Rules and Stuff. Important Stuff. Stuff you should read.

Some may be wondering "what are the rules to win this league over a three years span?" I admit I have not given much insight into this, though a few of you have given your opinion in how this should work, which I believe I have incorporated well. This post should sufficiently explain how to win the main jackpot of the league.

There will be two modes of play in this league, and accordingly, two modes of reward. There is the one-year term and the three-year term.

One Year Term

Each year you will pay me $25 which will go toward the winners of the league that year. The rewards will be distributed as follows:

1st: $175

2nd: $75

3rd: $25

The last $25 will be given to the winner of a separate game we will play, which will be similar to a playoff pick'em style game, only online. I thought this would be a good idea for us to stay interested throughout the playoffs. NFL.com usually has a game called Playoff Challenge which involves picking winners and individual player performances throughout the playoffs. We can see what's available when the time comes, though.

Three Year Term

This will be a little more complicated. It will reward wins, player performance and league performance via a points system as follows:

League Performance

100pts - 1st Place (if you get 1st Place one year, you get 100pts towards the 3 year term)

60pts - 2nd Place

35pts - 3rd Place

25pts - Best Record

25pts - Most Fantasy Points

(EDIT) 25pts - Any team to make the playoffs but not reach 1st, 2nd or 3rd

Each of the following performance categories will be awarded 25pts on a yearly basis.

Passing Yards

Rushing Yards

Receiving Yards

Tackles

Interceptions

Sacks

Each week, I will draw two performance categories out of a hat, one offensive and one defensive, from the categories listed above. The team(s) to have the best performance in each category will receive 5 points.

*If the unlikely scenario occurs where a team wins 1st Place all three years, but does not have enough points to win the league, they, by default, win the league anyway.*

The Three Year Term award money will be distributed as follows:

1st Place - $700

2nd Place - $325

3rd Place - $175

Below is a possible scenario where Wally wins the league by winning 1st place one year and having a very strong performance all three years. I didn't include the weekly 5pt awards.

Other players are competitive, but not enough. I made the points system structured in a way that rewards 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winnings the most points, because I believe they are the closest resemblence to the way the NFL awards teams (its all about W's). However, I think that in a three year league, we can respect those teams that may perform well but have bad playoff weeks from year to year. This is why I also want to award points to overall performances.

I'm going to update this blog weekly with how everyone is doing in regards to this on either Tuesday or Wednesday every week in a very easy to read table.

I hope this sounds good to everyone. I'm open to minor changes, but I think this really is a good way to award teams throughout the course of the league. Please let me know if you have any questions, complaints, or yes, even praises! E-mail, comment on this post, or whatever...