US Fantasy Sports - Redrafter Leagues

Introduction:

Welcome of the US Fantasy Football!! As the Commissioner, I would
like to thank you for signing up for the 1999 Season. This is US
Fantasy Football's 5th year on the internet and we are looking
forward to have an awesome 1999 season. Growth in all leagues
has continued and space in most leagues is
limited.

Please feel free to call me at anytime or write:

USFS Owner:
Michael Conrad

E-MAIL:
SKI4GATES@AOL.COM
USFnSpts@AOL.COM

Send your Payments to:
US Fantasy Sports
2312 D Crestview Dr. #196
Hudson, WI 54016
612-327-6087
Fax: (810)222-5346

Cost and Prizes:

These are the Costs for the REDRFATER Leagues
UNLIMITED PLAN: $40.00 Flat!! Unlimited Transactions
* Price may vary based on time of year.

$65.00 Week Prize Money (That breaks down to $5.00 per week)
Week One-Top Scoring Team
Week Two-Closest Victory
Week Three-Lowest Scoring Victory (Just the winning team)
Week Four-Biggest Blow Out Week Five-Best Record/Most Points after 5 Games
Week Six-Top Scoring Team
Week Seven-Highest Game Scoring Victory (Combined both teams scores)
Week Eight-Lowest Scoring Victory
Week Nine-Biggest Blow Out
Week Ten-Best Record/Most Points after 10 Games
Week Eleven-Closest Victory
Week Tweleve-Worst Record/Least Points Victory
Week Thirteen-Best Record w/o Making the Playoffs

$150.00 League Winner (1)
$40.00 League Runner Up (1)
$20.00 Divisional Winners (3 in each League)

Please understand the leagues run by the USFFL are not about money.
It is about fun, friendship and entertainment. You are paying for
quality service, professional run leagues, fair play, web page,
stats and more. US Fantasy Sports offers prizes but please
understand we also have costs and must pay those working for
us something (mainly the commish). If you would like any
information about the finances of the league please write to
us and request it, our books are open for all audits.

Credit Balances:

Credit balance will be held on customer accounts. The first $40.00
will be awarded in the form of US Fantasy Sports Dollars! These
dollars can be use as a form of cash as the US Fantasy Sports Any
credit balance greater than $40.00 can be requested at any time
after January 1!

Divisions/Leagues:

Divisions:
There are 4 teams in each Division. Teams must remain in their
original division for the history of the conference.
League:
Each League consists of 12 teams and a total of 3 divisions.

Leagues:
Each league is made up of 3 divisions, and 12 teams in a single
drafts. Leagues are named after major rivers throughout the US.
Each team will be competiting based on Head to Head competition
only. Head to Head play will take place from Week 1 through
Week 13 of the NFL Season, Playoffs Week 14-15, Conference
Championships Week 16, Superbowl and Toliet Bowl Week 17 Team
Names are encouraged to be a US Cities or States or Re-Name a
team with an NFL franchise.
Example: Washington Timberjacks - Las Vages Aces

Schedule/Playoffs:
First things First!! Please go and read the following NFL rules
so that you will understand our Schedule and Playoff System.
http://www.nflfans.com/library/rules/11.html

The regular season schedule will consist of (13) games:
(2) divisional games against each divisional opponent) and
(8) inter-conference games (based on a set 13 team schedule).
Schedules will be published and posted on the web page by
August 1 of each year.

Playoffs:
Top (6) teams will advance to the Superbowl Tier and the
Bottom (6) teams will drop to the Toliet Bowl Tier. The
Superbowl Tier will consist of the (3) Divisional winners
and the top (3) wildcard teams. All of these positions
will be determined using the rules outline above! Each
team will be ranked and placed into there Teir.

Week 14

BYE #1 and #2
GAME ONE #3 plays #6
GAME TWO #4 plays #5

The bottom teir 6 teams will play for the TOILET BOWL

BYE #7 and #8
GAME ONE #9 plays #12
GAME TWO #10 plays #11

Week 15

GAME THREE #1 plays the worst seeded team!
GAME FOUR #2 plays the best seeded team!
and
GAME FIVE #7 plays winner of Game Two!
GAME SIX #8 plays winner of Game One!

Week 16

League Championships
Winner of GAME THREE plays Winner of GAME FOUR - SUPERBOWL!!

League Chumpionship
Winner of GAME FIVE plays Winner of GAME SIX - TOILET BOWL!!

* A small seeded change was made by USFS due to programing.

Carryover Rule:

You have the option of using your player's Week 16
Score as their Week 17 Score. This is called a
Carryover Rule and may only be done from Week 16
to Week 17. This rule is due to the problems with
some NFL teams resting great players during Week
17. If you do elect the Carryover it must be
indicated on your Week 16 Lineup!

*(Superbowl Contenders Need to Submit a Lineup to the AFFO)
International Fantasy Football Championships:
http://www.usfantasysports.com/iffc

Teams:

Each team is made up of 16 players. There are no rules regarding
the number of players you need at each position! We leave that
totally up to you the team owner. A total of 7 players
will be selected to play each week along with the defense.
All submisions must be in prior to the first game of the week,
if not, the previous week's selection is automatically selected.
If it is the first week of the season, your lineup will be based
on your draft order of players, TE Pro Set formation will be used.
Skip weeks should be taken into consideration!! Lineups MUST be
submitted on your team page. We also ask that you mail a copy
of your lineup to the league.

Line Up Formations:

Weekly Line-Ups will be as follows:
You always need 1 QB, 1 K and 1 Def Team
1 RB 4 WR - West Coast
1 RB 3 WR 1 TE - West End Set
1 RB 2 WR 2 TE - Single Back/Double TE
2 RB 3 WR - Standard Set
2 RB 2 WR 1 TE - Double Back
2 RB 1 WR 2 TE - TE Power Set

These are the only options. Any differences may result in an invalid
lineup and force us to use your previous week's or if it is the first
week of the season to select your lineup in draft order with TE Pro
Set outlined above.

Scoring Rules:

Quarterbacks

3 Points are awarded for each TD pass thrown
6 Points are awarded for each TD scored rushing
6 points are awarded for each TD scored receiving a pass.
.025 For Each Yard of Passing.
.05 For Each Yard Gain Rush or receiving.

Running Backs, Wide Receivers or Tight Ends

Kickers

3 points awarded for each field goal
5 points awarded for each field goal beyond 49 yards
1 point is awarded for each extra point
3 Points are awarded for each TD pass thrown
6 Points are awarded for each TD scored rushing
6 points are awarded for each TD scored receiving a pass.
.025 For Each Yard of Passing.
.05 For Each Yard Gain Rush or receiving.

2 Point Conversions

If a player QB, RB, WR, TE runs in the 2 point conversion, he is
awarded the two points. If it involves a pass the player catching
a pass is awarded 2 points. Only the player scoring will be
awarded the points

Defense

1 Point for an Interception
1 Point for a Fumble
1 Point for a Sack
2 Points for a Safety
6 Points for a TD scored by the defense.
Shut Out / 10 points!
Hold Team Less then or equal to 9 points / 5 points!
Hold Team Less then or equal to 14 points / 4 points!
Hold Team Less then or equal to 19 points / 3 points!
Hold Team Less then or equal to 24 points / 2 points!
Over or Equal to 25 points allowed / 1 point!

Edited per Commish due to system built in 2000 and rules from 1999.
Reason for the change was that the rules were put in place before
the system was built and not adjusted to the online system.

Shut Out / 10 points!
Hold Team Less then 9 points / 5 points!
Hold Team Less then 14 points / 4 points!
Hold Team Less then 19 points / 3 points!
Hold Team Less or Equal to 24 points / 2 points!
Over 24 points allowed / 1 point!

No Kickoff and Punt Return Yardage allowed, or TD.s from a player on a
kickoff or Punt Return

No Kickoff and Punt Return Yardage allowed, or TD.s from a player on a
Kickoff or Punt Return. Block Punts will be considered a DT play.

* Correction made to passing. Should be .025 not .03
See other leagues to confirmations and software all year.

Tie Games

Will be a tie!! Scoring goes to the thousand digit! Very rare!!
Infact a tie has never happened, YET?.

Schedule of Weekly League Events:

Lineups are Due no later than the first game of the NFL week. For the
record this usually a Thursday, Saturday or a Sunday.

Lineups must be submitted with your password on your team page via
the internet pages. DO NOT MAIL you lineup to me. This only
creates more work for us.

Drop/Adds/Transactions must be list on the board not later
than 8 PM EST on Wednesday night. All rosters will then be
updated over night and posted no later late Saturday at Midnight.
This means that is you need a player for a Thursday game you better
get them early. No special help here guys. This is the way it
will be for everyone. There is no guarantee that a player that
you try to pick up will Wednesday will be on your roster on
Thursday for a Thursday game.

Edited per Commish due to system built in 2000 and rules from 1999.

Drop/Adds/Transactions are done on your team page when you log in.
Drop Adds are done in real time and first come first serve.

If a player is not on your roster you CAN NOT use them. Sorry guys
but we have to have these deadlines to keep everyone on the same
schedule and happy with the league. Please make sure you hit the
Re-Load button if you don't see them there. AOL users may have
to clear cache to see updates.

Thurday Nights will be US Fantasy Football Chat Night! Chat will
be in the US Fantasy Sports chat room from 9 PM EST to 10 PM EST
or as long as you want to stay. Chats will start the first week
of preseason.

Updates will be made on Tuesday nights for the previous week. Web
site will show the changes no later than Wednesday at Midnight.

Make copies of everything you do!! Just start a USFS disk and save
your work. After you put in a lineup print off the form that comes
up as backup. Make a folder and put USFS on it. Teams are required
to support any problem that they might have. While we do keep very
good records errors can happen and we do at times misplace or lose
things.

Position Eligibility:

Player postion eligibilty will be based on what position the player
is listed at per http://www.nfl.com, the offical web site of the NFL.
If a player is listed at multipule positions you may use him at
either one but must disclose his starting position on your lineup.

Drafts:

Each Draft will be made up of 12 teams (US Fantasy Football Leagues). If a team
does not show up for the draft, a team will be picked by the commish or a named
party

All league drafts are held in a serpentine manner for the entire draft.
Odd numbered rounds are selected in the order 1-12 and even numbered rounds are
reversed 12-1. New league draft orders will be determined randomly by using a
random dice machine located at: http://www.irony.com The commish will mail you
more information on this but it is done 100% random as to grant parity to all.
Existing leagues draft order will be based on final rankings of teams based
on the regular season points, (if league stays intact only).

ALL TEAMS must be PAID for by DRAFT DAY!!! PLEASE!!! The payment address is
listed above and we do accept Visa and Mastercard. 1-888-USA-2292 PAY PLEASE!

Please be early for the draft as we would like to start at the times listed below.
Draft orders will be mailed to you. VERY IMPORTANT!!

All trade will be posted on the leagues bulletin board. Please write the
commish for more information

Rapid Drafting

We are asking that you know the draft order and pick as soon as it is your turn.
This will save us a lot of time during the draft. There will be a ONE MINUTE max
time limit for each team to draft. In the event that you get kicked off the
computer and you are not present for your pick I will hold the draft for a reasonalbe
period and call you immediately on the phone for your pick. Please let me know if
you are having computer problems. After holding, if you do not
sign on the Commish will pick your player thus re-starting the draft.

Location/Dates/Times

The drafts are held in the US Fantasy Sports Chat room located at:
http://www.usfantasysports.com/echat/main/index.htm

Unable to make Draft day!!! We have a solution! The alternate draft option!
There is a form that you can fill out that will allow you to draft and not even
be present. Please see the league commish for this information or make
arrangements with the commish about your teams draft. Or just make your own
list and mail it to the commish, or have a friend draft for you.

Additional Comments

You may trade draft choices before and during the draft! Once the Draft starts we
need the room to be quiet! You can IM others and talk that way but pay attention to
the draft!! The Draft is very serious and we must respect each other. I want everyone
to have fun but at the same time the more respect we give each other the faster the
draft will go.

Be prepared to pick, have a sheet to check off players selected by other teams.
Be polite and take your time. Remember you only have ONE minute to pick, the faster
you pick the faster the draft will go! Plan 3-4 hours for the total time for the Draft!
If you have any questions please E-Mail me, don't wait with your questions. There
will be no league questions on draft day.

Trades/Transactions

For a trade to be valid all owners involved must be E-Mailed along with the asst.
commish, the commish and conference representitive. Trades must be fair!
Fairness will be decided by the 3 part committee in each conference (Asst
Commish, Commish and Conference Representitive). Trade must have a majority
vote to be valid

All trades/transactions MUST be submitted by Weds at 8 PM EST!

Transactions in the USFS Redrafter leagues are based on first come first serve.
All transactions must be posted on the league bulletin board to be valid. At that
board, you must put your Name on the Name line, E-Mail in the E-Mail Section, and
in the Subject the following:

Team Name/Conference Name/Player your picking up/Pos/and Code Number.
The code number can be found in the waive add section of your team page.

NO TRADES/TRANSACTIONS AFTER WEEK 10

Traded players and Acquired players are available for play immediately. All trades
must be approved before the player can play on your team! We reserve the right to
hold any trade over the following week if submited 48 hours before the next gmae of
the next NFL week. Last check on the mail box will be 8:00PM
Eastern Time on every WED night up until week 10. NO EXCEPTIONS! If the maile is
slow getting to us we are sorry but this is the deadline. Do Not mail us about
it we got it. Just post it on the board and move on, let us do the work and don't
create more work for us please. Trades may be made for future picks, not to exceed
more than one season into the future.

Free Agents

Any active NFL player not on a team will be considered a free agent and eligible
to be picked up. To sign a free agent just follow the guidelines above. Once you
have signed a new player, that team must make room on the roster by either
waiving or trading. The roster MUST be narrowed down as soon as possible, but no later than 24 hours after succesful acquistion. Failure to make the appropriate roster move within 24 hours will result in having the Commish cut the last player signed as a free agent to your team!

League Governance

League stability is the Primary Goal!!

The Commisioner
The goal is to have a very strong yet fair Commisioner. The Commish job is as follows:
1. Interpret these rules as he sees just and fit.
2. Settle all issues and problems in reference to postion eligibilty
3. Approve team names and new owenrs.
4. Preside over drafts and settle draft disputes.
5. Post web pages and provide timely weekly scoring results.
6. Reside over all Free Agent moves and post accordingly.
7. Oversee League Governance committee.
8. Vote on all trades.
9. Handle all Financial matters

Asst. Commish
1. Deal with all complants in reference to the commish.
2. Interpret these rules as he sees just and fit.
3. Monitor Web Board and bring to commish attention any problems.
4. Assist with all drafts.
5. Communicate and bring good will to the leagues.
6. Set up Hosts for the weekly Chat Room!
7. Vote on all trades.
8. Oversees all extraordinary problems.

Conference Representive
1. Reports all problems within the Conference to the Asst Commish and the Commish
2. Assist with draft!
3. Voting on all trades in their Conference.

Committee of the Whole
The Conference owners will function as the Committee of the Whole (CW), all conference
owners will each have an equal vote. The CW reserves the right to veto any decision
made by the commissioner with a 2/3 majority vote, least 2/3 of all current owners
casting a vote. Each member of the conference
will be charged with the responsibility of acting in the best interest of the USFFL.

Other Issues
Appealing the Commissioner's Decision:
Only One (1)Appeal per owner will be allowed per season. NO EXCEPTIONS. appealing
the decision of the commissioner is very serious and is expected to be a rare
occurrence. The process for appeals is as follows:
1. Owner notifies the Commissioner that he or she is appealing the decision.
If the owners sends the appeal to the wholes league the appeal will be immediately
rejected. We can not have an appeal going out to the whole league.
2. Commissionor notifies the Asst Commish and League Rep.
3. Owner and Commissioner present their views to the (CW) via the Conference Rep.
4. Committee of the Whole members vote on the issue.
5. No team shall make statements of a public nature that is damaging to the Commish,
Asst Commish or League Rep. Doing so will void any complaint issue the owner has
and leave them subject to immediate dismissal by the commish with not refund offered.
6. Trade appeals are considered an appeal to the Commissioner's Decision making ability.

Amendment to the Rules

Amendment ot the Rules are allowed in the off-season. There will NEVER be a change
during the season! By definition, the season begins once the first pick in the
draft takes place or at the start of Free Agency. Amendments to the rules will
follow this process:

1. Three (3) Conference owners or the Commisioner may request an amendment.
2. Amendments will be voted on by the USFFL Governing body. This body is made
up of the Commish, Asst Commish and all of the Conference Reps.
3. A 2/3 vote must be reached for the amendment to pass.
4. If approved, the amendment become a permanent article of the rules and assumes
equal status with all other rules.
5. The owner of USFS reserves the right to make any change at any time.

Reprimanding an Owner

If an owner is considered by the Commissioner, Asst Commissioner or the Conference
Rep to be conducting him or her self in a manner that is not in the best interest
of the league, The following steps will be followed:
1. The Asst Commissioner, Commish or Coference Rep will issue a warning.
2. If a second warning is issued, the Commissioner may recommend that the (CW)
remove the owner from the league.
3. The owner of USFS reserves the right to remove any owner at any time for any
reason if a % refund is given based one the current season.

Removing an Owner

This is an extremely serious consideration, one which the league will avoid
at all costs!
If it arises, this is the process

1. Three (3) conference owners togeter or the commissioner may request that
an owner be removed
2. A vote would then be taken by the CW. A 2/3 vote must be achieved to remove the owner.
4. The Commissioner would assume control of the team and a replacement is found
as soon as possible. The new owner will inherit the roster and draft postion for the
coming season.
5. The owner of USFS reserves the right to remove any owner at any time for any
reason if a % refund is given based one the current season.

Teams that Fold
If a team folds the Commish will control the team and a replacement will be sought
for future seasons. 3 weeks of inactivity is considered a folded team.
Please, even if your line up does not change, let me know. No Refund for a folded
team will be given!

Final Words
Our Leagues are about Fun! The ideals we hold are Fair Play, Good Competition
and a Fair Price. The USFFL is one of premier Fantasy Football Leagues in the
US and we intend on keeping it that way!

Credits: This set of rules was drafted by Michael Conrad.