Post by Football Buddah on Jan 31, 2010 11:46:41 GMT -5
The following changes have been approved by the Commissioner for the 2010 Season:
1) Addition of a Contract extension option for Traded players
...a) Owners will have one Extension Option available per year where they can add 1 contract year to a player acquired via trade, at a cost of 20 blb’s.
...b) Trade Extension Option is only available for players who do not already have 0 contract years.
...c) Trade Extension option will become available after the Week 10 trade deadline and must be excercised by the end of the calendar year.
2) Eliminate the D/ST position and Increase IDP Starters
...a) GM’s with active D/ST’s (with 1 or more contract years as of March) will receive compensation equal to 10 blb’s per contract year, for each active D/ST.
...b) Defensive and Special Teams stats will be awarded to individual players.
......• Including offensive positions receiving defensive stats.
...c) Increase the minimum IDP starters from 4 to 5.
3) Decimal Point Scoring
...a) Will reduce likelihood of tie games and will award points for every yard, and every tackle.
......• Passing yards will now be 0.04 pts per yard (instead of 1 pt per 25 yds)
......• Rushing / Receiving yards will now be 0.05 pts per yard (instead of 1 pt per 20 yds)
......• Half-tackles for all IDP’s will now be 0.5 pts each (instead of 1 pt per 2)
......• Tackles (for LB only) will now be 1.5 pts each (instead of 3 pts per 2)
4) Restricted Free Agency
...a) RFA nightly deadline will be moved up from 11:00pm EST to 10:00pm EST.
...b) Franchise Tag and Transition Tag Modifications:
......• Owners will still post the 50 and 20 blb’s to tag a player, however, if they lose the player, they will be refunded that initial deposit.
5) Waiver Wire and Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
...a) Limit of 5 players acquired per week will now be a combination of WW and UFA players.
......• UFA’s will now cost 1 blb per acquisition.
......• Waiver Wire will remain blind bidding.
6) Change to weekly deadline for acquiring UFA's
...a) Deadline will be changed to 9:00pm EST on Monday nights each week to give GM’s more flexibility.
...b) Regardless of the deadline, players whose games have already started cannot be added or dropped.
7) Payouts
...a) 3rd place finisher will now be awarded 25 blb’s, in addition to the more favorable draft position.
...b) Weekly NFL pick’em pool will be expanded to provide BLB payouts for top 4 finishers (similar to NCAA March Madness and NFL Draft pick’em pools).
1) Addition of a Contract extension option for Traded players
...a) Owners will have one Extension Option available per year where they can add 1 contract year to a player acquired via trade, at a cost of 20 blb’s.
...b) Trade Extension Option is only available for players who do not already have 0 contract years.
...c) Trade Extension option will become available after the Week 10 trade deadline and must be excercised by the end of the calendar year.
2) Eliminate the D/ST position and Increase IDP Starters
...a) GM’s with active D/ST’s (with 1 or more contract years as of March) will receive compensation equal to 10 blb’s per contract year, for each active D/ST.
...b) Defensive and Special Teams stats will be awarded to individual players.
......• Including offensive positions receiving defensive stats.
...c) Increase the minimum IDP starters from 4 to 5.
3) Decimal Point Scoring
...a) Will reduce likelihood of tie games and will award points for every yard, and every tackle.
......• Passing yards will now be 0.04 pts per yard (instead of 1 pt per 25 yds)
......• Rushing / Receiving yards will now be 0.05 pts per yard (instead of 1 pt per 20 yds)
......• Half-tackles for all IDP’s will now be 0.5 pts each (instead of 1 pt per 2)
......• Tackles (for LB only) will now be 1.5 pts each (instead of 3 pts per 2)
4) Restricted Free Agency
...a) RFA nightly deadline will be moved up from 11:00pm EST to 10:00pm EST.
...b) Franchise Tag and Transition Tag Modifications:
......• Owners will still post the 50 and 20 blb’s to tag a player, however, if they lose the player, they will be refunded that initial deposit.
5) Waiver Wire and Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
...a) Limit of 5 players acquired per week will now be a combination of WW and UFA players.
......• UFA’s will now cost 1 blb per acquisition.
......• Waiver Wire will remain blind bidding.
6) Change to weekly deadline for acquiring UFA's
...a) Deadline will be changed to 9:00pm EST on Monday nights each week to give GM’s more flexibility.
...b) Regardless of the deadline, players whose games have already started cannot be added or dropped.
7) Payouts
...a) 3rd place finisher will now be awarded 25 blb’s, in addition to the more favorable draft position.
...b) Weekly NFL pick’em pool will be expanded to provide BLB payouts for top 4 finishers (similar to NCAA March Madness and NFL Draft pick’em pools).