KEEPER RULES
The Keeper League will be subject to the following rules:
1.Pre-Season Actions
Managers will designate 3 players to keep from their previous year’s roster.
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Kept players will occupy a draft pick that is one round higher from where they were previously drafted.
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First round picks cannot be kept since they cannot go to an earlier round.
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*Players who are in an IR spot at the end of the season may be designated as keepers.
2.Drafting
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The draft will be conducted as a live, online snake draft with 16 rounds in the initial year.
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In subsequent years the draft will be linear, and the draft order will be determined from the previous year’s standings as follows:
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League Champion: 12th
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Runner-up: 11th
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Winner of 3rd place game: 10th
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Other 3 playoff teams in reverse regular season standings: 7-9
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Non playoff teams in reverse regular season standings: 1-6 vi.
3.Roster Composition
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Weekly Starters: 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex (RB/WR/TE), 1 DST
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Bench Positions: 7
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IR Roster Spot(s): 2
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Used for IR and Out designations only as assigned by the league’s operating platform.
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4.Scoring
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Standard Offensive Scoring
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Standard D/ST Scoring
5.Transactions
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Waivers
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Each team will have a FAAB budget of $100 for the season, ties in FAAB bids will be broken by waiver priority
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Waiver priority will be determined using a weekly rolling list based on the reverse order of standings.
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Dropped players will be subject to a two-day waiver period.
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All free agents will be subject to weekly waivers.
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Weekly waiver lock for all players occurs as of kickoff of their games.
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Waiver processing will take place at the end of day on Wednesday.
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After waiver processing the remaining free agents will be available on a first come, first serve basis.
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Trades
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Players are allowed to trade draft picks for the following season only. If future picks are traded the manager must pay for the keeper league entry fee for the following year (1/10 of total buy-in)
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Trade deadline will be posted in Sleeper iii.
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6.League Schedule
a. This league uses the standard playoff format.