League rules

1.1League Officers

Commissioner: Christian

Treasurer: Dennis

Chair: Craig

1.2Buy-In and Payouts

• Buy-in: $100 per team, due on the day of the draft.
• Champion: $650.
• Runner-up: $350.
• Third place: $100.
• League MVP (most points scored for the season): $200.
• King of the Hill winner: $100.

2.1Eligibility and Term

• Each team may keep up to 4 players from the prior season.
• Only drafted players are eligible to be kept.
• Except as provided for approved offseason trades, a keeper must have been on the team's final roster from the prior season.
• A player may be kept for a maximum of 3 consecutive seasons. After the third keeper season, the player returns to the draft pool.
• When a kept player is traded, the player's remaining keeper term transfers with the player.

2.2Keeper Cost

• Each year a player is kept, the keeper cost moves one round earlier. For example: a 6th-round player becomes a 5th-round keeper the next year.
• When multiple keepers would occupy the same round, the affected keeper costs move to earlier available rounds. For example: two 8th-round keepers may occupy the 7th and 6th rounds.
• When a keeper is declared, the draft pick for that keeper's assigned round is forfeited.

2.3Offseason Keeper Trades

• A player acquired after the season has concluded may be kept only if the receiving team has an available keeper slot at that player's existing keeper round or an earlier round.
• An offseason acquisition may not be moved to a later keeper round. If no qualifying slot is available, the player cannot be kept by the receiving team.
• A traded player's keeper cost and remaining keeper years transfer with the player.

2.4Offseason Trading and Roster Cleanup

• After the season ends, each team may designate up to 4 players as keepers.
• Players not selected as keepers may be traded during the offseason to another team in exchange for draft picks.
• Receiving teams remain subject to the offseason keeper-trade rules in Section 2.3.
• Once traded, a player leaves the original team's roster and may return only through a later trade.
• Players not kept or traded by the annual deadline return to the draft pool.

Example: Team A keeps 4 players, trades additional players for draft picks during the offseason, and returns any players still not kept or traded by the deadline to the draft pool.

5.1Trade Packages

• Draft-pick trades must be season-balanced: picks from one draft year may be exchanged only for picks from that same draft year. Packages may also include keeper-eligible players.
• A keeper's assigned draft cost does not change solely because the player or draft pick is traded.

5.2Commissioner Approval and Recordkeeping

• All trades must be submitted to the Commissioner for approval and recordkeeping.
• All offseason trades must be approved by the Commissioner before becoming official.
• The Commissioner will verify that an offseason trade is fair and does not circumvent keeper rules or create an unreasonable competitive advantage.
• For trades involving keeper-eligible players, the Commissioner will record the player's keeper round and remaining keeper years.