Oh, hello, do you like things like punts? And kickoffs? And blitzes and blocks and….penalties? Do you like winning? And the opportunity to reign supreme over all living beings? That means you're probably going to like this: Ding-Dong Who is it? Football! Fantasy Addicts Football and the 2023 Fantasy Tournament
2023 Fantasy Addicts Tournament Rules
- GENERAL
- Free Entry/No Prize Payout
- 14 teams
- 2 divisions
- DIVISIONS
- There will be two divisions of 7 teams each - the Wildcat Division and the Bulldog Division
- The Wildcat Division will be a designated OFFENSIVE PLAYERS DIVISION
- The Bulldog Division will be a designated DEFENSIVE PLAYERS DIVISION
- Teams in each division may only roster players based on their divisions' positions designation (offense or defense)
- DRAFT
- Draft will be live online Wednesday, 9/6 at 11pm EDT
- Draft order will be determined at random by draft client 30 minutes prior to draft start
- Teams may ONLY DRAFT offensive or defensive players as it corresponds to their division
- Draft will be 20 Rounds
- AUTOPICKS - teams that miss the draft and have autopicks of players that are counter to their division (offense or defense) and/or mistaken picks:
- After the draft, all players that do not match a team's division (offense or defense) will be removed from those rosters and placed on waivers, no exceptions
- See FREE AGENCY section below
- ROSTER:
- Wildcat Division Starting Lineup
- 1 QB
- 3 RB
- 5 WR
- 2 TE
- 2 K
- 7 BENCH
- Bulldog Division Starting Lineup
- 3 DL
- 3 LB
- 3 DB
- 2 IDP (FLEX)
- 2 TEAM DEF
- 7 BENCH
- NOTE: all teams will have open spots for all staring positions, but Wildcat Division Teams are not allowed to roster defensive players and Bulldog Division Teams are not allowed to roster offensive players
- SCORING
- Scoring will be the normal Fantasy Addicts Scoring Set (with following exceptions)
- Kicking Points have been increased from 1pt to 2pts for extra points and from 3 pts to 4 pts for field goal; Team Defense has had categories for sacks, interceptions, forced fumbles and fumbles recovered added
- see NFL.com settings page
- see HANDICAP section below
- Scoring will be the normal Fantasy Addicts Scoring Set (with following exceptions)
- REGULAR SEASON
- Teams from EACH DIVISION will play a 14 game double round robin schedule against each of the teams from the other division in weeks 1-14
- PLAYOFFS
- The #1 and #2 team in each division by standings (total points as tiebreaker) will advance to the Semifinals
- The 4 playoff teams will play 1 vs 2 and 2 vs 1 across divisions (Wildcats vs Bulldogs) in a 2-week cumulative points semifinal in weeks 15 and 16
- The 2 winning semifinal teams - regardless of division - will advance to a 2-week cumulative points championship in weeks 17 and 18
- Championship teams will be allowed to fill ALL STARTING ROSTER SPOTS (offense and defense) from free agency
- FREE AGENCY
- Free Agency IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DRAFT:
- Will be 3 day waivers
- Will be "move to last after successful claim"
- Initial Waiver Priority will be inverse of draft order
- Free Agency FROM WEEK 2 to WEEK 18:
- Will be 2 day waivers
- Will be "resets each week to inverse order of standings"
- NFL.com "Can't Cut List" setting will be TURNED ON
- Teams that do not advance to the semifinals or the finals will be locked out of add/drops at the conclusion of regular season and/or semifinal games
- Free Agency IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DRAFT:
- TRADING
- Trading is not allowed
- CORRECTIONS/PENALTIES
- After each week of gameplay, rosters will be checked for illegal players (offensive or defensive players in the wrong division)
- These players will be removed from rosters
- If illegal players are started, their weekly points will be deducted from final score when this adjustment is made
- If illegal players are rostered and not started, 10 points per player will be deducted from final score
- HANDICAP
- Based on several years of collected data using the Fantasy Addicts Scoring Settings and a similar starting line-up set, the offensive and defensive scoring potential of the teams in each division should be about equal
- Meaning, any given Wildcat Division Team should be able to beat any given Bulldog Division team and vise versa, with neither offensive or defensive squads having an advantage
- After weeks 1-3, if either the offense teams or the defense teams show a pronounced scoring advantage based on the numbers, a handicap system will be devised and applied retroactively to all games already played and all games moving forward
- I do not expect this to be necessary, but if it is, I'll come up with a fair handicap
