This will be a progressive franchise league like no other!
We will start with everyone selecting their team of choice that will progress from the 1980-2010 seasons which you will keep throughout the duration of the league starting with the 23 teams from the 1980-81 season and we will progress like a regular Pro League. I will be using the Detroit Pistons.
Additional Team Rule: The 24th team will be ONE additional team of choice from the 2001-02 season which will be either the Hornets, Grizzlies, Heat, T-Wolves, Magic, or Raptors and that team will progress to the 2010-11 season. The only owner allowed to switch teams is the owner who takes the additional team from the 2001-02 thru the 2010-11 season and the switch will occur when we finish that teams 2010-11 season and progress into the1990-91 season with the other 23 teams and then you will choose from the 1990-91 Hornets, Heat, T-Wolves, or Magic although you must use a different team than the team you used in the 2001-2010 seasons and progress from the 1990-2010 seasons with the rest of the teams in the league with your 2nd team of choice.
11 Player Roster Rule: We will then post our 11 Player Rosters in the order of the worst winning percentage to best except for the NBA Champ from that season who will be the 24th team to post their roster. Tie breakers will be prior seasons sim record, then random draw if necessary. You will choose 11 Players of your choice who played for your team in the sim for the season we are playin in. If you don't have 11 Players available when it's your turn to post your roster you will post whatever players are left on your roster. If you have 11 players or more available you must post 11 players. The purpose for posting our rosters in order is to decide who will get the players who played for more than one team that season. There are no clones so every player is exclusive thru the whole league , no exceptions so once a multiple team player is taken you cannot have him. Once you post your 11 Player Roster you cannot change it unless there are mistakes, and after the One Player Draft to finalize your roster.
Salary Rule: Your salary for your 11 Player Roster will decide what draft pick you will get for your 12th player which is explained in the 15 Season Draft Rule below. The lowest salary will get the 1st pick and will continue with the highest salary gettin the last pick so you will want to take this into account when choosing your 11 player roster. Tie breaker will be regular season winning percentage except champ who will lose tie breaker, then previous season sim record, then random draw if necesssary. You must post your team salary when posting your 11 Player Roster. We will only use full season player stats, absolutely no partial season player stats.
15 Season Draft Rule: After posting our player rosters and setting the draft order we will hold a one round player draft. We will jump ahead 15 seasons from the 1980-81 season to the 1995-96 season and progress each season to the 2010-11 season holding a one round draft. So everyone will get to draft one player from the 1995-96 season the 1st season. Just remember that any player on our 11 player rosters aren't eligible to be drafted cuz there are no clones. Especially take into consideration the Additional Team the 1st 10 seasons of the league when drafting your player, they are obviously exclusive also. When we get to the 1995-96 season we will draft from the 1980-81 season and progress each season from there on.
Back To The Future Player Rule: Any team with 36 wins or less can put ONE Back To The Future Player on their 11 player roster. A Back To The Future Player is a player who played for your franchise from 1980-2010 not on anyone's sim roster for the season we are playin in including the Additional Team. That player must have played for your franchise the season you choose to use and must be from one of the 1980-2010 seasons. This player will count against your salary cap. You don't have to exercise this rule if you don't want to. It's up to you. Remember this is NOT a twist league so a Back To The Future Player will NOT be eligible to be drafted in the draft if they are in the season we are drafting from.
Free Agent Rule: This rule will apply to the teams with less than 11 players posted on their Player Roster. Any players from the season we are playin in (excluding the additional teams season) left over that were not on any of the 24 posted player rosters become Free Agents. Any team with less than 11 players will select a player from the Free Agent list to fill out their roster. This process will go in the same order as the Player Roster Posting. Worst to first. If you need more than one Free Agent you must wait til everyone selects their 1st before you get your 2nd and it continues in order. This rule may not always be necessary.
Early Bird Free Agent Rule: This rule will come into effect when we start the 1988-89 season. From this season on we will have extra teams/players. Any player on the teams not being used will be eligible to be added to your Initial Posted Player Roster although you can only add one of these players but you don't have to exercise this rule. You can only add one Back To The Future Player or one Early Bird Player but Not both. If a multiple team player is on an Early Bird team also he is off limits to be added as a Early Bird Player. Any Early Bird Players not added to any of the 24 team rosters will become a Free Agent if Free Agency is necessary.
Every owner must do his own homework when it comes to player personnel. We will only draft 24 players so there's no need to list the players available to draft.
As soon as we fill this League we will post our 1980-81 rosters in order and then draft one player from the 1995-96 season in order. It's really that simple if you read the rules. Feel free to ask questions. Sign up and lets get this party started! No ww, no clones, no rookies, max salary. The team alignment will be set as close to real life as possible.
7/2/2011 8:02 AM (edited)