Hello all, we have decided to change the FSL to a FANTASY DRAFT LEAGUE. The FSL has been a successful OOTP league and we are looking to expand into Madden. The draft will be handled in a much different fashion to expedite the process and reduce the burden of being on the console for an entire draft. We will draft offline by using a combination of Discord and Google Sheets. You can check out our rating sheet and draft board at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ERFBsz1EzA1LjjDav-0JluVnCI0xfGuwQlIES6ra_Sg/edit?usp=sharing
So here are the draft rules and how it will be done:
SETUP
- We will begin with a fantasy draft that will be conducted within Google Sheets -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
- Players will be made with a custom roster file which will maintain contracts in a correct manner (doing a fantasy draft within the game jacks up the contracts).
- Draft order will be selected by a live video and will snake 1-32, 32-1.
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DRAFT RULES
- The entire draft will be conducted offline, using the Google Sheets link above. We will draft 48 rounds and free agency will be first-come-first-serve following the draft.
- Draft selections will be made in fantasy-draft and draft lists can be submitted to me via PM.
- Draft timer will run daily between 9:00 AM EST and 11:00 PM EST.
- Rounds 1-10 will have a 2 hour time limit and any auto pick will be done using the "Master" tab by selecting the best overall player for a position of need.
- Rounds 11-22 will have a 1 hour time limit
- Rounds 23+ will have a 30 minute time limit
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NOTE: ALL DRAFT PICKS WILL GO BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL TEAM AT THE START OF THE LEAGUE.
The spirit of this league is to try not to handicap players with a 100 rules but we still promote a fair-play style. Here are some of the settings:
LEAGUE SETTINGS
- XBOX Series X|S
- User Role: Created Coach
- Game Skill: All-Madden
- Game Style: Simulation
- Quarter Length: 8 minutes
- Accelerated Clock: 20 seconds
- Game Speed: Normal
- Injuries: On (Off during Preseason and force win sims)
- Pre-Existing Injuries: Off
- Fill Roster: Off
- Twitch Streaming: Yes (away team must stream)
- NO CPU Trades
- Play Call Cooldown 10 players (must wait 10 plays before calling a play again)
- Play Call Limit 2 (allowed to call a single play twice a game)
- Custom Playbooks: ALLOWED
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LEAGUE ADVANCE SCHEDULE
- Advances Occur: Every 3 days
- Games that are not scheduled prior to the last day are subject to fair sim or owner not responding may be put on AP
- NO CPU Games will be allowed. All games will be force wins.
CODE of CONDUCT
- Be respectful. Do NOT PM an owner during a game, please PM a staff member if there is an issue.
- No hateful comments or general insults will be tolerated.
- Rule violations must have video evidence or the complaint will be tossed.
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OFFENSIVE GAMEPLAY RULES
- Mix up your play style and play calls. The play call limit/cooldown will help with this.
- Your office cannot break a 70/30% threshold run to pass either way. Suspension will occur after a warning.
- All motion players must be set before you may snap the ball unless it is a play with auto motion.
- NO HUDDLES - Allowed randomly in one drive per half or if down by more than 8 points in the 2nd half or inside 2:30 of either half.
- NO Quick snaps - give the defense the courtesy of 3-5 seconds to be set.
- QB Scrambling - this is part of the game, there are ways to defend it.
- Playmaker controls are allowed.
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4th DOWN RULES
You are allowed to go for it in these circumstances:
- 4th and 3 or less inside the 10 once per game
- One coach's decision on opponents side of the 50 once per game
- 2nd Half – Down by 17 points or more.
- 4th Quarter - Down 9 points or more
- 4th Quarter – Under 4 Minutes losing by any amount.
- 4th Quarter and Winning, 4th and 5 or closer, from the 50 yardline in. (on opponents side of the field & only permitted once per game)
- Over Time You can go for it at your own risk
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RUNNING UP THE SCORE
- Please be respectful. Once you hit 35 points, please try to tone it back and chew clock.
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DEFENSIVE GAMEPLAY RULES
- Much like offense, mix up your play calls. The cooldown effect will be in place.
- You may not move more than one player pre-snap on defense. If you move a player, you must remain on him and he must be set at the snap of the ball.
- You must rush at least 3 players on every play. A QB spy does not count as a player rush.
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SPECIAL TEAMS GAMEPLAY RULES
- Only 1 Fake Punt/FG allowed per game and must meet 4th down rules
- No line drive punts
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TRADING RULES
- Please see neonsportz-how-to to learn how you submit a trade for review
- DO NOT send in the game until the trade is posted in approved-trades
- TRADE REVIEW WILL BE SCORED WITH THE Neon Sportz App and I will post more details on what is acceptable.
heybob32 — Today at 4:43 PM
POSITION CHANGES
- You are allowed to change..
- TE <> FB
- OL <> OL
- DE > OLB
- DT > DE
- OLB > DE
- DE > DT
- OLB <> MLB
- S > CB
- FS <> SS
- K <> P
You will need approval to move a CB to S
We will be utilizing NeonSportz for our league stats and the league website can be found at:
https://neonsportz.com/leagues/FSL/.
If you are interested in joining, please feel free to join our Discord group right away to secure the team you want.
https://discord.gg/xZkphWWy9P