WINNERS BRACKET: (LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP)
The Top 2 Division Winners will receive a bye during week 15.
The rest of the winner's bracket will be made up of the third and 4th best division winners and 2 wild card teams.
The two wild card teams will be the top 2 non-division winning teams. See the tie-break rules for any ties. NOTE: there are no restrictions as to which division the wild card teams can come from (i.e. two wild card teams could theoretically come from the same division)
Week 15 will be a matchup of:
The 3rd best division winner vs. WC #2,  4th best division winner vs. WC#1
Week 16 matchups will be reseeded depending on who wins week 15 games, just like the NFL does. So it will be:
Division winner #1 vs. worst seed from the wild card week
Division Winner #2 vs. best seed from the wild card week
Week 17 will determine the league champion
Winner of Week 16 Game 1 vs. Winner of Week 16 Game 2
3rd place in the league will be determined by the winner of:
Loser of Week 16 Game 1 vs. Loser of Week 16 Game 2

LOSERS BRACKET: (TOILET BOWL)
The Top 2 Teams that did not make the Winners Bracket will receive a bye during week 15.
Week 15 will be a matchup of:
The Best Record of the bottom 4 teams vs. the worst record in the league.
The 2nd best record of the bottom 4 teams vs. the 3rd best record of the remaining 4 teams.
Week 16 matchups will be reseeded depending on who wins week 15 games, just like the NFL does. So it will be:
Best Record of non-winners bracket teams vs worst seed from the wild card week
2nd best record of non-winners bracket teams vs. best seed from the wild card week
Week 17 will determine the toilet bowl champion

League Championship and Toilet Bowl Tie breaker: Total reserve points

SUPER BOWL: All teams are included. Roster limits are 20 players. Players can be selected by any FFL team from the NFL playoff teams. IMPORTANT: You must pick a starting roster: 1QB, 2RB's, 3WR's, 1TE, 1PK, 1D/ST (not split). DT/ST can be split for your lineup. The rest up to 20 is of your choice. Players do not have to be playing in the first playoff week. Rosters are due by 8pm the Thursday before the 1st playoff game. Super Bowl Rosters: Rosters will be sent by email to the Super Bowl Coordinator thru your personal email, FFL89.com or CBS sports, then select the coordinators name instead of everyone in the league. Rosters will then be posted after the deadline, as soon as possible, on the Super Bowl site. The coordinator will be in charge of imposing roster penalties. Lineups are due 1 hour before the first game of the week and will be sent to the SB coordinator. Late lineups, by time stamped, will be the lineup from the week before. If it's the first week your lineup will not count and you will receive 0 points for that week. Illegal rosters/lineups score zero points, plus any penalty. No changes 1 hour before the first game begins that week. You must submit a lineup. The league cannot do this for you with players left in the final weeks.

ROSTER PENALTY's: If a roster is submitted with errors (under/ over the 20 player limit or does not have a starting lineup) you will have a chance to correct the error with the league if it's after the roster deadline (date and time) and provided it's corrected before the 1 hour before the first game of the week. The penalty for an incomplete starting roster error will be 20 points subtracted from your first week's total points. If not corrected 1 hour before the first game of the week you will receive 0 points for that week and can change your roster to correct the errors for the following (second) week and have 20 points subtracted for that week. Rosters that contain less than 20 players will have a chance to add players after the roster deadline, (with a 20 point penalty) no penalty if you do not add players to your roster to have 20 players. No players can be added once week 1 (Wild card week) begins. Rosters over the 20 player limit can be corrected before the 1 hour time limit with no penalty. After the 1 hour the 20 point penalty will be imposed and continue each week until corrected.

SUPER BOWL Coordinator: Will be a member of the officers, elected the same as the rest of the officers. Handle all the Super Bowl rosters, scoring  and post scores on the internet. The coordinator will be in charge of imposing roster penalties.


Payouts, Weekly High's,
Year End Awards, FFL HOF
Winners Bracket: (League Championship), Losers Bracket: (Toilet Bowl),
Super Bowl and Roster Penalty's, Super Bowl Coordinator

Add a Player, Waive a Player, Injured Reserve, PUP,
Trades, Pickup Night


Bernstein Rule, Rosters and Lineups, Early Games, Point Protest, Tie Breakers

Mini Camp, Draft, Draft Board Setup

League Voting, Schedules, Protect list
League Name, Size and Divisions, Team Names, League Officers, Commisioner,
Secretary,Treasurer, Rules Committee, Super Bowl Coordinator


Offensive and Defensive Categories, Special Scoring for QB, RB, WR, TE, PK


Player Pool, Positions, Transactions, Schedule, Fees, Scoring


Rule changes: Passed rules for this season or proposed rules for next season. Proposed rules to be voted on at the year end banquet. 
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