Roster Rules, Roster Limits and Free Agents
Roster Rules.
Draft Roster:
During the draft the follow limits on player positions will be enforced.
Oncer the draft is completed, there are NO roster limits for the rest
of the season.
3 quarterbacks
7 running backs
7 wide receivers
3 tight ends
3 kickers
3 defense/special team
Roster Setup:
For each week of play, the active roster will contain the following:
1 quarterback
2 running backs
3 wide receivers
1 tight end
1 offensive option player (QB, RB, WR, or TE)
1 kicker
1 defense/special team
Up to 10 bench spots
Free Agency Rules.
Three types of player transactions are available:
Free Agent Acquisition via Blind Bidding process.
Free Agent Acquisition on a First-Come First-Served process.
Roster change to switch players on the team from different positions, including bench.
Free Agent Acquisitions via Blind Bidding process
Each team has a $1000 budget for acquiring free agents-both via blind
bid and first-come first serve.
There is only one $1000 budget available for each team to be used for
weeks in league play.
Bids can be submitted during the preseason and until 9:00 AM CT on Wednesday September 4th for week 1.
Bids can be submitted beginning at 9 AM CT on Tuesday and until 10:45 AM CT on Thursday each week starting for week 2.
Bids must be submitted in $1 increments (no cents). The minimum bid is $1.
Bids must specify the player to be dropped from the team if the free agent is awarded. When dropping a player from the starting lineup, the requested free agent must be eligible to play the same position as the specified player to drop. A player on the No Drop list cannot be specified.
Free agents will be awarded to the team owner submitting the highest bid. This is not an auction-style bid process.
In the event that 2 or more teams in a league submit the same highest bid for a given free agent, the following tiebreakers will be used:
The team that submitted the bid with the earliest timestamp will be awarded the free agent.
The team that has the lowest year-to-date point total.
Virtual coin toss.
Free agents will be awarded and team owners notified by 12 Noon CT on Thursday.
Once awarded, a free agent must remain on the team until the following week unless the player appears has been placed on the IR.
Players dropped for free agents for Weeks 1 through 8 games are not available to be picked up by other teams in the league until the following week via the Blind Bidding process. Players dropped for free agents for Week 9 games are not available to be picked up by other teams in the league.
Free agent blind bidding is available for Week 2 through 9 games for all leagues. For Week 9 games, there is no No Drop list.
Free agent blind bidding is available for Week 1 games for leagues that
complete their drafts by 9 AM CT on Wednesday, September 3, 2014.
After Week 9, free agent blind bidding is not available.
Free Agent Acquisitions via First-Come First-Served process
Free agents via the first come first serve process will count towards the same $100 budget used by the free agents by blind bid process.
Team owners can pick-up any available free agent after 12 Noon CT on Thursday and until the scheduled start time of the player's team's game for the week.
Players dropped during the current week's Blind Bid process are not available as first-come first-served free agents.
Each free agent that is picked-up costs $1 from the $100 free agent budget.
A player must be dropped from the team in order to pick-up a free agent; the game start time of the dropped player's team must not have been passed. When dropping a player from the starting lineup, the free agent must be eligible to play the same position as the player being dropped. A player on the No Drop list cannot be specified.
Once selected, a free agent must remain on the team until the following week unless the player appears on the IR.
Free agents via the first-come first-served process are available for Week 1 through 9 games for all leagues. For Week 9 games, there is no No Drop list.
Free agent first come first serve is available for Week 1 games for
leagues that complete their drafts by 9 AM CT on Wednesday, September
3, 2014.
After Week 9, free agents are no available.
Roster Switches:
start a reserve player, move a starter to the reserves, or swtich a player to another legal starting position
Roster switches can be made beginning at 9 AM CT on Tuesday and until the scheduled start time of each player's team's game for the week.
Once the scheduled game start time of a player's team has passed, that player may not be moved to or from the starting lineup.
The reserve player being started must be eligible to play the same position as the starting player being moved to the reserves.
Once the game start times of all starting lineup players' teams have passed, a team owner no longer can make roster switches for the current week.
Roster switches are available for Week 1 through 16 games for all teams.
No Drop List
Each Tuesday beginning Tuesday, September 2, 2014, the No Drop list
will be reviewed for the upcoming week's games and altered accordingly.
Players on the No Drop list may not be dropped from a team roster as part of a free agent acquisition.
The No Drop list will consist of the players deemed most valuable to teams competing in the Stanima Fantasy Football Open Championship and is intended to minimize potential collusion amongst team owners in a league.
After Week 8, there is not a No Drop list.