Online Rule Book

Rule Book Copyright & copy; 2000-01 by JCharles Agency. All Rights Reserved

Disclaimer  The 2000-01 season of CFFL.com Fantasy Hockey is being played strictly for the entertainment and enjoyment of participants. It is in no way to be construed as gambling of any sort.

Rules Policy: All teams Registered for Play in the CFFL.com Fantasy Hockey League are required to follow the Rules and Guidelines detailed in "Rule Book," and other pages of The CFFL.com web site. Failure to do so may result in removal from the current Season of the CFFL.com Fantasy Hockey League, and other measures deemed appropriate by the type and degree of misconduct exhibited. This includes, but is not Limited to, use of inappropriate language while communicating with CFFL staff or Registrants while at (or communicating with) The CFFL.com web site; and Reproduction of or Modifications to material published to the Web Site by CFFL staff and administrators.

Registration  Teams are officially Registered for play in the 2000-01 Season of the CFFL.com Fantasy Hockey League once the following are received by CFFL Commissioner's Office from new Owners: i) completed Registration Form; ii) Fees for the number of Franchises applied to Register for. (Owners selecting the 'Play-For-Free' option need only submit the Registration Form.)

Registration Fee: Fees for the 2000-01 Season are $29.95 for a single team, $19.95 for additional teams Registered by the same Owner ('Owner' defined by e-mail address used to register Team, and/or communicate with The CFFL Web Site for CFFL business.) Once Fees are received (or the 'Play For Free' option selected during Registration) Owners will be assigned a UserID and Password, allowing access to the remainder of The CFFL web site. (During off-season, the CFFL web site is open to all visitors.)

Selection of Division: Assignment to Conferences is done by CFFL.  At time of Registration Owners can request placement in a particular Division, however. New Owners wishing to start a New Division request this on the Registration Form. The Name to be used for the Division is forwarded to CFFL; this Division will be added to the List of Divisions in CFFL, and we will offer entry into that Division to other Teams Registering afterward. (CFFL will accommodate these requests if the number of Registrants allows; if a Full Division can not be created by the time of Draft, Teams in partially-filled Divisions will be placed into existing Divisions which require additional Teams. Teams will be notified of this change in League Structure if it becomes necessary.)

Structure  CFFL.com Fantasy Hockey League is divided into Divisions of 10 or 12 teams each. Each Division consists of two Conferences (North and South). Head to Head and Overall Points competition (where applicable) are specific to the Division your team is Registered in.  

Each team must have  the designated number of players at each specified position on the Starting Line-Up page form. (Any Transaction which results in a Roster which does not meet this minimum roster requirement (MRR) will be negated.) The Position of each player is veried by The CFFL (utilizing Official league records for the 2000-01 Season).  If an Owner submits a Roster with players in positions that do not correspond to their Designated Position, that Player receives zero (0) points for that week.

Prior to the first game of the Week, each registered Team is required to submit a Starting Line Up. The Starting Line Up (SLU) consists of the following Players:

(S.L.U.) 1 Goalie/ 1 Center/ 1 LW / 1 RW / 2 Defensemen

Updates to Starting Line Up are due to The CFFL by the earliest of the following: game time OR 12 PM Monday. Teams that do not submit Rosters by the deadline will have the previous week's Roster utilized for that week's competition. Teams that do not fill a position on the SLU on a given week will compete that week with that Roster position unfilled (assigned zero points).

Only those points earned by players in the Starting Line Up for that week will be added to the Team's Overall Points and the Points used to calculate Winner of Head-to-Head competition (where applicable).

Rosters will be posted as soon as processed by CFFL. 

There is no Fee for Transactions of any type.

Scoring.  Points are awarded to players on CFFL Teams corresponding to the performance of the named players in actual Hockey games that week.
Points for CFFL teams are the accumulated CFFL Points earned by each Player listed in the Starting Line Up for that week by the CFFL team. These Points are added to the year-to-date total CFFL points earned by that Team, and are utilized to determine the Winner of the Head-to-Head competition (where applicable) between CFFL Divisional Teams scheduled to compete against each other that week. The Head-to-Head Winner is the team that earns a higher Total of CFFL Points that week. Ties: When both teams competing Head-to-Head during the regular Season accumulate equal Total Points in a given week, the result is entered into their record as a "Tie."   No Ties are given for Head-to-Head play in Playoff competition; If the Total Points earned by both teams in a Playoff competition are equal, the Tie-Breaker system is called upon. First Tie-Breaker is Points of "Center" player for the two teams. If these points are a Tie as well, the Second Tie-Breaker is utilized-- RW, then LW, then Defensemen (total) then Goalie Points. Third Tie-Breaker, if necessary, is a Supervised coin-toss by Commissioner.

In CFFL play, Points are given to Players listed on the Starting Line Up according to performance in the following Scoring Categories:

Fantasy Points are assigned to Players according to the following chart:

   An Average per-game Points total is calculated and used as that Player's contribution to the team's score that week.  The Team's weekly score is calculated as the sum of the individual Fantasy Points scores for each of the five-player Starting Lineup that week.  Season Totals for the team are calculated as the sum of Weekly Points totals throughout the season

Any Player listed at a position which is not his Designated Position will be considered a null entry for that week, and will be assigned (0) Points regardless of actual game performance. (The CFFL Commissioner determines the Designated Position for each Player before the start of the season. Any discrepancies with Starting Line submissions will result in the Player being voided. Errors made in submission of Players for weekly Starting Line Ups (i.e. players slotted into Positions that are not their Designated Position) will be treated as receiving zero points for that week's game.

That Owner who fields the team whose Starting Roster players score the greater total points of the two scheduled for Head-to-Head competition (where applicable) that week will be designated the Winner that week. Equal Points in Head-to-Head competition are considered a "Tie" for both teams, and entered into records as such. Playoffs do not allow for Ties in Head-to-Head competition: Tie-Breaker system is called upon to determine Winner. (See above.)

Schedule.   The 2000-01 Season begins October 15th and ends March 17th, for NHL Fantasy Hockey; October 1 through April 10th, for Minor Leagues Fantasy Hockey. 

Playing Week is defined as games played by the teams from Monday 12:00 am through Sunday 11:59pm (starting times).

The first (15) weeks of the Season are considered the Regular Season. These games are utilized to determine the teams that qualify for Divisional Playoffs. Overall Points continue to be calculated for every Team throughout the Playoffs. Teams not qualifying for Playoffs compete for Overall Points honors in Weeks (16) through (20).

PLAYOFFS [Weeks (16) through (20)]  
 (6) teams in each Division qualify for the playoffs; 
in Weeks 16 (Playoff Week 1) the conference winners receive bye weeks, and the second and third place finisher in each conference face off head-to-head -- winner is overall points total that week; 
in Weeks 17 and 18 (Playoff Weeks 2 & 3) the top finisher in each conference faces the winner of week one in that conference, head-to-head; overall points for the two weeks decides winner of the conference.
in Week 19 (Playoff Week 4) Conference champions face off, head-to-head; overall points winner for that week is named Divisional Champion;
Week 20 is inter-divisional play, where Divisional Champions from across the CFFL face off head-to-head, for the 2000-01 Season Championship.

Overall Points winners and Divisional  winners qualify for Prizes in the 2000-01 CFFL Season.  

Cost.    The cost for a Franchise in the 2000-01 Season of The CFFL.com Fantasy Hockey League is $29.95. Additional teams Registered by an Owner have the lowered cost, of $19.95 each. Early Submission: Teams Registered by September 15th, 2000 are eligible for the Special Early Registration Fee of $24.95 for initial Team, $18.95 for additional Teams Registered by the same Owner.

Fees must be received prior to Team being officially Registered. Once a Team has been Registered by The CFFL, Owners receive a "UserID" name and Password. This allows access to the remainder of areas of CFFL needed to complete Draft List and operate Team throughout the Season. (During Off-season, the CFFL web site is open to all visitors.)

Prizes.  Prizes for the 2000-01 Season of The CFFL include the following: Division Championship (Head-to-Head Winner); Division Points Leader (highest Total Overall Points in Division); League Points Leader (highest Overall Points League-Wide).  Prizes are determined by number of pais registrants; Prizes are announced to players once leagues have closed and final Prize list has been determined.

(Grand Prize is determined by number of Players registered for that season.  If number of Registrations allows, Grand Prize of Tickets to Playoff Game will be offered.  Minimum number of registrants for this Prize to be offered is: 1000 paid Registrations. If this number is not met, alternate Grand Prizes will be offered, depending upon number of Registrants.)

Owners of those teams that Win a CFFL Prize will be contacted individually to arrange for delivery of their Prize.

'Play For Free' Option.  New Owners are eligible to Play the 2000-01 Season, for Prize competition, at no cost when Recruiting three (3) other New Owners. Eligibility for this Play-for-Free Option requires that the New Owner contact The CFFL regarding the plan to access this Option. If it is known prior to Registering that the required three (3) associate members will be Registering in The CFFL, Registration Fees for the first Owner will be waived. (If the recruited Owners cancel their registration and request refund of their Registration Fee, the original Owner will be contacted by The CFFL for remittance of Registration Fee.) If the three (3) additional registrants are recruited after the recruiting Owner has already Registered, The CFFL will return the Owner's Registration Fee after the additional members' Registration Fees are processed. (If the additional Owners cancel their Registration and request Refund, the original Owner will be contacted by The CFFL for Registration Fees to be returned.)
Related to this Option, those Owners who Register multiple teams in the same Season are eligible for a Free Team when they Register three (3) teams of their own. Additional teams are added at the lower rate given to multiple team Registration, and the fourth team is Registered at no cost. Owners who wish to access this Option should contact The CFFL if Registering the teams separately. (If Registering at the same time, CFFL Administration will activate the fourth team automatically.)

League Maintenance Issues.   (Certain items of note concerning everyday operation of The CFFL.)
Non-Participation. Owners who do not participate in the League for extended periods. Owners who, for whatever reason, do not participate in the League become a hindrance to smooth operation of the League. To ensure that Owners who are no longer interested in Playing do not continue to receive Updates, Information, etc. from CFFL, and time is not invested in maintaining their teams which can better be spent elsewhere in the CFFL, teams that have become inactive will be removed from The CFFL. Determination of non-participation is made by the Commissioner, under the following guidelines: Owner has not updated team for four (4) weeks/games, and no contact has been made by Owner for other issues concerning their team (e.g. communicating that the team is still inactive, and no changes in the Roster were felt necessary for four weeks). CFFL wants to ensure satisfaction of Owners and efficiency in handling transactions, scoring, etc. and the Non-Participation rules are set up to enable this for teams who are actively participating.
Language
Use of Profanity and other unacceptable Language in dealings with CFFL is not tolerated. Any such conduct by visitors to the CFFL Web Site or teams registered with CFFL will result in immediate dismissal from the League (at Owners' expense if a paid registrant). Owners are asked to report any problems of this (or other) nature so that CFFL Administration can address the issue.
Team Names.There are no limitations on the type of name utilized by CFFL Owners, with exception of the following: i) no names which are offensive to other Owners or visitors to the CFFL site (Determination by CFFL administrators.); ii) no names including Names of existing College Football teams (a violation of trademark laws).
System Difficulties In the event of difficulties with the operation of the CFFL website, necessary corrections will be made as quickly as possible. All information affected by the system difficulties will be corrected as soon as possible. Any interference with normal operation of CFFL teams and Owner activities will be rectified as quickly as possible. In the event that a situation can not be remedied completely, CFFL will decide how best to address the situation with the Owners. As any participant in Internet activities will know, problem situations with software or programming accessibility are subject to random 'mishaps,' and The CFFL administration will endeavor to ensure that minimal interference with normal operation of the League will be experienced by owners. We apologize in advance for any interruptions , and assure our Owners that smooth operation of the CFFL throughout the Season is the first priority of CFFL Administration. But, as we all know, sometimes things just get a little screwy, so we can't guarantee smooth operation throughout the year! We will address issues as they arise, and remedy them as quickly as we are able.
Refunds Owners who have Registered with The CFFL can cancel their participation and receive a full refund, before the Draft date.
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