Predrafting is recommended FOR ALL EMAIL DRAFT PARTICIPANTS, as it will not only speed up the draft, but it will also ensure that GM's are not stuck with a player they do not want should the clock expire on their selection.

Predrafting:
If you are participating in an "Email Draft" League, we would strongly recommend predrafting whenever possible, and for every pick. This will not only speed up the draft, but also ensure that you never miss a pick. However, Predrafting is NOT recommended for "Live Draft" Leagues.

When predrafting, the computer will automatically select your highest ranked player still available as soon as it is your turn, even if you are there, LIVE, when your turn arrives . If you wish to draft Live, or clear your predraft selections and draft for yourself, you'll have to erase all predraft selections before your pick comes up, or the computer will automatically draft for you immediately based upon your predraft rankings. Even if you are there and participating in a Live Draft, if you have predrafted at all, the computer will use your predraft selections as soon as it is your turn to pick. You will not be able to override your predraft selections while in Live Draft mode, you must erase all selections if you wish to draft for yourself. THEREFORE, Predrafting is really only strongly recommended for the "Email Draft" Leagues, NOT for the "Live Draft" Leagues .

Question - How do I predraft?

Answer - You can predraft by selecting the "Owners" option, and then clicking on "Draft". Once on the draft page you'll be able to submit and save picks for any and all rounds.

However, please keep in mind that your predraft selections do not carry over. You must predraft for every single round that you wish to predraft for, or choose the option to apply one rounds picks to future rounds. Also, please make sure that you predraft enough players so that at least one player will be left on the draft board when your turn arrives. For example, if you have the 3rd pick in the first round and predraft Shaun Alexander, Ladanian Tomlinson, and Larry Johnson, you will be assured of getting one of those three players. However, if you had the 4th pick in that round, and only predraft those 3 players, they could all be selected before your turn arrives, and you could have no one available from your predraft selections.   In this situation, unless you logged in and made your pick before the clock expires, you would miss your selection, AND hold up the draft for everyone else. So when predrafting, please make sure to always predraft enough players so that, worst case scenario, there will still be at least one player available for the computer to automatically select.

*** VERY IMPORTANT - MISSED DRAFT PICKS: If for any reason a team does not make their selection before their allotted time is up, as soon as their time expires, our software will automatically select the best available player for that team.   This selection will be based upon the average draft position of hundreds of drafts that have taken place leading up to the 2006 season. This policy is in place to guard against the unforeseen emergency that can occur to ANY owner at ANY time. HOWEVER, if an owner misses two picks in a row, or three picks total throughout the draft, we will place their team on computer controlled drafting mode. In this mode, the computer will automatically make all of that team's picks based solely upon the player with the highest average draft position that is still available, not by need. So, if you allow the computer to make your selections for you, it may be quite common to end up with too many WR's, DT's, QB's, or even TE's when the computer drafts for you.   Therefore, we would NOT RECOMMEND allowing the computer to make your selections for you.

(3) "Non-Draft" Leagues:

In our "Non-Draft" Leagues, upon registering teams will acquire their players by submitting a list of 18 players whom they wish to have on their Regular Season Fantasy Football Teams. Since these leagues will not have a Live or Email draft, teams are allowed to acquire the same players. Consider it an all star format, where you are allowed to pick any 18 players from NFL teams to fill out your roster. Each week you will choose from these 18 players to submit what you feel is the best lineup for that week.   Here's the catch: THERE WILL BE NO TRADES OR TRANSACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGULAR SEASON IN THESE LEAGUES.   So not only will it be important to select high scoring fantasy players, but it will be equally important to select those durable players who you deem as most likely to stay healthy throughout the entire season.  

Roster Requirements:

GM's may select a starting lineup each week from their 18 players. Below you will find three charts. The charts list how many players you MUST start at each position for each starting lineup option we provide. There is no minimum or maximum amount of players that you must draft at each position. You may draft as little or as many as you'd like at each position. While we would certainly recommend drafting enough players to field a complete starting lineup, if you do not wish to do so that is your option.

Note: Individual defensive players are not drafted; rather, you will draft a team's entire defensive unit. For the purpose of roster limits, each defensive unit will count as one "player."

*** In the "MiniFlex" League you MUST start no more than a combination of 3 WR's and/or TE's.

Scoring System:

YES, all of our Award Winning Fantasy Football Leagues DO provide LIVE SCORING!

Each week your team will compete against another team in your league in a head-to-head match up. During a match up, each of the players in your 'starting lineup' (active players) for that week will earn points based on actual statistics from NFL games.

Wins & Losses:
For each head-to-head match up, the team with the greater number of points will earn a Win and the team with the lesser number a Loss . During the regular season, if two teams have the same number of points, each team will get a Tie , though we have made the chances of a tie actually occurring very slim due to our decimal place scoring ( see below ). During the playoffs, there are no ties, and the team with the highest number of points scored by its 'reserve' players in that playoff game will be the winner. If this doesn't break the tie, then the team with the higher playoff seed gets the Win .

Decimal Scoring:
Though we have established rules if ties do occur (see above), we have structured our leagues to make that possibility a minute one. Our scoring system uses two decimal places, there is no rounding up or down, so every single yard your player earns counts. If your RB rushes for 95 yards, you get 9.5 points, not 9 or 10.

Various Scoring Explanations:

• Offensive Scoring (QB, RB, WR, TE, K) - Any offensive player will receive points for any offensive statistics they accumulate. If you have Michael Vick as your quarterback, and he passes for 324 yards and 3 TD, rushes for 37 yards and 1 TD, and also happens to have 12 yards receiving, his point total for the week would be 35.86. Broken down it would be: 12.96 (324 yards passing) + 12 (3 passing TD) + 3.7 (37 rushing yards) + 6 (rushing TD) + 1.2 (12 yards receiving) = 35.86.
• Defensive / Special Team Scoring - Your defense is awarded points when any one of its members generates either a TD, interception, fumble recovery, safety, sack, blocked punt or blocked field goal. Your defense is NOT awarded points for a kickoff or punt return that results in a TD. If you have a DT, and the kick or punt returner for that team returns a punt or kickoff for a touchdown, you do NOT get 6 points. Rather, any fantasy team that may be starting the actual PLAYER that scored the TD would get the points for the TD scored by that player.
• Fumbles Lost by a player on special teams or defense will lose 2 points if they turn the ball over to the opposing team. For instance, if you have Dante Hall active at WR and he fumbles the ball away at any time while he is on the field, your team will lose 2 points. This includes a fumble lost while returning a kick, punt, interception (if your WR were playing defense) or while on offense at WR.
• Defensive Points Allowed will take into account ONLY the points given up by your Team Defense specifically, NOT the points allowed by the team as a whole. So, any points scored against the offense (TD from an interception, safeties, etc.) or special teams (punt return for a TD), will not be counted against your Team Defense. This is yet another scoring niche that sets us apart from our "competition".
• Defensive Touchdowns are any touchdowns scored by the defensive team. This includes fumble returns, interception returns, blocked kicks, and blocked field goals.

Schedule & Playoffs ("Live Draft" & "Email Draft" Leagues):

Regular Season:
The first 14 weeks of the football season represent the regular season for all Fantasy Football "Live Draft" or "Email Draft" Leagues.

Playoffs:
The four teams in each Draft League with the best overall records will make the playoffs. Teams will be seeded one to four with the team with the best record being the #1 seed, while the team with the fourth best record will be the #4 seed. If there is a tie for a seeding, the following tiebreakers will be used in order.

1. Total Points Scored
2. Head-to-Head Record

The team with the best record going into the playoffs will be the #1 seed, and the #1 seed will play the fourth best team (seed #4) in the first playoff match in Week 15. The second and third place teams will be seeded #2 and #3, and will also face each other in week 15. These top four teams make up the Championship Bracket.

Toilet Bowl (Consolation playoffs): 
The top FOUR teams that do NOT make the playoffs (in other words teams with the 5th through 8th best records) will participate in the Toilet Bowl Championship Consolation Playoffs. The same rules and tiebreakers concerning seeding (as discussed above) will apply. These "top four" teams will meet up in the one and only "Toilet Bowl Championships!" 

Schedule & Playoffs ("Non-Draft" Leagues):

Lineup Changes:

Weekly Lineups:
Each week owners have the opportunity to select their starting lineup for the week. GM's only must submit a player as a starter by the time that player's game begins. For example, if you have a player playing in a Thursday game, you can either submit just that player in time for their Thursday game, or you can submit your entire lineup.   Once a player's game begins, he will be locked in your lineup, but you will however be able to make changes to your other starters all the way up until their respective games begin. Suppose you have two players on a Monday Night Football game, and you are unsure which one will be starting.   You are able to wait all the way up until right before kick off to finally choose your starter for that game.  

*** If an owner doesn't set their lineup for a particular week, the owner's lineup from the previous week(s) will be used.

Abandoned Teams:
Per FantasyHeadquarters.com policy, whenever a team appears to be abandoned, we will submit their starters for them based upon the players that we deem to have the best potential for that week. It is unfair for one team to have to play a tough schedule against teams that are submitting their best lineups weekly, and another team to have a game or two against a team that has apparently abandoned their team, and is not submitting a complete, strong starting lineup weekly. This rule is in place to protect the integrity of our games and leagues. If any GM notices a team that appears to be abandoned within their league, please contact the staff at support@FantasyHeadquarters.com so that we may enact the aforementioned policy.  

Deadline to Change Status:
You can change the status of the players on your team (i.e., "active" or "reserve") up to 5 minutes before that player's NFL team is scheduled to start. While there are benefits to last minute research, please play it safe and change the status well before this 5-minute window arrives. FantasyHeadquarters will NOT be responsible if the time you are going by, and the time that we have are not synchronized.

Free Agents / Waivers:
Throughout the season you may want to improve your roster by adding available free agents and dropping players who aren't performing up to your expectations. There is no limit to the number of transactions you can make, nor are there any associated fees. You can submit waiver requests at any time before the weekly waiver deadline, which will be every Thursday at Noon ET. To provide an equal opportunity for all owners to add players to their roster that are new to the free agent pool, a Waivers process is used. Requests for players that are on Waivers are not executed immediately, but are put in a pending status. This allows multiple teams to request the same players. Then, every Thursday, AFTER the Noon ET deadline, we will process all of the pending requests. The order in which these requests are processed is based on the Waiver Rank of each team (discussed below). Once waivers have been processed (after the aforementioned Thursday Noon ET deadline), teams will be able to acquire players, a.k.a. true free agents, on a first come first serve basis all the way up until Sunday at 1pm ET. However, the players that were just dropped via the weekly Thursday Noon ET waiver process will be locked, and unable for acquisition. These players will become available again via the following week's Thursday Noon ET waiver process.   Any players at that point that were not acquired via the waiver process are then considered free agents, and are able to be acquired immediately following the Noon ET deadline.   Then, once the first game of the week begins, teams will again be locked from acquiring any free agents, and the waiver request process will begin all over again for the following week.

Waiver Rank:
During the waiver process, pending transactions are processed in an order determined by each team's waiver rank. The team with a waiver rank of 1, considered the highest, will get its first requested player. After the transaction is executed, the team's waiver rank is then set to 10 or 12 (depending upon the number of teams within the league), and all other teams move up one. The waiver ranks are reset once each week after standings are updated based on the criteria below.

If a team's highest pending transaction becomes invalid because another team received the requested player, the transaction gets deleted and the team's next waiver request, if one exists, becomes that team's highest. If a team doesn't have any pending transactions because all players requested were taken by other teams, or the owner simply didn't request any players, there isn't any penalty and the Waiver Rank will not be changed.

Trades: 
No trades are allowed after NFL week 12 kickoffs. Once a trade is agreed upon by two owners it is executed immediately. Please be cognizant of this, as it can have its drawbacks too. For example, if you propose a trade to an owner in the middle of the week, and the owner finally accepts the trade on Saturday for instance, the trade will be executed immediately, and the players involved in the trade promptly swapped teams. The problem lies in the following though: if you have a player in your starting lineup, a trade can NOT be processed. So, if you've proposed a trade, you must be aware of the status of the trade (you'll be emailed either way if the other owner accepts or denies the trade), and make the necessary changes to your starting lineup if the trade is accepted, or rescind the trade if you no longer wish to offer the trade. YOU WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO YOUR STARTING LINEUP SHOULD YOU BE INVOLVED IN ANY TRADE THAT MAY EFFECT THAT WEEK'S LINEUP.

Lastly, if a trade is accepted, and any owner feels the trade is one sided, they can voice their complaints by emailing support@FantasyHeadquarters.com. Then as long as the majority of owners within that league (not including the owners actually involved in the trade) vote to veto the trade, the trade will retroactively be vetoed.

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