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Commissioner: Calvin Opheim email = blitzkrieg123
at mail dot com
League Rules
The Paydirt "Action" Summer Football League (PSAFL)
is a computer football league that uses Action! PC Football (APCFB)
by DKS to play all of its games. Teams will play home games in the
current home stadium with each stadium having a 3 point home field
advantage. No home field advantage will be awarded for the Super
Bowl.
What is the Salary Cap?
1)
The current salary cap for season is $120,000,000.
2)
Teams that fail to meet the salary cap figure by the allotted time
(see calendar page) will have players removed from their roster
alphabetically by the commissioner so as to meet the salary cap
requirements.
3)
You are never allowed to exceed the salary cap.
How many players may I have on my team?
1)
When the first disk is released for a new season, you are allowed to
keep all of your players as long as your team salary is not more
than the salary cap.
2)
If your team salary exceeds the salary cap, you must release players
(date will be provided) until you are at or below the salary cap.
Rookie Draft
1)
The rookie draft will be a straight draft 7 rounds in length.
2)
Available players will be any players drafted by an NFL team from
the prior year’s NFL draft (meaning rookies that are included in the
new disk).
3)
The rookie draft will begin after the new disk is released and teams
have verified their rosters.
4)
After the rookie draft is completed, each team salary must be no
more than the salary cap.
5)
If your team salary exceeds the salary cap, you must release players
(date will be provided) until you are at or below the salary cap.
Taxi Squad
1)
Each team may have up to two players on an inactive taxi squad.
2)
To be eligible, the player must have played in 5 or less regular
season NFL games (includes uncarded players).
3)
Once a player is named to the taxi squad, he cannot be used the
entire season, nor traded. Their salary becomes zero and marked
inactive.
4)
You cannot designate a player to the taxi squad during FA bidding.
5)
Any player that was signed as a result of a successful bid CANNOT
then be designated to the Taxi Squad as this would defeat the cap
rules.
6)
Once designated, the player must remain Taxi for the season.
Free Agent Bidding
1)
To participate in Free Agent Bidding, teams must be below the cap
and have less than 52 active players.
2)
Teams must also have available cap space to fill out their roster to
52 active players with at least 350K players during the FA bidding
process.
3)
You can never exceed 52 active players once Free Agency bidding
begins till the end of the regular season.
4)
You can never exceed 2 players on your taxi squad.
5)
By the end of Free Agent bidding, teams must have 52 active players
on their roster. If not, the Commissioner will assign 350k players
to fill teams.
6)
FAs signed during bidding process cannot be traded or dropped until
the conclusion of the season (post-Super Bowl) in part because of
possible salary inflation.
Position Requirements
1)
Quarterbacks - all teams must have a minimum of 2 QBs but no more
than 3 quarterbacks on their active roster (does not include
quarterbacks on the taxi squad). All teams must have a minimum of
340 attempts but no more than 800 attempts.
2)
Running Backs - all teams must have a minimum of 3 RBs. All teams
must have a minimum of 220 rushes but no more than 540 rushes.
3)
HB/TEs - all teams must have at least 3.
4)
Wide Receivers - all teams must have at least 6.
5)
All teams will must a minimum of 160 receptions but no more than 640
receptions from WRs and TEs/HBs combined. Note that RB receptions
are not included.
6)
Kickers and Punters - all teams must have at least 1 kicker and at
least 1 punter. No team can have more than 2 kickers or more than 2
punters. No team can have 2 kickers or 2 punters on their roster
with a durability rating of 10. However, if a team has 1 K or 1 P
rated with a 10 durability and a second player who is rated as both
a punter and a kicker (P/K) that player may have a durability rating
of 10 as long as there is not a third player on the roster rated as
a P, K , or P/K.
7)
You must be in compliance with the above maximum passes, rushes, and
receptions (items 1, 2, and 5 immediately above) by the start of
Free Agency until the end of the season.
8)
You must be in compliance with item 6 above by the start of Free
Agency until the end of the season.
9)
Offensive Line - all teams must have a minimum of 8 offensive
lineman. In addition each team must have at least 2 centers, 3
guards, and 3 tackles.
10)
Defensive Line - all teams must have
at least 3 defensive tackles and 3 defensive ends
11)
Linebackers - all teams must have at
least 2 inside linebackers and 4 outside linebackers
12)
Defensive backs - all teams must have
a minimum of 8 defensive backs. All teams must have at least 4
cornerbacks and 3 safeties.
13)
The above requirements (items 8, 9,
10, 11, and 12 immediately above) must be met by the start of the
regular season (June 1) until the end of the season.
14)
Players rated at multiple positions as
in (G/T ILB/OLB etc.) count toward all positions for which they are
rated.
15)
Players rated as a QB-WR, QB-RB etc.
will have their pass attempts added to the QB limits, their rush
attempts added to the RB limits, and their WR receptions added to
the WR limits if they are rated at that position.
16)
However, players rated at QB/TE/WR
only will not have rush attempts added to the team limits.
Signing Free Agents During the Season
1)
Free Agents may only be signed during the season if injuries at a
position leave you unable to properly field the needed players for a
game at a specific position.
2)
If the FA addition takes you over the 52 active players then you
must drop a player to stay legal.
3)
Signing FAs during the season will be tightly monitored and should
only be considered when absolutely necessary.
4)
Any free agent signed (or placed upon a team by the league due to
compliance mandates) prior to the start of the regular season will
be labeled as a “Free Agent Signed In-Season” and will have an FAI
designation on the league file.
5)
All FAI designated players MUST be returned to the free agent pool
at the conclusion of the season.
6)
Signed Free Agents cannot have a performance value superior to the
player(s) that were injured or placed the franchise out of
compliance.
Trading
Trading is allowed in the PSAFL with the following
restrictions.
1)
Trading is not open until after the rookie draft is completed.
2)
All teams must be at or under the cap in order to conduct a trade.
3)
No trade can ever be conducted if it violates league rules.
4)
The trade deadline is Week # 4. This means the time period up and
until all week 4 games are played but before the week 5 file is
issued during the regular season. No trades may be made after the
Week # 5 file has been sent out.
5)
No draft picks beyond the next draft may be traded. You may begin
trading the following years draft's picks when the current year's
draft period has concluded.
6)
Any proposed trade can be rejected by the commissioner/trade
committee if he/they feel(s) that the trade was not done in good
faith. Teams can submit an explanation as to why they feel a
rejected trade makes sense. A decision to reject may be reversed if
the commissioner/committee feel the explanation reveals a valid
reason for reversal.
7)
Any player traded by a team may not be re-acquired until a full
season has passed.
8)
All trades must be finalized in the "Finalized trade forum" so we
can keep track of all trade info. One team involved in the trade
must post in that forum with the exact details of the trade. The
other team must confirm the trade in that trade's forum post. No
trade will take effect until both parties have agreed. Do not send
your trades via the league group email.
9)
If the trade, prior to the start of the regular season and after
Free Agent Bidding is completed, takes you below 52 active players,
you may sign a Free Agents to become legal. You will not retain the
rights to this player after the season is completed.
10)
Once the regular season begins, free
agent in-season signing rules will be enforced negating the ability
to make a trade that takes a team out of compliance and then desires
to claim one or more free agents in order to bring that team back
into compliance.
Post Season
1)
The 3 division winners, plus the 3 non division winners with the
best records (the Wild Cards) in each conference will qualify for
the playoffs. Teams will be seeded 1-6 and will be bracketed using
the method that the NFL currently uses. The higher seeded team for
each playoff game will be at home and will get the HFA except for
the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl will be played at a neutral site and
the HFA will be turned off.
2)
All stats will be carried over into the post season. Instead of
getting a clean "fatigue" slate for the playoffs, a 10% increase in
season fatigue would be added for each additional round of the
playoffs.
Free Agent Bidding Rules
Free agency will be conducted by bidding only.
Highest bid (24 hours without another bid) gets the player. That
player reverts back to his in-game value in subsequent seasons. Free
agents cannot be traded in the inaugural season of their signing.
You may not drop players to make room for FAs signed during the FA
draft.
1)
You may not bid lower than their listed salary in the game.
2)
You may not bid higher than the amount of available salary your team
has.
3)
You may not have more active bids than open roster spots on your
active roster (does not Taxi Squad).
4)
You may not have several bids at one time that when added together,
amount to more than what your team has available under the cap. If
you do, you will lose all active bids at the time of the infraction.
So be careful and do the math.
5)
Once someone out-bids you for a player, you can opt out if you like
and the money is returned to you to bid on other players.
6)
Once 24 hours elapses without a new bid on each player, the highest
bid wins the player.
7)
Once the season is over, you can retain your drafted/free agent bid
FA and any inflated salary returns to what the new game release says
it is.
8)
Only carded players are available in the FA period.
9)
You may not drop players to make room for FAs won in bidding. So
make sure you can fill out your roster to the needed 54/52
players...EXAMPLE.... If you have 42 players at the end of FA
bidding, you need a minimum of 10 players to be legal. So 10, 350K
players means you need at least 3.5 million in open cap space.
10)
FAs signed during bidding process
cannot be traded or dropped until the conclusion of the season
(post-Super Bowl) in part because of possible salary inflation.
Weekly Schedule/Procedure
1)
The PSAFL week starts on Tuesday and ends the following Tuesday at 8
PM ET.
2)
The home team is designated the "host" and has the "right" to host
the game. If for some reason the home team does want not to, or
cannot host the game, the visiting team may host. The team that ends
up hosting the game is responsible for sending the commissioner the
game file on time.
3)
Both teams are responsible for contacting, scheduling, and playing
their game with their opponent each week by the deadline.
4)
This is a head-to-head league but there are circumstances when guys
will be unable to play their game a particular week. Please let your
opponent know ASAP if you will not be able to play them head-to-head
in a particular week. (Failure to do so more than twice per season
is reason for dismissal).
5)
A substitute coach may be used if you are unable to coach your game
a particular week. If you plan on using a substitute coach please
clear it with your opponent and Commish beforehand. Only other
members of the PAFL may be used as substitute coaches. Please use
this rule sparingly.
6)
While an occasional occurrence of "not being able to play" will be
accepted, absentee ownership will not. Any team that makes a
"practice" of not playing their games head to head will be subject
to removal from the league by the commissioner. No owner will be
removed from the league for this reason without a written warning
first. Emergencies come up and certain situations arise that are
beyond our control. That's not what this is referring to. Rule of
thumb, after your third miss, expect to hear from the commissioner.
Schedule
All PAFL teams will play a 17 game (8/9 at home &
8/9 on the road) regular season schedule. Teams will play all other
teams in their own division twice (once at home and once on the
road). The schedule will be determined using the same formula the
NFL used when it had 28 teams. The PSAFL is a summer league playing
from early June until early October.
Game Playing Procedures
1)
Each team must play at least 12 games in a year Head to head AND
meet the requirements of contacting fellow owners for games or they
may be removed from the league.
2)
The accepted way of scheduling your game each week is via the
league's Game Scheduling Forum. This way the Commissioner can
clearly see who is properly scheduling their games or not in case of
dispute. He can also foresee a problem before it becomes an issue
and has to issue a simmed game. The home team is responsible for
posting first and must post by no later than Thursday at 6PM ET of
each week giving a variety of times when you can play the games,
although you can and are encouraged to post sooner. Each visiting
team must reply to the home team's forum post and either choose one
of those times or announce he cannot meet any of those times and
make new suggestions by Friday. All Games must be completed and
reported to the Commissioner before Tuesday at 7PM ET. (Exception to
the forum scheduling is if you cannot gain access to the forums for
some reason. In that case, you must privately email your opponent
with a CC to the Commissioner).
3)
Please DO NOT use the league group email to schedule games or chat
with another owner. Keep those e-mails private so we don't all get
spammed.
Penalties
Are there penalties for breaking the max player
limits? (maximum carries, receptions or passes)
Yes. In cases where it is caught in time to
reverse, the deal that caused the infraction is reversed and
offending player loses his "latest" round pick in the upcoming
rookie draft. *(if your latest pick has been traded, the next to
latest will be forfeited). If reversing the deal harms the
unoffending party because of other trades conducted based on this
one, the carded player is suspended for the season and counts toward
the team's salary cap and 54/52 limits and loss of latest draft*
pick in upcoming rookie draft.
Salary Cap Infractions
Due to a trade....
1)
Suspension of most valuable player in trade for season. Of course,
teams are allowed to make drops as part of a trade, if needed, but
must remain in the 54/52 limit and all other roster carry/reception
limits. FAs can only be signed after a trade if trade places them
under the 54/52 limit. All FA signings in this case must be filler
players and of same position as players lost due to trade. (filler
players are players with no real future increases in worth in the
foreseeable future and not salaried at more than 350K).
2)
Trade infractions may not be caught until one of the other teams
involved in the trade have made other trades. This could cause a
snowball effect, resulting in the cancellation of several trades
spanning several teams. This of course can cause pandemonium. With
suspensions, we avoid opening that can of worms. This rule also
places responsibility for making a legal trade fully on the
shoulders of the team owner.
3)
Suspended players may not be traded and their salary counts toward
the team cap for the season.
4)
Please notify the Commissioner if a rule is not clear, incorrect, or
missing.
5)
Any rule that is not 100% clear may be amended by the Commissioner
to better reflect the intent of the rule.
6)
The Commissioner may add a new rule at anytime but that rule will
still be at the mercy of a league veto, if desired. A rule can be
vetoed with a 60% vote "against."
Rules Committee
There is a Rules Committee. The Rules Committee
will consist of 3-4 league owners/members selected by the
commissioner. A Rules Committee member will retain that post until
removed by the commissioner, the member resigns from the position,
or the member is no longer an owner of team within the league.
New Rule Proposals
New rules may be suggested by team owners to
the Rules Committee at any time. However, it is recognized that any
new rule, suggested by a team owner to the committee, will not
necessarily be immediately enacted nor immediately put onto the
committee docket.
The Committee will review any submitted rule or
constitutional amendment submitted suggestion. The review may
include, but is not limited to, additional questioning of the member
or members sponsoring the rule submission. The Committee may alter
the wording or amend the suggestion if it desires to do so. Once the
amending and alteration process is completed, the committee will
proceed with a vote to move the rule/amendment to the commissioner
for his approval or rejection for a league wide approval vote or
league wide veto vote. The committee will need to submit any
committee approved rules/amendments any time after the conclusion of
the Super Bowl and the release of the new roster valuations and no
later than (1) week prior to the drops deadline date. Any new rule(s)
or amendment(s) submitted by the committee and approved by the
commissioner will not become enforceable until after the following
season's Super Bowl.
In order for any rule(s) or amendment(s) to be
approved by the committee and sent to the commissioner three (3) of
four (4) committee members must vote affirmatively (Yes). Any rule(s)
or amendment(s) can be tabled for future consideration should the
deadline for that season pass or if the committee feels it needs to
delay a vote for any reason. Any rule(s) or amendment(s) can be
tabled if the vote within the committee acquires two (2) affirmative
(Yes) votes but does not garner the necessary third vote. If any
rules(s) or amendment(s) does not garner at least 2 affirmative
(yes) votes it is considered defeated and cannot be tabled.
New rules suggested by team owners can be put
up for vote and voted into action with a 60% vote "In favor of."
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