com, all participating teams will be required to join the tournament's "NFL Fantasy Weekly Pick-'Em Group" (see below for more information)

IV     Scoring

A.     Offensive Scoring Settings

1. AF Pro Bowl will utilize the AF Milestone Offensive Scoring Package

B.     Team Defense/Special Teams Scoring Settings

1. AF Pro Bowl will utilize the AF Goaline Team Defense/Special Teams Scoring Package

C.     Individual Defensive Player (IDP) Scoring Settings

1. AF Pro Bowl will utilize the AF Warrior IDP Scoring Package

D.     In any instances of conflict between above scoring formats and scoring values as displayed on the Tournament hosting site's "Settings" page, scoring values as displayed on settings page shall prevail, and all scoring settings will be locked at a point in time prior to the start of the Tournament Drafts

V     Rosters

A.     Roster make-up for the Tournament 

1.   AF Pro Bowl will utilize the AF Classic Offensive Roster Package with the IDP -Mid IDP Package 

AF Pro Bowl Roster Requirements

2.     Bench spots will equal = 13

3.   Position minimum/maximums will be in effect as:

      • QB - 2 minimum, 2 maximum
      • RB - 2 minimum, 4 maximum
      • WR - 4 minimum, 6 maximum
      • TE - 2 minimum, 3 maximum
      • K - 2 minimum, 2 maximum
      • DEF - 2 minimum, 2 maximum
      • DL - 2 minimum, 4 maximum
      • LB - 4 minimum, 6 maximum
      • DB - 2 minimum, 3 maximum

VI    Draft

A.     The Tournament will hold a two-part draft

1.  The Auction Draft

a. The Auction Draft will be the first draft of the tournament to be held

b. The Auction will be live, online, at a date and time TBD and will be a 13 round, open (not blind) auction in which all players are elligible to be drafted

c. Nomination order will be based on Pro Bowl Vote Score (lowest to highest)

d. Budget for the draft will be 1000 Auction Units

e. All Starting Roster Positions exactly and only will be filled out in the Auction Draft - bench positions will not be in effect for Auction Draft

2.   The Bench Draft

a. The Bench Draft will be the second draft of the Tournament and will be held live and online at a date and time TBD between the Auction Draft and the start of the season

b. Draft will be 13 rounds in length, for the purposes of filling 13 bench slots (position minimum/maximums will be in effect

c. Draft will be serpentine style (1-6, 6-1, 1-6 .....) with draft order being based on Pro Bowl Vote Score (highest to lowest)

d. Players taken in the first draft will have been entered into the system as team keepers and will be off the board

e. Following the conclusion of the Draft, Free Agents will follow Waiver Rules, and Transaction Counts will be in effect

VII     Free Agency/Waivers/Trades/Add-Drop Transactions

A.   Waivers setting will be 'revolving waivers, move to last after successful claim'

1.   Waiver period will be 2 days

2.   Players lock at individual game time

3.   Initial Waiver Priority Order will be set to inverse of the Bench Draft order

B.   Teams will be allowed a maximum of twenty (20) add-drop transactions per regular season

C.   Trades are allowed and will not count against transaction limits

1.    Week 12 Trade Deadline will be in effect

D.   There is no IR slot/Reserve included on the roster, HOWEVER, should a player on any team's roster be placed either on the NFL's Season-Ending IR List OR the NFL's Designated-To-Return IR List, that player may be replaced by the Tournament team through an add-drop transaction and the TC will adjust their transaction count so that the move does not count toward their 20 total transactions

VIII     Regular Season

A.   The Regular Season for the Tournament will be Weeks 1-15

B.   Teams will play a triple round robin schedule in which every team will play head to head against every other team 3 times each

IX    Tournament Points

A.   A Tournament Points system will replace the traditional W-L-T standings record and will determine the two championship teams

    1.     Teams will accrue Tournament Points for wins and other benchmarks throughout the season, and those Tournament Points will serve as a Regular Season Score, accrueing weekly from weeks 1-15

B.   Available Tournament Points:

AF Pro Bowl Tournament-Points Quick Scoring Guide

1.     Teams will receive 10.0 Tournament Points for each head to head win in weeks 1-15; and 5.0 Tournament Points for a head to head tie

2.     Teams will receive 0.5 Tournament Points weekly for every correctly picked selection in the Tournament's linked Pick-'Em Group in Wks 1-15

3.     Teams will receive a weekly Scoring Bonus of up to 3.0 Tournament Points in Wks 1-15 on the following scale:

-Highest Scoring Starting Line-Up: 3.0 Tournament Points

-2nd Highest Starting Line-Up: 2.0 Tournament Points

-3rd Highest Starting Line-Up: 1.0 Tournament Points

4.   Teams will receive a weekly Bench Bonus of up to 3.0 Tournament Points in Wks 1-15 on the following scale:

-Highest Scoring Bench: 3.0 Tournament Points

-2nd Highest Scoring Bench: 2.0 Tournament Points

-3rd Highest Scoring Bench: 1.0 Tournament Points

5.     Teams will receive a weekly Starting Line-Up Bonus of 3.0 Tournament Points in Wks 1-15 if their starting line-up outscores their bench

6.     Teams will receive a weekly Offensive Flex Bonus of 2.0 Tournament Points in Wks 1-15 if their Offensive Flex Starter out scores each individual score of their RB, WR1, WR2, and TE starting positions

7.    Teams will receive a weekly Defensive Flex Bonus of 1.0 Tournament Points in Wks 1-15 if their Defensive Flex Starter out scores each individual score of their DL, LB1, LB2, and DB starting positions

C.      Ties

 1.     In the event of tied starting line-up scores, both teams will receive the Scoring Bonus assigned to the place (1st-3rd) of the tied score

2.    In the event of tied bench scores, both teams will receive the Bench Bonus assigned to the place (1st-3rd) of the tied score

D.     Tournament Points will accrue cumulatively in weeks 1-15 and will be posted to the Pro Bowl Scoreboard

E.     Touchdowns

    1. Weekly/Season Touchdowns will be tracked on the Tournament Points Scoreboard, but will not be added or factered into the Tournament Points total
    2. The Touchdown Tracker will count all touchdowns scored by all starting players on all teams, regardless of positionof player (offense/team defence/IDP) and regardless of type of touchdown, in all regular season weeks (1-15)
    3. The Season Touchdown Total (weeks 1-15) of the two Championship teams will be used as the starting score for those teams in the Championship 2-week match, at a rate of 1 point/Season TD Scored

X    Playoffs/Championship Game

A.     In lieu of a traditional playoff format, the Tournament will culminate in a single, two-week Championship Game in Weeks 16 and 17

B.     The first and second place teams by Total Tournament Points (see Tiebreakers), will qualify for the 2 Championship spots

C.     The Championship Game

    1. Add/Drop Transaction Limits will be removed in the week prior to the Championship Game; waiver settings/order will remain in place
    2. The Season Touchdown Total (weeks 1-15) of the two Championship teams as tracked on the Tournament Points Scoreboard will be used as the starting score for the Championship 2-week match, at a rate of 1 point/Season TD Scored
        1. The Touchdown Tracker will count all touchdowns scored by all starting players on all teams, regardless of positionof player (offense/team defence/IDP) and regardless of type of touchdown, in all regular season weeks (1-15)
    3. The Bench Score Totals of both Championship teams will be added to their starting line-up score totals in both weeks of the Championship Game
    4. Teams WILL continue to make Pick-'em selections, and each correct pick in both week 16 and 17 will be converted to 10 points and added to the Championship Game scoreboard for the respective team
    5. A Starting Line-Up Bonus of 15 scoreboard points will be added in each week of the Championship Game to either/both teams for posting a starting line-up score that out scores their own bench score 
    6. An Offensive Flex Bonus of 10 scoreboard points will be added in each week of the Championship Game to either/both teams if their Offensive Flex Starter out scores each individual score of their RB, WR1, WR2, and TE starting positions
    7. A Defensive Flex Bonus of 5 scoreboard points will be added in each week of the Championship Game to either/both teams if their Offensive Flex Starter out scores each individual score of their RB, WR1, WR2, and TE starting positions
    8. No other bonuses will accrue during the Championship Game

D.    Championship Game will be held in weeks 16 and 17 with points being cumulative in both weeks so that the highest two week score including all Championship Game Bonuses will be declared the winner (see Tiebreakers)

 1.     The winner of the Championship Game will receive the 1st place ($200) payout, and the loser of the Championship will receive the runner-up/2nd place ($100) payout

XIV     Tiebreakers

A.     Ties are allowed in the regular season (weeks 1-15) and teams receiv 5.0 Tournament Points for Head to Head Ties 

B.     Total Tournament Points Tiebreakers for determining the two teams to participate in the Championship Game are as follows (NOTE: "points" refers to Starting Line-Up Points):

1.   W-L-T Standings Record (Wks 1-15)

2.   Total Season Points

3.   Head to Head Cumulative Points between tied teams

4.  Total, combined Offensive FLEX Position Points in head to head games of tied teams

5.   Total, combined Offensive FLEX Position Points in Weeks 1-15 (all games)

6.   Total, combined kicking points in head to head matches of tied teams

7.   Total, combined kicking points in Weeks 1-15 (all games)

8.    Total, combined TEAM DEF points in head-to-head matches of tied teams

9.   Total, combined TEAM DEF points in Weeks 1-15 (all games)

10.  Coin Flip

C.     Tiebreaker for the Championship Game

1.   Competing teams' regular season head-to-head W-L record (best of 3); if one of those meetings is a tie, and the other two are a split, then...

2.   Week 16 and 17 combined Pick-'em Score (1 point per correct pick)

3.   Week 16 and 17 combined total touchdowns scored (all starters)

4.   Longest Field Goal made by starting Kicker in Week 16 and 17 combined

5.   Week 16 and 17 total combined starting QB score

6.   Week 16 and 17 total combined starting Offensive FLEX Position Points

7.   Week 16 and 17 total combined starting Defensive FLEX position Points

8.   Highest score by single player (any position) in either Week 16 or 17

9.   Total offensive yardage (passing, rushing, receiving) generated by all starters, Weeks 16 and 17 combined

10.  If still tied after first 9 tiebreakers, draw is declared and prize money is split evenly