Line-ups

Each team will have a roster consisting of 2 QBs, 3 RBs, 5 WRs/TEs, 2 Ks and 2 DEFs. From this
roster, each team will select 1 QB, 2 RBs, 4 WRs, 1K and 1 DEF to start each week. Line-ups are due before the first kickoff of each week (and note that some weeks have Thursday games). If a team fails to submit a line-up by the deadline, their line-up is automatically the line-up from the week before. Each team is responsible for knowing bye weeks, the Commissioner will not "correct" line-ups.

Each team is allowed to protect one player each year to carry over to the next year's roster. The same player cannot be protected two years in a row. Example: if the Penguins protect Randy Moss for the 2000 season (having been on the Penguins roster in 1999), they cannot protect Moss for the 2001 season. This applies even if the Penguins trade/waive Moss during the 2000 season and then re-acquire him later that season.

Teams may drop, add and/or trade players on their roster. Drops and adds must be communicated to the Commissioner. Players may be dropped at any time. Adding players may be subject to the waiver wire (see below). Players may be added on a first come, first serve basis outside of the waiver period (after Tuesday midnight and before the first kickoff of the week). Trades can occur at any time. Trades are not considered complete until all teams involved have informed the Commissioner.

Each year, a draft will be conducted in reverse order of the previous year's final standings. Expansion teams automatically draft at the bottom of the draft. The beginning waiver wire order is the order of finish from the previous year. Expansion teams automatically start at the top of the waiver wire.

The Waiver Wire

Once a drop and add request is made during the Sun after first kickoff to Tuesday before midnight period, that request may be withdrawn if an owner changes their mind about their move. It may not be withdrawn after the owner knows that the waiver process has been invoked on their move. Example: The Rubble are at the top of the waiver list. They decide to add Kamil Loud, WR, Buffalo and drop Eric Moulds (hey, it's my example I can set it up any way I want). They call in the move on Monday morning. By Monday evening, they realize that that was a stupid move and call in to rescind it. That's fine. In this example, they don't know if a waiver claim has been put in on Loud or not. If they decide to stick with the move and someone else puts a claim in on Loud, then they move down to the bottom of the waiver list. So, all moves are locked in once Tuesday, midnight hits. What the Rubble can't do is ASK if anyone has put a claim in on Loud before they decide to put in a request to add him. I won't reveal that info to any owner. They also cannot say, "I'll add Loud but not if someone else puts a claim on him." Or, "let me know if someone else claims Loud and I'll drop my request." A waiver request cannot be conditional. There are several reasons for this: 1) I don't have the time to contact owners and let them know a claim has been made on a player they requested to ask what they want to do! 2) If I were to agree to contact people, the scenario can easily be envisioned where I can't get a hold of an owner and then the whole waiver process is delayed and people don't know if they have a player or not and 3) conditional requests simply get too confusing. I need clarity to make sure players end up where they should. I will add a note: I have my own personal rule so that I don't have any unfair advantage (since I know if a player has been claimed or not). Once the first move on a player during the waiver period comes in, I will not make any moves on that player. So, if the Rubble claim Loud, I will not put a claim in on Loud just to force the Rubble down the waiver list. Last waiver issue. The question was raised what if the same team has two waiver claims? Example, the Rubble claim Loud and Chris Walsh, WR, Minnesota, as part of their waiver moves. Then, the Huskies claim Loud and the Cavaliers claim Walsh. What happens? Whenever a team makes multiple moves during the waiver period they should prioritize these moves. For example, the Rubble would say I want Loud first and Walsh second. The waiver activity would then look like this: the Rubble would get Loud and then be moved to the bottom of the waiver list. This negates the Huskies claim. The Cavaliers would get Walsh and then they would move to the bottom of the waiver list (since the Rubble now at the bottom of the list had put a claim in on Walsh). The priority would always be highest team on the waiver list first, then highest priority within a team first in determining the order of waiver moves.

Scoring

Touchdowns are worth 6 points.
Touchdown passes are worth 4 points.
Two point conversions (rushing or receiving) are worth 2 points.
Two point conversion passes are worth 1 point.
Extra points are worth 1 point.

Field goals are worth 3 points.
Safeties are worth 2 points.
Multiple scores are possible. Example: A team has Q. Ismail and the Baltimore defense. Ismail plays for Baltimore. The team starts both. During a game, Ismail returns a punt for a touchdown. The team receives 6 points for the players score and 6 points for the defensive score.

Tie-breakers
If a game remains tied after the scoring of all starters has been compiled, the game goes into overtime. The first tie-breaker is the points scored by the backup kicker.If one team has more points than the other at this position, the game is over and the team with more backup kicker points wins the game. If the game remains tied, the next tie-breaker is the backup QB, after that, the backup RB, the backup WR and then the backup defense. If the game still remains tied after all these tie-breakers have been exhausted, the game is officially a tie.

Determining a league champion

The team with the best record at the end of the season will be declared the league champion for that season. If two or more teams are tied for the best record, the first tie-breaker will be combined head to head results between all the teams involved. If two or more teams are still tied, the next tie-breaker is most points for. If a tie still exists, the third tie-breaker is most points against. If teams are still tied after this, they will officially be declared co-champions.

Example:
The Panthers, Warriors and Cavaliers all end the season with 11-6 records. A head to head analysis shows that the Panthers went 2-2 against the Warriors and the Cavaliers during the season. The Warriors went 2-2 against the Panthers and the Cavaliers. And, the Cavaliers went 1-3 against the Panthers and the Warriors. At this point, the Cavaliers would be eliminated from league championship consideration and the Panthers and the Warriors would move on to the next tie-breaker. Had any of the teams actually gone 3-1 or 4-0 versus the other two, that team would have been declared league champion and the tie-breaking procedure would stop.
At this point, the next tie-breaker (most points for) would be applied. The tie-breaking procedure would not revisit the head to head results for just the two teams. For example, it is possible that the Panthers went 2-0 versus the Warriors or the Warriors went 2-0 versus the Panthers. The only factor considered here would be most points for. If one of the teams has a cumulative points for greater than the other, that team would be declared league champion. If the two teams had exactly the same number of cumulative points for, the procedure would move on to the third and last tie-breaker. The same procedure would apply for most points against as was applied to most points for. This third tie-breaker will either result in a single league champion if one team had more points against than the other, or a co-championship if their points against was the same.