2024 Main Event Leagues Details

*1 Hour Slow drafts will ONLY be available as the NFL Season approaches, once 2- and 6-hour slow drafts close.

**The NFL approved an 18 week regular season in 2021, with each team playing 17 regular season games. FFPC Main Event rules have been adjusted accordingly.

New for 2021: The FFPC Main Event now has 12 regular season weeks. Each team will still play every team in the league one time during the regular season. Week 6 will now be an all-play week. This means that week 6 will not have individual H2H matchups, rather it will be a full league total points battle. The top six scorers will get a Win, and the bottom six scorers will get a Loss. Any team(s) which are tied for the sixth most points scored in week 6, will each be awarded a Win.

The FFPC Main Event is a fantasy football game of skill that offers guaranteed cash awards to its top entrants. This contest will test a participant’s ability to predict player performance both over time and weekly, as well as to value certain players and positions within the framework of our scoring system, place appropriate bids on free agents based on the relative future value to the entrant’s team, and create a balanced fantasy team that will maximize scoring output over the length of the season. Main Event award winners are determined based on the criteria listed in the rules below.

All teams, whether drafting before or after NFL Week One opening game on Thursday, will be able to submit and edit their starting lineup after Thursday’s game, including start/bench players which played in Thursday’s and Friday's game. To confirm, all Main Event teams will have the same choice on whether to start or sit Thursday and Friday players retroactively after they have watched that game. Fantasy stats for Thursday’s and Friday's players will count towards Week One scores if they are placed in the starting lineup.

Entry fee into the Main Event is $2000 for an online team and $2125 for a live draft team in Las Vegas. Multi-Team Discounts of $400 are automatically applied when registering for multiple teams. To register, entrants may complete our online entry form and agree to abide by the official rules and regulations governing the Main Event.

Teams which register early may be able to change their draft date provided their original draft date has not been filled. The new draft date chosen must be later than the original draft date. For example: if the original draft date is August 10, the new requested draft date must be August 11 or later.

Draft dates will become official and will not be changed once 12 teams have been registered and draft slots have been drawn. Please email support@MyFFPC.com for more information or to change your draft date.

The starting lineups will consist of: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 2 Flex Players (RB, WR, or TE), and 1 PK. 1 Team Defense/Special Team. Starting lineups may be submitted on the MyFFPC.com league management page. The deadline for lineup submission for each player via website or email is the scheduled start time of the game in which the player participates. Lineup changes that are submitted by email to support@myffpc.com must be sent and have a time stamp before the start time of the game in question. Lineup changes that are made by phone to our 1-888-898-FFPC 24-hour message center must be called in no later than 15 minutes before kickoff. The following must be provided for a valid email or phone transaction: League number & team name, login name and password, name of the player(s) to be placed in the starting lineup, and name of the player(s) to be removed from the starting lineup.

Player position eligibility and designation are determined by FFPC during the pre-season and may be changed at any time by FFPC before the start of the NFL season. FFPC participants agree to accept these designations and understand the final position designations may be different from the time their FFPC drafts were conducted.

The following is the scoring system used for every player in FFPC. Scoring will be calculated to the hundredth of a point. Negative yardage will be counted as a negative score:

Passing

• 0.05 point – 1-yard passing (multiply total passing yards by 0.05. Example: 275 passing yards = 13.75 fantasy points)
• 4 points – Passing TD
• -1 point – Interception thrown
• -1 point - Fumble Lost
• 2 points – 2-point conversion

Rushing

• 0.1 point – 1-yard rushing (multiply total rushing yards by 0.1. Example 126 rushing yards= 12.6 fantasy points)
• 6 points – Rushing TD
• -1 point - Fumble Lost
• 2 points – 2-point conversion

Receiving

• 0.1 point – 1 yard receiving (multiply total receiving yards by 0.1. Example 126 receiving yards= 12.6 fantasy points)
• 6 points – Receiving TD
• 1 point – Reception for RB, WR, QB, K
• 1.5 points – Reception for TEs
• -1 point - Fumble Lost
• 2 points – 2-point conversion

Place Kicking

• 1 point – Made PAT
• 3 points – Made FG of 1 – 30 yards plus 0.1 points for every yard thereafter.
  Example: a 45-yard FG would be worth 4.5 points

Team Defense/Special Teams

• 1 point – Every sack
• 2 points - Every blocked punt or field goal
• 2 points – Every team takeaway (interception or fumble recovery)***
• 6 points – Every TD (via interception return, fumble return, punt or kickoff return, blocked FG return, missed FG return, blocked punt return)***
• 2 points for every return after a blocked/failed extra point or failed two-point try (i.e., on an interception or fumble). [As per new NFL rules for the 2015 season]
• 5 points – Every safety
• 12 points – Every shutout **
• 8 points – Allowing between 1- 6 points **
  5 points – Allowing between 7 – 13 points **
  3 points – Allowing between 14 - 19 points **
  1 points – Allowing between 20 – 23 points **
  0 points – Allowing between 24 – 29 points **
  -2 points – Allowing 30 or more points **
  
  **Points scored by the opposing team’s defense will NOT count towards defensive points allowed. Only points scored when the defense or special teams is on the field will count towards their defensive points allowed. Extra points or two-point conversions will also NOT count towards defensive points allowed if they are a result of a score by the opposing team's defense.

Touchdowns:

FFPC implements Action scoring for all touchdowns. A TD scored in any way by an individual player is awarded to that player whether he is on offense, defense, or special teams, whether that TD came as a result of a fumble, interception, double turnover***, lateral, special teams, or any other football play. To reiterate: If a player scores a TD during a game and he is in your starting roster, you are awarded 6 points. (The exception is when a quarterback throws a passing touchdown. Those are awarded as 4 points.) Please note that this scoring is separate and unrelated from any points that Team Defense/Special Teams may also receive for this TD.

No rushing or receiving yards will be awarded for a TD scored on a fumble, interception, kickoff, or punt return.

Touchdowns scored by the offensive team due to Fake FG, Fake Punt, Blocked FG, or Blocked Punt do not count as Defensive/Special Teams scoring.

*** A double-turnover is when the Offense turns the ball over to the opposing Defense, which subsequently turns the ball over back to the Offense. In this case, neither the Offense's ball recovery nor any subsequent TD scoring on that particular play is scored as Defensive/Special Team scoring for that team. Defensive team fantasy points for touchdowns, fumble recoveries, and interceptions are ONLY scored when the defensive unit is on the field.

*** A fumble by an offensive player through the opposing end zone resulting in a touch-back is not considered a team takeaway and will not award 2 fantasy points for the Team Defense/Special Teams.

The following free agent blind bidding process is the only way free agents may be acquired in the FFPC. There are no other ways to acquire free agents like ‘worst-to-first’ and ‘first-come-first-served’ or any other waiver methods other than blind bidding as described below.

Any active NFL player which is not on a roster in the individual league is considered a free agent for that league and may be available for pick-up. Players dropped by a team are placed into the free-agent player pool and will be available for pick-up (see below for exclusions).

The free agent acquisition process is made through "blind bidding." Each team will be given $1000 blind bidding "dollars" (not real money, just bidding dollars) to be used for the entire season. IMPORTANT: once these bidding dollars are used up, you will no longer be able to pick up free agents. Bids will remain hidden from the rest of the league until after all the winning bids have been awarded. Free agent players will be awarded to the team with the highest bid for that free agent, and the winning bid amount will be deducted from that team's free agent dollars. Besides the winning bid, all other bids for that free agent are considered losing bids and are canceled. At this point, the highest remaining bid by any team for any remaining free agent will be considered. The team with this winning bid will be awarded the free agent, and all losing bids for that free agent will be canceled. This process will continue until every remaining bid has been considered.

There will be TWO “pre-season” free agency processes. The first is scheduled for Wednesday, September 4, at 10 PM ET for any Main Event league whose draft concludes before Wednesday. The second is scheduled on the following Sunday, September 8, at 10 AM ET for any Main Event league whose draft concludes before this Sunday.

There are two (2) weekly free agency blind bidding processes during the season. The first “Primary” blind bidding process will take place on Wednesday, with the second “Supplementary” process taking place on Sunday.

The deadline for bid submission for Wednesday is 10 PM ET, and Sunday is 10 AM ET.

All free-agent NFL players will be available for the Wednesday bidding process.

NFL players which are dropped during Wednesday’s bidding process will NOT be available for pickups on Sunday (of the same week) and will ONLY become available for next week’s Wednesday bidding process.

Free agent NFL players whose teams played on Thursday will NOT be available for pickups on Sunday (following Thursday’s game) and will ONLY become available for next week’s Wednesday bidding process.

NFL players owned and rostered by FFPC teams whose teams played on Thursday may be dropped on Sunday as long as they were not in the starting lineup for that FFPC team on Thursday.

The in-season blind bidding process will be available beginning Week 1 and end Sunday of Week 12 for all teams NOT advancing to the League Playoffs. Teams which ARE advancing to the League Playoffs will have the blind bidding process available to them in Weeks 13 and 14 and will end Sunday of Week 14. Only the 4 teams which make the League Playoffs in each FFPC league will be allowed to continue making bids in Week 13 and Week 14. There will be no free-agent pickups after the completion of the FFPC regular season for teams that did not make the League Playoffs. There will be no free-agent pickups for ANY team in the FFPC in Weeks 15, 16, and 17.

Bids will be allowed to be entered from Sunday at 9:00 AM EST until Wednesday at 10:00 PM EST for Wednesday’s bidding process. Bids will be allowed to be entered from Wednesday at 11:00 PM EST until Sunday at 10:00 AM EST for Sunday’s bidding process.

All bids will be processed, and the rosters will be updated with the results of all successful bids after 10:00 PM ET on Wednesday & 10:00 AM ET on Sunday, following the completion of the blind bidding process.

All team managers are strongly encouraged to place their bids as early in the week as possible.

QBs, RBs, WRs, and TEs, which are cut beginning Week 11 free agent bidding processes, will be REMOVED from the free agent pool and may not be re-acquired by any team for the remainder of the season. This is done to minimize the possibility of potential collusion.

Kickers and Team Defenses cut beginning Week 11 free agent bidding processes WILL REMAIN in the free agent pool and will be available to be re-acquired by teams as long as the free agency bidding processes remain open.

Any player within the top 48 of FFPC ADP will be locked in the free agent pool for the remainder of the season if cut by a team owner. This is done to protect the integrity of the league and contest.

FFPC Commissioners and FFPC, LLC reserve the right to remove a dropped player from the free agent pool or reinstate that player back to its original team if FFPC Commissioners and FFPC, LLC determine that doing so is in the interest of upholding the integrity of the contest, or that the dropped player would unfairly impact the outcome of the FFPC, or to correct an error. In this rare instance, all participants will be notified, and an explanation will be given.

If there is a tie between bids, the team which is awarded the player will be determined in order by:

1. Worst total points.
2. Worst won/lost record**.
3. Worst previous week's score.
4. The loser of the head-to-head match-up, if applicable.
5. Virtual coin toss.

**Won/lost record is based on the standings at the time of the blind bidding process, which may change from Wednesday's to Sunday's bidding processes based on stat changes issued by Elias and the NFL.

Bids shall be placed individually or in groups, with conditional bids following the primary bid. The top bid is the primary bid in a bidding group. The bids underneath are conditional. If you lose the primary bid, the first conditional bid directly below will be considered next. If you lose the primary and the first conditional bid, the second one will be considered, etc. The rest of your bidding groups will be processed in the same manner. A maximum of one player can be won in each bidding group. Bids within a group may have different designated drop players. It's important to remember when placing multiple free-agent bids that you cannot win two players if they both have the same drop player. You may not place different bid amounts on the same player. In this case, only the highest dollar bid will be considered.

Dollar amounts will determine the preference of bids. Example: conditional bid #3 cannot be a higher dollar amount than the primary bid or #2 bid.

Teams may submit as many bids as they like. There are no limitations as to the number of players that may be acquired by any one team during the weekly blind bidding processes, or during the year, provided teams remain within the maximum number of 20 players allowed on each roster.

When placing a bid, please use separate dollar amounts for the primary and contingency bid software to ensure differentiation between the bidding groups.

Teams will no longer be able to acquire or bid on free agents once their initial 1,000 free agent "dollars" have been spent. All bids must be in increments of dollars, with no cents. The minimum bid amount is $1.

Bids may only be accepted on each FFPC league page. No bids will be accepted by telephone, email, message boards, or any other form. If the league management pages cannot accept bids, team managers are instructed to go to www.MyFFPC.com, call the 24-hour emergency number at 1-888-898-3372, or email support@myffpc.com for further instructions.

There are three distinct parts of the FFPC Main Event season:

• Part 1 - Regular season Weeks 1-12
• Part 2 - League Playoffs Weeks 13 & 14
• Part 3 - Championship Round and Consolation Round Weeks 15-17

The 12-week regular season will run from NFL Week 1 through NFL Week 12. Throughout the regular season, each of the 12 teams in each FFPC league will play each other in a Head to Head match, resulting in a Win, Loss, or Tie. This will constitute the Win/Loss record for each team. All references to "points," "total points," or "points total" imply starting lineup points. All references to "record" refer to a team's regular season's head-to-head record.

New for 2021: The FFPC Main Event now has 12 regular season weeks. Each team will still play every team in the league one time during the regular season. Week 6 will now be an all-play week. This means that week 6 will not have individual H2H matchups; rather it will be a full league total points battle. The top six scorers will get a Win, and the bottom six scorers will get a Loss. Any team(s) which are tied for the sixth most points scored in week 6 will each be awarded a Win.

After Week 12, two teams from each league will be awarded the regular season prize, and each will earn an automatic berth to the Championship Round and a chance at a $1,000,000 Grand Prize in Weeks 15, 16, and 17.

These two teams will be:

1) the team with the best regular season record

2) the remaining team with the highest point total during the regular season.

These two teams will also participate in the Head-to-Head League Playoff, explained below.

After Week 12, four teams in each league will advance to a two-week Head-to-Head League Playoff in Weeks 13 & 14 and will play for league prizes and one berth in the Championship Round.

These four teams will be:

Seed 1) the team with the best regular season record

Seed 2) the remaining team with the highest point total during the regular season

Seed 3) the remaining team with the best regular season record

Seed 4) the remaining team with the highest point total during the regular season

These teams will be assigned as Seed 1, Seed 2, Seed 3, and Seed 4.

If there is a tie between two or more teams for best win/loss record or total regular season points after the regular season, the following tiebreakers will be used in order from 1 to 4 to determine playoff participants:

1. Total points during the regular season

2. Head-to-head win/loss record

3. Total starting QB points weeks 1 through week 12

4. Coin toss

The following head-to-head match-ups will take place in Week 12 of the League Playoff:

Seed 1 will play Seed 4, and Seed 2 will play Seed 3.

The winners of the Seed 1 vs. Seed 4 game will play the winner of the Seed 2 vs. Seed 3 games in the Week 14 League Championship Game of the League Playoffs, with the winner earning the title of League Champion*. The loser of the League Championship Game will become the 2nd place finisher in the League Playoff. The losers of the Seed 1 vs. Seed 4 game will play the loser of the Seed 2 vs. Seed 3 game in Week 14 Third Place Game of the League Playoffs. The winner of this match-up will become the 3rd-place finisher of the League Playoff, and the loser will become the 4th-place finisher. The League Champion, 2nd place finisher, and 3rd place finisher will all win League Prizes as listed in the Prize section. The League Playoff prizes will be awarded in addition to the Regular Season prizes.

If there is a tie between teams in any of the League Playoff games, the following tiebreakers will be used in order from 1 to 5 to determine winners*:

1. Total points during the regular season

2. Head-to-head in the regular season

3. Regular season win/loss record (weeks 1-12)

4. Starting QB points in League Playoff game)

5. Coin toss

Individual League Prizes are guaranteed for full leagues only and are not part of the overall guaranteed prize structure if the contest does not fill to capacity.

*In the event of a tie between teams in the Week 14 League Championship Game, both teams will earn a berth into the Championship Round.

The League Champion will earn a berth in the Championship Round and a chance at a $1,000,000 Grand Prize and other prizes (s) listed in the Prize section. If the League Champion is one of the two teams which already earned an automatic berth to the Championship Round at the end of the regular season, no other teams will go to the Championship Round from that particular league. Each league will have a minimum of two and a maximum of three teams qualifying for the Championship Round. Any team which finishes Top 10 in scoring on the Overall FFPC Leaderboard at the end of the 12-week regular season will also have an automatic berth to the Championship Round, regardless of its league playoff Seed #.

Any of the four teams in the League Playoff round which do NOT make it to the Championship Round will earn berths to the Consolation Round and will compete for a prize(s) listed in the Prize section. Each league will typically have a minimum of one and a maximum of two teams qualifying for the Consolation Round.

All aforementioned qualifying playoff teams will play in the Championship Round, which will run during NFL Weeks 15, 16, and 17. Any team which finished in the top 2% of the FFPC Main Event Overall Leaderboard after Week 12 will automatically qualify for the Championship Round regardless of how this team performs in the League Playoffs (i.e. based on 4260 teams, the top 85 teams are considered as the top 2%).

The Championship Round format is based on the sum of total points scored for each week - there are NO H2H MATCHUPS!

Each playoff team will start the Championship Round with their per-game season average from the regular season (weeks 1-12) and will be seeded according to these points in the Championship Round Leaderboard. Points scored during Weeks 13 & 14 are not counted toward this one-game average. Championship Round winners will be determined based on each team's combined total points scored during Weeks 15, 16 & 17 and added to their per-game season average from the regular season. The team with the most points will be crowned the FFPC Overall Champion. The teams with the next highest points will win prizes as listed in the Prize section.

All teams that participated in the League Playoffs but did not qualify for the Championship Round will compete in the Consolation Round, which will run during NFL Weeks 15, 16, and 17. In addition, any team which did not qualify for the League Playoffs but finished in the top 20% of the FFPC Main Event Overall Leaderboard after Week 12 will qualify for the Consolation Round (i.e. based on 4260 teams, the top 852 teams are considered as the top 20%). Each team will start the Consolation Round with their per-game season average from the regular season (weeks 1-12) and will be seeded according to these points. Consolation Round winner(s) will be determined based on each team's total points scored during Weeks 15, 16 & 17 and added to their per-game season average from the regular season. The team with the most points will be the Consolation Round winner and will win a prize(s) as listed in the Prize section. The team(s) with the next highest points will win prizes as listed in the Prize section.

Any team which did not qualify for either the Championship Round or the Consolation Round will compete in the Toilet Bowl. The Toilet Bowl will run during NFL Week 13 through Week 17. Each team will start the Toilet Bowl with a zero score. Toilet Bowl winner(s) will be determined based on each team's total points scored during Weeks 13 through Weeks 17. The team with the most points will be the Toilet Bowl winner and will win a prize(s) as listed in the Prize section.

If there is a tie between multiple teams for prizes in either the Championship Round, Consolation Round, or the Toilet Bowl after Week 17, the prize money will be combined and evenly divided between the tied teams. So as an example, if two teams tie for 1st and 2nd with the prize awards being $1,000,000 and $200,000, they will receive $600,000 each. If there are 3 teams tied for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, then the top 3 prizes will be divided equally among the 3 teams, etc. Furthermore, if there is a tie between multiple teams spanning different prize values, the cash value will always be used when awarding prizes. For example, if two teams tie for 85th place, the teams will split the cash value of the prizes for 85th and 86th place. The owners will not be able to select a prize option of league credits, they will automatically be awarded the cash prize.

Winners will be notified by email or regular mail within 10 days after the final league, and overall results are posted on the FFPC website. All award money will be paid in U.S. dollars and will be mailed out no later than January 20th, 2025, to all participants that have provided their tax reporting information. All taxes associated with the receipt of any award are the sole responsibility of the winner. FFPC, LLC will pay 100% of all FFPC awards directly to each winning principal participant unless a prize split is requested by the principal participant, as described directly below. FFPC, LLC is not responsible for or bound by any agreement between the principal participant and any co-managers or group. FFPC, LLC reserves the right to substitute any non-cash award with cash or an award of equal or greater value.

Prize splitting amongst principal participant and their co-managers is available. The principal participant will always remain the sole legal prize winner and MUST authorize payment to his co-manager in writing. The principal participant will fill out and sign the authorization form indicating the name & address of his co-manager and the amount he should receive. Both the principal participant and the co-manager will each fill out a W-9. Once these documents are received and approved by FFPC, LLC., the prize monies will be released to both parties. At year's end, both the principal participant and the co-manager will receive IRS Form-1099 for their prize awards. Limitations to prize splitting: prize splitting is limited to TWO persons only: the principal participant and the co-manager. Under no circumstance will FFPC, LLC. issue payment to anyone other than these two persons. Only total prize awards of $2,000 or greater will be eligible for prize splitting. This may be a combination of any CASH prizes won in any FFPC tournament, league, or contest. FFPC Dollars or any non-cash prizes are not applicable for prize splitting. Each share of prize split awards must be a minimum of $600. FFPC, LLC. may, at its discretion, refuse to accept any prize-splitting request and process the entire award to the principal participant. Please email info@myffpc.com with any further questions regarding the prize-splitting process.

If your gross prize winnings exceed $600.00, the Fantasy Football Players Championship must file a Form 1099 with the IRS at the end of this calendar year. At that point, we may request your social security number (this will be kept strictly private unless required to be disclosed as a matter of law) to file your prize winnings with the IRS. This Form contains the amount paid to the award principal participant and/or the co-manager in cases where the prize split has been processed. Award winners will receive a copy of the Form for tax purposes and are responsible for paying any taxes that result from your cash prize. Please consult your income tax adviser for filing advice. If you do not fill out this form and return it to us, you may not get your prize by our listed payout date of January 20th, 2025.

The FFPC Live Drafts are scheduled to be held at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, on Thursday, September 5, thru Saturday, September 7, 2024. FFPC, LLC. reserves the right to change the times, dates, city, and place of any event for any reason. Participants will be notified of any change by email within three days of the event. All event times and schedules will be posted on the FFPC website. FFPC, LLC. is not responsible for any loss or liability incurred by any participants or co-managers due to the rescheduling of any or all events.

At its sole discretion, FFPC, LLC. reserves the right to terminate Fantasy Football Players Championship at any time before its completion due to any acts of God, natural disasters, terrorism, change in applicable law, interruption in the NFL season (including strikes, lockouts, and/or use of replacement players), or failure of operations by our league management platform. If FFPC, LLC. terminates the Fantasy Football Players Championship, all entry fees would be returned to the entrants, except for the $125 live Main Event Fee, which is non-refundable.

FFPC, LLC. may also cancel FFPC in its entirety for any reason before September 5, 2024. In this unlikely event, FFPC, LLC. will refund ALL entry fees within 48 hours of cancellation. FFPC, LLC. is not responsible for any loss or liability incurred by any participant or co-managers due to the cancellation of the Fantasy Football Players Championship, whether before the NFL season or during the season, including but not limited to travel or hotel expenses, time is taken off from employment, etc.

All FFPC Live Draft principal owners are required to attend the FFPC Draft in person. (FFPC Online participants are permitted to draft online.) The FFPC drafts are to be held in Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. If a principal owner cannot attend the draft, he can name a surrogate drafter via email or in writing by September 1st. If the principal owner, their surrogate, or co-manager cannot draft, FFPC, LLC. will attempt to draft a team in place of the participant. FFPC, LLC will not be held liable for any draft decisions it will make as the surrogate draftee.

The principal owner in the Fantasy Football Players Championship is typically permitted to bring one co-manager to the FFPC draft and event day, but additional co-managers may be permitted to attend depending on available space. Each additional co-manager request will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The additional fee for each co-manager is $75. This fee offsets food, ballroom rental, and draft costs. The co-manager must also fill out and sign the form to show that they accept all rules and regulations associated with the FFPC upon submitting the Official Participant Application. Friends may form a team and split the entry fees so long as they make their arrangements concerning payouts.

There will be a 20-minute break after round 10. Please be prompt, as the draft could begin if you are not back promptly.

The FFPC Main Event season begins on Thursday, September 5, 2024, and ends on Monday, December 30, 2024, which is the first 17 weeks of the NFL regular season. If the NFL changes its season for any reason, FFPC, LLC. reserves the right to amend its FFPC league structure accordingly. Any regular season NFL games that occur before or during the FFPC drafts WILL count towards Week 1 point scoring in the FFPC regular season. If the NFL plays any games with replacement players during a formal league strike or lockout, statistics from those games shall not count for this competition.

All Main Event Leagues will have a Week 1 schedule as follows: Team 1 vs. team 2; team 3 vs. team 4; team 5 vs. team 6; team 7 vs. team 8; team 9 vs. team 10; team 11 vs. team 12.

FFPC, LLC. uses its league management services to handle scheduling, blind bidding, transactions, win-loss records, etc. FFPC, LLC. uses game statistics provided by the SportRadar data feed, which will be our basis for scoring. Elias Sports Bureau will often have minor scoring changes during the season. FFPC will automatically have the league management software make stat changes as they occur. FFPC, LLC. will act as the commissioner of the overall event and will have the final say over all decisions related to and regarding the Fantasy Football Players Championship. Entrants warrant that they are familiar with the workings of Elias Sports Bureau and SportRadar, and agree not to hold FFPC, LLC. liable for any errors caused by, or potential failures of either Elias Sports Bureau or SportRadar.

In the event of a server failure or other technical issues, the last lineup that was submitted will be the official lineup for the week. FFPC, LLC. RECOMMENDS THAT PARTICIPANTS MAKE ANY OF THEIR LINEUP CHANGES AS SOON AS LINEUP SUBMISSION IS AVAILABLE EACH WEEK. In cases of extreme emergency, line-up changes may be submitted to support@myffpc.com with the words LINEUP CHANGE in the subject line or called into the 1-888-898-FFPC emergency message center, as long as these changes are received before the weekly deadline for making such changes. The following must be provided for a valid email or phone transaction: League number & team name, login name and password, name of the player(s) to be placed in the starting lineup, and name of the player(s) to be removed from the starting lineup.

If you feel there is a scoring error, please email support@myffpc.com with the words STAT APPEAL in the subject line. Kindly detail the issue, and we will look into it. We are using Elias Sports Bureau to automatically correct any statistical errors, so an appeal is not needed for an error that would be corrected by Elias. Typically, stat changes are received by Elias and SportsRadar on the Thursday following that particular week. Once the stat changes are received, the FFPC will update the standings and results of all FFPC leagues accordingly. All scoring for the prior week will go FINAL by 6:00 PM EST on the Friday following that particular week, and at that time, all contestants waive their right to any further appeals. It will be the sole discretion of FFPC, LLC. to make any changes not noted by Elias Sports Bureau. FFPC, LLC. will use its best judgment to make a fair decision.

The draft order selection of each FFPC team will be overseen by an officer of FFPC, LLC. with an official witness. FFPC, LLC. will notify players of their draft positions by email and post them on the FFPC message board and website. We do not permit the trading of draft positions. All league assignments will be made once all entries are closed in late August or early September. The draft slot and league assignment of each FFPC team will be conducted randomly and overseen by an officer of FFPC, LLC. with an official witness. FFPC, LLC. will notify players of their league assignment by email and post them on the FFPC message board and website. FFPC, LLC. reserves the right to delay the Early Draft Slot announcement, if necessary.

The 2024 FFPC Live Online drafts are draft are scheduled for Friday, July 5, thru Saturday, September 7, 2024. Online drafts are conducted in the FFPC "live draft" room. Participants must familiarize themselves with the draft room by checking in a few days before the draft. Teams can sign in to their draft 30 minutes before the draft start time. It is strongly recommended that each team sign in at this time. The draft will be conducted in a serpentine method 1-12 in round one, 12-1 in round 2, 1-12 in round 3, etc until 20 rounds have been completed. This will result in a 20-player roster. Most drafts last approximately 2 ½ hours; however, participants should allow for 3 hours or more. The FFPC may also offer slow Main Event drafts throughout the offseason with a 2 or 6-hour timer per pick (overnight pause 2 AM – 8 AM ET). 1 Hour slow drafts may become available as the season approaches, once 2- and 6-hour slow drafts close.

Drafts will run up until the start of the NFL Season. Drafts MUST be completed before the start of the NFL Season and draft clocks may be shortened as needed and/or remaining picks may be autodrafted if needed.

IMPORTANT: The draft room software will require each team to draft a starting lineup of 1-QB, 2-RB, 2-WR, 1-TE, 2-FLEX, 1-K, and 1-D/ST. As an example, if you do not have a Kicker in the final round of the draft, the software will not allow you to draft another position, and you will be required to draft a Kicker.

Each online draft will have a live draft commissioner to watch over the draft and assist as needed. The commissioner will provide his or her contact phone number at the beginning of the draft. Even if you have high-speed internet and have never had a connection issue, we highly recommend that you write the number down near your computer. If a participant has an issue or gets disconnected for a few minutes, please call the commissioner. FFPC, LLC. will act in the fairest way possible to ensure that no one gets passed over due to computer issues. If a participant's computer is down for an extended period and they do not call into the commissioner, the commissioner will be forced to continue the draft by having a surrogate take over the draft for that team or placing its draft on a computerized auto-pick.

Draft attendance is mandatory. Please get in touch with FFPC, LLC. should you expect to be late for the draft. Participants must log into their league and sign into the online draft no later than five minutes before the draft start time. If the participant (or co-manager) does not sign in to the online draft, a surrogate drafter may select the team in question, or the team may be placed on auto-pick. If a participant signs into the online draft after the draft has started, he will be able to select his next player; however, if any previous surrogate selections have been made, they would still apply. Check your connections in advance of the draft. If you cannot gain access to the draft, you will need to arrange another method to access the draft. The FFPC is not responsible for connection issues, and will not issue a refund.

The primary participant is responsible for his draft. If the primary participant allows his co-managers to be logged in during the draft, they will both have equal ability to select players. This means that if a co-manager selects a player before the principal participant, his/her selection is the one taken.

Each player will receive one minute (60 seconds) to make a selection for live online drafts. Participants should try to make a selection as soon as they are on the clock, as FFPC, LLC. cannot be held responsible for a sudden loss of internet service. If the team manager does not make a selection within the allotted 60-second time frame and does not alert the commissioner to internet or computer problems WITHIN THIS TIMEFRAME, this team may be assigned a player according to the auto-pick computer or by the FFPC live draft Commissioner. This selection may not be changed. The draft software may then place this team's draft on an auto-pick for the remainder of the draft. Draft facilitators and FFPC Commissioners can rule on any discrepancy involving player selection. All rulings by the FFPC Commissioners are final. The FFPC may also offer slow Main Event drafts with 2 or 6-hour timers per pick. 1 Hour slow drafts may become available as the season approaches, once 2- and 6-hour slow drafts close. The same rules are in effect for slow drafts. Draft facilitators and FFPC Commissioners can rule on any discrepancy involving player selection. All rulings by the FFPC Commissioners are final.

Online: The Team Roster: Each team's roster is limited to 20 players. IT IS THE PARTICIPANT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY THAT HIS/HER TEAM ROSTER IS CORRECT BEFORE LEAVING THE DRAFT AND AFTER IT IS UPLOADED TO THE LEAGUE MANAGEMENT WEBSITE. It is the participant's responsibility to report any errors to FFPC within 24 hours of the roster being uploaded to the league management website.

The FFPC suggests that each team set their Week 1 lineup as soon as lineup submission is available. However, teams will be allowed to modify their Week 1 lineup based on normal lineup submissions.

All Main Event teams must have a starting lineup for Week 1. If a lineup is not submitted before the start of Week 1 games, Main Event Commissioner will submit a lineup based strictly on draft order. The Main Event Commissioner may submit these missing lineups retroactively, after the start or the completion of Week 1 games.

Refunds of entry fees may be requested until all 12 teams have registered for a Main Event draft date. No refunds will be granted after a draft date is filled, and draft slots have been announced. No refunds will be granted to owners who do not show up for their draft date. Refund requests will be granted at the sole discretion of Main Event Commissioners and FFPC, LLC.

FFPC Customer Deposits and Player winnings are held in a separate, segregated bank account held by ForPlayers-ByPlayers, LLC, the special purpose entity for FFPC, LLC. This Special Purpose Entity was created in compliance with various states’ fantasy sports legislation to ensure the protection of consumer funds. The segregated account is established and held in trust for the benefit and protection of authorized FFPC players. Withdrawals will be made from this segregated account, and checks issued may be named ForPlayers-ByPlayers, LLC. ForPlayers-ByPlayers, LLC funds do not belong to FFPC, LLC, nor are the funds available to creditors, except for players whose funds are held in such an account. FFPC, LLC and ForPlayers-ByPlayers, LLC are forbidden to commingle funds and will function as two separate legal entities.

Please read the FFPC Terms & Conditions, section titled “Official Length of the NFL Season” for our contingency plans should the NFL have unexpected changes to its season.