PIC Fantasy Football Rules---updated 8/2025
1.Draft Info
The Draft will be ONLINE ONLY -- The draft will begin 7:00pm et
DRAFT DATE = TUESDAY 9/2/25
The draft will consist of 14 Rounds. The first round draft order will be first overall pick to the last overall pick. The second round draft order will be last overall pick to first overall pick. (E.g. – 1st Round pick 1-14, 2nd Round pick 14-1, 3rd Round pick 1-14, etc.)
Every team will be required to draft a minimum of 2 Quarterbacks, 2 or 3 Running Backs, 2 or 3 Wide Receivers, 0 or 1 Tight End(s), 1 Kicker and 1 Defense/Special Team (Defense and Special Teams must be the same team). Therefore, the 6 other position players drafted (Reserves) will be at the discretion of the team owner. (There will be 6 total reserves on each team) Please remember to draft bye week replacements or it will cost you later during the year.
Roster Size limits ---updated 2019
Injured Reserve -- updated 2024
2. Scoring & Starting Lineups ( UPDATED 2024 SEASON)
A Starting lineup must consist of 8 total players -1 Quarterback, 2 Running Backs, 2 Wide Receivers/Tight Ends, 1 FLEX player (RB or WR/TE) 1 Kicker, 1 Defense/Special Teams (Defense/Special Teams are one team)
The rtsports web site will tally the official scoring automatically each week. Any discrepancies will be reviewed by the commissioner and confirmed or denied by the Internet and/or other sources if necessary. The scoring system and league information is located on the following web site: www.rtports.com. This web site has a reports section along with several other sections, in which a team can request to see the leagues rules, scoring system, etc.
Points are only awarded to starting players. Therefore, if your reserve Quarterback throws 3 touchdowns in a week, you get nothing because you did not start him.
Note - Points will NOT be awarded to position players if they score on Special Teams (e.g. – Santana Moss returns a punt for a Touchdown). The Jets Defense/Special Teams get the points. Whoever has Santana Moss as their receiver, receives nothing.
All starting lineups must be submitted before 1:00pm EST every Sunday. If your lineup is not in by this time, than your starting lineup will be the same as the previous week. In the event of a Thursday night game, any team that wishes to start a player from their roster, which will be playing Thursday night, must submit that player or those players by 8:00pm EST. If you wanted a player to start on Thursday night, but did not submit the player in your lineup; then your player will not be a part of your point total for that week. The entire lineup is still due 1:00pm EST every Sunday. (2021-RULE CHANGED THIS SEASON FOR COVID REASONS-- YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO UPDATE YOUR LINEUPS THROUGH THE MONDAY NIGHT 8:15 PM GAME )
Note - The FFL committee will handle all final decisions concerning the lineup discrepancies. The FFL committee consists of Kerry Bretzius, John Doyle, Mike Acquarolo, Frank Giardina, Mark Plousis, and Shawn Flanagan. Dwayne Weldon and Kevin Russo will serve as alternates when a trade includes a committee member or a committee member is not available.
3. Regular Season & Playoff Game Tie-Breakers
TIE GAMES (Head to Head)
In order to make the standings easier and the regular season more conclusive, we will strive to have no game end in a tie. The tiebreaker format is as follows:
Game Tie Breaker
Team owner selects 1 tie breaker players
TIE IN THE STANDINGS (1 OR MULTIPLE TEAMS)
The tie breaking scheme for teams with tied records trying to advance to the playoffs, will be as follows:
Standings
TOTAL POINTS ( CHANGED THIS 2022 SEASON)
THANKS FOR THE QUICK VOTE—WE GOT THE 8 NEEDED – OPTION # 2 WINS:
OPTION 2
WE CHANGE THE SCHEDULE FROM 13 WEEKS TO 14 WEEKS—NOTE YOU WILL PLAY SOMEONE TWICE ( LUCK OF THE DRAW SCHEDULE NOT DETERMINED AS OF YET FOR THIS SEASON)
AND WE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE THE PLAYOFF TIE BREAKER FROM HEAD TO HEAD TO -TEAM TOTAL POINTS OVERALL – SO IF THERE ARE 3 OR 4 TEAMS TIED FOR PLAYOFF SPOTS THEN THE TEAMS WITH THE HIGHER TOTAL POINTS WOULD GET THE SPOTS ( IF THERE IS A TIE WITH TOTAL POINTS THEN HEAD TO HEAD WOULD BE NEXT TIEBREAKER)
Tie Breakers
PLEASE NOTE --- THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY WILL FIGURE OUT THE TIEBREAKER RULES FOR MULTIPLE TEAMS – THE TOP TEAMS THAT QUALIFY WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS – THIS IS FINAL
Playoffs
Your commissioner will manually establish all playoff games
4. Trades and Transactions (Free Agent)
Trades can be made at a charge of $2 each player trade for and traded away by any team.This was changed for 2021 covid season (originally was 3.00 fee)
Trading:
Team owners may trade, but commissioner approval is required
Trading is suspended after Fantasy Week 13
All teams must maintain 14 players at all times, no more no less. All trades must be approved by the FFL committee before they can be implemented. Therefore, every trade must be sent to the commissioner for approval.
To pick up a player who was not drafted (Free Agent); you must utilize the website for the request. If more than one team wants a free agent, then the team with the worst record will receive the player. In the event, a tiebreaker is needed; the team who has the lowest total points will receive the free agent. All players that are dropped via the waiver wire or during pickups will automatically be available for pick up.
Waiver wire goes off at 11:45 pm Wednesday nights
Free Agent pick-ups start on a first come basis at 8:00am on 9/5 Thursday morning up until 8:15pm Monday. (YOU CAN NOT PICK UP ANY PLAYER THAT HAS ALREADY PLAYED OR THEIR TEAM HAS ALREADY PLAYED)
Note - All added players will be charged a $2.00 fee. All dropped players will be charged a $2.00 fee.- This was changed for 2021 covid season (originally was 3.00 fee)
5. NEW -League Format & Playoff Schedule
There will be 1 CONFERENCE.
POSTSEASON
The top 8 teams will make the playoffs
The teams will be ranked #1 thru # 8 (NO BYE WEEKS)
WEEK #15 (FIRST ROUND PLAYOFFS)
1 vs 8 / 2 vs 7 / 3 vs 6 / 4 vs 5
WEEK #16 (SECOND ROUND PLAYOFFS)
Top # Seed Winners will play the lowest number seed winners
WEEK #17 (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND)
The last two teams remaining will play for the Championship (1 Week)
Throughout the postseason the losers will respectively compete for 3rd thru 8th place consolation prizes.
TOILET BOWL
The remaining 6 Non-playoff teams will play in a "Toilet Bowl". The worst two teams will get First round byes.
WEEK #15 (FIRST ROUND PLAYOFFS)
Worst two teams get first round byes and are seeded # 13 / #14
9 vs 12/ 10 vs 11
WEEK #16 (SECOND ROUND PLAYOFFS)
#14 seed vs lowest remaining seed that advanced from Week 14
#13seed vs highest remaining seed that advanced from Week 14
WEEK #17 (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND)
Last two teams left will play for 1 prize –Toilet Bowl Winner
6. Cash
FEES ($$$)
The entry fee for every team will be $180
League Fee = $180 * 14 teams = $2520 (TOTAL MONEY COLLECTED)
League Administrative Fee = $6 * 14 teams = $84 (which equals the web site hosting)
Trophy plaque engraving Fee= $31 (cost for plaque being engraved)
Total Prize money left = $2405
PRIZE MONEY ($$$)---($2405 -Total Prize Money)
Highest point total of the week for a team = $280.00 ($20 * 14 weeks = $280)
Top Two Teams # 1 / #2 seeds = $125 each ($125 * 2 = $250)
6 other playoff teams = $50 each ($50 * 6 = $300)
Toilet Bowl Winner = $100
NFL Picks section on the website (LAST WEEK 17) = 1st Place= $100, 2nd Place = $50, 3rd Place = $25
Super Bowl Winner = $500 + 25% of Free Agent Transaction money
Super Bowl Runner-up = $300
Winner of 3rd/4th place Consolation game = $150
Loser of 3rd/4th place Consolation game = $100
Winner of second round consolation game = $75 each x 2 = 150
Loser of second round consolation game = $50 each x 2 = 100
TRANSACTION ($$$)
The Top 2 teams totaling the HIGHEST POINTS at the end of the regular season, and the OVERALL CHAMPION, will split the FREE AGENT TRANSACTION MONEY INCLUDING PLAYOFFS - minus the league draft/beginning of the year celebration at Chili's (deduct 0 dollars)
The split will go as follows:
-1st place takes: 50%
-2nd place takes: 25%
-Remaining 25% to the Overall Champion
(TRANSACTION MONEY)-All added players will be charged a $2.00 fee. All dropped players will be charged a $2.00 fee.
Trades can be made at a charge of $2 per player traded away/for by any team up until 10pm on November 28, 2021. (TRANSACTION MONEY)
PREVIOUS SEASONS:
(SEPTEMBER 2024 - DRAFTED ONLINE ONLY)
(SEPTEMBER 2023 - DRAFTED ONLINE ONLY)
(AUGUST 2022 - DRAFTED ONLINE ONLY)
(AUGUST 2021 - DRAFTED ONLINE ONLY)
(SEPTEMBER 2020--NO LEAGUE)
(SEPTEMBER 2019 - ($250+ $50 TIP =$300)
(SEPTEMBER 2018 - ($225+ $45 TIP =$270)
(SEPTEMBER 2017 - ($246.02+ $48 TIP = $294.02)
(SEPTEMBER 2016 - ($210+ $42 TIP = $252.00)
(AUGUST 2015 - ($150 + $30 TIP = $180.00)
(AUGUST 28, 2014 - ($275 + $55 TIP = $330.00)
(AUGUST 22,2013-($208.87 + $5.60 tax + $37.60 tip = $252.07)
(AUGUST 30, 2012 - $393.00---$337.25 +$55.75 tip)
7. League Commissioners Contacts
Mike Acquarolo 215-582-2078 (aquaman21@comcast.net)(michael.acquarolo@majesco.com)
Frank Giardina 610-299-8979 (frank_19061@yahoo.com)
Shawn Flanagan 646-584-3656 (SFlanagan@programbrokerage.com)
8--2024 UPDATES TO RULES
1-NEW LINEUP FORMAT --2024- COMBINING WR/TE POSITION
The website allows us to combine the WR/TE slot so below is the new LINEUP changes
You are able to start 2 WR or 2 TE or 1 WR and 1 TE --- and then the FLEX slot allows you to start a RB or WR/TE (REMEMBER THIS SLOT IS COMBINED NOW)
So in theory you can start 3 WR or 3 TE or mix and match them
ROSTER SIZE-- REMAINS AT 14 TOTAL PLAYERS -- THAT IS 6 RESERVE PLAYERS ON BENCH
2-INJURED RESERVE RULE –UPDATED FOR 2024
NEW FOR 2024 - INJURED RESERVE--- ADDING 3 TOTAL IR SLOTS:
TO BE PLACED ON IR -- YOUR PLAYER NEEDS TO HAVE THE IR OR OUT FOR THAT WEEK DESIGNATION ( FOR ANY REASON )
THIS WILL ALLOW SOME FLEXIBILITY -- IT WILL ALLOW TEAMS TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP PLAYERS FROM FREE AGENT POOL WHEN NEEDED FOR INJURIES OR BYES. AS SOON AS THE PLAYER YOU IR FOR THAT WEEK HAS NO DESIGNATION THE FOLLOWING WEEK YOU WILL NEED TO DROP A PLAYER.
3-LOWERED KICKER BONUS POINTS BELOW UNDER Yd-FG
THERE WERE SOME KICKERS WITH MORE POINTS THAN RUNNING BACKS
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| Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | 2 | 3 |
| Running Back | 2 | 7 |
| Wide Rec/TE | 2 | 7 |
| Kicker | 1 | 2 |
| Defense/Sp Team | 1 | 2 |
| Quarterback | 1 | to | 1 |
| Running Back | 2 | to | 2 |
| Wide Rec/TE | 2 | to | 2 |
| Kicker | 1 | to | 1 |
| Defense/Sp Team | 1 | to | 1 |
| Flex ( RB WR/TE ) | 1 | to | 1 |
| Week 1 | Sat Feb 28 11:00pm CT | thru | Mon Sep 14 7:00pm CT |
| Week 2 | Wed Sep 16 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Sep 21 7:15pm CT |
| Week 3 | Wed Sep 23 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Sep 28 7:15pm CT |
| Week 4 | Wed Sep 30 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Oct 5 7:15pm CT |
| Week 5 | Wed Oct 7 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Oct 12 7:15pm CT |
| Week 6 | Wed Oct 14 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Oct 19 7:15pm CT |
| Week 7 | Wed Oct 21 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Oct 26 7:15pm CT |
| Week 8 | Wed Oct 28 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Nov 2 7:15pm CT |
| Week 9 | Wed Nov 4 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Nov 9 7:15pm CT |
| Week 10 | Wed Nov 11 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Nov 16 7:15pm CT |
| Week 11 | Wed Nov 18 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Nov 23 7:15pm CT |
| Week 12 | Wed Nov 25 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Nov 30 7:15pm CT |
| Week 13 | Wed Dec 2 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Dec 7 7:15pm CT |
| Week 14 | Wed Dec 9 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Dec 14 7:15pm CT |
| Playoff Week 1 | Wed Dec 16 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Dec 21 7:15pm CT |
| Playoff Week 2 | Wed Dec 23 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Dec 28 7:15pm CT |
| Playoff Week 3 | Wed Dec 30 5:00am CT | thru | Mon Jan 4 7:15pm CT |
| Week 1 | Sat Feb 28 11:00pm CT | thru | Mon Sep 14 7:00pm CT |
| Week 2 | Tue Sep 15 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Sep 21 7:00pm CT |
| Week 3 | Tue Sep 22 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Sep 28 7:00pm CT |
| Week 4 | Tue Sep 29 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Oct 5 7:00pm CT |
| Week 5 | Tue Oct 6 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Oct 12 7:00pm CT |
| Week 6 | Tue Oct 13 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Oct 19 7:00pm CT |
| Week 7 | Tue Oct 20 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Oct 26 7:00pm CT |
| Week 8 | Tue Oct 27 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Nov 2 7:00pm CT |
| Week 9 | Tue Nov 3 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Nov 9 7:00pm CT |
| Week 10 | Tue Nov 10 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Nov 16 7:00pm CT |
| Week 11 | Tue Nov 17 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Nov 23 7:00pm CT |
| Week 12 | Tue Nov 24 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Nov 30 7:00pm CT |
| Week 13 | Tue Dec 1 6:00am CT | thru | Mon Dec 7 7:00pm CT |
| General | |
|---|---|
| League Entry | $180 |
| Wins and Losses | |
| Losses | $0 |
| Ties | $0.00 |
| Wins Credit | $0 |
| Roster Moves | |
| Each Player Acquired | $2 |
| Each Player Acquired via Waivers | $0 |
| Each Player Acquired via Free Agency | $0 |
| Each Player Released | $2 |
| Each Player Placed on I/R | $0 |
| Each Player Activated from I/R | $0 |
| Lineup Moves | |
| Each Player Started | $0 |
| Each Player Benched | $0 |
| Trades | |
| Each Trade | $0 |
| Each Player Traded Away | $2 |
| Each Player Traded For | $2 |