2025 Tim Thies Memorial

Fantasy Football League Rules

NEW rules for 2025 are in this color

I. League Organization

A. League Entry Fee: $25.00 per returning team

$30.00 per new team

B. Returning owner's entry fees must be paid two weeks before the draft

(August 10, 2025) in order to claim their reserved spot. After that

date, spots will be filled as the entry fee is paid, up to the maximum

of twelve (12) teams.

C. The start of the season is considered to be when it has been determined who the

twelve owners will be for the season, typically mid-July.

D. The teams will form a league sub-divided into three divisions of four

teams each.

E. Teams will be assigned to a division based on their regular season finish from

the previous year.

1. The first and fourth place teams will stay in the same division.

2. The second place team will move one division to the right on the roster sheet.

3. The third place team will move one division to the left on the roster sheet.

II. Drafting Procedure.

A. Each team's roster will contain twelve (12) players.

B. Owners have the option to keep as many players from his or her

previous year's team as they want. Those owners that use this option will

forfeit a draft pick at least 3 rounds higher than where that player was

drafted the previous season.

1. A player not drafted the previous season is considered to have been

drafted in the 10^th round the previous season and can be kept for a 7^th

round pick.

2. Players drafted in the first three rounds the previous year cannot

be kept.

C. Players being kept must be declared on or before the Sunday before the draft.

(August 17, 2025)

D. Drafting order.

1. Round 1 - determined by choice of Toilet Bowl participants from the previous

year in order of finish.

2. All other odd numbered rounds in reverse order of previous season's finish.

3. All even numbered rounds are the reverse of the preceding odd numbered round.

E. All players currently in the NFL are eligible.

F. NFL.com will be the authority to determine the fantasy position of any

player drafted (or subsequently acquired).

G. Players may be drafted in any order.

H. Each team has a maximum of two (2) minutes to make its selection in

any round.

I. The draft will be held on the Sunday two weeks before the first regular season

NFL weekend (August 24, 2025), traditionally hosted by the previous year's

champion. Directions will be provided as needed. Time will be determined by

the host.

III. League Operation.

A. Each team will play all other teams in their division twice, and all

other teams in the other divisions once, for a total of 14 regular

season games.

B. Playoffs

1. The top six teams will advance to the playoffs, determined as follows:

a. Division Winner.

b. Best overall record.

c. Head-to-head record (between all tied teams).

d. Division record - Used only for ties between teams in the

same division.

e. Most points scored (Season total).

f. Head-to-head most points scored.

g. High single game score for the season.

h. Most points scored against (season total).

i. Most possible points scored (season total).

j. Coin flip

2. Round One: Third seed plays the Sixth seed

Fourth seed plays the Fifth seed

3. Round Two: First seed plays lower seeded round one winner

Second seed plays the higher seeded round one winner

4. Finals: Winners of second round games play for the Fantasy Bowl

title.

5. During the playoffs, the team's non-starters will be put in tie-

breaker order and submitted along with their starting lineup.

If a tie between the starters should occur, the remaining

players will be compared one at a time, in order, until the tie

is broken.

6. Payoffs:

a. Fantasy Bowl winner receives 36%

b. Fantasy Bowl runner-up receives 24%

c. 3rd place receives 15%

d. 4th place receives 11%

c. 5th place receives 8%

d. 6th place receives 6%

Percentages are of the total prize fund 100%

IV. Game Procedure

A. Each team must select a starting lineup and tiebreaker player each

week. The lineup is to be sent to the commissioner and all league

owners by game time of the first NFL game of the week (Usually

Thursday, sometimes Saturday or Sunday) or the lineup will be the

same as it was the previous week. If you do not have e-mail access

or do not have access to everyone's e-mail addresses, you may call

the lineup hotline (published to all owners before the start of the

season) before game time to submit your lineup. It will be the

hotline manager's responsibility to inform the rest of the owners.

1. The starting unit or lineup will consist of six (6) players plus

a tiebreaker player as follows:

a. 1 Quarterback

1 Kicker

1 Running Back

2 Receivers

1 Running Back or Receiver

1 Tiebreaker (any position)

2. Lineups may be revised at any time, as long as the NFL team of the

players involved in the change (swapped either in or out) have not

played their game.

B. Scoring.

1. Any player who scores a touchdown (incl. returns) gets 6 points.

2. Any player who throws for a touchdown gets 3 points.

3. Any player kicking a field goal scores three points.

4. A point after touchdown (PAT) scores one point for the kicker.

5. A run for a PAT scores two points for the runner.

6. A pass for a PAT scores one point for the passer and two points

for the receiver.

C. The opposing teams' starting players' scores are totaled. The

team with the higher total score is the game winner.

D. If a tie between the starters should occur, the tiebreaker players

will be compared to break the tie. If the tie is not broken, the

game remains a tie.

V. Rosters and replacing players.

A. Between the start of the season and the trade deadline, an owner may trade a

player(s) to another for player(s), cash, or anything else agreed upon within the

limits of the current season (e.g. no future draft picks). Before the draft,

this can include current year draft picks and the keeper rights of players on

your roster.

1. Trades will not be allowed after 1:00 on Sunday of the eleventh week

of the NFL schedule. (November 16, 2025)

2. Temporary trades to get around the bye weeks will not be

allowed.

B. Between the draft and the Fantasy Bowl, players may be selected from the

player pool as follows:

1. All "pool" transactions must be submitted to the league commissioner and

must include the player(s) being requested and the player(s) being dropped.

2. The players involved in a transaction (either picked up or dropped) can't

have played their game for the current week.

3. From 1:00 on Sunday until Tuesday midnight is the waiver period. Waiver

period requests must also include the amount, in whole dollars, that you

are bidding for that player, minimum $2.

4. At the end of the waiver period, all requests made during that time will

be reviewed. If there are multiple requests for the same player, the

owner submitting the highest bid will get that player. If there are

multiple equal bids for a player, the owners involved will be notified.

They must submit a second bid by noon on Thursday, which must be equal

to or higher than the original bid. If the second bids are equal, the

owner lower in the current standings will get the player.

5. From Tuesday midnight until 1:00 on Sunday, free agents may be picked up

on a first-come, first-serve basis for $2.

6. The losing team scoring the most points each week gets a $2 credit towards

a free agent transaction.

C. The commissioner will confirm the availability of the player(s) being

selected.

D. A player replaced is returned to the player pool and may be subsequently

selected by another owner, starting with the next waiver period.

E. A team may select any position regardless of the position of the

released player.

F. Starting with transactions effective for week 11, only one waiver period

transaction per team per week will be allowed.

Post waiver period is first-come, first-served as normal.

G. All transactions must be approved by the commissioner(s) before they

become official. Appeals of the commissioner's decision may be made

to the uninvolved owners.

H. Approved transaction requests will be applied to the teams’ rosters as of

the time of the request, not the time of approval.

I. Rosters must be cut to no more than 12 players at the start of a week. Teams may

carry fewer than 12 players.

Lineup Hotline: Todd Webster - 317-654-8909