1999 New Rules
On July 29th, 14 FFL teams participated in the New Rule Proposal decisions. The vote on the rule proposal of Full Season Salary Cap was a tie, so we will re-vote on this issue before the auction begins on Auction Night. In addition to the New Rule Proposals being discussed, the group decided to increase the league fee from $50 to $60.
Salary Cap
Current
Rule
Each team has a $100 salary cap for auction
night. After the auction is over,
player salaries are not considered in free agent or trade transactions.
The $100 salary cap is used throughout the
year. When a team acquires a new player
either through trade or free agency, the player’s salary must keep the team’s
total at or under $100. If a player
who has an auction value or salary of $10 is traded or dropped from a team,
whose cap was at $100, the salary total of the team is reduced to $90. The team would then have $10 salary to spend
on free agents or players received in trade.
Free agents would no longer be awarded to the lowest team in the
standings, but go to the highest bidder (silent bid placed when calling voice
mail for a free agent). When
attempting to pick up a free agent, you would place a bid for that player in
salary dollars. If the player is acquired,
the amount of salary paid in the bid for the player must be available so that
the team does not go over the $100 salary cap. If there is a tie where two teams both bid the same silent bid
for a free agent, the team lower in the standings receives the player. If a team calls in for a free agent and does
not specify a dollar amount, it will be assumed at $1. Bids must be made in $1 increments. When a player is placed on the Practice
Squad or Injured Reserve the player’s salary is freed up for free agents. Activating players would require room under
the cap.
The results of the other
rule proposals that go into effect this season are as follows:
Auction vs Draft
Auction won over draft by a vote of 10-4.
Rules for an
auction
Each team must bid for and buy 13 players including two kickers. Teams take turns putting a player up for bid and teams bid against each other with the highest bidder purchasing the player. If two teams have bid the highest bid at the same time and neither is willing to bid more, a coin is flipped to determine which team receives the player. Each team has a $100 spending cap to use in bidding for players. A team must save at least $1 for each roster spot left to be filled. If a team goes over the cap and it is caught before another player is auctioned off, the next highest bidding team gets the player. If a team has gone over the cap and it is caught later in the draft, the team loses the player that put them over the limit. That player can be put up for bid at any time. If a team goes over the cap and it is not caught until after the auction has completed, the team must drop one player (any player) to get back down to $99 or less. The team can fill the vacant roster spot during the first week of transactions.
Any player drafted the previous year in rounds 8
thru 13, and on the team's final roster at the end of the year, can be retained
the following year and count as the teams 5th round pick during a draft or
count as $10 salary during an auction.
If a player was purchased during an auction for $1, that player can be
retained the following year for $10.
Each team can only retain one player.
New
Rule for 2000
If an auction is used, a player’s eligibly to be
retained will be based on the salary of the 75th highest paid player
during the auction held 2 years earlier (averaging the three conferences and
rounding down). One player per team,
whose salary was at the 75th or higher level, can be retained. Players may be retained the following year
for the salary equal to the salary paid the 45th highest paid player
during auction night 2 years earlier (averaging the three conferences and
rounding up). The 2 year wait will
enable the team’s GM to know what the values will be before making any
decisions concerning retaining a player.
If this rule goes into effect, players from this year’s auction with
salaries of $2 or less can be retained next year for $8. The $2 and $8 values are based on last
year’s auction in the American and National conferences.
Starting Lineup Deadline
Starting
lineup deadline to be 10:00am Sunday won by a vote of 12-3.
Lineup changes can be
until 10:00 am on Sunday. If there are any NFL games starting prior to
10:00 am on Sunday, you must specify before that game's kick off if you want to
start a player who starts in an early game. . If the commissioner does not receive a line up change by the
required time, it is assumed the line up will be the same as the previous
weekend.
A
player must be actually listed on the NFL injury report won by a vote of 12-3.
New Rule
Players must be listed on the NFL injury report before they can be put on IR even if it means waiting a week in the case of a bye.
Remove the 4 week maximum limit on IR and change the
fee structure. Charge a team $1 for
every week the player is on IR after the original 4 weeks.
Decision was made that if a full lineup is not given by the coach, the commissioners will no longer make judgement decisions on who to start for the team (player who started previous week for example). This may mean your team will be short players if a valid lineup is not presented by the coach. The preferred way to change your lineup is to specify which player is replacing a player currently in the lineup (Galloway starting in place of Blades for example).
New
Rule
Allow transactions to be changed up
to the transaction deadline.
Transactions – Roll Forward
The decision was made to continue
with the current rule as written.
Current
Rule
If a transaction is called to voice mail after the
deadline, the transaction is considered for the next transaction day.
Changing the rule to only charge playoff teams the
$5 fee after the regular season won by a vote of 7-4-3.
The fee will remain at $5 for
any free agents picked up after the final regular season game but only if the
team is in the playoffs.
Consolation Playoffs won by a vote of 9-5. There will be a cash prize of $50 for the
team that wins the Consolation Playoffs.
New
Rule
There would be a consolation playoffs for all teams
that do not make the playoffs and possibly a second chance for playoff losers
to keep playing. It could either be a
single elimination playoff or a three week round robin. It will keep people’s interest in the NFL
and keep your team playing
Bowl Game Seeding
Continue to have the Bowl Committee
select teams won by a vote of 9-4.
Current
Rule
The Bowl Committee determines bowl game matchups
based on regular season total points scored, playing someone from another
conference, and regular season record.
High
Roller standing points will now be determined by how many of the teams you beat
duing the week won by a vote of 8-6.
New Rule
Each week, all High Roller team scores are
compared. Standing points will be
awarded based on how many teams your team beats that week. If there are 25 teams in High Rollers, and
your team is the highest scoring team, you receive 24 points. If you are the lowest scoring team, you
receive 0 points. If you are in the
middle and beat 12 teams, you receive 12 points for the week.
Division names will not change.
Current
Division Names
Black and Blue, Whips and Chains, T and A, Blood and
Guts, Buds and Suds, Tongue and Groove.