LEAGUERULES

#29 V.B.B. § 100 General

1. The payment of league dues is an express agreement of the rules detailed and described herein.
2. Any rule addition, alteration, or amendment requires a league majority to pass.
   1. For example, for a twelve team league, seven teams must vote "yes".
3. League membership is limited to twelve teams.
   1. Each team includes one quarterback (QB) slot; two running-back (RB) slots; two wide-receiver (WR) slots; one tight-end (TE) slot; one flex (RB/WR/TE) slot; one defense (DEF) slot; one kicker (KR) slot; seven bench slots; and one injured reserve slot.
   2. A team can be subdivided between multiple members.
4. The teams are divided into two equal divisions.
   1. Divisions will be chosen by the previous season's first and second place teams, preceding the draft.
      1. First place will receive the first division pick.
5. A complete season is comprised of 16 weeks of regular and playoff matches.
   1. The regular season is comprised of 13 weeks, starting week 1 of the NFL regular season.
   2. The playoff season is comprised of 3 weeks, starting week 14 and ending immediately after the conclusion of week 16 of the NFL regular season.
      1. Six teams advance to the playoffs and the remaining six teams enter the consolation bracket.
         1. The regular season division leaders receive an automatic playoff berth and first round playoff bye.
         2. The highest non-bye regular season team will get an opportunity to choose his/her opponent in a given playoff week.
         3. The rules above apply correspondingly to the consolation bracket.
6. All drafts will be in a snake format, where pick order is reversed each round.
7. Severability: If any rule, or portion of a rule, in this rule set is considered invalid, it shall be regarded as stricken while the remainder of this rule set shall continue to be in full effect.

#29 V.B.B. § 200 Rosters

1. All teams must submit a complete roster each week.
   1. A complete roster must contain an active player in the following slots: one quarterback, two running-backs, two wide-receivers, one tight-end, one flex, one defense, and one kicker.
      1. The flex slot may contain a running-back, wide-receiver, or tight-end.
2. If a team does not field a complete roster, the commissioner shall have the authority to reasonably substitute one or more players from the bench of the inactive team.
   1. The commissioner may add, drop, and/or replace one or more inactive/ineligible players for one or more active/eligible players.

#29 V.B.B. § 300 Keepers

1. All teams may keep (e.g., retain) one or two players that were rostered upon the completion of the season, constrained by the following:
   1. A player may not be kept if said player had been drafted in the first two rounds in the draft.
      1. Said rule applies regardless of which team drafts, trades, and/or drops the aforementioned player.
         1. For example, a player drafts Matt Forte in round two of the draft and proceeds to drop Matt Forte in week 1 due to injury.
            1. Due to Ameer Abdullah's second round draft tag, Ameer Abdullah cannot be kept by any player.
   2. A keeping team will forfeit a draft pick equal to the round the player was drafted in for the first kept season, and 2 rounds higher each subsequent kept season.
      📊Example: Drafted Player Keeper Cost

      Adam Thielen drafted in Round 10 (2016):

      • 2017: Keep at Round 10 (original round)
      • 2018: Keep at Round 8 (10 - 2)
      • 2019: Keep at Round 6 (10 - 4)
      • 2020: Keep at Round 4 (10 - 6)
      • 2021: Keep at Round 2 → Not eligible (hits threshold)
   3. A kept player that was obtained via the waiver wire (e.g., free agency) will lose a 9th round pick the first season, and 3 rounds higher each subsequent season.
      📊Example: Free Agent Keeper Cost

      Shonn Greene picked up off waivers (2018):

      • 2019: Keep at Round 9
      • 2020: Keep at Round 6 (9 - 3)
      • 2021: Keep at Round 3 (9 - 6)
      • 2022: Not eligible (would be Round 0)

      Any free agent pickup from 2017 and prior is treated as a 10th round "drafted" player.

   4. Any team may trade away a player with keeper rights included once per year.
      1. A team that has acquired the keeper rights may keep that player at same cost as the team that drafted said player.
         1. For example, a team drafted Wes Welker in the 6th round and proceeds to trade Wes Welker to another team. Wes Welker can be kept by the receiving team in the 6th round.
   5. A player is no longer keeper eligible to be kept once his cost (e.g., keeper draft position) reaches the 1st/2nd round draft threshold.
      1. Continuing from the example contained within 29 V.B.B. § 300(I)(i)(b): 2019: 6th round, 2020: 4th round, 2021: Adam Thielen hits the 1st/2nd threshold, thus cannot be kept.

#29 V.B.B. § 400 Champion Rewards

1. The season champion may determine the physical location of the draft the subsequent season.
   1. The location must be determined on/before Memorial Day.
2. The season champion may decide the determination procedure (herein procedure) for the order of the draft-order draft.
   1. If the procedure is wholly random (e.g., randomly assigning each team to a NBA, MLB, or NHL playoff team), the commissioner has sole discretion regarding its validity.
      1. The procedure must begin at a reasonable U.S. time.
      2. The procedure must be verified by the commissioner.
         1. If the season champion is the commissioner, the procedure must be approved by a majority of teams.
   2. If the procedure is not wholly random (e.g., poker tournament), the procedure must be approved by a majority of teams.
   3. The order determination procedure establishes the picking order in the draft-order draft.
      1. The draft-order draft will begin immediately after draft-order is determined.
         1. Each team will select an open draft position.
            1. For example, a team receives the 1st pick of the draft-order draft and proceeds to choose the 12th draft position.

#29 V.B.B. § 500 Last Place Rewards "The Ziggy"

1. The consolation bracket loser shall sing the national anthem at the start of the draft.
2. The consolation bracket loser must deliver any requested beverage to any individual attending the draft and apply draft player stickers to any requesting team.

#29 V.B.B. § 600 Trade Rules "Vinny Addendum"

1. The following rules apply to all teams, but especially for Vinny:
   1. A trade must involve only fantasy assets, the following are non-limiting examples of ineligible trade consideration: physical tender (e.g., cash money), worldly and/or physical items, and tangible/intangible goods, services, or promises.
      1. The waiver/free agency cannot be used to bypass any trades rules described herein.
         1. Waiver/free agency shall not be used to "trade" a player with keeper rights to another team. This includes, but is not limited to:
            1. Making a trade with a promise, guidance, or hint to drop a player that can be picked up and kept at a later draft pick.
            2. Dropping a player that can be kept and then trading waiver points for said player, thus "giving" that player to a team.
   2. A trade must be conducted in good faith by both parties.
      1. No team may physically, emotionally, or spiritually coerce, intimidate, or manipulate any team for the purposes of obtaining a trade.
   3. Trades are prohibited after the trade deadline.
      1. Trades including keeper rights are prohibited after the keeper trade deadline.

#29 V.B.B. § 700 Rule Changes

1. Starting in the 2019 fantasy season:
   1. Bench capacity will be reduced from 7 to 6 slots.
2. Starting in the 2020 fantasy season:
   1. Keepers will be reduced from 2 to 1.

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