Entry fee is $10.
Distribution is as follows: 1st place gets $30, 2nd place gets $15, BMTG gets
$5.
First game of the season is Thursday, September 6, 2007.
Draft:
Draft was held in August of 2007. There shall
be a total of five owners. Draft begins with each BMTG member drafting their
lifetime franchise that was selected in the 2003 draft. This draft pick is
guaranteed to that owner each and every season. Next set of picks are the
keeper picks from the 2006 season. Each owner from 2006 can retain one additional
team. The keeper team can not be retained two years in a row, although that
team can be drafted in later rounds. For example, for the 2005 season Sandman
chose to keep Indianapolis from his 2004 teams. He shall be restricted from
keeping Indianapolis as his keeper pick in 2006. If Indianapolis is still
available during the draft, he would be allowed to draft them. In the event
an owner chooses not to keep a team from the previous season, that owner will
get an extra pick after the final round.
The draft order from that point is determined randomly. The two teams left undrafted are considered off limits to all owners. Each owner will make their rosters by taking players from their set of six teams.
Owners not able to attend the draft can submit their list of desired teams, to be revealed one team at a time during the draft. Owners not physically at the draft will automatically draft last, unless they are available via conference call. Owners that do not submit a list of teams to draft will be allowed to choose from the undrafted set of teams.
Roster Positions:
2 QB
3 RB
3 WR
1 TE
1 K
1 Team Defense
Decathlon Style Scoring:
Scoring for the entire season and playoffs will be decathlon style. There
will be seven categories, with the main competition (weeks 1-15) counting
as double.
Categories:
1. Total SWP for weeks 1-15. This is the main part of the competition and
is weighted most heavily.
2. Weeks 16 and 17 Pick ‘Em Game.
3. Post-season.
4. Last Man Standing – who lasts the longest to begin the season
5. Last Man Standing – overall win-loss record for entire season
6. Win – Loss record of drafted teams (includes postseason)
7. Egregious Errors
Each of the 7 categories would have points awarded based on finish.
1st place = 5 points
2nd place = 3 points
3rd place = 2 points
4th place = 1 point
5th place = 0 points
Points are doubled for the first category (weeks 1-15 SWP)
Roster Restrictions and Management:
Rosters must be set by 11:59 PM the night before the first game of the week.
For example, if the first game is on Thursday, all rosters must by set by
Wednesday night. Each team must be represented by a player (including Team
Defense) at least 16 times by the end of the season.
To compensate for the lies that are made on the injury reports each owner will have a ranked roster, with no limitation on number of moves made. Every owner will rank every position to a set limit. For example at QB, The DieSeL could do the following:
1 - Manning
2 - Pennington
3 - McNair
4 - Carr
If Manning doesn't play for some reason (say game day flu that nobody could foresee) then it defaults to the next in line. If #3 is also out then it goes to #4. This will greatly reduce the chances of getting a DNP and allows for the elimination of trades, inlcuding injury trades. (Players who have a bye week but ranked high would still get a DNP)
Players will get SmallWorld points based on their ranking. At quarterback the top player will get 110% of their points, second ranked player gets 100%, and lower ranked players will get less than 100%.
Number of rankings per position will be double the number of roster spots. For example, since the roster has two quarterbacks, four players are ranked. Since there are three running back roster spots, owners will rank six runningbacks. Rankings and percentages are as follows:
QB
1 – 110%
2 – 100%
3 – 90%
4 – 80%
RB and WR
1 – 110%
2 – 105%
3 – 100%
4 – 90%
5 – 80%
6 – 70%
TE and K
1 – 100%
2 – 90%
Defense
1 – 100%
The reasoning for lower percentage after the number 2 quarterback is that the number 3 and later players would not have even been playing if both 1 and 2 played. So, since you are getting bailed out a bit when either 1 or 2 does not play, you would not get full points for the replacement.
Trades:
There shall be no trading of franchises allowed, as well as no trading
of players between team owners.
Rules Violations:
Owners violating the rules shall be subject to sanctions. Before sanctions
are determined, the accused will have a chance to defend his transgression,
with the exception of non-BMTG members, who will not have a chance to defend
their position. Sanctions will be recommended by the BMTG Senior Council and
must be approved by a majority of owners. Non-BMTG members will be given additional
sanctions for questioning the Senior Council.
Sanctions may be appealed by filing a 1st Level Appeal for a $3.00 filing fee. All 1st Level Appeals will be denied within 30 days. 2nd Level Appeals (final level) can be filed for an additional $3.00 after a 12 month cooling off period. All appeals must be filed in the proper format and the filing fees are non-refundable.
Egregious Errors Tally:
The Egregious Error Tally will be re-established if the trend of
inactive and grossly mismanaged teams continues. Points are already tracked
throughout the season and at the end acknowledgement is given to those who
performed well and jeers are given to the poorest manager. In addition, gross
mismanagement and extended inactivity shall be dealt with by using the Egregious
Errors Tally. Egregious Errors include:
Sanctions may result based on the number of egregious errors, as follows:
1 - 3 |
Picture posted on Big Machine with humiliating description of the crime. |
4 |
Lose ability to be the first pick in the next draft. |
5 |
Spin on the Sanction Wheel |
6 |
Lose first round pick in next draft (get an extra last rounder) |
7+ |
Spin on the Sanction Wheel |
SmallWorld Points:
Each player on the roster during the first 15 weeks of the season will earn
points based on the SmallWorld scoring system. White Russian will track the
rosters and stats and post the standings on usesoap.com. Points are as follows:
Offensive Stat Points
Passing Yard 1
Rushing Yard 2
Receiving Yard 2
Kick-off Return Yard 1
Punt Return Yard 2
Reception 2
Touchdown 60
Two Point Conversion 20
Incompletion -2
Fumble Lost -45
Interception Thrown -45
Kick-Off Return Attempt -10
Kicking Stat Points
Point After Touchdown 10
Point After Miss -20
Field Goal (1-39 Yards) 40
Field Goal Miss (1-39 Yards) -30
Field Goal (40-49 Yards) 60
Field Goal (50+ Yards) 80
Team Defensive Stat Points
Points Allowed 200 minus (10 times points allowed)
Defensive Touchdown 60
Fumble Recovery 45
Interception 45
Sack 20
Safety 45
Last Man Standing rules:
Each week pick one team that will win their game. Teams can only
be picked once throughout the season. The group owned team will make its pick
based on point spreads, choosing the team that is favored by the largest spread.
When the team with the largest spread would match a team already picked in
a previous week, the next largest shall be chosen. There are two winners in
the competition. One is whoever lasts the longest before making a wrong prediction
(the true "Last Man Standing"). The second winner is the best win
loss record at the end of the season.
Season Duration:
The main season will end after week 15. For the final two weeks, teams that
are in the playoffs, but can't better their playoff position, will be resting
stars and non-playoff teams will be getting rookie players some playing time.
It becomes more of a guessing game as to who will score the most points for
your team as opposed to making logical selections.
Last Man Standing will continue for full 17 weeks.
Weeks 16 and 17 will be a Pick ‘Em game. Pick who will win each game and assign points to each one. The game you are most confident in the outcome you assign 16 points (32 teams = 16 games) and the most difficult game to predict gets 1 point (126 points max if you get every game correct).
At the playoffs, each owner ranks every playoff team from 1 to 12. For every game a team wins, the owner gets the number of points corresponding to that owner's ranking. Highest point total through the Super Bowl wins the playoff portion of the season.