JIM FINKS MEMORIAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Fantasy Football Rules 2009

            ENTRY FEE

            Fifty dollars ($50) per team. One dollar ($1) charge per trade or free-agent acquisition. Third-place receives $60. Seventy-five percent, twenty-five percent split of remaining pot between Finger Bowl finalists.

            DRAFT RULES

            1) Sealed-bid auction. Send list of NFL players with an imaginary dollar amount for each player in order of preference. Bids accepted for an unlimited amount of players, except total dollar amount must not exceed $100 pretend budget. Player is assigned to team with the highest bid. Equal high bids broken by blind-draw tiebreaker.

            2) Completing roster. A team may fill its remaining roster with free agents after the season-opening weekend. Free agents are players not on another team's roster. Lowest team in standings gets first preference.

            3) Da commish. Send $50 check and bid sheet BY SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 to Geo. M. Wilcox, c/o Finks League, 8014 Farmingdale Drive, Darien, IL 60561. Phone (630) 789-5843. E-mail: finks1994@gmail.com. Include team name, home phone, work phone and e-mail address.

            THE ROSTER

            A 12-player roster consists of TWO quarterbacks, FOUR running backs, FOUR wide receivers or tight ends, TWO place kickers.

            THE STARTERS

            Each week, opposing owner must be notified about starting lineup consisting of ONE quarterback, TWO running backs, TWO wide receivers/tight ends, ONE place kicker. If not contacted, lineup will carry over from previous week.

            THE SCHEDULE

            To be announced. Round-robin schedule using two divisions. Previous Finger Bowl champions: 1994 -- Cooperstown Strikers (Mike Wilcox), 1995 -- Stone Blue Bombers (Bill Stone), 1996 -- St. Louis Spirits (MWilcox), 1997 -- Las Vegas Posse (Matt Simo), 1998 -- Virtual Poets (Paul Klatt); 1999 -- Helena Handbaskets (Chris Traczek); 2000 -- St. Louis Spirits (MWilcox); 2001 -- Oakland Invaders (Simo); 2002 – LA Express (Simo); 2003 – As You Hike It (Geo. M. Wilcox); 2004 – Ghost of Sweetness (Steve Cline); 2005 – Barenaked Pigskins (Shawn Harvey); 2006 -- Ponz Scum (Jeff Ponczak). 2007 -- Hurricane Quags (Dick Quagliano).

 

LEAGUE SCORING KEY

            Using Monday, Tuesday boxscores . . .

            Scoring

Touchdown scored = 6 points

Touchdown pass thrown = 3

Field goal = 3

Point after touchdown = 1

Two-point conversion: Runner = 2; Passer/receiver = 1 point each

            Passing statistics                                           Receiving statistics

200 yards-249 = 3                                                  75 yards-99 = 3

250-299 = 5                                                           100-149 = 5

300-plus = 7                                                           150-plus = 7

            Rushing statistics                                           Kicking statistics

75 yards-99 = 3                                                      30 yards-39 = 1

100-149 = 5                                                            40-49 = 2

150-plus  = 7                                                           50-plus = 3