What is Fantasy Football?
Fantasy Football is a game played by football fans in which participants draft their own team and compete with teams built by others. Scoring systems vary among fantasy football leagues, but most are based on points accumulated by players based on their real-life performance in a game on the same day.
Traditional Fantasy Football Leagues
In a “standard” fantasy football league, there are typically 10 or 12 teams, and all of the team owners get together before the season starts to conduct a draft and select the NFL players that they want to be on their team. Each week of the season they conduct trades and transactions as needed to replace players that get injured or otherwise do not perform as well as expected. Then they submit a starting line-up consisting of their best players for the current week, and their weekly score is calculated based on the cumulative scores of all the players they selected as starters. A head-to-head schedule is created at the start of the season, and each fantasy team plays against one other fantasy team in the league each week. This type of system works great for a standard fantasy football league with a set number of teams.
“Start ‘Em Once” Tournament Format
No Draft Required! You get a new starting line-up each week. In this format, the only limitation is that each NFL player can only be started once during the entire season. For example, if a team chooses to use Peyton Manning in Week #1, then that is the only time they can use him as their QB for the entire season. It simplifies the entire league so each contestant just has a simple weekly task of selecting a starting lineup. At the same time, a lot of skill is involved while trying to figure out who to start throughout the entire season andplanning for good match ups each week.
How Does Fantasy Football Work?
After your contestants sign up for the tournament, they will be given a login and password to your respective tournament site.
The contestants will be able to login and select your starting line-up every week. A starting line-up consists of:
1 Quarterback
2 Running Backs
3 Wide Receivers
1 Tight End
1 Place Kicker
1 Defensive / Special Team
Contestant’s weekly scores are calculated based on the cumulative scores of all the players they selected as their respective starters for the week. An example would be if your Quarterback scored three passing touchdowns, then your fantasy team would receive 12 points (4 points for each passing TD). Points are also rewarded for yards accumulated, turnovers, and various other statistics.
Once all your players have completed their respective games, your team's Total Points will be tallied and compared with all the other teams in the tournament. After each week, the teams with the highest Total Points will win weekly prizes. Your weekly Total Points are added up for the entire season through Week 12 of the NFL season. After Week 12, the top 10% will advance into the Tournament Playoffs and compete for the one of the Grand Prizes.
There's one catch! Once a contestant selects an NFL Player they cannot select him again until the playoffs. WHY...you might ask? Well, Start 'Em Once' format simplifies the entire league, including the administration of a ship-wide league. There are no draft and no waiver-wire transactions to be brokered. All you have to do is logon to the tournament site and submit your starting line-up each week. What if the internet is down while we are underway? No worries, contestants can email Deployed Entertainment and we will do the rest. It’s that simple!
What about extended email and internet access outages?
If email and internet access is not working for any reason, contestants will be instructed to send their respective starting line-ups to the FunBoss. As long as contestants meet the pertinent deadlines, the FunBoss will submit the line-ups to the SuperCommish once email has been restored. SuperCommish will then retro actively submit line-ups on the tournament site.
