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The Offensive / Defensive Stats used:
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Passing, Rushing and Receiving Yards and Td's, Field Goals, Extra Pts.
Sacks, Fumble recoveries, Interceptions, Safeties, Td's scored, Shutouts
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Daily / Weekly Update Reports
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Your reports are available at any time. They are also fully customizable.
They include :
Standings, Franchise Info, Transactions, Starting Lineups, Head-To-Head,
Rosters, League Scoring, League Rules/History, Top Performers, Draft Report,
Bar Chart, Wkly Results, Starter Pts - Position, Starter Pts - Player,
Non-Starter Pts - Position, Wkly Summary, Free Agents, Injury Report, NFL Schedule.
You can see a Sample League here.
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League Play
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Each week your team will play one of the other 11 teams in your league. During the
13 week regular season, you will play the 3 teams in your division twice, and 7 of the other
8 teams once.
Every week you have the option to change your line up,
request Free Agents, and make
Trades.
Comparisons will be made in 14 statistical categories to determine the winner in
each "Head to Head" game.
If any of your starters do not play that week, we insert your Backup (QB,RB and WR/TE only).
In addition, Back-up Players are only inserted when it affects the outcome of the game.
If a player shows up in the NFL boxscore, he is considered to have played. For example
if Brett Favre goes 0 for 2 passing, his stats do account for his totals. If a player
accumulates "stats", then he is considered to have played.
On the other side of the coin, as an example, if a WR does not make a catch or a rushing
attempt, he will not show up as playing. (We realize a WR can be seen running around on the
field, but if he doesn't have any receptions or a passing or rushing attempt, he will not show
up in the NFL boxscore.)
Also, the player must show up in the boxscore under statistics used by our
scoring system. (Example: If Joe Horn has no rushes, no receptions and no pass attempts, but
does return a kickoff, he is not considered to have played, as we do not account for
special teams play.)
Kickers are not replaced under any circumstance.
We do the backups late Tuesday afternoon's after the NFL stats are official.
If you do not list Backup players, and a starter doesn't play, you get zero points for
that player.
If you do not submit a line up, we use the same Starters from the previous week. (Starters
only, no backups). If one of them does not play, you get zero points for that player.
For week #1, if you do not submit a line up, we will randomly select the starters
for you. (no backups)
If an Owner goes 2 consecutive weeks without submitting a line up, (or
contacting us), we will try to contact you. If we do not get a response, we will assume
you have dropped the team. (Owners will also lose their team if they fail to submit a lineup
3 times during the regular season)
If you drop or lose your team, there is no refund.
Click here for more details on Submitting a Lineup.
Sandbagging will NOT be allowed at anytime. If it is deemed you are NOT starting your
best players on a regular basis you will forfeit ownership of ALL of your teams.
- Not starting your best players in an attempt to enhance next season's draft spot, or help a friend win
will not be allowed at anytime.
Any Team owner deemed by us and/or members of that person's league has become
disruptive, and attempts to sabotage the league in any way will be warned. Should
the disruption continue, that owner will be lose his/her teams.
If we see what we consider to be "collusion", we will contact both owners and warn them.
If it happens again, one or both of them will be dropped from the league.
- Click here to see our policy on Trades .
We do not give refunds if your team is dropped. We also do not refund for the instances
mentioned above.
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Free Agents / Waivers
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After the rosters are set, all players not on a team are Free Agents.
There is one round of Waivers after the Pre-season draft, and before Week #1 of the NFL season.
During the Season, we process the free agents each Wednesday evening, and post the
results immediately. (you will also receive an e-mail as they are processed)
The selection order for Free Agents during the season goes in reverse order of the
current year-to-date record of each team. (tiebreaker = least points scored).
There are 2 rounds, and they are processed seperately.
For Week #1, the order for Free Agents goes in reverse order of the previous year's final results.
Click here for more help / information on Player Waivers.
You can start a Free Agent selection the same week he is aquired.
Your Roster will contain a maximum of 18 spots.
 At all times - A minimum of QB-1, RB's-2, WR/TE's-3, K-1, DT-1
Your Starters are : QB's= 1, RB's= 2, WR's/TE's= 3, K= 1, DT= 1.
Be sure to keep track of how many players you have. If you have a full Roster (18 players),
and try to pick up a player, you MUST list a player to drop. If not, you will not get your free agent.
A player dropped from a team is not eligible to be picked up as a Free Agent until the
following week.
Free Agent requests are due each Wednesday by 7:00pm PST.
No Free Agent pick-ups during the playoffs.
The 2 weekly Free Agent draft slots cannot be traded.
Click here for more details on picking up Waivers / Free Agents.
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Trades
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Before and during the season you can contact the other owners in your league to discuss
strategies and to work out trades. Trades can be of almost any type, 2 for 1, 3 for 2,
etc. You can submit a trade to an Owner automatically. Once he/she receives it, he/she
simply clicks the "Approve" or "Disapprove" button on their league webpage.
The commissioner then receives the trade, and will approve or disapprove it within
24 hours. (Note: Trades made late on a Saturday will most likely NOT go through before the Sunday NFL games)
During the regular season, a player traded from one team cannot be traded from the same owner back to the
original team for 4 weeks. This is to prevent "collusion", and to keep Owners from trading players back and forth weekly.
Trading Deadline: On Saturday evening, at 8:00pm PST, the night before the NFL Week 8 games start.
If you traded 1 player for 2, and now have too many, you must drop a player. You will NOT be able to
submit Waivers OR a Lineup if your Roster exceeds 18 Players.
Blatantly unfair trades, such as Fred Taylor for Robert Holcomb will be denied.
All trades will be subject to the Commissioner's approval and should be done in the
spirit of fair play.
We reserve the right to "reverse" a trade if it is the best interest of the league.
Click here to see the criteria we use to Approve or Disapprove Trades.
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Playoffs
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Your team will play a 13 week season. After the final week, 6 Teams will make the Championship
Playoffs:
3 Division Winners
2 Wild Card Teams
1 Team from the rest, with the most points scored
See a sample Playoff Bracket and Tiebreakers.
* Week 14 Playoffs:
- The Top 2 Division Winners have a bye.
- The #3 Seed plays the #6 Seed.
- The #4 Seed plays the #5 Seed.
* Week 15 Semi-Finals:
- #1 Seed plays winner of the #3-#6 seeds game.
- #2 Seed plays winner of the #4-#5 seeds game.
* Week 16 Championship Finals:
- The two semi-final winners play each other for the Championship.
- The two semi-final losers play each other for 3rd place.
See a sample Playoff Bracket and Tiebreakers.
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Note: Teams with an * next to their name are not eligible for the Playoffs.
Trophies or Plaques are awarded to the top 3 teams in each league ! (or you may choose
Sports Cards, a Certificate or "$$ credit", etc)
We also award a Manager of the Year trophy.
One for multiple-team owners, and one for single-team owners.
* * * Pre-season draft order * * *
This is how the Pre-season draft is set for existing leagues each year:
Example for each round of next season's Pre-season draft:
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1st pick - 12th Place team - Regular Season.
2nd pick- 11th Place team - Regular Season.
3rd pick- 10th Place team - Regular Season.
4th pick- 9th Place team - Regular Season.
5th pick- 8th Place team - Regular Season.
6th pick- 7th Place team - Regular Season.
7th pick- Championship Playoffs - 6th Place team.
8th pick- Championship Playoffs - 5th Place team.
9th pick- Championship Playoffs - 4th Place team.
10th pick- Championship Playoffs - 3rd Place team.
11th pick- Championship Playoffs - Runner-up team.
12th pick- Championship Playoffs - Winner.
Click here for Tie-breaker information
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Miscellaneous
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Off season rules:
In July, you will be able to protect 1 QB, 2 RB's, 3 WR/TE's, 1 K and 1 DT.
Off-season Trading starts in July.
(after the cutdowns are made)
All leagues are continuous, that way all your hard work does not just go away when
the season ends.
Before each new season begins, each league will participate in a 10-round Pre-Season draft, to include the
NFL Rookies also.
Click here to see the Prize list.
Click here to see the Dream Sports Calendar of Events.
There are occasional free contests in which the winner and others will win free
Sports cards, Sports Plaques, and/or free play. (pick the winner contests, high points
in your league on a certain week ,etc..)
Dream Sports reserves the right to amend any of the rules and regulations
in the best interest of fairness and competitiveness.
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 ......Scoring Table |
| Quarterbacks, Running Backs and Receivers |
| Passing Touchdowns |
4 points |
| Rush / Rec. Touchdowns |
6 points |
| Rushing Yards |
1 point for every 5 yards |
| Receiving Yards |
1 point for every 10 yards |
| Passing Yards |
1 point for every 15 yards |
| Interception |
-1 point each |
| 2 Point Conversions |
2 points |
| Kicking |
| 0-29 yards Field goal....... |
2 points |
| 30-39 yards Field goal |
3 points |
| 40-49 yards Field goal |
4 points |
| 50+ yards Field goal |
5 points |
| Extra Point |
1 point |
| Defense Scoring Table |
| Touchdowns |
4 points |
| Fumble Recoveries |
3 points |
| Interceptions |
3 points |
| Sacks |
3 points |
| Safeties |
3 points |
| Shut Out |
5 points |
The points are not rounded off.
Example :
17 yards receiving = 1.7 pts
20 yards receiving = 2.0 pts
Head-to-Head game tie-breaker formula:
A) Most total RB points...(starters only)
B) Most total WR points...(starters only)
C) Most total QB points...(starter only)
D) Most total DEF points...(starter only)
E) Most total K points.....(starter only)...
Note: 1 Point is added to the tiebreaker winner's score.
For more answers to your questions, please see our F.A.Q.'s page.
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