• Each team is awarded 100 BLB to add to their BLB account
• All players not signed to a contract are declared UFAs (Unrestricted Free Agents)

• League competition corresponds to the NFL regular season
  • The NFL Straight-Up Pick'em pool will last through Week 17 of the NFL regular season
  • Teams may place a player on IR per league rules
• NFL weeks 1 - 13 correspond to Fantasy Football season play
  • During the season, teams will play each other weekly per the published schedule
  • UFAs will be acquired through the waiver wire process with bids made in BLBs from a team's BLB account
  • All UFAs awarded to a team are automatically signed to a one year contract
  • During the regular seasons, a team may extend the contract of one player, (acquired by Free Agency or Waiver Wire), by 1 contract year at a cost of 20 BLBs.
  • Trading is permitted through week 10, but shall be prohibited from week 11 until the conclusion of the Fantasy Football postseason
  • All players carry their full contract cap status with them in a trade to their new team
  • TBL 2 Pro Bowl ballots will be distributed in week 10 and collected by the end of week 12, with the results posted during week 13
• NFL weeks 14-16 corresponds to Fantasy Football postseason play
  • During postseason play, qualifying teams will play weekly per the published schedule
  • Non-Qualifying teams will play in the "Shodan Bowl".
  • UFAs are still available to all teams via the bidding process in waivers using BLBs
  • The TBL 2 Blitz Bowl will be in week 16 (and Week 17 in the event of a tie)
  • The TBL 2 League Consolation game will be in week 16 (and Week 17 in the event of a tie)
• NFL week 17-18 - league awards announced and distributed (both monetary awards and BLB awards)
• Deadline is December 31st each year for the following extension options:
  • Teams can extend the contract of any one player acquired via Waiver Wire or UFA during the season, by one contract year at a cost of 20 BLBs.
  • Teams can extend the contract of any one player acquired via Trade during the season, by one contract year at a cost of 20 BLBs.
    

*** START OF FANTASY FOOTBALL OFF-SEASON ***

• Rule changes can be proposed by GM's..
• Commissioner will review all proposals and make announcement of any changes by January 31st.
• Committments will be requested from all GM's for the upcoming season by no later than February 15th.
  • Failure to commit by deadline, will result in the loss of your franchise.

• Trading of players, picks and/or BLB's is permitted as of March 1st.
• All player contract decrease by one contract year as of March 1st.
• Roster Resign Period begins as of March 1st, and ends at 9:00 pm EST on April 30 (Eve of RFA).
  • Teams may extend the contract of any one player on their roster by one contract year at a cost of 20 BLBs times the number of consecutive years the player has been on the franchise with partial years rounded up.
  • Teams may tag one player as a Franchise Player at the cost of 50 BLBs.
  • Teams may tag one player as a Transition Player at the cost of 20 BLBs.
• NCAA March Madness Pool will be conducted in March
• NFL Draft Pick-em Pool will be conducted in April

• Restricted Free Agency Period begins on May 1st.
  • Any player on a team's roster with a contract that has zero contract years is declared a RFA (Restricted Free Agent)
  • Teams may bid on RFAs per the defined process in the League ByLaws using BLBs
  • Teams are required to have players signed to contracts within one week of acquisition during RFA, otherwise players will be assigned to a default of a1 year contract.
  • Any players not acquired at the completoin of the RFA period will become UFAs.
  • Any player assigned a Franchise or Transition Tag who was won by another team will have the appropriate compensation transferred to the team that placed the Tag

• League entry fees are due by July 1st.
  • Late payments will be subject to BLB penalty per the league rules.
• If payment is not received in full by August 1st, team will be expelled from the league.
• League Rookie and UFA Draft will be scheduled for the last Sunday in August at 8:00pm EST.
  • Draft will be six (6) rounds in length, traditional style (1 to 16, 1 to 16, etc). No Serpentine.
  • Draft order is established by results of the preceding Fantasy Football Season as detailed in the League Bylaws
  • Teams are required to have all players acquired via draft signed to contracts by 11:59pm of the Sunday before Labor Day, or the Sunday before the first NFL Regular Season game, whichever is earlier.