1. The FFL will consist of 6 teams in one Division.

2. 17 game regular season, and a separate PLAYOFF season.

3. Fees are as follows:

4. Top three finishers will be paid as follows:

5. Tie breakers for final positions will be as follows:

6. Draft order will be determined by record of the previous year. The Worst record gets first choice of draft position. Second worst gets the next choice, and so on. New teams in the future will get last choice of draft position.

7. ROSTER AND LINEUPS

The roster size will remain 18 players in any configuration. Starting lineups will consist of the following:

8. Starting lineups must be turned in to the Commissioner no later than noon Friday for players whose games are being  played on Saturday or Sunday.

No later than noon Thursday for Players whose games are to be played on Thursday night. You must determine by this time if you want to change your line up involving a player in a Thursday game. If you do not Make the choice, the player from last weeks line up will start for that current week.

(i.e. If you started Barry Sanders in weeks 5 and he is playing a Thursday game for Week 6, then that Owner must call the commissioner by Thursday to make the choice of starting or not starting him for Week 6. If the Owner fails to call, then Barry Sanders WILL start for Week 6.

No later than noon Wednesday for ALL player for Thanksgiving Weekend games.

Failure to meet the submission deadline means the previous weeks lineup will be used for the upcoming game.

The Commissioner will try to have ALL lineups to every team by 5:00pm

9. The winning team of each game will be the team whose starters score the most points. In case of a tie the winning team will be the team will be the team whose active roster players score the most points.

As commissioner, I am only human. If I make a mistake on figuring points, please let me know within 48 hours of when the standings/results are published. Otherwise they remain as is.

10. Scoring System:

Rushing TD's - 6 points

Rushing for Extra Point - 2 points

Receiving Td's - 4 points

Receiving for an Extra Point - 1 point

Passing Td's - 4 points

passing for an Extra Point - 1 point

Kicking Field Goals - 3 points

Kicking an Extra point - 1 point

Defensive Player Td's by turnover - 6 points

Defensive Player Td's by kickoff or punt return - 6 points

Defensive Player scoring a safety - 2 points

* The DEFENSE TEAM has been has been dropped and all "Defensive" points will be given to that individual player.
I.e. #1 J. Galloway kick return for a TD will now be worth 6 points to the owner of that player.
I.e. #2, A Deon Sanders Interception is worth 1pt. for anyone who has him on their roster, and if he returned it for a TD, they would get 6 more points.

BONUS POINTS

COMBO POINTS: A player will receive 4 Points if the he meets 2 of the three levels listed here. 50 yards Rushing, 50 yards Receiving, 275 yards Passing.

11. TRADING: Trading of players will only be allowed up to Noon Wednesday of Week 13. All trades must be called in by Noon Wednesday. A limit of only 3 players each to be traded  between 2 teams. Trades are $5 per team, no mater if it is a 1 for 1, 2 for 2 or a 3 for 3, at the same time.

12. Waiver Wire

A player not on a roster can be picked up by a team for $3.00 minimum bid. You may pick up as many players as you wish through out the season.

If more than 1 team bids on the same player, they will enter in a "Bidding War". The "Bidding War" will be a silent bid by all owner involved and they will not know what the others bids are. You are only charged with a "Bidding War" if you continue the process after you are notified that there is/are another team(s).

Limited to only 3 "Bidding Wars" for the season for each team.

Must be done by Noon Wednesday.

Released players are not available until the following week.

13. Franchise Players (NEW)

Each team will be able to keep up to 2 franchise players from the previous season. You can only give the tag of "Franchise Player" to the same player 1 year in a row. For instance, Tait has T. Davis on his roster from last season, he can make T. Davis a "F.P." only for this season. Next season T. Davis will have to be thrown back into the pool to be drafted. Now he can be drafted again by Tait next season and tagged a "F.P." the following season after that.

If you keep just 1 Franchise Player on your roster, it will be your first round draft pick . If you keep 2 "FP"'ers, they will be your 1st and 2nd round draft picks. If you chose none, then you will have both a 1st and 2nd round draft pick to select any player still available.

A few weeks before draft night, the commish will begin calling the teams (from 6th to 1st place of the previous season [rule #6]) to determine if the are or are not keeping any Franchise Players. You DO NOT have to say WHO they are or HOW MANY there will be, at that time. After calling everyone and communicating the status if each team with franchise players, the commish will again contact everyone and get their draft order selection. Again we start from 6th to 1st. On the night of the draft, just before the draft, you will give the name(s) of your Franchise Player(s) via "secret ballot". At that time the commish will read everyone's FP selections and then the draft can commence.

This rule will be in effect for players on the 1998 roster to be protected for the 1999 season.

This may sound complicated, but it is not. It gives a team the chance to keep a player or two for 2 consecutive years.

14. A majority vote of the franchise owners present is needed to amend the rules or to add new rules.