BILLYS FANTASY FOOTBALL YEAR 35 (SINCE 1991) |
| KEY DATES | MANAGEMENT |
| • Pre-Season Draft | • Commissioners |
| > American Draft on Thursday, August 28, 2025 @ 7:30 pm | > Bob Stearns |
| > National Draft on Thursday, August 28, 2025 @ 8:30 pm | > Jim Stearns (Backup) |
| > Both drafts online at NFL.com | |
| | • Websites |
| • Post-Season Party | > American Division |
| > Saturday, January 17, 2026 | > National Division |
| > Green Haven Golf Course in Anoka | > Billys FFL Website (Updated 2023) |
| | > https://www.billysffl.org |
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| LEAGUE | ROSTERS |
| • League (Updated 2021) | • Original Rosters |
| > 14 Week Regular Season (Weeks 1-14) | > Established via a draft or an auction |
| > 3 Week Playoffs (Weeks 15-17) | |
| > 20 Teams (Divisions = American and National) | • Starting Lineup (Must be set prior to the player's game) |
| > 8 Playoff Teams (Top 4 from each division) | > Quarterbacks (Q) = 1 Starter |
| | > Running Backs/Fullbacks (R) = 2 Starters |
| • Division teams will be set prior to the auction/draft | > Wide Receivers/Tight Ends (W) = 3 Starters |
| > Each division has a full compliment of NFL players | > Kickers (K) = 1 Starter |
| | > Defenses/Special Teams (D) = 1 Starter |
| • Fees | |
| > Franchise Fee = $100 (Collected at the auction/draft) | • Bench Players |
| > Unlimited Transactions = $20 (Uncollected) | > Bench Players (B) = 3 Any Position (Updated 2017) |
| | > Injured Reserve (IR) = 3 Any Position |
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| | • Dropped Players |
| | > Locked for 24 hours |
| | > Available through waivers after the lock expires |
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| DRAFT | FREE AGENTS/WAIVERS |
| • Draft | • Free Agents |
| > Draft order randomly set one week prior to the draft | > Pre-Season transactions are allowed |
| | > Free-Agent players are available immediately |
| • Flow is 1 -> 10, 10 -> 1, repeat (Serpentine) | |
| > 60 seconds allowed per selection | • Waivers |
| | > Pre-Season transactions are allowed |
| | > Weekly claim order is worst to first |
| | > Claims processed nightly at 1:01 am (TWTFS) |
| | > Teams move to bottom when awarded a player |
| | > Weekly claim/waiver pickups are not limited |
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| REGULAR SEASON | PLAYOFFS |
| • Weekly divional head-to-head matchups set by NFL.com | • Top 4 teams in each division make the playoffs |
| > Ties are allowed during the regular season | > Playoff finals Week 17 = American -v- National |
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| • Weekly High Score Payouts (League) | • Inter-Divisional quarter-finals and semi-finals |
| > 1st Place = $40 | > Week 15 = 1st Place -v- 4th Place and 2nd Place -v- 3rd Place |
| > 2nd Place = $30 | > Week 16 = 1/4 Winner -v- 2/3 Winner |
| > 3rd Place = $20 | > Playoff seeding stays intact throughout the playoffs |
| > 4th Place = $10 | |
| | • Playoff Tie Breakers |
| • Final Standing Tie-Breakers | > 1. Defense/Special Team Score (D) |
| > 1. Overall Record (Winning Percentage) | > 2. Kicker Score (K) |
| > 2. Points Scored | > 3. Quarterback Score (Q) |
| > 3. Points Scored Against (Most Difficult Schedule) | |
| > 4. Coin Flip | • Playoff Payouts |
| | > Week 15 Winners = $50 |
| • Divisional Final Standing Payouts (Updated 2021) | > Week 16 Winners = $75 |
| > 1st Place = $80 | > Week 17 Winner = $100 |
| > 2nd Place = $60 | |
| > 3rd Place = $40 | |
| > 4th Place = $20 | |
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