League Rules
CLASS – Action – Progressive (CAP)
FOUR year tenure for your drafted players.
EACH DRAFT is helpful – Not the typical 4 to 5 studs, and the quick drop off in talent.
REBUILD isn’t the typical 5 to 6 seasons associated with many progressives.
Utilizes college CLASS system.
(Freshman has 4 years tenure with franchise, Sophomore: TWO years, Junior: 3 years, and
Senior: 1 year)
The theme has NOTHING to do with a players Alma Mater -
Each season: Franchise Loses THREE players, and DRAFTS THREE players.
Each franchise will always contain: 3
seniors, 3 Juniors, 3 Sophomores, 3 Freshman –
The Initial FIRST draft will stagger each
franchises CLASSES (Subseqent drafts: All Freshmen)
DETAILS:
• DRAFT: Positions TOTALLY RANDOM each season - SNAKE
• INTITIAL DRAFT: (1st rnd.: SENIORS) (2nd rnd.: JUNIORS) (3rd rnd.: SOPHMORES) (4th rnd.: FRESHMAN) (5th rnd. : SENIORS) (6th rnd. : JUNIOR) (7th rnd. :SOPHMORES) (8th rnd. :FRESHMAN) (9th rnd. : SENIORS) (10th rnd. : JUNIORS) (11th rnd. : SOPHMORES) (12th rnd. :FRESHMAN)
• SUBSEQUENT DRAFTS: Three Rounds – All players are FRESHMEN (4 year eligibility)
4/29: Draft Positions will be use a RL lottery to generate random numbers for each team and determine order. 1 to 24
4/29: order for each round: ABBA (#1 get top pick in round 1 and round 4)(#24 gets top rpick in round 2 and round 3)
• SEASON ONE: 1971 – 1991 – 2011
• SEASON TWO: 1952 – 1972 – 1992 – 2012
• SEASON THREE: 1953 – 1973 – 1993 – 2013… etc. etc.
• NO TRADES –
• NO CUTTING of Players – Player get ‘scholarship’: the franchise has him 4 seasons.
added 4/28: Players may be drafted as Freshman regardless of having seasons past the first one.
Teams are NOT required to draft players who have a Sophomore, Junior, and or Senior season(s).
A player MUST HAVE a Freshman season.
• ‘GRAD TRANSFER’ – IF you have a player who missed one of his 4 scheduled seasons: he can ‘Red Shirt’ and the Franchise can draft replacement in Supplemental Draft (‘Grad Transfer’ player for one season) – the injured player does not get a 5th year w/franchise. IF your franchise does not have 19860 minutes: Franchise can draft replacement in Supplemental Draft (‘Grad Transfer’ player for one season). The
Franchises Low minute player for that season will be a ‘Red Shirt’.
• POST ‘GRADUATION’ – When a player exhausts 4 seasons, he is eligible to be drafted. STAGGERED REENTRY: To break the cycle of ‘boom or bust’ draft classes, a players eligibility to be redrafted is based on his draft order. Players drafted in odd numbered
slots (1,3,5,17th…) can return in odd# years (ex: 1993, 1995, 1997…) after ‘graduating’. Players drafted in even numbered draft positions (#2, 4, 6…22nd…) can return in EVEN# years (1982, 2012, 2014, 2016…) after graduation.
EXAMPLE #1:
John Doe is drafted in the SEASON TWO draft – Doe is picked with SIXTH pick of 2nd round. He plays season 2, 3, 4, 5. He was selected with an EVEN numbered draft pick – he can return EVEN number season: ELIGIBLE season SIX.
EXAMPLE #2 Jimmy Smith is picked with 11th pick of round three in season SIX. He plays seasons 6,7,8,9. He is eligible to return season ELEVEN (because selected w/ ODD# pick), and has to sit out season 10.
(this can EASILY be determined and tracked in Player Selected List)