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1. Overview:The NBC Sports Fantasy Football Championship Super League will consist of 12 teams/managers per league. The NBC Sports FFC Super regular season will begin with all Week 1 NFL games (including results from the Thursday, Sept. 4th game) and through all Week 13 games. Teams will play every other team in their league once in head-to-head competition, with the team with the best overall record winning a $2,500 prize and the team with the most total points during the regular season also winning $2,500. One team can win both prizes if they accomplish both achievements. Tie-breakers for the head-to-head title is total points. Each league will consist of 12 teams competing in a head-to-head format for the league championship. The competition will be conducted in three phases: (1) an 11 week phase corresponding to the first 11 weeks of the NFL season in which each Team in each League will play every other Team once in head-to-head competition; (2) a two week phase (weeks 12 and 13) that remains part of the regular season, which will be conducted in an "all play format" where the Teams will compete on a League wide basis. The top six teams in scoring for each of those weeks will earn a “win” and the six lowest scoring teams for that week will earn a “loss.” The League champions will be determined at the conclusion of week 13 according to the scoring criteria set forth in Rule 7; (3) a championship round in which the top four teams from each league will compete (week 14-16) to determine the overall Championship winner. The four playoff teams (see below for details) from each satellite league will carry their weekly scoring average from the regular season into the playoffs and add that to their totals from Weeks 14, 15 and 16 to determine the top three finishers in each league.

Playoff qualifiers after Week 13:

1. Best h2h record

2. Most total points

3. Next best h2h record

4. Next highest total points

2. Draft:Each NFFC Super League will be comprised 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 in Round 1 and team 12 through team 1 in Round 2). All NBC Sports Super Leagues will use 3RR (3rd Round Reversal) in 2008, meaning that the draft order will go back down to 12 to start Round 3 (12-1) and then continue in serpentine fashion after that. Players can be drafted at any position at any time in the draft, but each team must have at least one player for each of the designated starting positions by the end of the draft. Each team must start a weekly lineup of 10 players and the team roster must remain at 20 players; there are no injured reserve lists beyond the team total of 20.

3. No Trading:Trading is not allowed during the NBC Sports Super League season and owners are not allowed to trade draft picks.

4. Roster Requirements: Maximum of 20 players at all times.

5. Starting Lineup Requirements: Starting lineups will consist of:

  • 1 Quarterback
  • 2 Running Backs
  • 3 Wide Receivers
  • 1 Tight End
  • 1 Flex Player (RB, WR or TE)
  • 1 Kicker
  • 1 Team Defense/Specials Team

(If no Week One lineup is submitted, NBC Sports will determine your starting lineup. After Week One, if no starting lineup is submitted, your starting lineup will be that of the previous week.)

6. Scoring:Players can accumulate points in a number of ways:
PASSING:

  • .05 points for every yard passing (works out to 1 point every 20 yards).
  • 6 points for every passing touchdown
  • 2 points for every 2-Point conversion
  • minus 1 point for every interception and lost fumble

RUSHING:

  • .10 points for every yard rushing (works out to 1 point every 10 yards).
  • 6 points for every rushing TD
  • 2 points for every 2-Point conversion
  • minus 1 point for every lost fumble
  • 6 points for a recovered offensive fumble for a touchdown (RB, QB, WR, TE)

RECEIVING:

  • .10 points for every yard receiving (works out to 1 point every 10 yards).
  • 6 points for every receiving TD
  • 1 point for every reception for WRs, Tight Ends and QBs
  • 0.5 points for every reception for RBs
  • 2 points for every 2-Point conversion
  • minus 1 point for every lost fumble

KICKING:

  • 1 point for every extra point
  • 3 points for every field goal from 1-30 yards
  • 3 points for every field goal plus .10 points for every yard after 30 yards (i.e. a 47-yard field goal would be worth 4.7 points)

DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS:

  • 1 point for every sack
  • 2 points for every interception or opponents' fumble recovery
  • 6 points for every touchdown (interception return, defensive fumble return, punt or kickoff return, blocked field goal return, blocked punt return). All special teams and defensive points are awarded to the team responsible, not the individual player. Should a kicker, punter or field goal holder throw a pass off a fake attempt, however, the offensive output for that offensive play would go towards the individual player, not the specials team. Also, any lost fumble or “muff” on a specials team play does not result in negative points for that individual player.
  • 2 points for every safety
  • 12 points for a shutout by the entire team
  • 8 points for allowing 2-7 points by the entire team
  • 4 points for allowing 8-12 points by the entire team
  • 2 points for allowing 13-17 points by the entire team

7. Free Agent Acquisitions: Any player who is not on a team roster within your league is considered a free agent for that league. The free agent system will be a "blind bidding" process for each individual league (Free Agent Acquisition Bidding or FAAB). Each team will start with a $1,000 FAAB budget, and will be permitted to bid for free agents on a weekly basis through Week 13. No team will be informed of any other team's free agent bids before the winning bids are announced and only the winning bids and the runner-up bids will be announced to the leagues afterwards. The team with the highest 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 goes 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).

8. The Draft:The draft will be held simultaneously at locations in Las Vegas, New York, Chicago and Orlando. Depending on the interest in each city, a combined teleconference draft league may be formed. The draft will be held in a serpentine fashion for each round while using 3RR (3rd Round Reversal, 1-12 in Round 1, 12-1 in Round 3, 12-1 in Round 3, 1-12 in Round 4 and continuing in serpentine fashion from that point on).

A. League Management Web Address: STATS, Inc. will manage the NBC Sports FFC and provide real-time stats online. You can access your league via the Internet by going to http://nfc.nbcsports.com.

B. Lineup Submission: All lineups may be submitted on the league web site and must be entered prior to the scheduled kickoff for the game affected.

C. Scoring: The NBC Sports Super League will use a head-to-head scoring setup. Scoring will be accumulated each week from your 10 starters. Scores in the NBC Sports FFC are finalized with no changes possible after 6 p.m. EST each Thursday after the weekend games.

9. Bidding Time Frame: The bidding process will be held each week after Week 1 and continues through the end of the Super League regular season. Bids will be accepted on the league web site from Tuesday at 9 am ET until Friday at 9 p.m. ET in each of those weeks. Rosters will be updated by 10 p.m. ET Friday with the results of all successful bids.

The FAAB deadline will be moved to Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. EST to comply with the Thanksgiving Day games and to Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 4 p.m. EST to comply with the Week 13 Thursday games as well. There are no FAAB pickups in Weeks 14 through 16 during the Super League playoffs. All winning FAAB bids on Nov. 19 and 26 are final at that time, even if a scoring change is made after that which would affect tied winning bids.

10. Conditional Bids: Conditional bids can also be offered. In the event you may lose out on a player, you can place conditional bid(s) for other players during the bidding time frame. The first conditional bid will become relevant only if you lose out on the first bid. Subsequent conditional bids will become relevant only if the previous conditional bid fails. Bids do not require conditional bids. Bids may have several sequential conditional bids.

11. Number of Bid Limits: There is no limit to the number of bids each week in which bids are permitted.

12. Tied Bids:If there is a tie bid, the team that receives the player will be determined in order by:

  1. Worst league record.
  2. Lowest total points.
  3. Head-to-head matchups of teams (losing team would get the player).
  4. Worst previous week score.
  5. Coin toss.

13. Trades between managers: To minimize the possibility of collusion, there will be no trading allowed.

14. League Structure: Each league will consist of 12 teams competing in a head-to-head format for the league championship. Teams will play every other team in their league once in head-to-head competition, with the team with the best overall record winning a $5,000 prize and the team with the most total points during the regular season also winning $5,000. One team can win both prizes if they accomplish both achievements. Tie-breakers for the head-to-head title is total points. Each league will consist of 12 teams competing in a head-to-head format for the league championship. The competition will be conducted in three phases: (1) an 11 week phase corresponding to the first 11 weeks of the NFL season in which each Team in each League will play every other Team once in head-to-head competition; (2) a two week phase (weeks 12 and 13) that remains part of the regular season, which will be conducted in an "all play format" where the Teams will compete on a League wide basis. The top six teams in scoring for each of those weeks will earn a “win” and the six lowest scoring teams for that week will earn a “loss.” The League champions will be determined at the conclusion of week 13 according to the scoring criteria set forth in Rule 7; (3) a championship round in which the top four teams from each league will compete (week 14-16) to determine the overall Championship winner. The four playoff teams (see below for details) from each satellite league will carry their weekly scoring average from the regular season into the playoffs and add that to their totals from Weeks 14, 15 and 16 to determine the top three finishers in each league.

Playoff qualifiers after Week 13:

1. Best h2h record

2. Most total points

3. Next best h2h record

4. Next highest total points

15. Random League/Draft Spot Selections:The NBC Sports FFC will randomly select the leagues and the draft orders of each league once all entries have been submitted by city. If we finish with two Super Draft Leagues, we’ll put all 24 names into a bin and select in order: League 1, pick 1 is John Smith; League 1, pick 2 is John Doe, League 1, pick 3 is Jane Andrews, etc. until all 24 names have been selected. In 2008, we’ll also use the Kentucky Derby Style process to allow owners more draft preference. The KDS process allows owners to rank their order of preference for Draft Day, ranking their preferences 1 through 12 BEFORE the leagues are selected. If an owner wants the third pick if he is selected No. 1 overall in his league, he would choose that option and he would then be moved to third in that league on Draft Day. NBC Sports officials will look at every owner’s Draft Preferences after the leagues and orders are randomly selected and then announce the draft orders for each league. Once each Super League owner has officially signed up for the contest, they can find this feature in their game site under My Settings. Then click on Draft Preferences and you’ll see the Draft Order ranked 1 through 12 and the option to change those preferences next to them. If you decide not to rank your preferences, your preferred order will remain 1 through 12. Owners can change their Draft Preferences right up until the announced deadline is set.

16. Tie-breaker procedures. If after 13 regular season games, teams are tied for first place, second place, third place, etc. the following tiebreakers will be used in this order:

  1. Total points through 13 weeks
  2. Head-to-head won/lost record (if three or more teams, it's cumulative wins against those common opponents)
  3. Highest point total from Week 13
  4. Highest point total from Week 12
  5. Highest point total from Week 11
  6. Coin toss

This procedure is for determining the head-to-head champion and the league total points leader.

In the post-season, should any teams finish in a tie for prize money, the money would be split among those teams. In the unlikely event that teams are tied with the exact same point total during the playoffs for the NFFC title, the prize money for first and second place would be added together and split evenly. The same is true if teams tied for third place or fourth place or any of the other money spots, including the consolation round.

17. Prize Breakdown:

Super Leagues have individual league prizes only, not overall prizes.
Each league will receive:

First Place:

$23,000

Second Place:

$11,000

Third Place:

$6,000

Head-2-Head Regular season champion:

$2,500

Regular Season Points champion:

$2,500

Consolation Round: Total points of 8 remaining non-playoff teams from weeks 14 through 16. Top finisher will receive $1,000

18. Draft Rules:

  1. Time Limit: Each participant will have a one minute time limit from the moment the draft facilitator tells him/her that they are on the clock to make their selection. The participant will be told when there is 15 seconds left by the draft facilitator and a countdown from five seconds will go until time has expired. The draft facilitator will have final say on whether a pick was called out in time or not. If a participant does not make a selection within one minute, he/she will be passed over until the next participant makes a player selection. The passed-over player goes back on the clock for one minute after the selection is made.
  2. Seating: Every team will have two draft spots available at the table and each team will be seated in their draft order.
  3. Trading: There is no trading allowed during the Super League season and all player cuts will be evaluated by NBC Sports. Any player cut that will hurt the integrity of the league can be removed from that leagues’ free agent pool for good by the NBC Sports FFC.
  4. Electronic Equipment: Participants can use electronic equipment during the draft as long as it fits in the allotted draft spot at the table. There will be no Internet connections or electrical outlets, so participants bringing laptops will have to supply their own power. Cell phones are allowed at the draft table, but we encourage participants to use them sparingly and not in a way that interrupts the draft process.
  5. Smoking/Drinking: Smoking will not be allowed in the Draft Room. There will be a cash bar available in the Draft Room, but we ask that each participant drink responsibly.
  6. Breaks: There will be a 20-minute break after Round 10 and we will finish the draft after the break.
  7. Week One Lineups: Every participant is responsible for submitting their Week One starting lineup before the Thursday, Sept. 4th game. The Thursday night game results will count in the Super League scoring. All teams are also required to confirm their team roster and sign off on the players on the list before leaving the draft. Any errors on your roster should be presented to the NBC Sports FFC management as soon as possible.
  8. League Management: The league will be available via the Internet at http://nfc.nbcsports.com. All lineups may be submitted on the league web site and must be entered prior to the scheduled kickoff for the game affected.
  9. Thanksgiving/Saturday games: Any players you want to place in your starting lineup for early games like Thanksgiving or the Thursday or Saturday late season games, must be entered online at least five minutes before kickoff. Any player involved in those games that isn't in the starting lineup by the regular lineup deadline of Sunday morning, won't be available for those week's games.

19. No Recourse to Judicial or other Procedures:

To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this Championship are hereby excluded, and you expressly waive any and all such rights. You agree that these Official Rules are governed by the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A. without regard to principles of conflicts of law. Venue for any action shall rest exclusively in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in the Southern District of New York, New York.

20. Internet: Sponsor is not responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations, inaccuracies or transmission. Sponsor is not responsible for theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network,network; telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind. If for any reason the Internet portion of the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, disruption or termination of the Contest site for any reason or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to immediately cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process.

21. Severability: If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.

22. NBC Sports FFC Guarantee: Once a participant signs up online and submits valid payment, no money will be refunded to participants or co-managers unless the NBC Sports Fantasy Football Championship is canceled. A team spot is considered filled when the entire $5,000 entry fee is paid.

Krause Publications reserves the right to cancel any entries not comprising a full 12-team league.

At its sole discretion, Krause Publications also reserves the right to terminate The National Fantasy Football Championship in its entirety if there are an insufficient number of teams by August 25, 2008. In this unlikely event, Krause Publications will refund all entry fees within 48 hours of cancellation notice and/or provide a new application form with the newly stated prize figures. All pre-registered applicants would have the right to a full refund or agree to play for the newly announced prize structure. Krause Publications is not responsible for any loss or liability incurred by any participant or co-managers due to cancellation of The National Fantasy Football Championship, including but not limited to travel or hotel expenses, time taken off from employment, etc.

23. Prize Winnings. If your prize winnings exceed $600.00, The NBC Sports Fantasy Football Championship must file a Form 1099 with the IRS at the end of this calendar year. If necessary, we will request your social security number. The Form contains the amount paid to the principal owner (and ONLY the principal owner) and you will receive a copy of the Form for tax purposes. You are responsible for paying any taxes that result from your cash prize. Please consult your income tax advisor for filing advice.

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