KSL Bylaws

Off Season

The Off Season is time to reflect on ones life and realize it is meaningless without Fantasy Football to prove you are better than your friends. It is a time when draft pick trades can happen as well as changes to the rules, points.

The Off Season Schedule is as follows:

• April 1: Divisions are chosen

• May 1: Schedule is released

• June 1: Draft Order is finalized

Rule Changes

Any dramatic rule changes will go to a league wide vote that would require a simple majority. A drastic change to the KSL rule book would require a 2/3 majority vote. The difference between the two would be a dramatic change would be eliminating a player position and a drastic change would be changing the amount of teams that make the playoffs. Any minor changes can be done by the commissioner in conjunction with another owner so long as it is not collusion. An example of this would be the commissioner consulting owners to change how points are done. This is something that must be done prior to the draft and explicitly stated in a post to the league.

The most important rule of KSL is to have fun. We may take this seriously but we are professional and we like to have fun when we play.

Divisions and Scheduling

Sometime before the draft the schedule is created with that years teams. The current format is to have randomly generated divisions. After each year KSL will rotate some owners into new divisions. This will be done to create new rivalries and to keep divisions important. Divisional winners are awarded the top playoff seed and therefore are very important to win.

the Draft

In a 12 Team league the bottom 4 teams do not make the playoffs and therefor do an offline playoff draft having the 9th seed play the 12th and the 10th play the 11th. The winners go on to play each other and whomever wins that game gets to pick where they pick in the draft. The person who win the first game and lost the second picks next and the winner of the loser bracket picks 3rd and finally the person who lost both games picks 4th. These wins and loses are not official and therefor not counted towards the playoff standings in the official KSL record book.

The 8 teams that make the playoffs, they battle for the ultimate prize in KSL. For the teams that lose the first round, they will battle for names in the lottery. 5th place gets 6 names, 6th gets 5, 7th gets 4, 8th gets 3, 3rd gets 2, 4th gets 1. This system is in place to make the teams who lose the first round to continue to play in order not to have someone intentionally lose to get more names in the lottery system. The 3rd and 4th place wont be playing for much but the winner of that match gets twice as many as the loser so that game means more.

The winner of KSL is automatically the last person to draft and the person who came in 2nd will be the 2nd to last person to draft.

If a new person comes into the league then they will draft last. This means the previous KSL winner would draft second to last. If two new people come into the league then there will be a coin flip to decide who will draft last or second to last.

Regular Season

During the regular season, no changes will be made to the point structure ever. Any changes to the point system must be done before the draft so there is no chance of cheating to win. The Trade Deadline will always be before the start of Week 8. Many teams will be set to take the playoffs whereas the bottom teams know if they have a chance.

the Playoffs, the Road to Glory

In a 12 team league the top 8 teams make the playoffs with the top seeds being awarded to the division winners. The top seeded team takes on the lowest seeded team throughout the playoffs. If the 8th seed knocks off the 1st seed, then the 8th seed will take on the highest seeded team in the playoffs. The teams that makes its way to the championship match will battle for the Matchett Cup. That winner will hold the trophy for the full year until a champion is crowned. If there is no NFL season then the winner will hold the trophy until they lose it. If a champion retires from KSL then the commissioner will hold onto the trophy until a new winner is crowned.

The two teams with the worst record will play for the last place trophy the finally week of the playoffs. The loser of this gets the "Bakerfield" which is for the worst person in KSL. Getting this trophy is not a privilege, but a curse. The following year will be nothing but misery for the team until the next year when a different team takes over. Previous winners to this trophy are given to the teams who placed last in the league in the playoffs or if we don't have those records then it is the team with the worst record. 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011 are the teams with the worst records but for 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 are teams that placed last in the playoffs.

PICKEMS

The Pickems trophy is given to the team that has the most points at the end of the NFL season and playoffs. In the event of a tie, the trophy will have both names engraved on it and be declared co-winners. The trophy will be divided up and the teams will get the trophy for 6 months each. If there is more than 2 winners then the winners will have all the names on the trophy. The Pickems Trophy is entitled the "the Screamer"

SURVIVAL

The Survival trophy is given to the winner of the team that wins Survivor that year. Survivor will always be 1 strike and you are out. In 2011 we did 3 strikes and therefor we have a 1 strike winner and a 3 strike winner. In the event of a tie, the trophy will have both names engraved on it and be declared co-winners. The trophy will be divided up and the teams will get the trophy for 6 months each. If there is more than 2 winners then the winners will have all the names on the trophy. The Survivor Trophy is titles the "Full Moon"