King of the Mountain Tournament

King of the Hill

Tournament Rules

I     General

A.   These will serve to be the official rules for Associated Fantasy's 2020 King of the Mountain Tournament (KotM)

B.   For anything not covered in these rules, please refer to the League Settings page at League website;  League will be hosted on fleaflicker.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 involves TC’s team 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 before entry fees have been paid, and will be marked ‘LOCKED’ once any changes are final

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

II     Format

A.   16 Teams; Ladder Schedule, 17 Week Standings Race

III     Fees/Payout

A.   Entry fee for KotM will be $35.00 (US) per team

B.   Payout pot will total $560.00 (US)

1.   Tournament Champion (1st place) will win $350.00 (US)

2.   2nd Place will win $150.00 (US)

3.   3rd Place will win $60.00 (US)

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

D.   TC will set deadline for payment of entry fee once tournament is full

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

IV     Scoring

A.   KotM will utilize the AF-PPR Offensive Scoring Package:

B.     KotM will utilize the AF-Standard Team Defense Scoring Package:

V     Rosters

A.   KotM will utilize the AF Formations Roster Set

1. 1. 1. Position maximums will be observed

VI    Draft

A.   The 2020 Draft will be live, online on a date and time TBD by Associated Fantasy

1.   Draft will be serpentine style, 13 rounds in length

3.   60 seconds are allotted for each pick

4.   Draft order for each round will be randomized by the draft order randomizer tool at FFToolbox.com prior to draft but after all teams have paid entry fees

B.     In order to make it easier for all teams to follow the draft in progress, ALL TEAMS are required to post logos to their team prior to the draft

1. 1. Logos may be custom or NFL default
   2. Teams that do not post their own logos will have logos posted for them by AF

VII     Free Agency/Trades/Cuts

A.   Free Agency

1.   Free Agency is open from immediately following the draft through to the end of season with Waivers in effect

B.   Waivers

1. 1. Waivers are set to "Always On" meaning their is no open free agency
   2. Waiver order will be revolving waivers, never reset
   3. Initial Waiver Order will be set by hosting site
   4. Waiver period is 2 days

C.     Transaction Limits

1.   None

D.   Trades

1.Trading is not allowed in the Tournament

VIII     Schedule/Championship

A.   KotM is a 17 week, ladder schedule, standings tournament in which 1st place by standings after week 17 will be named Champion

1.   There are no playoffs

2.   There is no championship match

B.     Week 1 Match-ups will be based on draft order of the first round of the draft

1.   Position #1 vs Position #2;  #3vs#4;  #5vs#6;  #7vs#8;  #9vs#10;  #11vs#12;   #13vs#14;  #15vs#16

C.     Weeks 2-17 Match-ups will be based on standings rank for the week of the match-up

1.  #1vs#2;  #3vs#4;  #5vs#6;  #7vs#8;  #9vs#10;  #11vs#12;  #13vs#14;  #15vs#16

2.   Match-Ups reset weekly based on standings

3.   Hosting site settings and tiebreakers will determine standings rank

D.  Champion

1.   Team ranked #1 in the standings at the conclusion of Week 17 will be named Champions

2.   Teams ranked #1 (Champion), #2, and #3 will win 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prize mone

3.   Hosting site settings and tiebreakers will determine standings rank

IX     Tiebreakers

A.     Individual Match-ups are allowed to end in ties

B.     Hosting site will determine all standings tiebreaking

1.   Tiebreak setting on host site will be "Head to Head Record"

X     Special Rule

A.     Participation in tournament is limited to one entry per household/IP address

B.     After all tournament slots are filled but before draft order has been established, hosting site will be contacted to verify that all participants registered with tournament are originating from different IP addresses to verify that no participant is registered with multiple teams

C.     Multiple teams originating from the same IP address will result in immediate expulsion of all teams involved