-- Order of selection is decided randomly in each odd-numbered round.
-- The selection order for each even-numbered round will be the reverse of the selection order for the preceding odd-numbered round.
-- The owner selects a team consisting of QBs, RBs, WRs, TEs, Ks and Ds.
-- Once a player has been selected by a team, no other team may select that player.
-- The owner of each ZFL franchise can select a single player from the previous year's roster as a "keeper". This player must have been selected in the third round or later in the previous year's draft, or picked up during the regular season through the weekly acquisitions. Players acquired via trade are not eligible to be selected as a keeper.
-- The keeper player can only be kept for one year. So, if an owner selects a player in Round 3 in 2009, that owner can keep that player in 2010, but that player would go back into the pool of draft-eligible players in 2011.
-- If an owner selects to NOT keep a player from their previous year's roster, that owner will take part in a supplemental draft round that will be held after round 2 of the draft. The player selected in the supplemental round will be considered the keeper for that particular owner's team. After this supplemental round, each team will have 3 players on their roster. One keeper, and two players selected in rounds 1 and 2 of the draft. The order of selection in the supplemental round will be determined randomly.
-- Because a single player will either be kept by a team OR will be selected in the "supplemental round" there will be only 13 rounds in the Draft.
-- On the Tuesday following each week of the ZFL season, an owner can acquire one additional player from the group of NFL players who are not on another ZFL team's roster. If two or more ZFL teams attempt to acquire the same NFL player, the player will be sent to the team with the lowest overall standing in the ZFL.
-- If an owner wishes to obtain and use a player at a position that is not that same as the position listed for that player on NFL.COM, a vote will be taken amongst the ZFL owners to decide if that player can be played at the requested position.
Yardage:
Every 10 yds Rushing: 1 pt
Every 10 yds
Receiving: 1 pt
Every 20 yds Passing: 1 pt
Note: Rushing
and Receiving yardage points are for each FULL ten yards.
Note:
Passing yardage points are for each FULL twenty yards.
Interception Thrown: -1 pt each
Positive Yardage:
Every 1 yard Passing: 0.05 pts
Every 1
yard Rushing: 0.10 pts
Every 1 yard Receiving: 0.10 pts
If the tie is not broken, an alternate method will be voted on to break the tie.
-- Only the starting lineup players can score points in that week's games.
-- Each week, each ZFL Owner should send their starting lineups to John W via email before the first NFL game for that week. If you do not submit a roster before the first game of the week, a default starting lineup will be created consisting of the players listed as starters on the supporting ESPN website. If those players are on bye week or do not play in that week's games, the top (non-bye week) player drafted at the particular position will be substituted. Changes can be made to the default lineup, as long as the changes follow the restrictions listed below.
Backup players may be listed for each position. If the starter does NOT play, the statistics for the backup player will be used. If any player on the starting roster does not play in that week's game, a player will be substituted from the list of backups. If no backup list was sent, the top player available at that position from that ZFL team's roster will be used. If no replacement is available, a score of zero will be assigned for that particular position for that week.
After the NFL Games for the week in question have begun, changes can be made
from Player 1 to Player 2 ONLY if Player 1 and Player 2 are on NFL teams that have
not yet played (or started playing) that week.
This means you:
i.) CANNOT
change from a player who was injured DURING a game that week.
ii.) CANNOT
change from a player who had a poor game that week.
iii.) CANNOT change to
a player who had a good game that week.
iv.) CANNOT change to/from a player
once a game featuring that player's NFL team has started.
So, if on Friday, you find out your QB won't be starting in the upcoming game, you can change to another QB who was not yet played. Or, If your RB is injured in practice and is questionable to start, you can make a change to another RB who has not yet played that week. Please do not make unnecessary changes.
Mail any lineup changes to John W.
Commisioner Z and John W will make final decisions on whether or not a change is allowed.
-- 5 teams per Conference
-- 13 regular season games per ZFL team.
-- Each team plays the other teams in their own Conference twice.
-- Each team plays the teams in the other Conference once.
Note: If 3 or more teams are involved in a tie, the following rules will be used to determine the standings. Once a team has been eliminated from those involved in the tie, the standings amongst the remaining teams will be resolved starting at step 1.