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Paydirt Action Summer Football League (PASFL)
League
Rules
The
Paydirt "Action" Summer Football League (PASFL) 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 pt home field advantage. No home field advantage will be
awarded for the Super Bowl
Rosters/
Salary Cap
You may
have no less and no more than 52 active players at the beginning of the
season prior to injuries. In addition to that, you may designate 2
taxi/practice squad players who will not be eligible to play during the
season and will not count toward your salary. If you have a player or players
designated on the taxi/practice squad then your team could expand to 54. The
current salary cap is 121,000,000
* Taxi
Squad - Each team may have up to two players on an inactive taxi squad. To be
eligible, the player must have played in 5 or less regular season NFL games.
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.
Note: Taxi Squad designation will not be
available for Season 1.
Legal
Roster
Teams
must be at the 54/52 player limit, usage limits and salary cap by the end of
the Drops deadline and a team may not conduct any trade until the team is at
or below the salary cap. Drops are
allowed during a trade to make this possible as well. Teams must also be at
the cap/54/52 limit before the FA/Rookie draft takes place in order to participate
in the draft. Teams must also have
available cap space to fill out their roster with at least 350K players
during the FA/Rookie Draft and Legal Roster drop/add process.
NOTE:
It is possible for a team to fulfill the above mandates and still not be in
compliance. That team must be in complete compliance prior to the start of
the regular season or the league will intervene and amend. For example, a
team might have 52 active players on their roster, be below the salary cap,
and be within use limitations but might not have fulfilled all the minimum
positional mandates such the league requirement of 8 Dbs, 4 corner-backs, and
3 safeties. Each team must meet league mandates before the start of the
regular season.
OFFENSE:
Minimum/Maximum Limits
Players
rated at multiple positions as in G/T ILB/OLB ETC. count toward all positions
for which they are rated.
Quarterbacks
2 minimum - No more than 2 QB’s with more than 300 pass attempts with a
minimum of 400 combined pass attempts per team. No team may have more than 3
QB’s on their roster.
Running
Backs 3 minimum - No more than 2 RB’s with more than 200 rush attempts with a
minimum of 300 combined rush attempts per team.
RB/HB/TE/WR
6 minimum (HB/TE/WR) - No more than 3 RB/HB/TE/WR with more than 80 pass receptions
with a minimum of 300 combined pass receptions.
Offensive
Line Minimum of 8 overall with below position minimums within line...
Centers: 2, Guards, Tackles: 3 each
DEFENSE/Special
Teams Minimum players at position
DT, DE:
3 each
Linebackers:
ILB: 2 OLB: 4
DBs
(minimum of 8 DBs total in any combo with at least CB:4 S:3)
Kicking:
Minimum of 2 overall with below position minimums
K: 1
(maximum 2*) - P: 1 (maximum 2*)
* No
team can have 2 kickers or 2 punters on their roster with a durability rating
of 10.
Uncarded
Players
Must be
inactive for the entire season. May not have more than 2 taxi/training camp
players. An uncarded player is designated and treated as a taxi player and
all taxi player rules apply.
This
rule will not apply to Season1 .
Using
the League Email group
pasfl@groups.io
Avoid using the group for personal emails such as working out a trade detail
with another team. You may use it to announce players up for trade.
SIGNING
A FA DURING THE SEASON
FAs may
be signed during the season if injuries or trades leave you unable to
properly field the needed players for a game at a specific position. If that
is the case you may claim a FA player from the FA pool. If the FA addition
takes you over the 54/52 roster or salary cap limit you must drop a player to
stay legal. This dropped player will not be returned to your roster. Any free agent signed after the week one
file is released will be labeled as a “Free Agent Signed In-Season” and will
have an FAI designation on the league file. All FAI designated players MUST be returned
to the free agent pool at the conclusion of the regular season, therefore, no
FAI players will be eligible for the post-season.
TRADING
Trading
is allowed in the PASFL with the following restrictions.
A) 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.
B) 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 has officially
concluded.
C) Any
proposed trade can be rejected by the commissioner if he feels the trade was
not done in good faith. Any player
traded by a team may not be re-acquired until a full season has passed. 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 feels the explanation
reveals a valid reason for reversal.
D) 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.
If the
trade takes you below 54/52 or league position minimums, you may sign one
from the FA list however, this added FA will also have the FAI designation,
must keep the team below the salary cap, and he will be cut at the end of the
regular season.
POST
SEASON
A) 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.
B) 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. Playoff games will
be added on to the schedule instead of using the playoff brackets.
ANNUAL
ROOKIE/FA DRAFT
The
rookie/FA draft will vary in length depending on how many players each team
protected. The available players will be any available from the APCFB game.
The
maximum amount of players each team may protect before the draft begins will
be 30 players, however, each team may protect fewer than 30.
If a
player is not included in the game for this season, you may not draft him.
Once
the draft begins, all trading (including draft picks) is frozen. The trade
deadline usually takes place a few days before the draft so preparations can
be made.
WEEKLY
SCHEDULE/PROCEDURE
A) The
PASFL week starts on Tuesday and ends the following Tuesday at 11 PM ET.
B) 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.
C) Both
teams are responsible for contacting, scheduling, and playing their game with
their opponent each week by the deadline.
D) To
prove you have made an attempt to schedule your game you should use the
"Game scheduling forum" or cc the commissioner.
E) 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).
F) 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 commissioner beforehand. Only other members of the PASFL
may be used as substitute coaches. Please use this rule sparingly.
G)
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.
SCHEDULE
All PASFL
teams will play a 16 game (8 at home & 8 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 by the
commissioner but will try to use a schedule similar to an NFL schedule
format. The PASFL is a Summer league
playing from June until October.
GAME
PLAYING PROCEDURES
A) 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 will be removed
from the league.
B) 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 11PM 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).
C)
Please DO NOT use the league group email to schedule games or chat with
another owner. Keep those e-mails private.
Rules
Violations
In cases where a transaction is caught in
time to reverse, the transaction that caused the infraction is reversed and
offending player loses his "latest" round pick in the upcoming
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. The suspended player is also frozen on the
roster and may not be traded or released until after the season is completed.
SALARY
CAP INFRACTIONS
If a
team is over the salary cap due to a trade the team must make drops as part
of a trade. The team must also remain
in the 54/52 limit and all other roster limits. FAs can be signed after a
trade if trade places them under the 54/52 limit. All FA signings will have the FAI
designation and will be dropped at the end of the regular season.
The
responsibility for making a legal trade is on the shoulders of the team
owner.
Any
rule that is not 100% clear may be amended by the Commissioner to better
reflect the intent of the rule.
The
Commissioner may add a new rule at anytime if the rule is truly needed but
will only happen occasionally.
New
rules suggested by team owners can be written and emailed to the commissioner
for consideration.
There
is NOT a Rules Committee. If you do not like the rules, this league may not
be for you. However, the commissioner will try to make owners happy and
listen to suggestions.
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