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UFFL Bylaws |
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UFFL Bylaws |
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The league consists of fourteen teams.
Teams are located in U.S. cities that have no NFL teams. Team names must be approved by the league commissioner and cannot bear product endorsements.
The schedule and division alignments are determined by the league commissioner.
The teams play a fifteen week regular season schedule.
The playoffs are single elimination format and are held during the last two weeks of the NFL regular season. The playoff teams consist of the three division winners and a wild card team. The wild card team is the team with the best record, including all tie-breakers, that is not a division winner.
The ultimate winner of the playoffs is crowned new UFFL champion and is awarded custody of the "Mother Bowl" trophy. The champion from the previous year delivers the trophy to the new champion as soon as possible. The new champion acknowledges receipt of the trophy in perfect condition and has the trophy engraved. The holder of the trophy is responsible for its care and condition.
All fantasy franchise owners meet at an agreed upon time and place for the annual player draft.
The defending champion must bring the "Mother Bowl" trophy to the annual draft.
The method for determining the annual draft order is:
Winner of the Mother Bowl drafts in the last position.
Loser of the Mother Bowl drafts in the second to last position.
The two teams losing in the playoffs draft in the third and fourth to last positions based on their regular season win-loss record. All tie breaking schemes apply.
All other teams draft according to their regular season win-loss record with the worst team drafting first. All tie breaking schemes apply.
New or returning teams are seeded in the last draft position with returning teams drafting last.
Each franchise owner selects seventeen players from the following categories: quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, kickers, defense/special teams and coaches.
During the season, each franchise owner submits a starting lineup to the league commissioner prior to the kickoff of the first NFL game of the week. If no lineup is submitted, the previous week's lineup is used.
The visiting team is required to contact the home team each week before the kickoff of the first NFL game of the week.
Each team's lineup includes one quarterback, one kicker, one defense/special team, one coach, and five positions players. There are three starting lineup options that may be used for the five position players:
"Run and Shoot" has one running back, four receivers
"Standard" has two running backs, three receivers
"Wishbone" has three running backs, two receivers
Fantasy teams score points when the players in their starting lineups score in NFL games.
The UFFL scoring system is:
touchdown scored = 6 points
touchdown pass thrown = 4 points
field goal = 3 points
extra point kick = 1 point
2 point run = 2 points
2 point pass thrown = 1 point
2 point reception = 1 point
In addition to individual player scoring, defense/special teams score points whenever any player on that team scores. The defense/special teams scoring includes:
kickoff return td = 6 points
punt return td = 6 points
interception returned for a td = 6 points
fumble recovery returned for a td = 6 points
blocked kick returned for a td = 6 points
fake kick that scores a td = 6 points
fake punt that scores a td = 6 points
safety = 2 points
Finally, a defense/special team is awarded 5 points for a shutout.
Long scores are awarded a multiplier: scores of 50 yards or more are doubled; scores of 100+ yards are tripled.
An NFL player not on a fantasy team is considered a free agent. Teams may sign free agents on a first come first serve basis by notifying the commissioner.
Trade transactions are completed by notifying the commissioner.
Total waivers and trades are limited to six per team.
No waivers or trades are permitted after the kickoff of the first game of an NFL bye week.
Any waiver or trade may be vetoed by the commissioner of the league or a majority vote by the owners. The commissioner's veto may be overturned by an owner majority vote.
Players placed on injured reserve, cut by an NFL team, placed on a practice squad or imprisoned may be replaced by a free agent. This does not count against the six roster change limit.
The UFFL tie-breaking scheme used to rank teams is :
Win - loss record against other teams in the tie.
Point difference in games against other teams in the tie.
Total points scored against other teams in the tie.
Division record.
Total points scored in a season.
Coin toss
Game ties stand in the regular season and count as a half win, half loss.
For playoff games "Sudden Death" lineups are submitted for the eight non-starters. In case of a tie the overtime player scores are compared one at a time in the order they are submitted. The next tie-breakers are total offensive yardage for the six "field" players, then total distance of all scores, then a coin toss.
During the season, the league commissioner prepares weekly reports of game results and team standings. These reports are made available to all owners.
The bylaws may be revised during the off-season by the commissioner or a proposal with majority owner approval. The off-season lasts from the day after the Mother Bowl until the day of the draft.
Note: This draft of the Bylaws extracted from Steve's original version