FFL89 Rules

ADD A PLAYER: Players may be added to the rosters by draft, trade, injured reserve, waived players or players not previously selected. Whole defenses and special teams will be added. They cannot be split when selecting. A defense and special team will count as 1 player on a roster. Players added cannot exceed the roster limit of 18. All active players over the limit must be waived to get to the 18 players allowed. No player can be added after week 15. After week 15 the site will be changed to: Owners may not do add/drops. No Pickups allowed from previous seasons week 15 until week 1 of the NFL season is completed.

WAIVE A PLAYER: A player can be waived from a roster on pickup night at a time set by the league. Players can be waived from the roster or IR. Whole defenses and special teams will be waived. They cannot be split when waived. A defense and special team will count as 1 player on a roster. Players must be waived from the active roster if it exceeds the 18 player limit. No player can be waived after week 15. After week 15 the site will be changed to: Owners may not do add/drops.

INJURED RESERVE: Players may be placed on IR by a team only if that player is placed on the list by an NFL team. There is no limit to the amount on IR. IR players do not count against the roster limit (18). IR players cannot be replaced or put on IR after week 15. After week 15 the site will be changed to: Owners may not do add/drops. No Defense/Special team can be put on IR. You can notify the league that one or more of your players are to be put on IR by the league message board or by a phone call to a rules committee member. Once CBS makes the IR official, you should be able to place the player on IR yourself. See above for committee member. Players on IR (frozen rosters) must either be released or put on the active or reserve roster before the season's MINI CAMP begins. Players must be waived from the active or reserve rosters or IR player to get to the 18 player limit. If teams do not release, activate or reserve the IR players, the league will release the IR player/s from the roster the day MINI CAMP begins to get the rosters to 18 players. The starting mini camp roster must always have a starting lineup included. The league will be notified of the moves made by email.

Reserve PUP Rule: NFL rule: Reserve PUP players are not eligible to play for the first six weeks of the season. Reserve PUP players do not count against the 53 man roster. They will be listed as injured. Reserve PUP players have a three week window after Week 6 to practice with the team, then a three week window to activate that player but, a roster decision must be made, either to activate to the 53 man roster or IR that player, within that timeframe. If after three weeks from week 6 the player does not begin to practice he will be moved to IR

FFL89 Rule: You must activate the player when the player is activated by the NFL team. You must release a player (if needed) to keep your rosters at 18. If the player is placed on IR the league will continue to list the player as injured. The player will not count towards the 18 player limit. Players not on a roster but on the NFL's Reserve PUP can be added to a roster and will follow the Reserve PUP rule. You may waive the player at any time. Teams have 1 week after to make a change. If not league will release the player Note: Active PUP players are in training camp and count against the 80 or 75 man roster. Players activated count towards the 53 man roster. If moved to the Reserve PUP, before the regular season begins, do not count against the 53 man roster and follow the Reserve PUP rule.

TRADES: Any amount of players can be traded for any amount. All trades will be handled by the league site (CBSsportsline). No trades will be allowed after week 11 of the regular season. After week 11 the site will be changed to: Trades are not allowed. Rosters are frozen from seasons end until a MINI CAMP in August before the draft. When the camp is over rosters are again frozen until the draft. Trades can be made between MINI Camps end and draft day. Only players on the protected list can be involved. Trade changes will be made at the draft. Player/s can be traded for draft pick/s. When rosters exceed the limit of 18, you must waive enough players to get to the player limit. Players traded cannot be traded back to the same teams for 4 weeks. After 4 weeks it's allowed. Whole defenses and special teams can be traded. They cannot be split when traded. A defense and special team will count as 1 player on a roster. Additional trade rules can be found on the CBS site help or at: http://www.ffl89.com

PICKUP NIGHT: Will be run by the league site and rules can be found in the CBS site help or at http://www.ffl89.com

No Pickups allowed from previous season's week 15 until week 1 of the NFL season is completed. Pickups end with the end of the seasons, week 15. After week 15 the site will be changed to: Owners may not do add/drops.