Post by Steelers GM on Aug 6, 2023 20:13:40 GMT
Fantrax Lineup Management:
- Allowed a maximum of 53 players on a roster (not including IR spots).
- Team must have full (OFF/DEF) spots filled for roster to be valid. (All 19 spots (Not K/P) filled with active NFL rostered players)
- Minimum amount of players allowed is 30.
- Team may go over the 53 player maximum during the offseason, but will need to cut down to 53 players by Regular Season kickoff.
Practice Squad:
- Each team may have a maximum of 16 players allowed on their Practice Squad during the Regular Season. Call-ups and Send-downs are unlimited throughout the season, and must be posted on Proboards under their respective thread.
- Players on your Practice Squad will not count toward the cap while they are down there.
- The only players allowed on the practice squad are players in that have been in the league for 3 years or less (fantrax will annotate a rookie as 0 seasons. any annotation that says 0, 1, or 2 under "NFL SEASONS" will be eligible and players on the practice squad in real life-as denoted by the green flag.
- Players won in UDFA can be sent down to Practice Squads.
- Illegal players found to be sent down to the practice squad will be sent through waivers for 24 hours-during which time other owners may claim them. (A commissioner will announce ahead of time when they are going to check Practice Squads throughout the season, so make sure to follow these rules) *SEE WAIVER RULES*
Injury Reserve:
- Only players on IR on Fantrax may be placed here (no FA/suspended players).
- Players on IR will not count towards the 53/30 roster limits.
- There is no limit to the amount of players you can have on IR.
- When players are on IR, you recoup 50% of their salary for that given season.
- There is a 2 week IR leeway period, where you can leave a player on IR if they’re activated in real life, and not receive an illegal roster (this allows teams time to make room for the player on their active roster). After those 2 weeks, the team will have an illegal roster and the player will have to be moved off of IR.
Starting Lineup:
Teams will start 21 players every week of the season, and it should consist of:
OFF
1 QB
1 RB
2 WR
1 TE
1 RB/WR
1 WR/TE
1 OFF Flex (WR/RB/TE)
DEF
1 DT
2 DE
3 LB
2 CB
1 S
1 DB (CB/S)
1 DEF Flex (DT,DE,LB,CB,S)
ST
1 Kicker
1 Punter
Tanking:
- Intentionally leaving active players on the bench, if there is space for them in your lineup, is not allowed.
- You must try to play your Best Possible lineup each and every week. Lineups will be inspected weekly.
- You can't play a player who you know will do worse over a player who you know will do better (Ex: You can't play a QB like Matt Corral over a QB like Josh Allen).
Teams will receive a violation if:
- A spot is left empty, and you had a player on your bench who could play
- An obvious good/great player is benched for a bad player
- A player on bye is starting over a player who is playing
- Over/Under the roster maximum/minimum
Lineup Violations could result in draft pick loss or being kicked if going on for multiple weeks!
- Allowed a maximum of 53 players on a roster (not including IR spots).
- Team must have full (OFF/DEF) spots filled for roster to be valid. (All 19 spots (Not K/P) filled with active NFL rostered players)
- Minimum amount of players allowed is 30.
- Team may go over the 53 player maximum during the offseason, but will need to cut down to 53 players by Regular Season kickoff.
Practice Squad:
- Each team may have a maximum of 16 players allowed on their Practice Squad during the Regular Season. Call-ups and Send-downs are unlimited throughout the season, and must be posted on Proboards under their respective thread.
- Players on your Practice Squad will not count toward the cap while they are down there.
- The only players allowed on the practice squad are players in that have been in the league for 3 years or less (fantrax will annotate a rookie as 0 seasons. any annotation that says 0, 1, or 2 under "NFL SEASONS" will be eligible and players on the practice squad in real life-as denoted by the green flag.
- Players won in UDFA can be sent down to Practice Squads.
- Illegal players found to be sent down to the practice squad will be sent through waivers for 24 hours-during which time other owners may claim them. (A commissioner will announce ahead of time when they are going to check Practice Squads throughout the season, so make sure to follow these rules) *SEE WAIVER RULES*
Injury Reserve:
- Only players on IR on Fantrax may be placed here (no FA/suspended players).
- Players on IR will not count towards the 53/30 roster limits.
- There is no limit to the amount of players you can have on IR.
- When players are on IR, you recoup 50% of their salary for that given season.
- There is a 2 week IR leeway period, where you can leave a player on IR if they’re activated in real life, and not receive an illegal roster (this allows teams time to make room for the player on their active roster). After those 2 weeks, the team will have an illegal roster and the player will have to be moved off of IR.
Starting Lineup:
Teams will start 21 players every week of the season, and it should consist of:
OFF
1 QB
1 RB
2 WR
1 TE
1 RB/WR
1 WR/TE
1 OFF Flex (WR/RB/TE)
DEF
1 DT
2 DE
3 LB
2 CB
1 S
1 DB (CB/S)
1 DEF Flex (DT,DE,LB,CB,S)
ST
1 Kicker
1 Punter
Tanking:
- Intentionally leaving active players on the bench, if there is space for them in your lineup, is not allowed.
- You must try to play your Best Possible lineup each and every week. Lineups will be inspected weekly.
- You can't play a player who you know will do worse over a player who you know will do better (Ex: You can't play a QB like Matt Corral over a QB like Josh Allen).
Teams will receive a violation if:
- A spot is left empty, and you had a player on your bench who could play
- An obvious good/great player is benched for a bad player
- A player on bye is starting over a player who is playing
- Over/Under the roster maximum/minimum
Lineup Violations could result in draft pick loss or being kicked if going on for multiple weeks!