OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CIRCA LAS VEGAS FANTASY CHAMPIONSHIP
PLEASE NOTE: There will be two preseason Free Agent Acquisition Bidding (FAAB) waiver runs in all Circa Las Vegas Fantasy Championship contests that fill by 11:59 PM ET on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. FAAB waiver wire runs will be at 11:00 PM ET on Wednesday, 09/04/2024, and at 10:00 AM ET on Sunday, 09/08/2024.
1. Overview: The Circa Las Vegas Fantasy Championship (LVFC) will consist of a maximum of 100 leagues (In 2023, the LVFC had 89 leagues), each composed of 12 teams/managers, for a maximum of 1,200 total teams. The Circa LVFC regular season will extend from NFL Week 1 through NFL Week 14.
2. Draft Setup: League drafts will be held either LIVE in Las Vegas or online with our custom-designed draft software. Each league will be composed of 12 teams, and each draft will last for 20 rounds, with each team selecting a player in each round in a serpentine fashion (team 1 through team 12, team 12 through team 1, team 1 through team 12, etc.). There are no rules governing the number of players to be drafted at each position. It is up to the skill and draft strategy of each team owner to decide.
2a. Time Limit Per Pick: Each participant will have 60 seconds to make their player selection. During LIVE Las Vegas drafts, participants will be verbally notified when there are 15 seconds left on their clock. If a participant does not make a selection in their allotted time, they are passed over until the next participant makes their selection. The passed-over participant then has five seconds to make a player selection before they are again passed over.
SLOW DRAFTS: 4-hour per pick timer that extends from 1:00 AM ET to 9:00 PM ET, without penalty, so players don't time out overnight. Picks can be made while the clock is extended. Missing a pick in a slow draft will result in the highest-ranked "Queue List" player. Once that is exhausted, the software rankings will be used.
3. Specific Rules of the Auto Draft Feature:
a. There is no limit to the number of players a contestant may put in their "queue list". They can add every undrafted player to the queue in any order they see fit.
b. If the contestant's "queue list" is exhausted, and the contestant's timer expires, our algorithm will look for any starting lineup position still needed, and select the highest-ranked remaining available player, excluding kicker or defense positions.
b2. For example, if the contestant still needs a QB, RB, and 3 WR to fill their starting lineup, the algorithm will choose the highest-ranked player at one of those three positions and select the player for the contestant.
c. If the "queue list" is exhausted, the contestant's timer expires, and the contestant has filled their starting lineup requirement, the algorithm will choose the highest ranked player regardless of position, excluding kicker or defense.
d. Once the draft reaches Round 15, the positions of Team Kicker and Defense/Special Team are eligible to be considered as auto picks, if a contestant's timer expires.
4. Trading of draft picks or players: No trading is allowed.
5. Roster Requirements: Maximum of 20 players per team.
6. Lineup Requirements:
Circa Las Vegas Fantasy Championship leagues have an 11-player starting lineup.
1 QB
2 RB
3 WR
1 TE
2 Flex (RB, WR, or TE)
1 TK (Team Kicker)
1 Defense/Special Team
a. If a Week 1 lineup is not submitted, the FullTime Fantasy Commissioner Crew will determine your starting lineup. After Week 1, if no starting lineup is submitted, your starting lineup will be that of the previous week.
b. League Management Web Address: You can access your league via the internet, links will be sent out to all Primary Managers using the information submitted at the time of sign-up.
c. Lineup Submission: All lineups may be submitted on the league website and are due by the scheduled kickoff time for the game in which the player will participate. Players involved in games on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, must be submitted into lineups five minutes prior to the scheduled start of the game, or 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the game if you are submitting a lineup by phone.
d. Email all lineup issues to support@fulltimefantasy.com
e. Circa LVFC Phone In: Participants may phone their transactions. You will need your login and password to submit transactions via phone. Call (317) 883-9338 during the following hours:
Monday: Noon to 7:00 PM ET*
Thursday: Noon to 7:00 PM ET*
Sunday 10 AM ET to 12:45 PM ET *
* All hours, plus the phone number, are subject to change.
f. All Circa LVFC participants can decide whether to play or sit their players from the Week 1 Thursday and Friday night games up until the Week 1 Sunday kickoff at 1:00 PM ET. If you can't make your submissions to the site, please email support@fulltimefantasy.com with your League ID, Team Name, and Full Starting Lineup. This rule is in place because we have drafts that begin AFTER the Thursday and Friday games. For that reason, players in all LVFC leagues receive the benefit of watching the games and then deciding who to start, add, or drop.
Scoring:
7. Free Agents: Any player who is not on a team roster, within a LVFC league, is considered a free agent for that league. The FullTime Fantasy Sports Group may, in rare instances, remove a free agent who has been dropped by an LVFC team if, in the judgment of FullTime Fantasy Sports Group, the dropped player will unfairly impact the outcome of the LVFC or if there is suspected collusion.
8. Free Agent Acquisitions/Blind Bidding: The free agent system will be a "conditional blind bidding" process every Wednesday at 11:00 PM ET and Sunday at 10:00 AM ET through Week 14 of the NFL season. Each team will start with 1,000 free agent "dollars" for the season and will be permitted to bid for free agents on a weekly basis. No team will be informed of any other team's free-agent bids until after the winning bids have been awarded. The team with the highest valid bid on any given player will be awarded that player. The amount of the winning bid will be deducted from the winning team's free agent dollars. For each winning bid, the winning team must drop a player to make roster room for the free agent acquisition. If a team's free agent dollars go to zero, that team will no longer be allowed to bid for the rest of the season. No bid will be accepted that is larger than a team's free agent dollars. All bids must be in increments of dollars (no cents). The free agent bidding system is the only means by which free agents may be acquired.
a. Auction Bidding vs. Blind Bidding: The FullTime Fantasy conditional blind bidding process is not an auction bidding process. Though you may bid on the same player in multiple bid groups, if you are awarded that player, you will be awarded him for the highest valid bid.
b. Available players: The only players that are available to be picked up are those that are in the league management software. All players must wait until such time that the player is available in the software before acquiring them in FAAB.
c. Sunday Waivers: Players dropped during Wednesday waivers are not available for acquisition on Sunday. Players who play in Thursday and Friday night games are available to be dropped/added on Sunday mornings. However, players who are in your starting lineup that play on Thursday or Friday are NOT eligible to be dropped on Sunday morning.
d. Conditional Bidding: You are only awarded one player per bid group. During the Waiver processing, Player bids are reviewed from the Top / Down inside of each group, not by order of bid amount, so make sure your bids are prioritized top to bottom in each group in the order you wish to receive them. Once you are awarded a player from a bid group, all other bids in the group are canceled. If another owner outbids you on a player, that player is removed from your bid group and the next listed player in your group is your next available player.
e. Issues/Problems: If you have an issue with waivers, you can email support@fulltimefantasy.com. Fulltime Fantasy Sports LLC will review each issue on a case-by-case basis.
9. Bidding Time Frame: Bidding Time Frame: There will be two preseason FAAB waiver runs in all LVFC contests that fill by 11:59 PM ET on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Preseason FAAB runs will be at 11:00 PM ET on Wednesday, 09/04/2024, and at 10:00 AM ET on Sunday, 09/08/2024.
The bidding process continues after the completion of Week 1 and ends prior to Week 14 on Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 10:00 AM ET. Bids will be accepted on the league website from Sunday at 1:00 PM ET until Wednesday at 10:59 PM ET and from Wednesday at 11:30 PM ET until Sunday at 9:59 AM ET. Rosters will be updated by 11:05 PM ET on Wednesday and by 10:05 AM ET on Sunday morning with the results of all successful bids. There will be no free-agent pickups after the completion of the LVFC regular season. Any player dropped on Wednesday cannot be picked up as a free agent until the following week, that player is not eligible for the same week's Sunday waiver process.
10. Tied Bids: If there is a tie, the team that receives the player will be determined in order by:
10a. Least points scored to date.
10b. Coin toss by the computer.
11. Available Players: Teams may acquire players not on any roster within their league, with this exception. Players cut during Week 12 FAAB bidding (November 20 and 24, 2024) and Week 13 FAAB bidding (November 27 and December 1, 2024) may not be re-acquired by any team. This is done to minimize potential collusion. On occasion, the LVFC commissioners may remove a dropped player from the free agent pool if the commissioners think it is in the interest of upholding the integrity of the league or the event. The software will now allow both kickers and defenses to abstain from this rule. That means team kickers and defenses will be exempt from this rule.
12. Trades between managers: To minimize the possibility of collusion, there will be no trading allowed.
13. League Structure: Leagues will be comprised of 12 teams each playing a 14-week regular season with 14 eligible weekly "wins". Weeks 1 and 2, plus Week 14, will be all play, meaning each week, the top six scoring teams will each receive a win, and the bottom six scoring teams each week will receive a loss. During all play weeks, 6th-place ties will result in both teams receiving a win. During weeks 3-13, you will play your 11 other league opponents exactly one time. This is done for fairness and ensures teams don't play tough opponents twice while others play weaker opponents twice.
14. Circa LVFC Playoff Berths: After week 14, the top 4 teams advance to both the league playoffs and the Championship Round in this order:
--Team #1: Team with the best head-to-head record (tie breaker is total points).
--Team #2: Team with the most total points other than Team #1.
--Team #3: Team with the best head-to-head record (tiebreaker is total points) other than Teams 1 & 2.
--Team #4: Team with the most total points other than Teams 1, 2 and 3.
Wildcard Teams that Make the Playoffs:
Any team that ties with the best record in their league during the regular season and does not qualify as one of the four automatic entries.
Top Ten percent of all teams that have the most total points scored and did not qualify in their league. Example: 1500 total teams = Any team in the top 150 after week 14 would qualify as a Wildcard Team.
15. Circa LVFC Playoff Format:
Total points from Week 15 through Week 17 of teams that make the playoffs (plus average team score from regular season weeks 1-14). This applies to both the league championship and overall Championship round.
The tiebreakers for playoff prize finalists are:
1. Total points for the regular season only
2. Regular season won/lost record
3. Total points for the playoffs in Week 16 only
4. Total points for the playoffs in Week 15 only
5. Coin toss
16. Consolation Playoffs: The remaining teams that did not make the Championship Round will participate in the Consolation Playoff Round.
The Consolation Playoffs will run from Week 15 through Week 17 and will use the exact format and tie-breakers that the LVFC Playoffs use.
17. Miscellaneous Information: All "total points" means total starting lineup points. FullTimeFantasy.com reserves the right to act in the league and contest's best interest at all times.
Conduct: All owners are expected to act accordingly. We keep this rule short and direct. Any disparaging remarks towards other players, the software, the company, the rules or the contest itself is grounds for removal/dismissal from the league. No refunds will be granted so please, play nice and enjoy the competition. The commissioner for all FullTime Fantasy contests is Fulltime Fantasy Sports LLC. Fulltime Fantasy Sports LLC reserves the right to act in the league and contest's best interest at all times.
CONTINGENCY PLAN -- OFFICIAL LENGTH OF THE NFL SEASON
Please read below for information on how FullTime Fantasy will handle the awarding of prizes for all Leagues and Contests in the case that the NFL shortens, delays, suspends, or discontinues its season.
Officially Announced Shortened NFL Season:
All Circa LVFC Leagues and Contests are official to the length that the NFL regular season is official. If the NFL has a shortened official regular season--for any reason--LVFC Leagues and Contests will run for the length of the official NFL regular season.
For example, if the NFL has an official fourteen (14) game regular season, LVFC Leagues and Contests will last 14 weeks. If the NFL has an official ten (10) game regular season, LVFC Leagues and Contests will last 10 weeks, and so on.
FullTime Fantasy may shorten and/or amend LVFC game formats to function within the shortened official NFL regular season. The FullTime Fantasy will not cancel any Leagues and Contests based on official season length. All prize structures will remain intact for all LVFC Leagues and Contests.
NFL Season Delay or Suspension:
Should the NFL season be suspended or delayed, all LVFC leagues and contests will pause and resume when the NFL season resumes.
NFL Season Discontinuance:
Should the NFL season be discontinued, for any reason, with eight (8) or fewer official weeks played (weeks do not need to be consecutive), LVFC Leagues and Contests will then be canceled and all entries will be refunded (except Dynasty, see below for more info). FullTime Fantasy will process refunds into player accounts in the same form as original registrations (league credits or cash funds). Participants will have the ability to submit withdrawal requests for any eligible cash funds. FullTime Fantasy will not refund Dynasty league entries to player accounts, but will instead apply them towards 2024 league dues.
Should the NFL season be suspended or delayed and discontinued, for any reason, with nine (9) or more official weeks played (weeks do not need to be consecutive), LVFC Leagues and Contests will become official and prize will be awarded (including Dynasty) in the manner described below.
Prizes will be awarded as per the original league prize structure as per league standings at the time of NFL season discontinuance.
Season Discontinued Prior to League Playoffs:
1. Regular Season Prize Example - NFL season ends after ten (10) weeks. Team A has the best record. Team A receives the best record prize. (and so on)
2. Playoff Seed Example - NFL season ends after ten (10) weeks. Teams A, B, C, and D all qualify for the league playoffs. All four teams will split all playoff prizes evenly.
3. No league champions declared.
Season Discontinued during League Playoffs: (during defined as any time after kickoff of league playoffs)
1. Playoff Prizing – 50% of 1st place prizing will go to 1st place leader. 50% of 2nd place prizing will go to 2nd place leader. The rest will be evenly distributed between all playoff teams.
2. League champion and runner-up declared based on point standing at the time of discontinuance.
By registering for an LVFC League or Contest, players agree to the FullTime Fantasy Terms and Conditions and participate in the league or contest regardless of the length of the official NFL regular season. Players acknowledge and accept that the length of the official NFL regular season is out of FullTime Fantasy's control and all LVFC leagues and contests will operate based on the length of the official NFL regular season or the various options listed above. FullTime Fantasy will not offer or grant refunds if the LVFC shortens and amends game formats to fit within the shortened NFL season. FullTime Fantasy will grant refunds if the NFL discontinues its season at eight (8) official weeks or less. If the NFL discontinues its season at nine (9) official weeks or more, FullTime Fantasy will not offer or grant refunds. FullTime Fantasy reserves the right to amend league and contest formats as well as prize distribution at its discretion without limitation.
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