2024 Bylaws

C. If a rule is not explicitly stated, interpretations will consider these criteria and new rules will be voted on and subsequently documented in these bylaws.

D. If this document disagrees with league site settings, site settings will prevail until corrected.

Twelve teams play a 14-game schedule with 3 weeks of playoffs.
16 Rostered Players for each team
Each team can put two players on Injured Reserve
Starting Lineup Consists of 1QB/2RB/2WR/1TE/2Flex/1DST/1K/ 6 Bench Players
Each team can select free agents after the draft is completed.
Free agents acquired by Blind Bid Auction processed on Wednesdays.
Dropped players and all listed Free Agents after start of game will be on waivers.
Dropped players will spend a minimum of 24 hours on the waiver wire.
After waivers, the remaining free agents are available by First Come First Serve claims.
Teams eliminated from playoffs will have their rosters frozen during playoffs.
Three-week, eight-team playoff structure running NFL weeks 15-17.
Trading prohibited from beginning of NFL Week 14 to the end of NFL Week 18.
Consolation bracket running NFL weeks 15-17.
$300 annual league dues.
Cash Prize pools with 100% payouts.
The league is designed to run for multiple years with smooth ownership transitions.
Rules may be modified by Commissioner approval.
Trade offers need approval by the Commissioner.

2. BFFL DRAFT

Every Year we hold a sixteen round Snake Type Draft, 2024 season draft lottery will be held on Saturday August 24^th, 2024, at 8pm conducted by a certified online third-party provider. The league will always try and work around everyone’s schedule. Generally, we will try and draft in the last weekend of August or first weekend of September.

2024 Draft will be scheduled for Sunday 09/01 Sunday 6:00PM CDT

The draft order is randomized produced by the neutral third-party provider below.

Fantasy Nerds

Review the example below of a Snake Draft for a twelve team Fantasy Football league.

***Owners should always try and be available for all sixteen rounds of the draft. If you can’t make it the auto draft system will make the picks for you.

3. FREE AGENT ACQUISITION BUDGET (FAAB)

The Free Agent Acquisition Budget system (also known as a FAAB) allocates a budget of fake “money” to each team before the season for them to spend on free agent players on waivers. Waiver claims are awarded to the highest bidder instead of the worst-ranked team. Each time a claim is processed, the bid amount is deducted from the remaining budget.

Teams will have a $200 Spending Limit. This is a hard cap. The $200 must last you the whole season.
Teams may not trade FAAB Funds
Bids are blind, so other managers can’t see what your bid is.
The highest bid at the end of the waiver period wins the player.
The winning manager has their bid removed from their FAAB budget.
In the event of a tie, a continuing rolling list waiver priority order is implemented for the tiebreaker, based on draft order. If you waive a player at all, you go to the end of the list. If you make any free agent acquisitions, it will not affect this priority order.
The minimum bid on any player is $0.

4. LEAGUE RESOURCES

Yahoo Site: URL https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/42518/invitation?key=88205b94af124fd4&soc_trk=lnk&ikey=991e3925ed4cbe71

League Dues: Due by 09/10/2024

Paid via Venmo, Zelle (Chase Quick Pay.)

Call the commissioner for all details and payment methods.

5. LEAGUE CALENDAR

This league calendar will be updated by the Commissioner.

7/1/2019	League Creation Date
7/21/2024	BFFL Bylaws Finalized
8/05/2024	Franchise Owners Annual Meeting
8/21/2024	Fantasy Football Lottery 7:00PM CDT
8/28/2024	BFFL Draft 8:00 pm CDT
7/01/2024	1^st League Fees Deposits
8/01/2024	2^nd League Fees Deposits
9/10/2024	$300 League Fees balance Due
11/23/2024	BFFL Trade Deadline NFL Week 12
12/13/2024	Regular Season Champion Cash Payout
12/15/2024	1^st RD Playoffs Week 15
12/22/2024	2^nd RD Semifinals and Consolation Bracket begin Week 16
12/29/2024	League Championship Week 17
01/03/2025	Cash Prize Payouts

6. 2024 BFFL LEAGUE DUES

League dues are $300 per season per team and are non-refundable.

An owner may not participate in any draft until they receive an invitation from the commissioner.

If an owner leaves the league for any reason, his dues are forfeited to the prize pool, and he will have no claim to them in any way. This includes if he finds a replacement owner, unless the replacement owner is willing to reimburse him and pay the dues required to join the league.

If an owner cannot reasonably meet the dues deadline, they must notify the Commissioner and make alternate arrangements. Failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of their team for the current season and seeking a replacement owner. Don’t be that guy!

7. 2024 BFFL PRIZE PAYOUTS

The payout structure is based on dues of $300 per team per season.

First place – $2000

Second place -$700

3^rd Place – $400

Regular Season Champion – $500 awarded to the team with the best regular season record.

Championship Belt ($150) – Awarded to the League Champion

Each team Manager will receive a League Sponsored T-Shirt

***All team owners who paid their League entry fees will receive a complimentary BFFL t-shirt for participating in the 2024 season***

8. STARTING LINEUP & ROSTERS

League rosters will consist of no more than sixteen players during a season. There are no roster limits during the off season, meaning that roster limits only apply from the final cut down before the Draft and before the first game of a team’s season. Violation of this rule will subject a team to league sanctions, but don’t be that guy.

Teams are required to submit a full starting lineup each regular season week during the regular season and, if applicable, each playoff week.

A starting lineup shall consist of ten players:

1 Quarterback (QB)
2 Running Back (RB)
2 Wide Receivers (WR)
1 Tight End (TE)
2 Flex (RB/WR/TE)
1 Defense (D)
1(K)

Player positions are determined by the Yahoo site. No restrictions are currently in place.

BFFL will follow Yahoo IR rules for determining players eligible for IR based on player status designation this can’t be appealed by league managers and it is incumbent upon the league managers to manage roster personnel for their team and assign players to IR who are eligible.

Owners should be aware that Yahoo may change a player’s position at any time pursuant to that player’s NFL team changing their position, e.g., switching a player who was previously a wide receiver (WR) to that of a running back (RB). These changes shall not be overruled by the League under any circumstances. These changes become effective when they are made by Yahoo Fantasy.

Owners are responsible for assessing the possibility that a given player may change positions before acquiring the player.

Players are not locked into a team’s starting lineup until the game in which the player is participating has kicked off, at which point they may not be removed.

9. BFFL SCORING SETTINGS

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Regular season games that are tied (0.1point scoring) commissioner will follow Yahoo tiebreaker rules.

10. BFFL PLAYOFF FORMAT

Playoffs will take place during Weeks 15 through 17 of the NFL regular season. The eight playoff teams will be seeded as follows:

● Top eight teams with the best record

● No “Playoff Byes” for teams participating in the playoffs

Tiebreakers for all standings and playoff spots will be determined by Yahoo Fantasy which should use this order. If this list is in error, Yahoo Fantasy Commissioner standings and tiebreakers will prevail.

● Overall Record

● Team Total Points

Playoff Round 1. Playoff teams will be manually reseeded in the event of an upset in Round 1. For example: If Seed 6 defeats Seed 3 in Round 1, Seed 1 will now play Seed 6, and Seed 2 will play the winner of Seed 5 & Seed 4.

There will be no ties in the Playoffs. Ties will be resolved by:

Playoff Tie-Breaker Criteria = 1. Best regular season record vs opponent wins

2. Higher Seed wins

11. BFFL Consolation Bracket

The four teams that lose in the first round of the playoffs will participate in the Consolation bracket playoffs. These teams will be seeded by Yahoo Fantasy Football Settings. Tiebreakers (see above) will be used if necessary.

12. WAIVERS and FREE AGENCY

Any player not on a league roster is considered a free agent. Free agents may be claimed by owners during one of two periods each week: The Waivers Period and the First Come, First Served (FCFS) Period. Free agents whose NFL teams have participated in a game and players dropped since the last Waiver Period ended are not eligible to be claimed until the following Waiver Period.

13. BFFL TRADES POLICY

Trading is encouraged. There is no limit on the quantity of trade.

Trading is only permitted by teams who are paid in full for the current season.

Trades are not allowed during the period shown in the league calendar (post the week eleven deadline and the league playoffs).

Once a trade has been proposed and accepted via the site, it cannot be rescinded except for owner error. If a trade was offered or accepted in error, the owner making the error must notify the Commissioner and the owner of the other team immediately (i.e., within 5 minutes of the trade’s acceptance) to request that the trade be voided. Trades will only be revoked because of legitimate owner error that is reported in a timely manner; owners may not request that a trade be voided due to buyer’s remorse, seller’s remorse, or failure to perform due diligence before proposing or accepting a trade. The Commissioner reserves the right to allow a trade to stand if an owner’s claim of error is not deemed to be credible.

Owners shall use their best efforts to respond promptly (within 24 hours) to trade offers from other owners. Owners are encouraged to check for trade offers every time they log on to the site, and owners should immediately reject a trade they deem unacceptable.

The Commissioner may, under rare circumstances, decide that a trade is either anti-competitive, or not in the best long-term interest of the league. In this case, the Commissioner must decide within 12 hrs. to disallow the trade. The rationale for this trade veto will be documented via email or group text message. A league manager can make a request for a league vote via phone, text or email consisting of an explanation as to why they request a vote, upon receipt the commissioner must reply within 1 day approve/disapprove to league managers.

Upon approval by the commissioner, every team manager in our league has the power to cast a vote or abstain. All team managers will be sent an email or text by the commissioner with instructions on how to cast a vote. The league requests that seven out of twelve majority are needed to cancel the trade. Teams with more than one team manager will only receive one vote.

14. BFFL STATISTICS AND SCORING CHANGE

Yahoo data provider is the official scorer and will update stats throughout Sunday and then we will run stat corrections 11pm PST after MNF and then it runs again at 9pm, 10pm, and 11pm PST Tuesday night. We will occasionally update stat corrections after Tuesday when the official NFL gamebook comes out.

15a. BFFL ORPHAN TEAMS

An owner may retire from the league in good standing. At the beginning of the league calendar year the commissioner will send out a notification asking which owners are planning to return. If you wish to return great if not that’s fine too. You must let the league office know before July 5th, 2024.

Aside from retirement, orphan teams can be created through the following circumstances:

● Quitting owner: If an owner publicly declares they are quitting the league on the Yahoo site or chat, the team is immediately classified as an orphan team and the Commissioner will assume control of the team until a replacement owner is found. Public, written “I quit” declarations are permanent and irrevocable; quitting owners are permanently barred from seeking reinstatement to the league.

● Abandoning owner: A team is considered abandoned during the season if an owner fails to set a lineup for two consecutive games.

● Removal of an owner for failure to pay league fees by the agreed Payment Deadline

● Removal of an owner for cheating or anti-competitive conduct

● Removal of an owner or multiple owners for collusion between teams

● Removal of an owner or owners for offering and/or accepting bribes (i.e., real-life money or any other real-life consideration) as an incentive to complete league trades, league transactions or influence league activity of any kind.

● Removal of an owner for repeated failure to return league emails and trade offers in a timely manner.

● Removal of an owner for conduct or transactions detrimental to the league.

● Removal of an owner for failing to maintain the minimum or maximum roster size.

● Removal of an owner for repeated failure to adhere to league rules or abide by Commissioner rulings.

● Removal of an owner for repeated failure to communicate with owners or the Commissioner in a mature or respectful manner.

15b. BFFL IN-SEASON ORPHAN POLICY

If a team is orphaned during the season, the Commissioner will set that team’s roster for the remainder of that season. The stated preference is that the Commissioner setting the orphan team’s roster is not scheduled to play that orphan team during the season. In the event the Commissioner’s team does play the orphan team during the season, another league member shall set the orphan team’s lineup for that game.

Payouts won by a team orphaned during a regular season will be put into the following year’s pool to be distributed as extra prize winnings if no replacement owner is found.

16. CHANGING LEAGUE RULES

Proposed rules or scoring changes must be communicated to all owners. This may be achieved by posting on the yahoo league site.

For binary votes: 7 of 12 owners voting in favor the change will result in a successful change.

For votes with more than one option: If no majority is achieved, the option with the most votes will succeed. If no option receives the single most votes, the proposal will fail. The proposer will be given one additional opportunity to submit a variation of this rule change in this calendar year to achieve the required number of votes.

Changes will be implemented in the following league year unless otherwise specified.

If you would like to propose a change, please text the commissioner at (773)405-5721 or email [email protected] with your concerns and ideas.

17. OWNER RESPONSIBILITIES

Preparation is the key to short-term survival and long-term success in a Re-Draft. Owners are expected to be prepared for the annual drafts and to monitor NFL activities throughout the regular season and offseason, including but not limited to up-to-date knowledge of player injuries and which players and coaches have changed teams or retired.

Participation is the lifeblood of this league, even more than rivalries, free agents, statistics, or drafts. Maintaining a sense of community and respect among owners is vital to the league’s long-term survival and owners’ long-term enjoyment.

In addition to the above, owners are also required to adhere to the following responsibilities on behalf of their teams. An owner who fails to adhere to one or more of these responsibilities will be subject to Commissioner’s sanctions:

● Owners are responsible for ensuring their team has current lineups

● Owners are responsible for knowing and following the rules and schedule listed in these bylaw as well as on the League Site.

● Owners are responsible for responding to emails or private messages from the Commissioner other owners in a timely manner.

● Owners are responsible for taking part in league votes and debates.

● Owners are responsible for regularly accessing the league’s Yahoo site.

● Owners are responsible for responding to trade offers in a timely manner.

● Owners are responsible for participating in all required league functions and scheduled events, whether they occur in the regular season or offseason.

● Owners are responsible for submitting weekly lineups.

● Owners are responsible for notifying the commissioner (Juan Aguilar) if they will be away for an excessive period, so arrangements can be made to set lineups and/or manage the team during that owner’s absence.

18. ANTI-COMPETITIVE CONDUCT

Anti-competitive conduct is defined as owners or teams engaging in conduct that prevents, reduces, or otherwise negatively affects the natural competition and well-being of the league. The following anticompetitive actions are prohibited. Violations of these rules shall vote on by the Commissioner and the Commissioner may subject an owner or owners to sanctions, which may include immediate removal from the league:

Tanking: Owners are expected to use their best efforts to set their best available lineup every week of competition, even if they are well out of playoff contention. Tanking is defined as failing to submit their best available starting lineup either intentionally or through indifference. It is understood that owners may play hunches on who to start and won’t always start the player who scores the most points.

Anti-competitive Trades: Owners may not make trades that result in worsening their own team to stock another team playing a third team they want or need to lose. The Commissioner may retroactively void a trade if there is clear and convincing evidence that the trade was prohibited on anti-competitive grounds that were not apparent at the time of the trade.

Collusion: Collusion is defined as two or more owners planning and/or acting in concert to influence the results of league activities such as game outcomes, draft standing, or player availability. Any unsportsmanlike conduct coordinated between two or more owners is collusion, as is teams trading to consolidate better players on one team and/or agreeing to share payouts by acting in concert. Trading a player with the condition that he be traded back would be considered collusion, and against the rules. Owners engaging in collusion are subject to penalties and/or immediate removal from the league.

Dumping: An owner who, without good reason, cuts players from their team who are obviously valuable is subject to Commissioner’s sanctions. If an owner continues to dump players after sanctions are imposed, the owner shall be removed from the league. It is understood that teams can and will drop “borderline” players from their rosters but dropping obvious fantasy starters or substantial amounts of average players to increase draft position, make players available to other by way of collusion or sabotage the integrity of the league shall not be tolerated.

Indifference: An owner who fails to submit a starting lineup or fails to replace inactive players who are injured, benched, suspended or on their bye week is subject to Commissioner’s sanctions for a first offense. An owner who fails to set a starting lineup due to indifference twice in the same season is subject to removal from the league.

19. BFFL COMMISSIONER

Protests, grievances, and appeals will be submitted to the Commissioner via phone, email or text message and the commissioner will submit all these requests to the Owners for a vote. The Commissioner’s decision will be the final authority on all sanctions only to be overturned by a super majority vote (10 out of 12) on a league wide poll.

All Yahoo Scoring disputes will be settled by the Yahoo official Scorekeeper. The team manager/owner via email or text message will be required to provide a written explanation with a screenshot of the Yahoo scoring issue. The commissioner will submit a ticket with the screenshot and a written explanation received from the owner to the Yahoo fantasy support team at [email protected], usually within 24 hrs. Yahoo will complete the audit and their decision will be final with no appeal for scoring disputes.

Prepared By,

BFFL Commissioner

Juan Aguilar