PASSED RULES FOR 2020-2021:
- 2019-002. Increasing Protected Players and Keepers
- 2019-004. 0-13 Teams Automatically Win “Putrid”
PASSED RULES FOR 2021-2022:
- 2020-001. Eliminate the Trade Review Period
- 2020-005. Add 2 IR Spots
- 2020-008. Add an Extra Win for a Top-6 Weekly Score
- 2020-010. Taxi Squad Draft to Replace Rookie Draft
PROPOSED RULES FOR 2021-2022:
- 2020-001. Eliminate the Trade Review Period
2020-002. Change to 0.5 PPR2020-003. Change to 6 Points Per Passing TD- 2020-004. Adjust QB Keeper Values
- 2020-005. Add 2 IR Spots
- 2020-006. Change Bonus Point Structure to Favor QB Production
2020-007.Change to 0.5 Points Per Passing First Down- 2020-008. Add an Extra Win for a Top-6 Weekly Score
2020-009.3 IDP Players to Replace Team Defense- 2020-010. Taxi Squad Draft to Replace Rookie Draft
PASSED RULES FOR 2020-2021:
Overview: The proposed rule change would increase the number of protected players at the end of a season from 5 to 6; in addition to increasing the number of keepers selected in the following season from 3 to 4. This would add a protected player to the list submitted at the end of the 2019 season, while also adding an additional keeper player for the 2020 season. Accompanying this change will be a restriction on the number of players that can be kept at any one position (limit of 2).
Explanation: At the moment, managers are able to choose 3 (or fewer) keeper players from a previously submitted list of (up to) 5 protected players. This rule proposal will enable managers to choose 4 (or fewer) keeper players from a previously submitted list of (up to) 6 protected players. The submission and selection procedures would remain as detailed in the league constitution.
Given that we have instituted a superflex (QB/WR/RB/TE), the makeup and approach for the veteran draft has changed. As QB (and TE) are now more valuable, adding another keeper with the caveat that only 2 players may be kept at any position will allow more managers to plan for future years, but will also keep more impact players available in the Veteran Auction Draft pool.
Rule Language:
- Beginning in the 2020-2021 fantasy season, each team will be able to submit at least 6 players to be protected heading into the following season (this number does not include players under rookie draft contracts).
- After joining the league for the subsequent season, managers will be able to choose 4 (or fewer) keeper players from the previously submitted list of (up to) 6 protected keeper picks using the Yahoo interface.
- The league commissioner will confirm which 4 (or fewer) of the (up to) 6 submitted players will be designated as keeper players with each manager 2 days prior to the draft, at which time the manager may choose to proceed with keeping 1, 2, 3, or 4 of the players or dropping all of the players. There will be a limit of two (2) players that can be kept at any position. Managers may not choose a new player at this time, as non-locked players are released into free agency one week after the Super Bowl. Players not chosen as keepers at this time will be released into free agency.
Vote Required: A 2/3 rule (9 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect the rookie draft, veteran auction draft, offseason transactions, or keeper selections. It will be enacted for the 2021-2022 season if confirmed by 2/3 rule.
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Overview: The proposed rule change would include a clause in the “Putrid” award description that is any manager goes 0-13 in a season, they will be automatically given the “Putrid” award in that season. There will be no Putrid Playoff for that season.
Explanation: This proposal was brought about by the highly improbable scenario of Simon (Mr. steal yo Gurley) going 0-13 in the 2019 season. Many managers thought that it was likely unfair for a 5-8 team to have to battle it out with Simon for the “Putrid” trophy.
This rule proposal will automatically deem any 0-13 team as the “Putrid” trophy for that season, forgoing the Putrid Playoff.
Vote Required: A majority rule (7 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect league format or prizes. It will be enacted for the 2020-2021 season if confirmed by majority rule.
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NEW PROPOSALS FOR 2021-2022:
Overview: The proposed rule change would eliminate the trade review period (24-hours) for in-season trades. In-season trades would immediately pass with post-hoc commissioner review.
Explanation: At the moment, in-season trades require a 24-hour review period. The commissioner reviews trades and rules within one day of receiving the trade proposal. In the case that the commissioner is one of the trading parties, the final decision will be placed in the hands of the appointed co-commissioner. If the co-commissioner is also one of the trading partners, the final decision will be placed in the hands of the prior year’s champion. Further succession of responsibility falls to the prior year’s runner-up, third place winner, etc.
This rule proposal will enable the commissioner to enact the “Immediate” trade review setting in Yahoo and allow trading parties to receive players immediately (unless a player has already played during the week of the trade–in this case, the trade will go through at the beginning of the following week). The commissioner review protocol listed above will then be applied in the 24-hour period following the trade agreement. Only clear cases of collusion will be flagged for return of players to the previous team.
Vote Required: A majority rule (7 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect in-season transactions. It will be enacted for the 2021-2022 season if confirmed by majority rule.
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Overview: The proposed rule change would change league scoring from 1 point per reception to 0.5 points per reception.
Explanation: This rule proposal was brought forward because of the recent move of many leagues from PPR scoring to 0.5 PPR scoring to ease the inflated scoring of full-point PPR. I cite the following article as evidence (“Fantasy Football: Standard, PPR or Half-PPR?”):
In this article, it is articulated that 0.5 PPR tries to address the over-balance of PPR and not the under-balance of Standard, thus causing some problems of its own. Neither scoring system is perfect.
Vote Required: A 2/3 rule (9 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect league scoring, format, schedule, in-season transactions, or prizes. It will be enacted for the 2021-2022 season if confirmed by 2/3 rule.
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Overview: The proposed rule change would adjust QB scoring from 4 points per passing TD to 6 points per passing TD. Interceptions would be -3 points.
Explanation: This rule proposal was brought forward because of the recent discussion in fantasy circles surrounding the lack of spread in QB scoring. Since we have now moved to a superflex league, this point bears some further discussion. I cite the following article as evidence (“The 6-Point Passing Touchdown”):
This brings up a good point–from a standard redraft standpoint, QBs should go early and often in superflex and 2 QB leagues. If they are 6-pt per passing TD, it would make them slightly more valuable, but regardless, they will have a large value in either scoring format. In addition, if you boost passing points (yards or TDs) it mildly changes the advantage running QBs have over regular pocket passers, but only a little. Other than that it has no quantifiable difference–all the QBs get the passing boost and the same superflex QB ideas still apply.
Vote Required: A 2/3 rule (9 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect league scoring, format, schedule, in-season transactions, or prizes. It will be enacted for the 2021-2022 season if confirmed by 2/3 rule.
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Overview: The proposed rule change would adjust QB keeper values (and only QB keeper values) to be more representative of the increased value of QBs in a superflex league.
Explanation: At the moment, the keeper values for the league are based on Yahoo pre-draft values, which are determined based on the standard lineup format of 1 QB, 3 WR, 2 RB, 1 TE, 1 W/R, 1 DEF. Because our league has the format of 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 2 W/R/T, 1 Q/W/R/T, 1 DEF, there is an increased value of the QB position (as QB provides, by far, the most value in the Q/W/R/T superflex lineup spot). The proposed rule change would “scale” the QB keeper values by a parameter to bring them more in line with their actual value in the league.
To explore the potential effect of such an adjustment, I tried to measure a proxy of “relative value”, which is generally how the draft values are determined. I started by pulling the fantasy points per game (FPPG) for the top 24 QBs and RBs (2 starters in a 12-teamer) and top 35 WRs (3 starters in a 12-teamer) from 2018. The full analysis can be found at the following link:
I compared the FPPG with their peak auction values (to account for injuries, retirements, AB craziness, etc.) to yield average dollars per point (DPP) and then plotted a histogram to look at the spread of values. You can see that QBs do skew very low on DPP, while WR gives a somewhat normal distribution. RB, as expected, is highly variable, but at least the greatest percentage fall in the middle of the distribution.
I then made a box plot of the spread of FPPG to get a sense of how the distributions compare to each other among positions. Using the link above, you can hover over each area to get information about the players and stats attached to the players. This shows two things: 1) the commonly-held belief that fantasy QB scoring is relatively narrow is true and 2) top RBs and WRs are much more valuable than top QBs, considering the “extra value” they give you.
I then did the same thing with DPP to see whether the same thing showed up. Here, it is very apparent that QBs have a narrow range for DPP that is substantially lower. Thus, the goal would be to adjust QB auction values to make the QB box plot and histogram look more similar to the RB/WR and more normally distributed, respectively.
The next figure shows a histogram of this adjustment, which isn’t consistent across all QBs (the formula is somewhat complicated, but you’ll find a comparison of the old and new values here as well). Note on the comparison graph that adjusting the prices doesn’t adjust the relative value by FPPG finish.
Finally, the following box plot shows the DPP after the auction value adjustment. You can see that QB, although still less valuable than RB/WR, looks more like them, especially when you look at the top producers at the position. This means the prices reflect QB value relative to other QBs similar to RB/WR. It’s not perfect, but it’s something I could whip up quickly.
Vote Required: A 2/3 rule (9 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect the rookie draft, veteran auction draft, offseason transactions, or keeper selections. It will be enacted for the 2022-2023 season if confirmed by 2/3 rule.
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Overview: The proposed rule change would add two (2) IR spots to each roster going forward.
Explanation: In the 2020-2021 season, we voted in a temporary measure to add 2 IR spots to accommodate players who test positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic. This vote is to be taken to determine whether this extension of IR spots should become permanent.
Vote Required: A majority rule (7 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will only affect roster construction. It will be enacted for the 2021-2022 season if confirmed by majority rule.
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Overview: The proposed rule change would change the bonus points structure to favor QB production.
Explanation: Currently, the league has the following bonus points structure:
| Offensive Milestone (QB, WR, RB, TE) | Bonus Points |
| 300 Passing Yards | 3 |
| 400 Passing Yards | 3 |
| 500 Passing Yards | 3 |
| 100 Rushing Yards | 3 |
| 150 Rushing Yards | 3 |
| 200 Rushing Yards | 3 |
| 100 Receiving Yards | 3 |
| 150 Receiving Yards | 3 |
| 200 Receiving Yards | 3 |
Under the current system, rushing QBs are often awarded, despite not being good passers. Because QB is more important in general, and specifically because we now have a superflex league, the proposal is to alter the bonus point structure to favor productive passing QBs. The proposed change is to double the bonus points tied to QB passing production, resulting in the following:
| Offensive Milestone (QB, WR, RB, TE) | Bonus Points |
| 300 Passing Yards | 6 |
| 400 Passing Yards | 6 |
| 500 Passing Yards | 6 |
| 100 Rushing Yards | 3 |
| 150 Rushing Yards | 3 |
| 200 Rushing Yards | 3 |
| 100 Receiving Yards | 3 |
| 150 Receiving Yards | 3 |
| 200 Receiving Yards | 3 |
Vote Required: A 2/3 rule (9 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect league scoring, format, schedule, in-season transactions, or prizes. It will be enacted for the 2021-2022 season if confirmed by 2/3 rule.
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Overview: The proposed rule change would change league scoring to include 0.5 points per first down.
Explanation: In the real football game, QBs throwing first downs enables an offense to stay on the field and represent huge value to an offense. This rule was brought forward to provide fantasy scoring to capture this. Under the current system, rushing QBs are often awarded, despite not being good passers. Because QB is more important in general, and specifically because we now have a superflex league, the proposal is to alter the point structure to favor productive passing QBs. Adding 0.5 points per first down add importance to the QB position (particularly for prolific passing QBs) without completely skewing the points system.
Vote Required: A 2/3 rule (9 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect league scoring, format, schedule, in-season transactions, or prizes. It will be enacted for the 2021-2022 season if confirmed by 2/3 rule.
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Overview: The proposed rule change would adjust the weekly scoring to add a win for all teams scoring in the top 6 for any given week.
Explanation: I cite this article from The Ringer as evidence:
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2019/8/6/20755201/fantasy-football-league-settings-improvement-ideas
If an NFL team loses a game 54-51, it means that its defense played spectacularly poorly. If your fantasy team loses a game 140-135, though, you likely didn’t do anything wrong—you just happened to play against Jenna, who picked Todd Gurley and got Patrick Mahomes for $3. What the hell were you supposed to do? It seems patently unfair that you lost while Greg won 78-46 against Cam, the Jets fan in your league who used his first pick on Sam Darnold and then logged out, letting autodraft saddle him with players who were hurt or holding out. (Cam started Le’Veon Bell all year.)
This rule proposal is suggesting what is commonly known as “the doubleheader system”. Here’s how it works: Each week, fantasy teams compete for two wins: one for outscoring their opponent, and one for ranking in the top half of their league in scoring. Win your matchup and record a high enough score, and you’ll go 2-0 in that week. Win your matchup solely because your opponent sucked, or lose your matchup because your opponent had a great week, and you’ll go 1-1. If you lose and deserved to lose, you’ll go 0-2. This method requires extra legwork. Each week you will have to track which teams finished in the top half of the league in scoring, and you’ll need to maintain a set of alternate standings all season.
Vote Required: A 2/3 rule (9 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect league scoring, format, schedule, in-season transactions, or prizes. It will be enacted for the 2021-2022 season if confirmed by 2/3 rule.
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Overview: The proposed rule change would eliminate the team defense and replace with 3 individual defensive players (IDPs).
Explanation: This article from Dynasty League Football describes IDP:
In most standard fantasy football leagues, each team may have the option of drafting and starting a team defense. That team defense typically scores points for you based on how many points are scored against it, and how many big plays the defensive units generates. While this format makes for an easier-to-manage team, the downside of this format is that the performance of team defensive units usually has more to do with the offense they are playing than the quality of the unit itself. Besides, where’s the fun in choosing an entire half of a team to play as a single unit? You’d never play in a league where you had to start a team offense instead of a QB, RB, WR & TE, would you?
This rule proposal was brought forward because — why not?! We got rid of kickers…it’s about time we handled the team defenses. The proposal would add the following three roster spots in place of the team defense: 1 DL, 1 DB and 1 LB. The scoring for the IDP players would be:
- Tackle Solo: 1
- Tackle Assist: 0.5
- Sack: 3
- Interception: 3
- Fumble Force: 3
- Fumble Recovery: 2
- Defensive Touchdown: 6
- Safety: 2
- Pass Defended: 0.5
- Block Kick: 4
- Extra Point Returned: 2
Here’s a helpful primer from Yahoo on IDP leagues:
https://sports.yahoo.com/introductory-primer-idp-leagues-182202909.html
Vote Required: A 2/3 rule (9 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect league scoring, format, schedule, in-season transactions, or prizes. It will be enacted for the 2021-2022 season if confirmed by 2/3 rule.
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Overview: The proposed rule change would eliminate the Rookie Draft as currently structured and replace with a Taxi Squad Draft.
Explanation: This rule proposal comes about as the inevitable fix to the compromise that was the Rookie Draft. It would allow an expansion of the number of rookie players that can be added to rosters and eliminate the FAB frenzy for undrafted rookies that takes place following the Veteran Draft.
Draft Rules: The new setup would create a Taxi Squad for each team, comprised of 3 players. The Taxi Squad would be selected by a slow snake draft taking place approximately one month before the Veteran Draft. The draft order would be determined by reverse order of final standings, with the following stipulations:
- The “Best of the Unfresh” winner (7th place) would receive the #1 pick. (Will be #3 pick starting 2022 season)
- The runner-up of the “Putrid” playoff (11th place) would receive the #2 pick. (Will be #1 pick starting 2022 season)
- The “Putrid” winner (12th place) would receive the #3 pick. (Will be #2 pick starting 2022 season)
The following picks will proceed in reverse order of the final standings:
- 10th place: #4 pick
- 9th place: #5 pick
- 8th place: #6 pick
- 6th place: #7 pick
- 5th place: #8 pick
- 4th place: #9 pick
- 3rd place: #10 pick
- 2nd place: #11 pick
- Champion: #12 pick
The draft will proceed for 3 rounds in a snake format to select rookie-eligible players to be added to a team’s Taxi Squad. Once players are added to the Taxi Squad, they cannot be called up to the team until after the Veteran Draft.
Definitions: The following definitions apply:
- Rookie – defined as a player with no prior NFL service time, and who was not listed on the Yahoo Fantasy Football website during the previous fantasy season.
The rules for the Taxi Squad Draft are the following:
Procedure
- You are eligible to hold up to three (3) players in your Taxi Squad. The first year of the league, all teams will participate in a 3-round Taxi Squad Draft to fill their Taxi Squads.
- Following the initial draft, subsequent Taxi Squad drafts will proceed to fill the Taxi Squads of teams that have available positions.
- The draft will be a slow snake draft that starts on August 1st of the league year and must end by September 1st of the league year. All picks must be completed by September 1st.
- The Taxi Squad draft will proceed according to the “Draft Rules” outlined above.
- If all managers have acquired their maximum players, the remainder of rookie players will be released into free agency. These players will be available to be drafted in the Veteran Draft.
- After Taxi Squads are filled, players may not be called up to the main roster until after the Veteran Draft. There is no cost associated with calling up a player.
- Once a player is called up, the vacated Taxi Squad spot will remain vacant until the Taxi Squad draft of the following season.
- Managers may release a player from their Taxi Squad as they wish. If a player is released from a Taxi Squad during a season, they will automatically be available as a waiver pickup. If a player is released from a Taxi Squad during the offseason, they will be available in the Veteran Draft of the upcoming season.
- Lastly, remember that you don’t have to acquire a Taxi Squad player. This is simply a chance for you to get some prime rookie talent prior to the Veteran Draft.
Roster requirements for Taxi Squad players
- Players procured through the Taxi Squad draft may remain on the team’s roster with Taxi Squad keeper values for 3 seasons. Beginning in Year 4, the player may be kept according to the general keeper policies. The player will not count against the manager’s protected players (6 or fewer for returning managers), and the player will be included in the manager’s keeper player quota (4 or fewer for returning managers).
- Players who are called up can be traded or dropped as normal. Players who are traded will retain their keeper values in Years 1-3 after being called up as outlined below. Players who are dropped will no longer hold their Taxi Squad keeper values, instead resorting to standard keeper values.
- Players who are called up to their rosters are eligible to be kept in the following season (Year 1) according to the following keeper cost schedule:
| Round 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Keeper Amount | $25 | $25 | $23 | $23 | $21 | $21 | $19 | $19 | $17 | $17 | $15 | $15 |
| Round 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Keeper Amount | $10 | $10 | $10 | $10 | $10 | $10 | $10 | $10 | $10 | $10 | $10 | $10 |
| Round 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Keeper Amount | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 |
- The player can be kept by the manager in Year 2 at an increased cost of 20% (above the Year 1 value). The player will not count against the manager’s protected players (6 or fewer for returning managers), nor will the player be included in the manager’s keeper player quota (4 or fewer for returning managers).
- The player can be kept by the manager in Year 3 at an increased cost of 25% (above the Year 2 value). The player will not count against the manager’s protected players (6 or fewer for returning managers), nor will the player be included in the manager’s keeper player quota (4 or fewer for returning managers).
- Beginning in Year 4, the player may be kept according to the general keeper policies. The player will count against the manager’s protected players (6 or fewer for returning managers), and the player will be included in the manager’s keeper player quota (4 or fewer for returning managers).
| Round 1 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
| 1 | $25 | $30 | $38 |
| 2 | $25 | $30 | $38 |
| 3 | $23 | $28 | $35 |
| 4 | $23 | $28 | $35 |
| 5 | $21 | $25 | $32 |
| 6 | $21 | $25 | $32 |
| 7 | $19 | $23 | $29 |
| 8 | $19 | $23 | $29 |
| 9 | $17 | $20 | $26 |
| 10 | $17 | $20 | $26 |
| 11 | $15 | $18 | $23 |
| 12 | $15 | $18 | $23 |
| Round 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
| 1 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 2 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 3 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 4 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 5 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 6 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 7 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 8 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 9 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 10 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 11 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| 12 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| Round 3 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
| 1 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 2 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 3 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 4 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 5 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 6 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 7 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 8 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 9 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 10 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 11 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
| 12 | $5 | $6 | $8 |
Vote Required: A 2/3 rule (9 teams in a 12-team league) is required for the proposed rule to be confirmed and added to the League Constitution.
Enactment: This rule will affect the format of the rookie draft. It will be enacted for the 2021-2022 season if confirmed by 2/3 rule.
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