BDFL

BDFL RULES

PURPOSE
The BEARS DYNASTY FOOTBALL LEAGUE ( BDFL ) exists solely for the enjoyment of
its team members.

COMMISSIONER DUTIES

The duties of the commissioner are to maintain proper records and see that
they are sent to the league owners in a timely manner. Decisions pertaining to
player positions and any other matters concerning NFL players will be determined
using NFL.COMs web site. All decisions made by the commissioner are subject to
a 2/3 majority ( 8 ) vote of the team owners. the commissioner has the right to
appoint an assistant commissioner who will have the same powers as the reg.
commissioner in his absence. All times that the commissioner talks about will
be considered Central Time.

TEAM OWNER DUTIES

Team owner duties will include drafting and maintaining a current roster
and to turn in a starting line-up in a timely fashion before the dead line each
week. Team owners may override a decision made by the commissioner with a 2/3
majority vote.

FRANCHISE FEE

Each Franchise will pay a $20 Franchise Fee due before the Start of the BDFL DRAFT on
July 15. All Franchise Fees will be paid back in the following manner:
The team that scores the most pts. each week receives $5
Each Division Winner will receives $10
Each team that wins a wildcard game receives $15
Each winner of the championship semi-final games receives $30
The Team that wins the BDFL Championship Super Bowl receives $50
For a total of $240 payback.

TEAMS

The BDFL will be a 12 team full keeper dynasty league. The teams will be
divided into 3 divisions.
The divisions will be call the THE HALAS DIVISION, The BROWN DIVISION, and The
LOMBARDI DIVISION. A team will remain in the same division even if a team
changes owners. The teams names will have to include the name of a current
NFL city, ( ie. ST. Louis Stingers just as an example ). If a team changes
owners, the new owner may change the name of the team as long as it remains
in an NFL city.

LEAGUE OPERATION

The league will be scored as a Head to Head competition league. The regular
season will be 14 weeks long with the playoffs being played in weeks 15, 16,
and 17 of the NFL regular season. Each team
will play each division opponent twice (2) and each non division opponent once
(1) for a total of 14
regular season games. During the playoffs the 6 teams not involved in playing
for the league title will play for draft positions for the following year.

ROSTER/DRAFT

ROSTER

The roster of each team will consist of 22 active players and a farm team
consisting of no more than 3 players from the following positions,
QB- Quarterback, RB - Running Back, WR - Wide receiver, TE - Tight End,
PK - Place Kicker,
and DEF/Players - defensive Players ( any def. position ). The number of
players drafted at each position will be determined
by the owner as long as he has enough at each position to field a legal
starting line-up. The Farm Team may consist of any 3 (Three) players from
any position. They must be desiginated to the Farm Team no later than the
Wednesday prior to the
start of the NFL Regular Season. Any player that is on the Farm team may be
moved to the active roster as long as a spot
on the active roster is cleared for him. Such a move may include any of the
following: 1. Cutting a player from the active
roster, 2. Trading a player from the active roster for BDFL BUCKS or another
player that is put on the Farm team, or 3. Moving a player back to the Farm
team. Any player that is moved to the farm team as in either #2 or #3 above
may not be moved back to the active roster until after the end of the BDFL
Season. A player that is moved from the Farm Team to the active roster may
not be moved back to the Farm team until after the end of the BDFL season.
Once the Season is over all players on your Farm Team automatically become
part of your active roster at which time your active roster will be
allowed to grow to 25 players until the following years draft when it will
be allowed to grow to 31 players due to the draft
until the Wednesday prior to the Start of the NFL SEASON when it will again
need to be cut back to the 22 man active
roster plus a 3 man Farm team for a total of 25 players.

DRAFT

The draft order the first year will be determined using the Internet
Dice Roll at irony.com. Instructions will be sent out at the proper time.
All subsequent years there will be a 6 round rookie/Free agent draft which
will be held after the NFL Draft. the draft order of the rookie/free agent
draft will be determined by the results of the playoff games of the prior year.
The draft order the first year will be a serpentine draft
(1-12, 12-1, 12-1,12-1 ). The draft the first year will be conducted as a
live draft either in the Leagues chat room or on ICQ. The draft will be broken
up amongst 3 differant days, with the first round to be held on Sunday July 12.
The starting time will be determined at a later date. If a person can not make
it at that time he will be required to send a draft list to the commissioner
that will get through at least 8 rounds. The rookie/FA draft will be 1-12,
1-12, 1-12 until 6 round are complete. The start date of the BDFL draft
after the first years draft will be July 15.

STARTING LINEUPS

Starting lineups are due by midnight prior to the first NFL Game
scheduled that week. Once the deadline for turning a lineup in has passed
a team may change his lineup 1 (one) time until 11:00 am ct on Sunday.
In that change the team may change as many players as he wants. After
11:00 am ct a lineup may not be changed. If a legal lineup is not
turned in on time a default lineup from the prior week will be used.
If a team does not turn a lineup in before the deadline the team forfeits
the right to make any changes to their lineup on Sunday. The lineups may
be turned in to the commissioner either by email or telephone (785-332-3482).
the starting lineup may be any of the following formations:

1. 1-QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE, 1 PK and 3 def players
2. 1- QB, 1 RB, 4 WRs, 1 TE 1PK and 3 def players
3. 1 QB. 2 RBs, 2 WRs, 2 TEs, 1PK and 3 def players
4. 1 QB, 1 RB, 3 WRs, 2 TEs, 1 PK and 3 def players.

PLAYOFFS

The winner of each division and 3 wild card teams ( non division winning
teams with best records )
will play for the League Championship and draft picks 7 through 12 with the
team winning the SuperBowl receiving the #12 draft pick. The remining 6
teams will play for the Toilet bowl championship with the Champion receiving
the #1 draft pick. The playoffs will be played weeks 15, 16, and 17 of the
regular NFL season. Playoff games that end in a
tie will be decided by the team that has the highest total Bench score.

Ties for any playoff spots will be determined in the following order:
1. Best division record
2. Most overall points scored
3. Most points scored in the division
4. Web dice roll

FREE AGENCY

Free Agency will start 48 Hours after the last pick of the draft. Free
agency will be done through a bid system. Each Owner will be given $100 BDFL
Bucks to spend on FAs. When an owner wants to make a bid on a FA, he determines
how much to bid and sends the bid out to the entire league By posting the Bid
on the BDFL FA Bid Board, then the other owners have 24 hours to make a higher
bid and it continues until a 24 hour period goes by without a bid and then
the last owner to make a bid receives the player. After the FA is acquired
the owner has 24 Hours to either release a player or move a player to the Farm
team (but may not exceed the 3 player limit of the Farm Team ) to maintain
the 22 player roster. If the FA is to play that week a player has to be
released before the start of the games for the FA to be eligible. If a
player is not dropped to maintain the 22 player roster limit during the
regular season with in the 24 hour time limit the FA player is dropped and
the owner also loses the amount that was bid.
Any BDFL Bucks not used will be carried over to the following year at which
time an additional 100 will be issued. No FAs will be allowed to be picked
up after the start of the games of the 10th week of the Regular NFL season
and until the BDFL
draft the following year is over. The address of the BDFL BID BOARD will
not be posted at the web site to prevent unauthorized FA bidding on it, so
all team owners will need to bookmark it once it is sent out. The commissioner
will send out the address before the start of the FA period.

TRADES

Trades will be allowed until the start of the game of the 10th week of the
NFL regular season. A non trading period will be in effect until the NFL PRO
BOWL is over. At which time trades will be allowed again. Trades may involve
Players, BDFL Bucks, Draft Picks of the current year, or any combination of
the 3. Trades involving future years draft picks or that contain conditions
will not be allowed. The commissioner has the right to reject any trade if
he feels it is not an even trade. Once both owners have sent their trade in
to the commissioner it is a valid trade even if the commissioner is late in
getting it sent out to the league.

INJURY RESERVE

There will be no injury reserve allowed.

SCORING

A player may score points from any position, ie. a QB lines up as a WR and
catches a TD pass
scores a touchdown reception.

Touchdown Passing ------------------------ 4 pts.
Touchdown Rushing or Receiving----------- 6 pts
Interception thrown ------------------------- -2pts
Passing Yardage ---------------------------- 1 pt for every 20 yds
Rushing Yardage ---------------------------- 1 pt for every 10 yds
Receiving Yardage -------------------------- 1 pt for every 10 yds
Pass Completions --------------------------- 1 pt for every 5 comp.
Rushing Attempts --------------------------- 1 pt for every 5 attempts
Pass Receptions --------------------------- 1 pt for every 1 receptions
Pass 2 pt conversion ----------------------- 1 pt
rush or receive 2 pt conversion ------------- 2 pts
Kick extra point ---------------------------- 1 pt
Field Goals
up to and including 49 yds ----------------3 pts
50 yds and over -------------------------- 4 pts

DEFENSIVE SCORING

Defensive TD ----------------------------- 6 pts
Sack -------------------------------------- 2 pts
Interception ------------------------------- 2 pts
Fumble recovery -------------------------- 2 pts
Tackles ----------------------------------- 1 pt per tackle
Assists ------------------------------------ 1 pt for every 2 assists.
( Assists will only be scored if the software used by the commissioner allows it. )

These rules may be amended any time during the off season by a 2/3 majority vote.
The off season as pertaining to the rules is from the end of the NFL PRO BOWL
until 1 week before the NFL Regular season.
These rules may not be amended during the regular season ( 1 week Prior to the
start of the NFL regular season until the end of the NFL PRO BOWL.

Amended Jan. 9, 2000.

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