IFFL Rule Book

Rules Directory

I    General

II   Format

III  Entry Fees and Payouts

IV   Scoring

V    Rosters

VI   Draft

VII  Free Agency and Trading

VIII Schedule

IX   Playoffs

X    Tiebreakers

NOTE: Rules Changes for the 2019 Season appear in magenta text

I     General

A.     These will serve to be the official rules for AF’s International Fantasy Football League (IFFL)

B.    Rule/Settings Lock Date

    1. At a date TBD before the draft, both the rules on this rules page and the settings at the hosting site’s league home will be “LOCKED” and will not change until the following offseason
      1. Coaches will be notified of this both before the Lock Date and at the time rules/settings are locked
      2. No changes will be made to settings after this date under any circumstances even if particular settings have been mistakenly set up in a way that is unintended

C.     For anything not covered in these rules, please refer to the League Settings page at League Hosting Site 

    1. Should there be ANY discrepancy between the rules contained therein on this rules page and the rules listed in the hosting site’s League Settings, either in description or in function, the Hosting Site’s settings will supercede

D.     All arbitration of League Rules to be arbitrated solely by League Manager (LM)

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

2.   Any LM decision that involves LM’s team will cause LM’s team to be removed from Championship eligibility

II     Format

A.     12 team, 3 division, redraft

III     Entry Fees and Payouts

A.     IFFL is a free-entry/no payout league offering of Associated Fantasy

IV     Scoring

A.     Offensive Scoring Settings

    1. IFFL will use the AF Arena Offensive Scoring Package
    2. AF Arena Offensive Scoring Package:

B.     Defensive Scoring Settings

    1. IFFL will use the AF Nickel Team Defense Scoring Package
    2. AF Nickel Team Defense Scoring Package:

V     Rosters

A.     Roster Set

    1. IFFL will use the AF Arena Roster Set
    2. AF Arena Roster Set:

B.   Team Rosters will have slots for a maximum of 17 Active Players with 0 slots for Injured Reserve Players

    1. This includes slots for 11 Starting Players and a Bench of 6 Players
    2. Teams are allowed to carry fewer than a full 17 player roster
    3. Position Maximums will be in effect

C.     Position Maximums

1.   The following Position Maximums will be in place:

      1. Max 2 QB’s
      2. Max 2 TE’s
      3. Max 2 K’s
      4. Max 2 TEAM DEF/SP Team

2.   There are no ‘Position Minimums’

D.     Quarterback BYE Weeks

1.   Any quarterbacks placed into a team’s starting line-up on that quarterback’s NFL BYE week will receive a score equal to the average weekly score for that quarterback for all prior weeks

      1. Average will be derived by adding scores from all NFL regular season weeks prior to the BYE week in which the quarterback is started, irrespective of whether or not the quarterback started or played in any/all of those prior weeks
      2. Average will be rounded to the nearest whole number
      3. The points total derived from the calculation of the starting BYE week quarterback will be manually added to the team’s score by the LM or Asst LM and will count towards that team’s points total for the match in that week.

VI     Draft

A.     Draft held live online, annually on the last Sunday of preseason

1.   The 2018 Draft will be live online on 9/1 at 12noon EDT

B.     Draft will be serpentine style, 16 rounds in length

C.     120 seconds are allotted for each pick

D.     Draft order is determined by descending order of previous season‘s total regular season points totals

1.   Highest points total, gets 1st pick; second highest points total gets 2nd pick; and so on

2.   If there is 1 new team replacing a non-returning team, draft position for  the new team will be the position earned by the vacating team based on their prior season p[oints total

3.   If there are multiple new teams replacing non-returning teams, draft position for new teams will be determined by the following:

      1. The Draft Order Generator at FF Toolbox.com will be used
      2. All new teams will be entered into the generator, and it will randomize a draft order (1 thru the total number of new teams) for those teams and email the teams a copy of the order for verification
      3. The team drawing the #1 pick from the Draft Order Generator will assume the draft position of the highest picking non-returning team; the team drawing the #2 pick will assume the draft position of the next highest non-returning team; and so on
      4. This will not affect the draft slots of any returning teams who will retain their draft slot based on their prior season regular season points finish

VII     Free Agency and Trading

A.     Waivers

    1. Waivers are “Revolving”, meaning waiver priority order will not reset, with franchises moving to last after a successful claim but maintaing their position in the order if no claim or an unsuccessful claim is made
      1.   Initial Waiver Priority Order will be set as the inverse order of the first round of that season’s draft
    2. Waiver Period will be 2 days
    3. Players lock at individual game time

B.     Trading

    1. There is no Trade Deadline
    2. Trades are subject to Team Owner Review with a 4 day trade reject time
    3. Any combination of personel may be packaged into a trade deal
      1. Position Maximums must be observed
      2. Roster Size limitations must be observed
    4. No Trading of Draft Picks is not allowed

VIII     Schedule

A.     Regular season will be weeks 1-13
B.     Teams will play a league round robin in weeks 1-11 in which every team plays every other team one time
C.     In weeks 12 and 13 there will be division match-ups set by overall standings
    1. In week 12, within each division, the #1 team will play the #2 team and the #3 team will play the #4 team as determined by ranking within the division at the start of week 12
    2. In week 13, within each division, the #1 team will play the #2 team and the #3 team will play the #4 team as determined by ranking within the division at the start of week 13

IX    Playoffs

A.     Playoffs will be weeks 14-17
B.     4 teams will qualify for the playoffs
C.     Division Champions
    1. The highest ranked team by overall standings within each division will be named Division Champions and will receive a playoff spot

D.     Wild Card

    1. The 4th playoff team will be a Wild Card Spot
    2. If the highest ranked team (overall by standings) outside of the 3 Division Champions has a standings record/ranking equal to or greater than ANY of the 3 Division Champions, that team will receive the Wild Card spot (tiebreakers apply)
    3. If none of the teams outside of the 3 Division Champions has an overall standings record/ranking higher than or equal to any of the 3 Division Champions, then the Wild Card spot will go to the highest scoring teams (by total points weeks 1-13) among the field of 9 non Division Champion teams

E.      Seeding

    1. Playoff seeding #1-#4 will be by overall standings record/ranking within the league

F.     Semi-Finals

    1. The semi-final round of the playoffs will be in Weeks 14 and 15
    2. Match-ups will be #1 vs #4 and #2 vs #3
    3. Teams will play a 2 week cumulative points game in which the two winners will advance to the finals

G.     Finals/Championship

    1. The Championship Game will be a 2 week cumulative match-up in weeks 16 and 17 between the two winners of the semi-final round

X     Tiebreakers

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

B.     Order of tiebreakers for standings’ ties in the regular season is as follows:

    1. Head-to-head record
    2. Total Season Points
    3. Total Division points
    4. Head-to-head cumulative points
    5. Total, combined FLEX position points in head-to-head matches
    6. Total, combined FLEX position points in Weeks 1-11
    7. Total kicking points in head-to-head matches
    8. Total kicking points in Weeks 1-11
    9. Total TEAM DEF points in head-to-head matches
    10. Total TEAM DEF points in Weeks 1-11
    11. Coin Flip

C.     Tiebreakers for individual match-up ties in the playoffs are: 

    1. Total combined QB points (both weeks)
    2. Total FLEX position points (both weeks)
    3. Highest total number of TDs scored in match (both weeks)(all positions and all forms of TD)
    4. Total passing yards (both weeks)
    5. Total rushing yards (both weeks)
    6. Total receiving yards (both weeks)
    7. Total Kicker position points (both weeks)
    8. Total number of field goals kicked (both weeks)
    9. Longest field goal kicked
    10. If still tied, coin flip will determine outcome and winner will be astericked in the record book