1. Overview: The World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF) “Draft Masters Division” will consist of up to 10 leagues, each composed of 12 teams/managers. The WCOFF “Draft Masters Division” regular season will extend from NFL Week 1 through NFL Week 16. The team with the most fantasy points in each league will be the league winner.
2. Draft: All participants are required to attend the WCOFF “Draft Masters Division” Draft in person. The WCOFF “Draft Masters Division” Draft is scheduled for Friday, September 11, 2009 at 9:00am PST and 1:30pm PST at the MGM Marquee Ballroom, Las Vegas, Nevada. Each league will be composed of 12 teams, and each draft will last for 25 rounds, with each team selecting a player in each round in a serpentine fashion (team 1 through team 12, team 12 through team 1, team 1 through team 12 etc.). There are no rules governing the number of players to be drafted at each position. It is up to the skill and draft strategy of each team owner to decide.
a. Time limit per pick: Each participant will have one minute and thirty-five seconds to make a player selection. He will be notified of the time at 1:15 and again at 1:30. If a participant does not make a selection in the allotted time, he is passed over until the next participant makes a player selection. The passed-over participant then has five seconds to make a player selection before he is again passed over.
b. Trading of draft picks: No trading is allowed.
c. Use of cell phones, lap tops and other electronic equipment: Use of electronic equipment is permitted, so long as it is not a disturbance to the Draft, and does not take up excessive space (in the case of lap-tops). There will not be internet connections or electrical outlets. We encourage participants to wait until a break to use cell phones.
d. Smoking: The WCOFF “Draft Masters Division” Draft will be a non-smoking event.
e. Seating order: All participants and co-managers MUST sit in their draft order.
f. Surrogates: Each principal participant will have until August 25, 2009 to name a surrogate to Draft if the principal can not attend the Draft. This surrogate must be named in writing by completing out the WCOFF “Draft Masters Division” Surrogate Draft Form.
g. Thursday game: The September 10, 2009 game will count in the WCOFF scoring.
h. Confirming roster: Each team will be required to confirm their team roster before leaving the Draft. Additionally, there are occasional errors in importing player names into the league management web site. Principal participants are responsible to note any error and report the errors to GridIron Fantasy Sports LLC by 10pm EST on September 16, 2009.
3. Roster Requirements: Maximum of 25 players.
4. Lineups Requirements:
Starting lineups will consist of
1 QB
2 RB
3 WR
1 TE
1 Flex player (a RB or WR, or TE)
1 PK
1 Team Defense/Special team
a. League Management Web Address: You can access your league via the internet by going to http://www.wcoff.com
b. Optimized Scoring Lineup: There will be no lineup submissions. Instead, each team will get its optimal fantasy point total each week. That means each team will be awarded the fantasy points of their top-scoring QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, TE, D/ST, K, and Flex Player. Lineups and fantasy points will be tallied by the commissioning service every Tuesday morning.
5. Scoring: An individual offensive player on any active WCOFF starting roster will be credited points for scoring in the following manner, unless otherwise noted:
a. Passing:
Yards passing divided by 20 (e.g. 215 passing yards = 10.75 fantasy points).
4 points for every passing TD.
Minus one point (-1) for every interception thrown.
2 points for every 2-point conversion.
b. Rushing:
Yards rushing divided by 10 (e.g. 89 rushing yards = 8.9 fantasy points).
6 points for every rushing TD.
2 points for every 2-point conversion.
c. Receiving:
Yards receiving divided by 10 (e.g. 112 receiving yards = 11.2 fantasy points)
6 points for every receiving TD.
1 point for every catch.
2 points for every 2-point conversion.
d. All Other TDs:
6 points for any TD scored by recovered or returned fumbles, laterals, or any other means by which a skill position player (QB, RB, WR, TE, or K) is awarded an individual TD, except kickoff and punt returns. No rushing or receiving yardage is awarded for a TD returned on a fumble.
Placekicking:
1 point for every Extra Point
3 points for every FG of 1 – 30 yards plus .1 point for every yard thereafter.
Example: a 43-yard FG would be worth 4.3 points
f. Team Scoring (Defense/Special Teams):
1 point for every sack
2 points for every team takeaway (interception or fumble recovery)**
6 points for every TD (via interception return, fumble return, punt or kickoff return, blocked FG return, missed FG return, blocked punt return)*
2 points for every safety
5 points for every shutout ***
2 points for allowing between 1- 5 points ***
1 point for allowing between 6 – 10 points ***
* TDs scored on “fake” FGs or “fake” punts do NOT count as Defense/Special Teams scoring. TDs scored by the offensive team after a blocked FG or blocked punt do NOT count as a Defense/Special teams score. TDs scored on a double-turnover only count for the individual player who scored the TD, not for the team.
** A double turnover is considered points for the recovering team's defense and ST. Thus, an example, team A's offense fumbles and team B's defense recovers, but then fumbles the ball back to team A's offense. In that scenario team A's defense and special teams (along with team B's defense and ST) are both awarded a fumble recovery.
*** Any and all points scored against a team are considered points scored against the special teams and defense. Thus, as an example, a turnover by the offense that is returned for a TD is considered as points scored against the special teams and defense.
6. Point Calculations: Team scoring will be carried out to the hundredth (e.g. a team may score 94.75 points).
7. Trades between managers: There will be no trading allowed.
8. League Structure: There will be no head-to-head play. Total fantasy points will determine league winners and Award winners.
The tiebreakers for teams tied in point total in each league after 16 weeks are : :
1. Total points Weeks 13 – 16.
2. Total points Week 16.
3. Total quarterback points Weeks 13 – 16.
4. Coin toss
9. WCOFF “Draft Masters Division” Playoff Format: The team with the highest total points among all the Draft Masters leagues after 16 weeks of competition will be the WCOFF “Draft Masters Division” Champ. They will receive the Draft Masters Championship Trophy.
10. Miscellaneous Information: All “total points” means total starting lineup points.
11. Award Breakdown:
a. Individual League Awards:
Each “Draft Masters Division” League winner = WCOFF Silver Passport or $5,000
Each “Draft Masters Division” League second-place finisher = WCOFF Bronze Passport or $2,500
Each “Draft Masters Division” third-place finisher = $1,000
Silver Passport – Entries into the 2010 Main Event (inclusive of 3 nights stay at the host hotel and airfare to Las Vegas, NV), 2010 $1K Auction, 2010 Super Satellite entry, 2010 WCOOF entry and 2010 Draft Masters entry. (ARV = $5,500 or $5,000 cash)
Bronze Passport – Entries into the 2010 Main Event, 2010 $1K Auction (ARV = $2,750 or $2,500 cash)
b. Championship Playoff Bracket: “Draft Masters Division” Champion = $700 custom WCOFF trophy.
