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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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