NBD - Manifesto '08

Site:
Once again this year we will be using Yahoo, but we have upgraded to PLUS status. To join the league, head to Yahoo’s fantasy football page and select “Join a League” under the “Football PLUS ‘08” section. Our league ID number is 13698 and the password is “brooklyn.” Since we have upgraded to PLUS, you do not need to pay for Stat-Tracker this year.

Fees/Payouts:
The entry fee this year will once again be $100. I will be collecting and paying out the money via PayPal, and all payments are due by the draft. If you have not paid, you will not draft. To submit your payment, go to paypal and send $100 to sr.sovic@gmail.com. You can use a credit card, but PayPal charges a fee for this, so ideally everyone can set up a PayPal account (if they don’t already have one) connected to a bank account so that we don’t get charged the fee. If you don’t want to use PayPal, you won’t be able to pay me at the draft this year (unless you come to Brooklyn) so get a check in the mail to
Mike Tarasovic
163 Huntington Street, Apt. 2
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Payouts will be $575 for the league champion, $250 for the runner-up, $150 for the regular season champ, and $100 for the third place finisher ($125 pays for the site itself).

Scoring:
Scoring will be the same as last season: a point for every 10 rushing or receiving yards and a point for every 25 passing yards. Rushing/Receiving touchdowns are worth 6 points each, while passing touchdowns are worth 4 points each. For a full explanation of the scoring system, check out the league site.

Keepers:
This year we will be using the keeper tax system again. Each owner is entitled to two keepers, subject to the keeper tax, as well as one additional rookie keeper slot, meaning that you can keep any rookie you drafted last year in the round he was drafted in. We will be using the most updated version of Yahoo’s “Big Board” rankings, and the taxes will be assessed as follows:
-players ranked 1-4: uses 1st round pick & loses 5th round pick
-players ranked 5-8: uses 1st round pick & loses 6th round pick
-players ranked 9-12: uses 1st round pick & loses 7th round pick
-players ranked 13-18: uses 2nd round pick & loses 8th round pick
-players ranked 19-24: uses 2nd round pick & loses 9th round pick
-players ranked 24- : uses 2nd round pick, does not lose any other round
Only players who were drafted and remained on a roster for the entire season last year can be kept. Keepers need to be reported to me at least 48 hours before the draft (Sunday, August 24th, 9pm). They will be published to the league shortly thereafter.
Please keep in mind that next year we will be switching over to “Option B,” meaning that only players drafted after the 3rd round in this year’s draft will be keepable (other than rookies). You will not be able to keep anyone more than once.

Rosters/Draft:
Each team will start the following positions: 1 QB, 2 WR, 2RB, 1 WR/RB, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 D/ST. There will be 6 bench spots, meaning a full roster of 15 players. Each team will also be able to designate a player for Injured Reserve (they must be on the NFL’s official list) that they can drop from their roster but who will be protected from free agency pick-up. The draft will be 16 rounds, with the sixteenth round consisting of a supplementary round for anyone who has lost picks due to the keeper tax. The order for that round will follow the order in which draft picks were lost.
Draft order is the reverse of last season’s final standings, as follows:
1) Ray Tarasovic
2) Mike Tarasovic
3) Jon DeYoung
4) Michael Toobin
5) Elliott Toobin
6) Matt Haller
7) Justin Koehler
8) Sam Papkin
9) Eric Sherwood
10) Kevin Manning
11) Derek Haller
12) Joe Colly
The date for the draft is Teusday, August 26th at 9:00pm, and will be held using Yahoo’s online draft application. If anyone can not make that date, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can try and work out a date that works for everyone.