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FFPC Classic Draft format is a 20-round snake draft with a 14 week regular season based on weekly total points. The six highest scoring teams advance to the playoffs. Playoffs are based on head-to-head matchups in weeks 15-17 to determine the league champion. Classic format includes weekly free agency via blind bidding (FAAB) and weekly starting lineup management.
Prizes
$385 - $12,350
Entry Fee
$35 – $1,000
Classic Format
Total points accumulated weekly weeks 1-14
Top 6 in total points advance to playoffs
H2H Matchups during weeks 15-17 playoffs
Weekly team management
Draft Type & Length
20-round online snake drafts with 2-hour, 6-hour or 60-second timers
Classic Draft League Details
| Duration: | Regular season Weeks 1-14. League Playoffs Weeks 15-17 |
| Entry Fee: | From $35 to $1,000 per team |
| Prizes: | Scroll down for details |
| Draft Positions: | Drawn at random & emailed to league, when league is full |
| Draft Type & Length: | 20 round serpentine (snake) online draft |
| Live Drafts with a 60 second timer per pick | |
| Slow Drafts with a 2 or 6 hour timer per pick (overnight pause 2 AM – 8 AM ET) | |
| Number of teams: | 12 |
| Format (Regular Season): | Weeks 1-14 |
| Total points accumulated weekly | |
| No H2H matchups | |
| Six (6) teams with the most points advance to League Playoffs | |
| Format (League Playoffs): | Weeks 15-17 |
| Six (6) teams are seeded 1-6 in order of total points | |
| Top 2 seeds get bye in Week 15 | |
| Weekly H2H matchups decide League Champion | |
| Free Agency: | Waivers by way of blind bidding (FAAB) |
| Each team gets $1000 blind bidding “dollars” for entire season | |
| Two (2) weekly free agencies on Wednesday & Sunday | |
| Cutoffs on Wednesday 11 PM ET and Sunday 10 AM ET | |
| First free agency is scheduled on the Wednesday after Labor Day (September 9) | |
| NFL players whose teams played on Thursday may be dropped from FFPC rosters on Sunday as long as they were not in that team’s Thursday’s starting lineup. | |
| Weekly Team Management: | Yes. Starting lineups and free agency |
| Week One Free Agency Rule: | Due to the NFL opening their season on Wednesday night, September 9, the first free agency will be scheduled at 10 AM ET on that day. All bids must be entered by 10 AM ET on Wednesday, September 9, for the first waiver run of the season. There will not be an 11 PM ET run on Wednesday, September 9, only a 10 AM waiver run. This rule is for Week One only. |
| Trades: | No trading allowed |
| Scoring System: | FFPC Scoring rules will be in effect (scroll down for scoring details) |
| Roster Requirement: | Twenty (20) total roster spots |
| Starting Lineup: | 1-QB, 2-RB, 2-WR, 1-TE, 2-Flex, 1-K, 1-D (Flex can be RB, WR or TE) |
*The NFL approved an 18 week regular season in 2021, with each team playing 17 regular season games. FPPC Classic League rules have been adjusted accordingly.
