ROYAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (RFL) Rules 8/2019 edit
ROYAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
(RFL) Rules 8/2019 edit
Total costs for all RFL services $115.00
League entry fee $84.00 mandatory
Due to me before you make your first draft pick, no exceptions
12 teams = $1008 prize money
The wildcard team to get 8.33% of the prize pool ($84)
3 division winners get 16.67% each of the prize pool ($168)
Win your 1st playoff game 8.33% of the prize pool ($84)
Win the championship 25% of the prize pool ($252)
Due to me before you make your first draft pick, no exceptions
12 teams = $1008 prize money
The wildcard team to get 8.33% of the prize pool ($84)
3 division winners get 16.67% each of the prize pool ($168)
Win your 1st playoff game 8.33% of the prize pool ($84)
Win the championship 25% of the prize pool ($252)
Guillotine addendum 2019
$15.00 mandatory
12 teams = $180 prize money
Beginning week 1 – ending week 11
Team with the overall lowest weekly points is
eliminated from the competition every week until there is the head to head “championship”
week 11.
Winner takes all!
Side bet $16.00 optional
Each team pays $16 ($1 for each RFL week including RFL playoffs)
Your total weekly starting lineup points,
versus weekly points of the top RFL free agents for the week. One winner a
week, if no team beats the top free agent team the $ rolls over to the next
week, next season and so on.
Keepers NEW INFORMATION
Each franchise must list 2 keepers to Facebook
group page (due before kickoff of first NFL wildcard week playoff game)
Failure to post your 2 keepers in a timely manner will result in default
keepers which will constitute the 2 highest RFL point scores on your team from
the just completed season (weeks 1-17 totals).
Our rosters are always 14 players (we have had a 12 round draft plus 2
keepers so the draft “technically” began on round 3 historically)
1-week before the draft day you will have to make a decision if you want
to carry over 1 or 2 of your keepers on your 14 man roster.
·
If you choose 0(zero) keepers, you will have a 14 round draft
based on our snaking draft order
·
If you choose 1(one) keeper, you will have a 13 round draft (beginning
round 2) based on our snaking draft order
·
If you choose 2(two) keepers, you will have a 12 round draft
(beginning round 3) based on our snaking draft order
You can trade your keepers in the offseason but it must be player for
player (subject to commissioner review) no trading of keepers for draft picks
this season (we will revisit this though)
Draft
Bluntly put, proxy drafting is discouraged, I
understand that things happen sometimes (especially emergencies / work etc) and
you cannot attend or be near a smart phone or computer. I want it to be crystal
clear that I reserve the right to replace you as the owner of your team if
this becomes a season to season problem. I want the league to be engaging
and fun, chronic by proxy drafting shows that you are unable or unwilling to
participate in what should be a fun experience. In addition failure to help out
minimally with a guide sheet (ranking players, positions wanted per round,
exclude list etc) will be looked upon very negatively.
Drafting an already drafted player
results in your turn being skipped. You get another chance after the next team
in order SUCCESSFULLY drafts a player
Waivers
The league will follow waiver rules as per
Yahoo! Waiver order will begin the season as 1-12 based on draft order
When playoffs begin the 4 teams in the
championship bracket will have priority 1-4 (the playoff team that had the
highest priority beginning the playoffs will have #1 and so on) Same method for
the consolation Bracket 5-8, eliminated teams are locked and cannot make drops
or ads.
Playoff tiebreakers
THERE MAY BE A TIME WHEN YAHOO! WILL COMPUTE INCORRECTLY THIS IS THE ONLY ACCEPTED WAY!
THERE MAY BE A TIME WHEN YAHOO! WILL COMPUTE INCORRECTLY THIS IS THE ONLY ACCEPTED WAY!
How are the division winners determined?
1. Franchise
with the most wins (in the event of a tie that counts as a ½ win)
2. Head to
head record (cumulative wins amongst the tied teams)
3. Divisional
Wins
4. Total
points during your divisional games
5. Total
points (divisional and non-divisional points)
If there are
three or more teams tied. Teams that do not remain tied through the order
will be
eliminated from consideration.
The process
will continue down the order of importance until there is only one division
champ.
How is
the wildcard team determined?
Once the
three divisional championships are determined, the remaining teams will be ranked
independent of their divisions. The same process as stated above will be used
to determine the 4th -12th place franchises.
The 4th place
team becomes the wildcard team.
The only
change in the order of importance is that rules 3 and 4
(Divisional
Wins and total points during your divisional games) will not be a factor.
So ranking
4-12 will follow this order
1. Franchise
with the most wins (in the event of a tie that counts as a ½ win)
2. Head to
head record (cumulative wins amongst the tied teams)
3. Total
points (divisional and non-divisional points)
Another
exception is this; if three or more teams are tied with one another the head to
head record cannot be used if the total games played amongst the tied teams are
not the same for all tied teams. Unless
one of the tied teams is undefeated (or completely defeated) against all
teams it is tied with. If this does not occur then they will be divided simply
by total points.
If there are
three or more teams tied. Teams that do not remain tied through the order will
be eliminated from consideration.
For example / /
each end the season 8-6 none of them
were division champs
Tim was 1-1 against Tom, 0-1 against
Hannes
Tom was 1-1 against Tim, 0-1 against Hannes
Hannes was 2-0 against Tim and Tom
Result
#4 Hannes
#5 Tim
#6 Tom
Revolving Divisions NEW 2019
Beginning 2019 season we will realign the divisions every season based on
final rankings
Gold Division
1.
1st place team (pick 12)
2.
4th place team (pick 10)
3.
7th place team (pick 3)
4.
10th place team (pick 7)
Silver Division
1.
2nd place team (pick 11)
2.
5th place team (pick 1)
3.
8th place team (pick 4)
4.
11th place team (pick 6)
Bronze Division
1.
3rd place team (pick 9)
2.
6th place team (pick 2)
3.
9th place team (pick 8)
4.
12th place team (pick 5)
Draft
order
Picks 1-4 are
determined via the consolation bracket (winner gets #1, loser gets #4)
Picks 5-8
(12th place team gets 5th, 11th gets 6th, 10th gets 7th, 9th gets 8th)
Pick 9 - 3rd
place team (winning the loser bracket gets you the higher pick
Pick 10 - 4th
place team
Pick 11 - 2nd
place team
Pick 12 -
League champion
Most league
scoring and rule change proposals come to a vote brought out by the commish (7
votes needed for a veto proof change) Commish always votes at the end, and if
the commish's vote leads to a 6-6 tie the tie goes to the commish opinion.
Trades are
subject to review and discretion by the commish to approve or disapprove (no
player dumping to stockpile another team for the payoffs etc.) (giving players
to other teams to obviously set up and defeat a close rival) (other...)
You must play
to win, week in and week out, even if you have been eliminated OR secured a
playoff position. I realize playing to
win is a subjective call but collusion with other teams will not be tolerated. I will be the judge, jury and executioner in
these subjective calls.
You know how
this works, we have all been going at this minimum 5 years, most of you 15
years. For the most part this is a democracy with an annually
elected dictator. IF anyone wants to be the commish we vote on it every year.
posted by Tim at 9:44 AM
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