BFFL Rules (BFFL Office - November 30th, 2006)


DEADLINES

KEEPER: Protected players list must be submitted to the commissioner prior Noon, Wednesday before the draft.
TRADE: The trade deadline is 12:55 on the Sunday of Week 11. The waiver pick-ups after that date cannot be protected.
WAIVER: Must be received by 3h00 pm on Thurdays by e-mail to bfflwaivers2006@yahoo.com.

DRAFT RULES

The non playoff team enter a into a draw (Jelly beans draw) to determine their drafting order. The season final
standing is use to determine the number of chance each team have in the draw, as follow :
7th 1 bean
8th 1 bean
9th 2 beans
10th 2 beans
11th 3 beans
12th 3 beans
13th 4 beans
14th 4 beans
15th 5 beans
16th 5 beans
*Schlep Cup winner + 2 beans.

For the playoff teams, the draft will be held in reverse order of season finish with the last place team (6th) receiving the 11th pick down to the champion receiving the 16th picks.

Subsequent rounds will be held in reverse order of the previous round.

LINEUPS

The following are the only acceptable formations for your weekly line-up:
Standard : 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1K, 1D/ST
Run & Shoot : 1QB, 1RB, 4WR, 1K, 1D/ST
Double TE : 1QB, 1RB, 2WR, 2TE, 1K, 1D/ST

Any owner found guilty of not respecting the previous formations will automatically lose is Matchup. (a loss by 1 point if he was winning  with the illegal formation).

Line-ups are setup by owner on the BFFL website http://bytowne.football.nfl.com (You have until 5 minutes before game time to do so.) OR send by email to lineups@bffl.net before the first game of the week. No Backup will be allowed. Owner with commissionner previleges on the website (BPOS, DUFF and WPGS) must submit their line-up and changes via email.

Home field advantage rule

The team playing at home must submit a Home Field Player.
The home field player must be clearly associated with another player at the same position and whoever gets the most points will
count for the teams points for the week.
The commish reserves the right to void any use of an unethical combination of the Home Field Player.

KEEPER RULES

Each franchise must protect 4 players during the off-season to form the core of his team for the following season.
You may only protect a player twice so that you may only keep a player for up to 3 years.

PLAYOFFS

The winner of each division plus the non-division winners with the best record (wild-card) will advance.
One wild card team per Conferences. (Joe Louis-Smoke Screen / Whiner's-Flakes)
There will be three rounds of playoff.
The first round (week 14) will feature the two wild cards playing the weakest division winners (home team) from their Conference.
The second round (week 15) will feature the winners from week 13 versus the stronger division winners (home team) from their Conference.
The third round will feature the two winners from week 15 for the championship (no home field).
The 10 non playoff teams will play in the Schlep Cup.
Sclep cup tie breaker:
1. Head to Head (between the teams involved).
2. Total points scored.
3. One ball each.

ROSTERS

All Rosters must be comprised of:
3 Quarter Backs,
4 Running Backs,
5 Wide Receivers
2 Tight Ends,
2 Place Kicker and
2 Defense/Special Teams

DL - There is only one DL spot. Once a player is put on the DL, he cannot be recalled to the active
roster of the team that put him there until after the season. However, the team can replace that player on
the DL with another player - leaving the first player available on waivers like any other free agent. The DL
spot is only for players placed on the NFL injury reserve list.

The above roster must be maintained at all times during the season. During the off-season, your roster may vary.

SCHEDULE

Each team will play every team in their division twice.
Each team will play each team in the other division of their conference once.
Each team will play 3 of the 8 teams in the other conference.

SCORING

Points will be awarded as follows:

QB/RB/WR/TE:
TD Pass: 4 points
TD Run/Reception: 6 points
PA Pass: 1 point
PA Run/Reception: 2 points
10 Y Rushing/Receiving: 1 point
25 Yards Passing: 1 point

K:
PA Kick: 1 point
FG Less than 39 Yards: 3 points
FG 40 to 49 Yards: 4 points
FG More than 50 Yards: 5 points
The Kickers will not get any other kind of points

DEF/ST:
TD: 6 points
Safety: 2 points
Sacks: 1 point
Turnover: 2 points
Shutout: 5 points
Points allowed 1 to 9: 2 points
Points allowed 10 to 19:1 point
The points for fake Field goal or fake punt points are assign to the offensive players not the ST

TIE-BREAKER RULES

If two teams end off with the same record at the end of the season we will use the BFFL tie-breaker rule.

During the playoffs, the teams involved must provide a ranked list of 4 players. In case of a tie, we will compare the first player from both
list and the team that has the player with most point will win. If both players had the same amount of points, we will compare the second players
on the list and so on. If it is still tie after comparing the 4th players, the team with the best regular season record wins.
Failure to provide a tie-breaker list of players will yeild you with 0 points in tie-breaker comparaison.

VERCHY RULES (Added on August 15th, 2005)

No first, second or third round picks for future seasons can be traded after the first overall draft
pick has been chosen until the Tuesday following Week 5.

Penalty fee of $20 BFFL in year x+1 for the first game in year x where the team does not score 40 or
more points. The fine will increase by $10 BFFL for each subsequent score of 39 points or less. Every
team will have at least a minimun of 20 BFFL $ at the start of the season.

WAIVER RULES

Each team receives a fictitious $110 budget.
Undrafted players may be bid on between 9 a.m. and 2h00 p.m. (must be received by 3h00 pm) on Thurdays by e-mail (bfflwaivers2006@yahoo.com).
The commish will open the e-mail at around 3h15 pm.
If you do not trust e-mail you can do it by phone between 11h45 and 13h15 on Thurdays at JP Work Phone Number.
The commissioner will send his bid by e-mail to Al at his home address between 8:00 am and 9h00am.
In the event of equal bids, the lower placed team will receive the player.
If somebody bids on a player that is already on somebody's roster the bidding team will lose its money and not get the
player (Of course).
If there is a game on the Thursday, the waivers will take place on Wednesdays at the same time.