Here's a revised/updated "constitution" from the old site.

S.B.F.L. League Constitution

The S.B.F.L. Is a fantasy baseball keeper league without player salaries. It Originated in 2006, when original owners each claimed a MLB team Namesake and then chose 10 players from that team. This league is a “money' league and as such, a certain level of activity and interest will be both expected and required from Owners and the League Commissioner. The following Articles are the rules by which the league have will hence forth be governed under. They are the highest order of the League.

Article 1. Joining The League
-Henceforth, For a new manager to join the SBFL, He must be recommended by a current SBFL manager and then approved by a majority of Owners in a vote.
-In the event of a tie, the league commissioner will serve as the tie-breaker.
-Teams will be assigned to new managers on the basis of vacancy; Teams with no owners will receive new managers
-There will be no switching of teams between managers.
-If there are multiple vacant teams, a raffle will determine which manager is paired with a certain team. The commissioner will operate that raffle.
-The final step in joining the SBFL will be agreeing to the league constitution.

Article 2. Leaving The League
-At any time, owners are free to leave the SBFL, However if an Owner chooses to leave mid-season, he will forfeit his entry free.
-League Owners may also be asked to leave under the following conditions:
1) inactivity
2) At the request of other owners
-In the case of “inactivity" if it is brought to the attention of the League commissioner that an owner has not been active with respect to managing his team, he may be removed. If this course of action is taken, the despondent owner will be emailed, and given 3 calendar days to respond. The owner will then either be removed if there is no response, or placed on a probationary period for the remainder of the season. During this period, weekly check-in’s will be done by the league commissioner via the Fantasy site’s Activity log. If a week of inactivity occurs during this period, the owner will be removed immediately.
-In the case of “request by other owners" an owner may be removed with the following course of action. If five (5) or more complaints are lodged about a certain owner, the commissioner will hold a vote to determine the fate of the aforementioned owner. In this vote the majority of owners must vote to relieve the manager of his duty. In the case of a tie during a season, the owner will stay active and the vote will be held again at the end of the current season. If the vote is held during the off-season, the commissioner will serve as the tie-breaker.

Article 3. Owners
-There will, at all times, be 18 SBFL teams.
-Owners will have their email address made readily available to the league via the League Website.
-In addition, League owners will also be required to become (or already be) Members of the sfblredux.boardhost.com message board (or whatever message board the League deems to use)
-Teams will Use MLB team names. Name changes may be made with approval by the commissioner at any time. No team name may be used two or more different teams.
-Owners will be required to pay an entry fee at the beginning of each new SBFL season. This will not apply to replacement owners who take over mid-season.
-Owners will be expected to maintain an acceptable level of activity in term of roster updating, IL management, and Free Agent acquisitions.
-Owners will also be expected to vote in any and all league votes.

Article 4. The Commissioner & Vice Commissioner
-The commissioner will be responsible for the following items:
1) Collecting league entry fees and distributing it to league money winners
2) Being a tie-Breaker in League Votes is needed & called for
3) Communicating with the Vice commissioner when need be.
4) Serve as the “Go-To" for any league issues.
5) Run their own team in the SBFL
6) Decide the date, time & location of the Yearly SBFL Draft
-The commissioner may be removed if owners feel he is performing unsatisfactory. They may be removed with he following course of action:
1) Five (5) or more owners complain to the Vice Commissioner
2) The VC will then hold a league vote of the 17 other owners
3) A majority of owners must vote in favor of removal
4) If this occurs, The VC will then become league commissioner and will appoint a new VC
5) The Former Commissioner will then become an Owner in the SBFL & further removal will require the process of Owner removal located in Article 2
-The Vice Commissioner will serve in order to Operate in place of the Commissioner if he cannot do his job.
-He will also serve in order to operate a league vote if the commissioner is motioned to be removed.

Article 5. Players
-The Player pool will consist of All Major League Players and Minor League players drafted in years prior to the current season.
-No players drafted in the MLB draft are eligible to be added to SBFL rosters until the following SBFL Draft.
-International free agents who sign during the season are also ineligible, and are to be placed into the following year's SBFL draft.
-Roster will be limited to 26 players with 5 IL Spots.
-There will be 18 Roster Spots & 8 Bench Spots
-The IL spots may only be used if a Player is placed on the IL in real-life
-The starting positions will be as follows:
-1 Catcher, 1 First Baseman, 1, Second Baseman, 1 Third Baseman, 1 Shortstop, 3 Outfielders, 2 Utility Man, 5 Starting Pitchers & 3 Relief Pitchers.
-There will be position limits on the following positions:
-Starting Pitchers (Limit of 8)
-Relief Pitchers (Limit of 5)
-Positional Eligibility will be determined as follows:
-20 Games Played the Prior Season
-10 Games Played the Current Season
-There will be a Limit of 12 Games started per Team Each week, except for shorten or extended weeks, in which the limit will be adjusted accordingly
-Teams may continue to claim a minor league player’s rights if they leave a roster spot open for them during the year. The only way such rights can be claimed is through the Draft. Free agency will only be available to Players in the league site’s database.

Article 6. The Draft
-The SBFL Draft will Be a 15 Round Draft consisting of all Major League and Minor League players with the exception of players already Claimed as keepers
-No players Not in the Major or Minor Leagues is eligible to be drafted
-The SBFL will Be a regular-style Draft. Not a snaking draft.
-The SBFL Draft order will be determined by reverse finish of last year’s season
-The number one draft position will be determined by the winner of the consultation round consisting of non-playoff teams.  The top four scoring teams regardless of match-ups from round 1 will move onto round 2. Number 1 scoring team plays number 4, number 2 plays number 3.  Winners move onto the championship round where the winner will be rewarded the number one draft position.
-The SBFL Date and Time & Location will be decided upon by the League Commissioner
-Draft Picks may be traded, However only draft picks from the upcoming draft may be traded.
-If an owner is not present for the draft, or present for his draft pick, for whatever reason, He will send a list preferred players to draft to The commissioner and another Owner who will be present (if the draft is taking place over a long period of time)

Article 7. Keepers
-After every season a maximum of 10 players may be kept for the following season.
-There is no regulation on which players must be kept; Old, young, 10 Pitchers,10 Offensive players, anything is fine.
-Owners may keep less than 10, but will not receive compensatory draft picks.
-The deadline to submit keepers will be 1 week before the SBFL Draft.
-Keepers must be submitted via the League website before the deadline
-If keepers are not submitted Via the deadline, the top Point Scorers from the previous season will be retained.

Article 8. Transactions
-Transactions will concern Free Agency & Trades
1)Free Agency
-Free Agency will be available the day after the SBFL Draft until the last day of the SBFL season.
-Players drafted in the MLB during the Current Season are not eligible for Free Agency
-SBFL will observe the League Site’s Undroppable List
-Free Agency will consist only of players in the league site’s player database
-There will be Waivers
-If a player was drafted that wasn’t on the League Site’s Database his rights are retained unless that team’s Owner fills his roster with another player via Free Agency.
-If that occurs, the player (whose rights were previously retained) will then become a Free Agent
-There will be a limit of 110 Transactions per SBFL season

Ammendment (03/2024)
-Season acquisition limit has been increased to 160.

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2) Trades
-There will be a trade deadline: It will be a minimum one week after the MLB Trade Deadline.
-Trades will be subject to approval of the league commissioner.
-If approved, the trade will process 24 Hours after approval
-During the approval period, if someone objects to the trade, the trade will be reviewed by the Trade Committee which will consist of 5 pre-determined owners (Currently Todd (Cardinals), Andrew (Reds), Dan (Blue Jays), Richard (A’s) and Scott (Braves).  Any member of the committee that is involved in the trade will not be a part of the review process.  The commissioner’s vote will be the deciding vote in any tie.
 
Article 9. Scoring
-Scoring will be Head-to-Head Points based.
-Match-ups will last one week, with the exception of the All-Star week or Opening week, determined by ESPN.
-The season will be 23 weeks long (1 week being Monday-Sunday)
-Whichever team has the most points at the end of the week will be declared the winner. In the event of a tie, the Home team will be declared the winner
-Scoring Categories and their corresponding Points will be as follows:
-Hitting:
-Singles (5)
-Doubles (7)
-Triples (10)
-Home Runs (15)
-Walks (3)
-Strikeouts (-1)
-Runs Batted In (5)
-Runs Scored (5)
-Stolen Bases (10)
-Caught Stealing (-5)
-Hit By Pitch (3)
-Sacrifices (3)
-Ground Into Double Plays (-5)
-Outfield Assists (3)
-Errors (-3)
-Grand Slams (15)
-Hitting for the Cycle (20)
-Pitching
-Innings Pitched (10)
-Wins (15)
-Loses (-15)
-Quality Starts (15)
-Hits Allowed (-1)
-Walks Issued (-3)
-StrikeOuts (3)
-Earned Runs (-5)
-Home Runs Allowed (-3)
-Hit Batsmen (-5)
-Balks (-3)
-Losses (-15)
-Saves (20)
-Blown Saves (-15)
-Holds (10)
-Complete Games (30)
-Shutouts (30)
-No Hitters (100)
-Perfect Games (200)

Article 10. Playoffs
-The SBFL playoffs will start week 24 and last 3 weeks.
-Playoff Match-ups will last 1 week.
- 8 Teams will make the SBFL playoffs. Each Division WInner, and 5 wild cards, with the next Best records
-If a tie occurs, the home team will be declared the winner
-If there is a tie Between teams with the same record to get into the playoffs, head-to-head match-ups is the first tie-breaker, points scored will be the second tiebreaker
-The top seed will play the lowest seed, the second highest will play the second lowest and so on, in each round

Article 11. Divisions
-There will be 3 Divisions. Each consisting of 6 teams apiece.
-The divisions will be realigned every 2 years to maintain competitiveness.
-Realignment will occur by looking at the previous years standings and assigning 1 point to the worst team, and 20 points to the best team, etc. The point values will then be added up so each division has within only point difference between them. The 5 numbers added into each grouping will represent their respective team and then become a division.

Article 12. Money
-Each season, there will be a required entry fee of $25 to be used as Prize money for the top 3 finishers & the best record for the regular season (tie-breaker is head-to-head match-ups as the first tie-breaker and season points scored will be the second, if one or more teams tie for the best record)
-The money will be due the same day as the keeper deadline and if not paid, that team will be managed by either the Commissioner or the Vice Commissioner
-The Payout to league Winners will be as follows:
-1st Place: $225
-2nd Place: $125
-3rd Place: $50
-Best Record: $50

Amendment (2/2020)
Fee: $30
PAYOUTS:   First Place: 250        Second Place: 150      Third Place 70       Best Season Record: 70

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Article 13. Amendments 
-The SBFL League Constitution may me Amended During the Offseason.
-In order to amend the SBFL constitution the following course of action must take:
1) An owner must contact the League Commissioner with their proposed amendment, and their reasoning for it.
2) If deemed reasonable, the League commissioner will put the Amendment to a league vote.
3) In order to Amend, a Majority of Owners must vote to ratify the Amendment. In the case of a Tie, The Commissioner will serve as the tie-breaker.
4) The amendment will be enforced immediately

Article 14. Acceptance & Validity
-The validity of this league constitution depends solely on its acceptance by the league’s owners.
-In the future, any and all new owners must agree to the terms of this Constitution as their last step to joining the SBFL.

Last edited by Athletics (3/19/2024 1:50 pm)

Think the ESPN rules have us at unlimited moves and our rules are 110/season.

Which one do we go off of?

We got one team who is very quickly approaching the limit already. So they may be going off of the site rules and not the above?

Last edited by Deuce5 (5/06/2023 10:38 am)

Yeah it's one egregious team and like 5 (?) over the limit a bit. 21/22 and now

Email sent out 5/7:

"The league rules state that there is a 110 acquisition limit for the season. This has not be enforced the last couple of seasons. That has been brought to our attention so we've set this year's limit to 200. We will reassess the limit in the offseason."