Fantasy Baseball Big Game Extreme Challenge Rules
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Baseball Big Game leagues will consist of leagues of 28 teams. The 28 team owners will compete in 4 separate challenges. Each team will be placed into a 28 team Roto league, a 28 team H2H league, a 14 team NL-Only league and a 14 team AL-Only league. There will be one 28 team Roto league and one 28 team H2H league. There will be two 14 AL-Only and two NL-Only leagues. The AL and NL only leagues will both be roto-styled leagues. Owners will be randomly placed into one of the two 14 league teams. Each league will be scored separately, with each owner finishing in 1st through 28th place in the 28 team leagues and 1st through 14th place in the 14 team leagues. At the end of the season, all owners will have a total of four finishing places. Each of these finishing places will be added together and the owner with the lowest total finishing place will be the winner.
Example, if team A finished as follow; 28 team Roto league - 4th place, 28 team H2H league - 6th, 14 team NL-Only league - 2nd place, and 14 team AL-Only league - 8th place, team A's total finishing points would be 20 points. If team B finished as follow; 28 team Roto league - 3rd place, 28 team H2H league - 8th, 14 team NL-Only league - 3rd place, and 14 team AL-Only league - 4th place, team A's total finishing points would be 18 points. Since team B has a lower overall finishing points total, team B would rank higher than team A.
The entry fee for the Extreme Challenge is $750.
Prizes for the Extreme Challenge are as follows:
1st Place - $10,000
2nd Place - $3,500
3rd Place - $2,000
4th Place - $1,000
5th Place - $350
Rosters
Teams can draft any number of players at any position, as long as they meet the minimum starting line up requirements. Reserve players can be drafted before your starting line up is completed.
Position Qualification – To qualify for a position, a player must have appeared at that position 10 times last year. Players will qualify for a new position during a season once they appear at the new position 5 times. Once this happens, a player’s eligibility is updated for the upcoming week. Players coming up from the minor leagues to make their first major league appearance will only qualify as DH's until they have appeared at a position a minimum of 5 times. Once they have appeared 5 times, they will be eligible to be placed at that position starting the next week. Minor league position(s) played will have NO impact on eligibility.
Player Selection – The order of selection will be determined randomly by www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com
The draft will consist of 25 rounds. Each owner will have 60 seconds to make a selection. Once the time is up, the owner is subject to have his or her selection determined for them. The online draft company's software may elect a player for any owner who does not make their own selection within the allotted time frame. www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com reserves the right to decide if the assigned player will remain on the assigned owner's roster. In rare cases, www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com may allow an owner to make another selection, if the situation calls for it. Owners are responsible for their own computer equipment and internet connectivity. Owners with weak connections or connectivity problems are subject to have players assigned to them when their draft turn arrives if they are not available to make a selection in their allotted time. Owners will be given the opportunity to test the draft service at least 24 hours prior to their draft. Owners who elect not to test the software will not be allowed to hold up the draft. All owners are asked to enter the draft room 15-20 minutes prior to the draft start time. The draft will not be delayed for owners who arrive late. Owners who do not show up will not receive a refund.
The draft will be done in a serpentine order. After the first round has been completed, the last team to select in round 1 will select first in round 2. This will alternate each round, so that the team selecting first overall, will select first in the odd rounds and last in the even rounds.
Any player may be drafted, regardless of whether the player has made his major league debut or not; however, once the draft is over, owners must abide by the free agent rules. (Only players appearing in the free agent pool are eligible to be bid on). Players coming up from the minor leagues to make their first major league appearance will only qualify as DH's until they have appeared at a position a minimum of 5 times. Once they have appeared 5 times, they will be eligible to be placed at that position starting the next week. Minor league position(s) played will have NO impact on eligibility.
Drafted teams will consist of the following:
Roto Rosters (28 team roto, 14 AL-Only and 14 NL-Only)
Each team will have 25 players on its roster. Rosters will consist of
the following:
21 Active Players
C – 1
1B – 1
2B – 1
SS –
1
3B – 1
MI – 1
CI – 1
OF – 4
UTIL – 1
P – 9
4
Reserves (Any position)
H2H Rosters (28 team H2H League)
The H2H draft will last 18 rounds. Each owner will have 60 seconds to make a selection. Once the time is up, the owner is subject to have his or her selection determined for them. The online draft company's software may elect a player for any owner who does not make their own selection within the allotted time frame. www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com reserves the right to decide if the assigned player will remain on the assigned owner's roster. In rare cases, www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com may allow an owner to make another selection, if the situation calls for it. Owners are responsible for their own computer equipment and internet connectivity. Owners with weak connections or connectivity problems are subject to have players assigned to them when their draft turn arrives if they are not available to make a selection in their allotted time. Owners will be given the opportunity to test the draft service at least 24 hours prior to their draft. Owners who elect not to test the software will not be allowed to hold up the draft. All owners are asked to enter the draft room 15-20 minutes prior to the draft start time. The draft will not be delayed for owners who arrive late. Owners who do not show up will not receive a refund.
The draft will be done in a serpentine order. After the first round has been completed, the last team to select in round 1 will select first in round 2. This will alternate each round, so that the team selecting first overall, will select first in the odd rounds and last in the even rounds.
Any player may be drafted, regardless of whether the player has made his major league debut or not; however, once the draft is over, owners must abide by the free agent rules. (Only players appearing in the free agent pool are eligible to be bid on). Players coming up from the minor leagues to make their first major league appearance will only qualify as DH's until they have appeared at a position a minimum of 5 times. Once they have appeared 5 times, they will be eligible to be placed at that position starting the next week. Minor league position(s) played will have NO impact on eligibility.
C - 1
1B - 1
2B - 1
3B
- 1
SS - 1
OF - 3
DH - 1
P - 5
RES- 4
The reserves can be
any position, hitters and/or pitchers. Players can be selected in any
order.
Individual League Scoring
Roto League Scoring – All teams will be scored in 10 categories (5 hitting and 5 pitching.)
The hitting categories are:
Batting Average
Runs Scored
Home Runs
Runs Batted In
Stolen Bases
The pitching categories* are:
Wins
Saves
Earned Run Average
Strikeouts
Whip (Walk+Hits/Innings Pitched)
*Each team’s pitching staff must complete a minimum of 750 innings pitched. If a team does not reach the minimum requirement of 750 IP, that team will receive the lowest point total in the non-cumulative pitching stat categories. To be specific, the team will receive 1 points for ERA and 1 points for WHIP. All other teams will keep their point totals for these categories. Example – If the team with the lowest ERA has 1000 IP, they will receive 25 points. If the team with the next lowest ERA has 749 2/3 IP, they will receive 1 ERA point for the season. The remaining teams will receive their point totals for ERA, provided they meet the IP minimum of 750 IP. If the team with the third best ERA meets the minimum requirement, they will receive 24 points, as they have become the team with the second best team ERA that meets the minimum IP requirements.
Standard rotisserie scoring will be used. Teams will be ranked from best to worst in each category. For example, in a 28 team league, the team with the most stolen bases will receive 28 points. The team with the least stolen bases will receive 1 point. In the case of a tie, the teams will split the points earned. For example, if two teams lead the league in WHIP, they will each receive 27.5 points (which is a split of the first and second place points.)
Points will be added for every team in every category. The standings will be determined by adding the point totals in each category to determine a cumulative point total. The team with the highest cumulative point total will be the winner. The team with the second highest point total will be the second place finisher, and so on.
All categories are cumulative. The highest total will receive the most points in each category, with the exception of ERA and WHIP where the lowest total will receive the most points. The team with the most cumulative points will be the league winner.
Pitcher's hitting statistics will not be used in owners hitting totals. Hitters pitching statistics will not be used in pitching totals. Only regular season stats count. In the event of a one game playoff to determine division winners and/or wildcard winners, stats from those games will count toward a team’s total statistics, as these are considered regular season games; however playoff games and World Series games do not count towards teams’ stats, as these games are part of the Post Season.
H2H Scoring - Players in your starting
line up can gain or loss points for your team. The following points will be
rewarded or subtracted from your team based on the following:
Hitting
Points
Single = +1
Double = +2
Triple = +3
Home Run = +4
RBI =
+2
Run Scored = +2
Stolen Base = +2
Caught Stealing = -1
Base on
Balls = +1
Hit by Pitch = +1
Strike out = -1
Pitching Points
Win = +10
Loss = -5
Inning Pitched = +1
Strikeout = +1
Base on
Balls = -1
Save = +5
Complete Game = +10
Shutout = +10
Hit Batter =
-1
Earned Run = -2
Wild Pitch = -1
Balk = -1
Total points accumulated for all players in starting line up will provide a weekly point total for H2H match up. The team with the higher score wins that H2H match up. In the event of a tie, the teams will each be awarded a Tie.
Free Agents– Each owner will have a total of $4,000 Free Agent dollars, $1,000 for each league. Free agent dollars cannot be transferred from league to league. All teams will be given $1,000 Free Agent dollars to bid on free agent players throughout the season for each league they are in. Each week, teams will be able to place bids on players they would like to acquire. For each player acquired, a player must be dropped from the winning bidder’s roster. The highest bid wins. Owners may place conditional bids, in the event they lose out on their first selection. Owners will not be given any additional free agent money throughout the season. Free agent money can only be used to bid on free agent players. Free Agent dollars have no other value and may not be redeemed for anything else. In the event of a tie, the player in the lower standing will be awarded the player. Owners will have the option of using any remaining free agents dollars each week to obtain free agents. All Free Agent bids will close at 6 PM EST on Sundays. Winners will be announced shortly after, along with their winning bid. The runner up bid totals will also be revealed.
All players listed in the free agent pool are avilable for pick up. Position eligibility will be determined by the position qualification rules.
Trading - In order to prevent any questionable team to team collusion, there will be no trading in any Big Game Leagues.
Playing week – Each week begins with Monday’s games and ends with Sunday’s games. All player changes for the week must be made 5 minutes prior to the start of the first game Monday. All changes will be effective for the entire week. Injured and/or demoted players will remain in your line up until the following week when an owner has the option of switching the player out with a reserve player or by utilizing the FAAB. There will be NO in week substitutions allowed. Any transactions placed after 5 minutes prior to the first game on Monday will not take affect until the following Monday.
Weekly Line Ups
Each week, teams will submit their weekly line up for the upcoming
week. Teams will have up until 5 minutes prior to the start of the first game
for the new week to submit their line ups. The first day of the week will be
Monday and the last day will be Sunday. Teams must submit a valid roster. If you
roster is invalid, your last valid roster will be substituted in its place.
Players on the DL can be inserted into your starting line up. Starting line ups
become locked 5 minutes prior to the start of the first game for the week or the
end of the day on Monday. If you have a player starting who is not playing, for
any reason, whether it be injury, demotion, suspension, etc, that player cannot
be changed for that week. You must wait until the next week's game to determine
if you would like to replace the player. All team owners are responsible for
updating their own line ups. Emails asking www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com to
update your roster will not be honored, unless the league home page is down and
changes cannot be made.
***All stats will be tracked by a third party. www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com will not be responsible for systems issues, such as computer outages, internet connectivity problems or any other issue which may result in an owner not being able to select during their draft when their draft slot comes up. Teams’ stats will be updated in real time. League standings will be updated daily. For the Big Game contest, overall standings will be provided every Sunday. In addition, www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com will not supply equipment for owners to perform their drafts. All owners are responsible for ensuring they have their own equipment, which can interact with the draft supplier's software. Owners who are disconnected from the draft room will be assigned a player by the draft supplier's software. THIS MEANS ALL OWNERS SHOULD ENSURE THEY HAVE A STRONG, RELIABLE INTERNET CONNECTION. Owners should not use dial up internet connections when drafting their teams. In the event of a system outage or server crash or any other unexpected event that causes the stat service to lose stats, Fantasy Baseball Big Game will not be responsible. If the stats provider's system is down and you are unable to make your weekly transactions, it is your responsibility to email your changes to info@fantasybaseballbiggame.com at least 5 minutes prior to the start of the first game on Monday. If the server is not down, each owner is responsible for making their own weekly roster updates. Emails sent to info@fantasybaseballbiggame.com for transactions moves will not be processed without confirmation from the stats provider service that there server was down.
Prize
Money (Ties)
- In the event of a tie for prize money, the teams tying will each receive an
equal half of the combined money for the two spots occupied. For example, if
there is a tie for 1st place, these two teams will each receive an
equal half of the total prize money for the first and second place prizes for
that league. The same process would occur if the second and third place teams
were tied for second place. The teams would each receive an equal share of the
second and third place prize money. In the event of a tie for third place, the
teams tied for third would each receive an equal share of the third place prize
money.
Refund
Policy -
All sales are final with the following exception.
In the event that an
independent league does not fill up, owners will be given the option of
receiving a refund or participating in a prorated league with prorated prize
money, based on the number of owners in the league.
Some examples of
reasons refunds will NOT be granted.
1. The team owner does not show up for
the live online draft. (If this happens, the owner will be assigned draft picks
as noted above and will manage the team drafted.)
2. Team owner is not
happy with team drafted.
3. Team owner decides they would no longer like to
participate, after payment is collected for a full league.
4. Owner experiences draft problems and is
assigned picks. (Owners are responsible for their internet connectivity
being reliable. In the event the third party draft software experiences
technical problems and the draft cannot continue, it will be rescheduled. This
ONLY applies if all owners are not able to draft and third party vendor
acknowledges system problem. Individual
owners with software problems will NOT be given a refund. Drafts will take place on www.mockdraftcentral.com All owners are strongly encouraged to log into
www.mockdraftcentral.com before
the draft and participate in a free mock draft or two in order to familiarize
themselves with the software and how to use it.)
*This is not an
all-inclusive list, but is intended to provide examples.
Taxes - All winners of $600 or more are responsible for filing all applicable IRS documents. Winner’s checks will be mailed after the conclusion of the regular season.
Unforeseen Events/Uncovered Rules - The rules are meant to cover all possible likely scenarios. In the event something occurs that is not covered in the rules, www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com has the right to make the decision it feels is best for the overall integrity of the game.
www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com reserves the right to refuse any entries it feels may compromise the integrity of the game and service for the other players. The Big Game is not open to the immediate family and friends of www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com employees. All owners must be 18 years of age or older. Owners are responsible for meeting any IRS guidelines in regards to reporting winnings. www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com will issue 1099 forms for anyone winning $600 or more. Prize money will be mailed to winners once the 1099 form is signed and returned to www.fantasybaseballbiggame.com
If you have any questions concerning the rules or anything in general, please email info@fantasybaseballbiggame.com