Official Playoff Football Rules
The Game
Select a starting roster of players that will accumulate fantasy points according to the STANIMA post season scoring system for games played during the 2011/12 NFL playoff season.
Cost To Play
The registration fees to play in the STANIMA post season contest are:
$50 – 1 entry
$100 – 3 entries
Prizes
The Top Five teams to accumulate the most points in the standings will receive a prize:
1st - $1,000
2nd - $500
3rd - $350
4th - $225
5th - $125
Create Your Team
- STANIMA will present 8 different selection Groups of players eligible to play in the 2011/12 NFL tournaments of 2011.
- Selection Groups 1-7 will comprised of 9 players in each group.
- Selection Group 8 will be comprised of all players on an NFL playoff roster that were NOT listed in Groups 1-7.
- Contestants create a starting roster by selecting players from each group using the following guidelines:
o Group 1 - 1 player
o Group 2 – 1 player
o Group 3 – 1 player
o Group 4 – 1 player
o Group 5 – 1 player
o Group 6 – 1 player
o Group 7 – 1 player
o Group 8 – 1 player
- Contestants must fulfill the STANIMA post season starting roster requirements when selecting from the player groups. The starting roster requirements for the 2011/12 STANIMA post season contest are:
o QB
o RB1
o RB2
o WR1
o WR2
o WR3
o TE
o K
Game and Scoring Format
- Every roster will begin to accumulate points once the 2011/12 NFL playoffs kick off.
- All rosters will LOCK at 3:30 PM CENTRAL on Saturday January 7th, and will remain LOCKED thru the final play of the Super Bowl on February 5th, 2012. This means that the same 8 players will be locked in and representing your team throughout the entire playoffs.
- The winning entry will be the team with the highest amount of STANIMA Fantasy Points at the conclusion of the Super bowl on February 5th, 2012.
Special Notes:
- The STANIMA post season contest WILL BE incorporating a .5 PPR scoring format.
- The STANIMA post season contest WILL NOT be using the Defense/Special Teams position.
- There are no transactions, and no bench players in the STANIMA post season contest. The 8 players selected are the ones that will be used for the entire contest, regardless of the number of games the players actually play in during the playoffs.
- Player Groups 1-7 will each have a total of 9 players to choose from, with each of these groups having at least one Kicker. Player Group #8 will contain more than 9 players to choose from as this group will contain every NFL playoff player no listed in Groups 1-7.
- Scores will be considered final for the week on the Thursday of each week at 10 PM CENTRAL
Teams accumulate points each week based on the Stanima Fantasy Football playoff football point scoring system and their weekly lineup of 8 starters.
All teams accumulate weekly point totals for all the games of the NFL post season.
Points are awarded each week based on the following scoring information.
Passing Stats
Passing TD Pass = 4
40-yard or more TD passing bonus = 2
Interceptions Thrown = -1
Every 25 passing yards = 1
2pt Passing Conversion =2
Rushing Stats
Rushing TD Rush = 6
Every 10 rushing yards = 1
2pt Rushing Conversion = 2
40+yard or more TD rush bonus = 2
Receiving Stats
Receiving TD Reception = 6
40-yard or more TD receiving bonus = 2
2pt Receiving Conversion = 2
Every 10 receiving yards = 1
Every reception = 0.5
Kicking Stats
FG Made = 3 + .1 for each yard over 30 yards
Each PAT Made = 1
FG Missed (30-59 yards) = -.1 for each yard under 60 yards
FG Missed (0-30 yards) =- 3
Each PAT Missed =-1
A blocked PAT or FG does not result in negative points
Miscellaneous Stats
(Awarded to both individual players)
Fumble Recovered for TD = 6
Kickoff Return TD = 6
Each Fumble Lost = -1
Punt Return TD = 6
For passing yards, 0.04 point is awarded for each passing yard.
For rushing and receiving yards, 0.1 point is awarded for each rushing or receiving yard.
Points allowed are based on the final score of the game, which includes overtime.