g.fantasy – the league
The league is created with the
intention of it being a continuous, keeper league. This will be a 12 team, and
22-man roster league.
I. TEAMS AND ROSTERS
1.1. There will be 12 teams competing in the Fantasy Baseball League consisting
of a mix of American and National league players. Each team will consist of 22
players and one additional player can go on the Injured Reserve list if CBS Sportsline (leagues stat service provider) lists that
player on the disabled list. Once that player no longer on the Injured Reserve
you must make the appropriate roster move to balance your lineup. You cannot
just hold a player in the Injured Reserve spot when they are no longer injured.
Your team will consist of 16 starters, 6 bench players (reserved) and may
include one additional injured reserve player.
1.2. A team's starting roster will consist of
the following players:
·3 outfielders
·1 catcher
·1 first baseman
·1 second baseman
·1 third baseman
·1 shortstop
·1 utility player (non-pitchers who can be any offensive player)
·7 pitchers (any combination of starters and relievers)
1.3. Team owners must submit their starting lineup once a week on the CBS Sportsline web site by the first game played each Monday.
To make sure your lineup is in place, it is recommended that you put your
lineup in at least one hour prior to the first game on Monday. The weekly
statistics for your starting lineup runs Monday through Sunday games.
1.3 (a) During the week following the MLB
All-Star game, the scoring period will last from Thursday until Sunday. Starting lineups must be submitted via
the CBS Sportsline web site prior to the start of
Thursday’s first major league game.
II. POSITION ELIGIBILITY
2.1. A player may be assigned to any position at which he appeared in 20 or
more games in the preceding season. If a player did not appear in 20 games at a
single position, CBS Sportsline will determine the
appropriate position for the player.
2.2. Once the season begins, a player becomes eligible for any position at
which he appears in at least 5 games.
2.3. The position eligibility of minor leaguers who have no major league experience will be determined by their projected fielding position for the upcoming season. This position eligibility will be determined based on where CBS Sportsline deems them eligible. If you have questions regarding rookie players position eligibility, contact the Commissioner a few days prior to the draft for clarification.
2.4. There may be a few rare occasions when CBS Sportsline will put a player eligible at a position which
does not fit under rules 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3 listed above. If CBS
deems a player eligible at a position other than what league rules 2.1, 2.2.
Or 2.3 stipulate, that player WILL also be eligible at the position(s) CBS Sportsline deems them eligible.
III. STATISTICS
3.1. CBS Sportsline will be the statistical service
chosen and will constitute the official statistics for our league. Any problems
with statistics must be reported to the Commissioner within 2 days. The league
Commissioner will work with CBS Sportsline to resolve
any statistical problem.
3.2. Performance statistics of a player shall be accumulated by a team only
when he is on the active starting roster of that team.
3.3. Statistics will be tabulated daily and available on the Internet.
Daily Statistics can be obtained through Sportsline
(League site).
3.4. All regular season statistics from Major League Baseball, except any extra
games necessary to determine playoff teams, will be included to determine your
team’s league standings. Statistics from Major League Baseball's playoffs
are not included.
3.5. All owners MUST submit a legal lineup
consisting of: 3 outfielders, 1 catcher, 1 second baseman, 1 shortstop, 1 first
baseman, 1 third baseman, 1 utility player (non-pitchers who can be any
offensive player), 7 pitchers (any combination of starters and
relievers). It is the responsibility of each owner to submit a legal
lineup. If you do not submit a legal lineup, your stats earned for that
week will not count towards your season totals and you will automatically lose
that weeks game. A league owner may
avoid forfeiture by requesting the commissioner to modify his lineup after the
deadline. In such a case, a good
faith determination will be employed to select a suitable replacement player in
the event of an illegal lineup.
This determination will take into account a number of factors, including
but not limited to past roster trends, early week performance and late-breaking
injury reports. CORRECTING AN
ILLEGAL OR NON-COMPLETE LINEUP IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER(s) AND
SHOULD NOT BE USED AS AN END-RUN AROUND MAKING TIMELY LINEUP DECISIONS. A fee of $5.00 will be added to the
respective owner’s season fees for any lineup fixed by the
commissioner.
3.6 Statistical point values will be determined
by the commissioner and submitted for review to assistant commissioners and
owners at least one week prior to draft day to allow for preparation.
IV. FEES
4.1. The entrance fee is $100 per team. The fee must be paid through PayPal secured processing web site (www.paypal.com). Additional fees that will incur are, but
are not limited to Sportsline.com league fees, respective PayPal
fees and add/drop fees.
4.2. Owners will be notified when they are to pay the $100 entry fee by the League Commissioner. The Commissioner will notify the league owners once the league has been confirmed. More information on important dates can be found on www.gfantasy.com or through email communications.
4.3. Transactions cost $.50 per pick up. Trades are free or charge. Transaction
fees will be paid twice during the year, once during the all-star break and the
once at the end of the season. If fees are not paid after the all-star break,
your team will be disqualified from competition. Late payments will result in a $5.00
penalty.
4.4. The league entry fee must be paid in full by February 14, 2008 at 11:59 PM
(EST). Unless arrangements have been made, Commissioner has the right to
freeze rosters until fees are paid up to date. This payment will be made
in two installments: $50 is due
before November 15th, 2007 and the full balance is due before
February, 15 2008.
4.5. If fees are not paid, the team may be sold to a different owner at the
Commissioner’s discretion. If the decision is made, it will be made
available to the first available person on the waiting list (can be found at
www.gfantasy.com).
4.6. Each person can only own one team in the league.
V. DRAFT
5.1. The draft will be 18 rounds in length (plus each team’s 4 keeper
players).
5.2. The initial season draft order will be randomly selected prior to draft
day. All team owners will be notified of the order prior to the draft once all
fees are confirmed paid.
5.3. Draft picks are allowed to be traded for in subsequent years. All traded draft picks must include
picks traded back. For example
– in the 2nd year if a draft pick is traded, the other team
involved in the trade must also include one of their draft picks.
5.4. There are no limitations on the number of players you select at a position
other than you must fill your starting 16 positions. Your other 8 draft picks
can be any position you want them to be.
5.5. Every team must retain four players from the previous season. Players to
fill slots are then drafted.
5.6 Draft
Lottery and Order:
Draft order will be determined via a lottery system. At the conclusion of the season, the 8
teams that fail to qualify for the playoffs will each have an opportunity to
secure one of the top three draft picks in the following season’s draft.
Each team will be awarded lottery entries as follows:
|
Place in standings |
Number of Entries |
Chance of Winning 1st Pick |
|
5 |
1 |
1.1% |
|
6 |
4 |
4.3% |
|
7 |
7 |
7.6% |
|
8 |
10 |
10.9% |
|
9 |
13 |
14.1% |
|
10 |
16 |
17.4% |
|
11 |
19 |
20.7% |
|
Worst |
22 |
23.9% |
|
TOTAL
ENTRIES |
92 |
|
Each entry will consist of a ball with an owner’s name affixed to
it. All 92 balls will be placed
into the Draft Order software program (http://www.draftorder.com/) and a non-involved
owner (one who qualified for the playoffs) or other third party will select
three balls – one for the first, second and third overall picks. The fourth pick will be awarded to the
non-lottery-winning owner with the worst record. The remaining order will be determined
by the traditional method, by reversing the previous year’s final standings. As has been the case in prior years, the
previous year’s champion selects twelfth and the runner-up selects
eleventh.
In the event that multiple owners have the same
record, for the purpose of determining lottery and/or draft order, the owner with
the fewer total number of points in the previous season will be given
priority.
5.7 The first four rounds of the draft will be
conducted in the order determined by the lottery system described above. After round 4, the draft will revert
back to a serpentine style draft beginning with the last pick in the 4th
round (last pick in the 4th also has first pick in the 5th
round). Owners will be notified well in advance of the times and dates of the
draft. The first 4 rounds for future drafts will take place in early February
by email to the Commissioner (keepers). The remaining 18 rounds will take
place live in a designated venue confirmed by all owners.
VI. PRIZE MONEY
6.1. The money shall be divided among the top three teams in the final
standings:
First Place $500 plus all transaction fees, Second Place $300,
6.2. The other money collected for league fees will be used to pay for the CBS Sportsline league statistical service, various service fees
incurred from PayPal transactions and miscellaneous
costs incurred by g.fantasy Sports to run the league.
If there is a change in statistical service price, the prize money will be
adjusted accordingly.
6.3. Prize money will be sent to team owners via PayPal
who finished as one of the top three teams. All prize money will be paid within
one week after the final game of the regular season.
VII. TRADES
7.1. From the completion of the league draft until the first day of the major
league baseball season, g.fantasy league teams are free to make trades of any
kind without limit and without position requirements.
7.2. From the first day of the major league season through August 17, the
league team owners are free to make trades of any kind without limit, so long
as the active rosters of both teams involved in a trade reflect the required
position distribution upon completion of the transaction before the subsequent
game.
7.3. No trade may take place from August 18 through October 31.
7.4. From November 1 until seven days prior to the league draft, trades can once again take place without position requirements. Rule 7.5. applies to off-season trading except for the fact that owners have seven days to vote on the proposed trade, not the normal two days.
7.5. During the regular season trades are offered to the league for review once
both sides have posted the trade at the CBS Sportsline
web site. The team owners not involved in the trade have
2 days from the trade announcement to either accept or reject the trade. If 8
of the remaining 12 owners reject the trade, the trade will be denied. If only
7 or less owners object to the trade, the trade will be approved.
7.6. Trades do not have to be for the same amount
of players, however they do have to be of equal value.
For example, Mariano Rivera for Eric Gagne, etc…
7.7 Trades are subject to ownership approval.
Meaning there will be a 2-day period from the trade announcement where owners
may object to a trade. If there are 8 objections to a trade, it will not be
approved and the trade will not be processed. Objections may be posted one of the following
ways: via the traditional
‘object’ option on the trade page, posting on the message board
(reason of objection NOT necessary) or an email may be sent to commish@gfantasy.com to keep the
objection anonymous.
7.8. There are no limits to the number of trades a team may make during the
season.
7.9. Trades may involve more than 2 owners, however that trade must first be
sent to the commissioner so he can send out an e-mail and post a message on the
Sportsline League Home. This trade will then be
subject to approval by owners (see 7.7).
Please note that when more than two owners are involved in a trade, the
necessary objections needed to deny the trade will decrease by one for every
extra owner more than two (i.e. in a three way deal, only 7 objections would be
needed to void a trade). Owners
wishing to trade following season’s draft picks may also use this method;
otherwise the details of the draft picks portion of the trade may be explained
in the comments field on the trade page of g.fantasy League home website.
7.10. If the trade is denied by the owners, the
commissioner of the league reserves the right to override the denial and
process the trade. This however is a very extreme case, which will require an
explanation in writing to the league describing why he deems the trade fair.
7.11. If there are no
picks involved in a deal...trades will only go through using the Sportsline system (the website - NOT the message board) only.
VIII. FREE AGENCY / WAIVERS
8.1. Any player who is on an active major league roster, not owned by another
team, and not currently on the waiver list may be acquired as a free agent.
Minor league players and players not on a major league roster are eligible to
be acquired as a free agent as long as they are listed as a free agent on the
CBS Sportsline league site.
8.2. After a player is released to the free agent/waiver pool, he is eligible
to be claimed by all teams based on the leagues waiver processing order. There
is a two day waiting period from the time of release on all players who are waived/released by an owner.
8.3. There is no maximum of free agent/waiver
pickups per week, per team.
8.4. Free agents may be picked up from the beginning of the season through the end
of the regular baseball season.
8.5. No free agents may be acquired after the regular season has ended until
the beginning of the next regular season when the Commissioner activates the
waiver process.
8.6. If an owner releases a player by accident,
he will incur a $10.00 penalty to have the commissioner add the player back to
the owner’s roster.
8.7. All players not selected in the draft will
be placed on waivers for 24 hours following the draft.
IX. ROSTER PROTECTION
9.1. By November 14, 2007 at 11:59 PM (EST) all owners must submit via email a
list of seven players that they want to keep. These seven players are kept on
the owner’s roster until February 14, 2008. At that time, the owner must
cut down their team to the final four keepers that they will have on their
roster.
9.2. If the names are not received, the Commissioner will assign the 7 players
to be retained for the team that did not supply their keeper list. Failure to submit the players
names in time will result in a $25.00 penalty.
9.3. A player can only be retained as a
"keeper" for five consecutive years. This would be the initial
year, plus four more years, for a total of five years. After the fifth year,
the player cannot be a keeper and is put back into the draft pool. If a player
is traded from one team to another and is a keeper, the player is still
considered a keeper and will count toward his 5 year maximum.
X. CONCLUSION
10.1. The Commissioner of the league will be a Nicholas Tzoumas - g.fantasy
founder and he will be appointed this position for the life of the league. The
Commissioner, who is also a league participant, will be responsible for
delegating authority to two Assistant Commissioners, who along with the
Commissioner is responsible to keep the everyday operations of the League
running smoothly.
10.2. The league Commissioner will appoint two Assistant Commissioners every
year prior to draft day. The Assistant Commissioners may or may not retain
their title as Assistant Commissioner for the following season, depending on
the league’s decision via vote.
10.3. The majority of rule changes during the regular season will be determined
by majority vote of the Commissioner and the two Assistant Commissioners or by
a vote put to the entire league. The Commissioner will determine which method
will be used based on potential rule change and time constraints.
10.4. The decisions of the Commissioners supersede the rules herein and are
final in any disputes. The Commissioners also have the power to change a rule
with an unforeseen loophole post de facto (After the fact) if it is for the
benefit of the league as a whole.
10.5. If an owner does not actively participate in the league for a month or
longer, he will not be allowed to participate further in the league. The team
that was “abandoned” will be run by one of the Commissioners until
a new owner is found to run the team.
This team will be offered to the first available owner on the waiting
list (can be found at gfantasy.com).
10.6. As stated in the initial paragraph of the league constitution, this
league is a keeper league, where owners joining this league are committed to
the continuing existence of the league. If not enough owners continue the
league or substitute owners cannot be found to continue the league with 12
owners, the league may be disbanded after the end of the season if g.fantasy
deems it appropriate.
10.7. If for some reason you do not
wish to participate the following season you will be responsible to
‘sell’ your team to another owner. If you fail to find another owner to
take over your team, you will be obligated to pay the following years fees
until you find an owner. In
searching for an owner, you must first ask the people on the waiting list in
order.
10.8. If you have any questions or concerns of any of the league rules please
contact the Commissioner at commish@gfantasy.com email
address.
10.9. Finally, have FUN! The league is meant to be fun for
everyone involved. If you can make some new friends and win a few dollars on
the side, that is just icing on the cake.
These rules were last revised
on November 30, 2007.
All owners have read and
agreed to the rules and guidelines presented above.