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Holiday Postings

svennomadsson — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:15:16 +0000

Well I’ve been given the luck of the draw because not only has Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and New Years eve all fallen on Thursdays this year, but my manager has been extremely inconsiderate in his scheduling of who works what holiday. This means that I am working all three holidays, including Christmas day.

Most places, when there are shifts to be worked offer the chance to choose which day you work and which you have off. Apparently we aren’t given such consideration and since my schedule is so regular I am automatically allocated these fantastic holidays.

I know what you’re thinking – but you’ll get holiday pay – which is true. Problem is, it’s not very much. When you’re only earning $10.75 an hour (and only because I work nights) 1.5x pay doesn’t add up to that much of a difference. Plus it’s still taxed.

It’s just really annoying that there wasn’t any system set up to see to it that such a situation like my own doesn’t occur. Yes it is shift work, and poorly paid, but that doesn’t mean people don’t deserve these holidays off. They’re national holidays for a reason; that reason being so everyone can celebrate them. What exacerbates this problem further is that there is only one other person, asides from the two people who do night shift, who’s actually trained to do it. Not that any training is truly required, but the fact is that we have no one to cover for us . So how are we supposed to get a holiday then anyways.

That’s my holiday plans… work.

Santa Claus Already Drops In on Radio Entertainers With New Contracts for '35 - 12-21-1934

Vicki — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:38:50 +0000

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December 21, 1934 – St. Petersburg Times

Santa Claus Already Drops In on Radio Entertainers With New Contracts for ‘35

By C. E. Butterfield NEW YORK, Dec. 20—Santa Claus has dropped in already on many of the top-notchers of radio.

But it isn’t the old gentleman’s dropping in alone that has ushered in a burst of early Christmas cheer—it’s the breath-taking contracts he’s dropped into many a prematurely hung rock or stocking.

To Eddie Cantor has gone the bulkiest gift of the lot to date. When the heavy-browed comedian returns to the air in February, he will top them all with a contract calling for $10,000 a Sunday—divided $7,000 for himself and $3,000 for needed program makeup.

This figure isn’t so far above the amount due Kate Smith beginning with her new series, Christmas eve. Altogether she will be making $7,150 per week, $5,000 for a Monday night show, $1,500 for a local station appearance and $650 for her Wednesday matinee.

The Revelers quartet will rate $1,500 per microphone singing. Edwin C. Hill can figure up approximately $2,500 for four programs a week as commentator. The highest paid orchestra on the networks is declared to be the Fred Waring group at $6,000 for one program, or $10,000 for two a week.

It was in this $6,000 a week class that Santa already has placed Will Rogers, Ed Wynn, Jack Benny, John Charles Thomas, and Morton Downey, although out of his $6,000 for two programs Downey must pay the orchestra and narrator.

The list doesn’t stop there. Santa hasn’t done so badly by some others as the following list shows:

$5,000—Phil Baker and his accodion; Rosa Ponselle, operatic soprano.

$4,500—Grace Moore, soon to start a new series.

$4,000—Bing Crosby and Lawrence Tibbett.

$3,500—Guy Lombardo’s orchestra and Fred Allen.

$3,000—Roxy (S. L. Rothafel). Burns and Allen and Joe Penner.

$2,800—Rudy Vallee.

$2,500—Helen Hayes beginning a new series soon and Nino Martini.

$2,000—Stoopnagle and Budd and Alexander Woollcott.

$1,200—Gertrude Niesen.

Higher salaries in SG in 2010.

sponsorajob — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:55:07 +0000

Bigger S’pore pay packets in 2010.

Good news for those who are currently in the workforce, yes. But what about those who are still struggling to find jobs?

While companies polled in the Mercer survey were reportedly optimistic about salary increases and putting an end to salary freezes, only four in 10 said they were looking to expand headcounts again. 18 months after a major global financial crisis, and despite news of economic recoveries the world over, the fact remains that there are companies that are still retrenching staff, if you talked to enough industry players. Recovery does not mean stabilization, and we can expect to see companie failures in the midst of a somewhat cautious global economic recovery– and more people may be unemployed in 2010. [FT: US jobless claims show unexpected rise]

What most people do not understand is that it takes a while for the various economic stimulus by governments to work their magic, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see joblessness rates to rise in the interim before the economy stabilizes. Job creation is highest during periods of economic stability, not recovery.

Here’s a thought though: is this the right time to be thinking about salary increases? Or could employers have directed budgets designed for better pay packages for existing staff be better invested in job creation, or improving their existing productive capabilities, or the training of staff to ensure they are better able to value-add to their organisations?

Next, who benefits most from salary increases: the top 10% earners in the organisation, or the remaining 90%? A 3.2 per cent increment to someone earning $200,000 a year is markedly more than an employee earning $40,000 a year (i.e. $6,400 vs $1,280) and unless salary increases are structured such that the bottom earners see a larger salary increment compared to the top tier earners, it is still the top earners who benefits most.

During the crisis, many companies adopted a flat-rate salary reduction across all levels, and the reverse was true: the bottom earners felt the pinch, while for the top earners, the salary freezes didn’t make much of a difference to them based on relative purchasing power parities. Now that companies are planning to “reward” staff for their sacrifices during the crisis, it is still the top earners who stand to gain more in terms of nominal salary increases.

If prudence is the way to go as we come out of this financial crisis, I would think it is more meaningful for companies to put their budgets to better use by reinvesting in themselves and improve on their operational and productive capabilities, strengthen reserves, and perhaps create new jobs, rather than think about increasing salaries too soon.

Bigger S’pore pay packets in 2010

The Headhunter — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:24:43 +0000

EMPLOYEES here can expect higher salary increases next year, according to a survey.

Global consultant Mercer’s Total Remuneration Survey forecasts average salary increase (including in companies that have freezed salaries) would be 3.2 per cent next year, up from 1.9 per cent this year. This is, however, still lower than last year’s actuals.

Companies throughout Singapore have struggled to contain HR-related costs over the past 18 months, resulting in workforce reductions and salary freezes across the board.

However, as the economy starts to show signs of recovery, this looks set to change, said Mercer.

“Significantly fewer organisations plan to freeze salaries in 2010, compared with this time last year,” said Mr Puneet Swani, Asean business leader for Mercer’s information product solutions.

“While this year’s challenging economic conditions drove 35 per cent of employers to freeze salaries, just 15 per cent are planning to do so next year.”

Mr Swani further stressed that organisations would have to make some tough decisions over the coming months.

While employee expectations have increased for the coming year, salary-increase budgets might not have increased by the same degree. Companies will need to use their limited budgets in differentiated ways to retain top performers.

The pharmaceutical industry reported the highest level of increase at 4.1 per cent, followed by consumer goods and aerospace at 3.4 per cent and 2.8 per cent, respectively. Conversely, the real-estate, electronics-manufacturing and banking industries had the lowest increases at 1.5 per cent or less, the survey found.

As for hiring, four out of 10 participants in the October survey said they are looking to add headcount over the next 12 months.

Less than 5 per cent plan to reduce headcount, while the remainder plan to maintain the same headcount as last year’s.

The industries with the highest voluntary turnover rate include high-tech (14.8 per cent), followed by broadcasting (13.8 per cent) and banking (13.5 per cent). The electronics-manufacturing industry experienced the most retrenchment (6.2 per cent).

The survey assessed salary trends of more than 600 organisations across 11 industries in Singapore.

An additional snap poll by Mercer asked participants about the changes their companies have made to their benefit programmes this year, and whether these achieved the desired outcomes.

Some 30 per cent of respondents said their companies had made changes to their benefit plans this year. Of these, 70 per cent reported that the changes had achieved at least some of their desired outcomes, while 3 per cent said it was still too soon to tell.

[Source: mypaper, 18 Dec)

Top earners at NHS Scotland took home £230 million last year

oliverfarrimond — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:35:19 +0000

By Oliver Farrimond

THE number of NHS staff earning wages totalling £100,000 or more is costing the Scottish taxpayer a staggering £230 million a year.

Almost 2,000 Scottish health workers collected six-figure pay packets.

The vast majority work as clinicians but an investigation using FOI legislation reveals the total includes salaries paid to authority administrators.

Now Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of getting her priorities wrong and challenged to curb big bucks pay deals.

Scottish Labour Party health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said: “These figures should give us pause for thought.

“As the Director of Public Health at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has pointed out, we need action to tackle the unacceptable gap in health outcomes between rich and poor in Scotland.

“This week we learned that more money is being spent on a bonus scheme for high earning hospital consultants than tackling hospital superbugs like C. Difficile and MRSA.

“The Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is getting her priorities badly wrong.

“She needs to have a hard think about what is really important and start putting patients first.”

The figures, released under Freedom of Information, showed that most of the staff collecting £100,000-plus salaries have medical roles.

But more than 40 “Executive Board Members” on Scotland’s health authorities also took home more than £4 million between them.

Lion’s share

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde account for the lion’s share of the top-end pay packets.

Some 830 of the 44,000 staff working for Scotland’s largest health authority took home more than £100 million between them.

All but five work in a clinical capacity.

Shetland, one of the UK’s smallest health authorities, had just one member of staff collecting a £100,000 cheque for last year’s work.

NHS Lothian paid almost £55 million to staff last year.

While highly-paid workers at NHS Borders, Fife and Ayrshire and Arran each took home a total of roughly £15 million per authority.

Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the Government was already leading from the front to have others look at their wage structures, but she insisted NHS Scotland had the budget to cope.

She said: “The reality is that the NHS budget is rising next year in real terms to a record £11.347 billion – even as Scotland’s overall budget is falling in real terms because of Westminster cuts.

‘Pay freeze’

“As a government, we have prioritised and protected health in our draft budget for 2010/11, in the toughest financial circumstances since devolution, precisely because of the top priority we attach to Scotland’s NHS.

“On public sector pay, Scottish Ministers have already set an example by taking a pay freeze, which will also apply to senior civil servants, and the Cabinet has agreed to extend that approach to higher paid people across the public sector that comes under our remit.

“Further announcements will follow in due course.”

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More than 21,000 Washington state employees to receive pay increase

writejesse — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:02:40 +0000

Seattle P-I:

More than 21,000 state employees could get pay raises of up to 5 percent in the next year, despite Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal to cut $1.7 billion from public schools, health care and other programs to solve a budget shortfall.The $83 million worth of raises represents the “step” or longevity-pay increase that almost one-third of the state’s general-government workers are entitled to earn in yearly increments, typically over their first six years in a job.

The step pay is separate from cost-of-living raises, which state lawmakers this year agreed to suspend for two years for state workers, and college and public school employees

FedEx to resume salary increases

writejesse — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:58:38 +0000

WSJ:

“FedEx Corp. reported a 30% decline in earnings for its fiscal second quarter, but nevertheless said it would resume salary increases and some retirement-plan contributions for employees, citing ‘modestly improving economic conditions and business performance.’”

First World country,First World work terms

The Headhunter — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:52:16 +0000

Reader’s reponse in today’s mypaper (14 Dec 2009)

I REFER to the letter, “Jobseekers must leave comfort zone” (my paper, Dec 11).

The writer mentioned that,as Singapore has moved from Third World to First, the mindsets of Singaporean workers
should move in tandem.

Hence, Singaporeans should not take working regular hours or high pay for granted, so that they can remain competitive relative to foreign workers.

This line of argument is mistaken.

Developed countries move towards greater work-life balance and higher standards of living.

An example would be France, which has moved towards a 35-hour work week and better benefits for mothers, with four months’ maternity leave.

To align our expectations of pay and work-life balance with those of foreign workers from Third World countries is for our society to move backwards.

Another example would be Australia, where labour policies dictate that employers must show evidence that no citizen is able to fill a vacancy before a foreigner can be hired.

In addition, certain jobs which are considered by Singapore employers to be menial, thus leading them to hire “monkeys for peanuts” (such as pump attendants, construction workers, plumbers, carpenters, postmen, cleaners and sanitation workers), are considered respectable in Australia.

This is because over there, the contribution of such workers is not measured solely in monetary terms.

Menial workers in Singapore are not well-paid as many are not academically well-qualified. Ignoring such workers’ intangible contributions and rewarding them based solely on academic qualifications is unfair.

After all, if there should come a day when office workers are all stuck at home without their access to computers for a week because of some crisis, there may well be little disruption to our daily lives.

Compare this with what could unclog sinks and toilets for a whole week.

Also, if we insist that Singaporeans should be able to compete with foreign workers by expecting less pay, longer hours and poorer work conditions, there will definitely be citizens who cannot compete, such as mothers who cannot work long hours because of family commitments, and older workers.

If a business in a First World country is not earning enough to provide decent incomes and First World working conditions for its employees, then it is not a sustainable business by First World standards.

MS ELLEN TAN

The Exploding Salaries of Federal Workers

Ariel Goldring — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:58:35 +0000

From Slate:

The percentage of federal workers who make more than $100,000 increased from 14 percent to 19 percent during the first 18 months of the recession, reports USA Today. At a time when millions of people have lost their jobs, many federal workers are living large. And the ones who were already earning more than the average have been doing particularly well. In December 2007, there were 1,868 civilian employees at the Defense Department who earned more than $150,000. Now there are more than 10,100. In the Transportation Department there was one person who earned more than $170,000; now there are 1,690.

6-Figure Salaries For Federal Employees Increases During Recession

stodda43 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:10:49 +0000

Wonder what you would find if you frisked our federal employees?

Answer: A few greenbacks in their pockets.

Trust me, I’m all for capitalism and achieving the ‘American dream’ but when it comes down to our citizens’ tax dollars… This might be a little bit over the top:

Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession’s first 18 months — and that’s before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.

Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time — in pay and hiring — during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector.

The highest-paid federal employees are doing best of all on salary increases. Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in June 2009, the most recent figure available.

Here’s the interesting tidbits about this whole issue:

When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.

The growth in six-figure salaries has pushed the average federal worker’s pay to $71,206, compared with $40,331 in the private sector.

Let me get this straight… So while everyday Americans around the country are forced to tighten their belts, our government is doing the exact opposite in a recession? I must say, the logic within our government is pretty interesting especially when they are the ones dictating pay within the private sector. All I can say is: Please explain.

Feds Cost More Than The Private Sector

John — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:01:20 +0000

Can anyone say National Debt or Recession? Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession’s first 18 months — and that’s before overtime pay and bonuses are counted. At the same time, we hear our President and pay czars admonish private sector employees for making too much money. They do nothing to spark small business growth, and want to raise our taxes sky high. There is a USA TODAY article in which it is revealed that federal workers earn an average salary of $71,206 vs. $40,331 for private sector employees. While those numbers are striking, there is more shocking news. According to the CATO Institute, when benefits are included, federal workers earn far more than those in the private sector and the disparity is growing.

Federal employee wages surge versus private sector.

For feds, more get 6-figure salaries - USATODAY.com

MB Snow — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:35:22 +0000

For feds, more get 6-figure salaries

Average pay $30,000 over private sector

By Dennis Cauchon

USA TODAY

The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.

Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession’s first 18 months — and that’s before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.

Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time — in pay and hiring — during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector.

The highest-paid federal employees are doing best of all on salary increases. Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in June 2009, the most recent figure available.

When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.

The trend to six-figure salaries is occurring throughout the federal government, in agencies big and small, high-tech and low-tech. The primary cause: substantial pay raises and new salary rules.

via USATODAY.com.

Haverty Furniture Companies Partially Reverses Executive Pay Cuts

Dr. Duru — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:51:44 +0000

The rollback of recession-driven, executive pay cuts continues. In a December 3 SEC filing, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. announced that 2010 will bring a rollback of most of the 20% voluntary pay cut instituted in May, 2009 for the CFO and CEO. The new salaries will only be “…3% below the 2008 levels and are commensurate with the base salaries received for fiscal year 2007.” The CEO’s salary will go from $372K to $450K. The CFO’s salary will increase from $272K to $330K.

Happy Holidays!

Is AACo's CEO Worth Less Than MLA's CEO?

ruralaustralia — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:34:39 +0000

AACo. has just announced that it’s new CEO will receive $600,000 base salary with incentives that can take it to $1,000,000. See Media Report Here
I think MLA’s CEO, David Palmer receives around $750,000 (+ expenses, of course).
How do you compare the worth and/or effectiveness of these employees? Is one worth more than the other?
Who is AACo’s CEO answerable to and how and
who is MLA’s CEO answerable to and how?
As a group listed with the ASX, AACo. must follow strict rules and guidelines on reporting to its shareholders who have invested in the company.
MLA is also a sorporate entity that must follow the rules of ASIC. (That is why only around 2.6% of Aust levy-paying producers voted in the recent MLA AGM but it is still funded by the Fed Govt See Figures here). MLA is a tax-payer funded organisation with those taxes coming from a per head fee on livestock sold (taxes) and Federal Govt funding (from taxpayers). So, the rules followed by MLA are different from those followed by AACo.
AACo. has published the salary of its new CEO. How easy is it to access the salary of MLA’s CEO?
AACO. shareholders will see the salary of their CEO paid from company revenue and his incentives paid from measurable commercial company performance. How is the performance of the MLA’s CEO measured? Is there a component that is also based upon the performance of the MLA. Is it related back to the commercial benefit to its livestock growers?
If so, how is this performance measured?
Presumably MLA is using a different set of figures its media releases that show it has only produced $0.91c per beast over 30 years of spending. See Rural Australia Analysis Here

What do you think?
Please leave your comment below.

League Rules 2/3/2009

otauction — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:44:46 +0000

OT NFL Auction League Rules

Modified on July 9th, 2009

Article I: Object

To assemble a lineup of 18 NFL players whose cumulative statistics during the regular season, compiled and measured by the methods describe in these rules, exceed those of all other teams in the league.

Article II: Teams

There are 12 teams in a duly constituted OT Auction League composed of eligible pro football players.

Note: If you choose to play with fewer teams, be sure to make necessary adjustments so that you acquire approximately 80% of all available players at your auction draft. You could have a six team league using NFL players. Unless you reduce the available player pool proportionately to reflect a reduced number of teams, you’ll never learn the appreciation of a good bench.

Article III: Roster

A team’s active roster consists of the following players:

At all times a team must consist of an 18 man roster. The commissioner will void any combination of trades or player movements that will force a team above or under the 18 man roster(Unless it occurs in the offseason.)

Two QBs, three RBs, four WRs, one TE, one Kicker, one defense, and six bench positions.

Article IV: Auction Draft Day

Auction will occur as close as possible to the first week before opening day. Each team must acquire 28 players at a total cost not to exceed 50 million dollars, with bid increments of 100k. A team need not spend the maximum. The league by general agreement determines the order in which teams may nominate players for acquisition. (The team to finish last will throw out the first nominee, and we will work clockwise around the room from that point on.) The team bidding firsts opens with a minimum salary bid of 100k for any eligible player, and the bidding proceeds around the room at minimum increments of 100k until only one bidder is left. That teams acquire the player for that amount and announce the roster position the player will fill. The process is repeated, with successive team owners introducing players to be bid on, until every team has a squad of 18 players, by requisite position.

Don’t get hung up on the bidding order; it’s irrelevant. Do allow plenty of time; your first draft will take a long time.

Players eligible at more than one position may be shifted during the course of the draft.

No team may make a bid for a player it cannot afford. For example a team with 300k left and two openings on its roster is limited to a maximum bid of 200k for one player.

No team may make a bid for a player who qualifies at a position that the team has already filled. For example a team has six bench positions filled and needs a QB, and already has four WRs. They can not bid on a WR.

Players who are NFL eligible, injury, retirement, suspension, etc . . . does not disqualify them as an eligible player. The player only needs to meet the requirement of a NFL eligible player.

Note: Try to make the auction as close as possible to opening day, to avoid injuries and unforeseen cuts by NFL teams.

Article V: Position Eligible

A player is deemed eligible for a position if they are listed on NFL.COM or ESPN.COM as eligible for that position.

Article VI: Fees

The Rotisserie league has a schedule of fees covering all player personnel moves. No money passes directly from team to team. All fees are payable into the prize pool and are subsequently distributed to the top four teams in the final standings. Off season transaction fees will be rolled into the following season.

1. BASIC: The cumulative total of salaries paid for acquisition is 50 dollars.

2. TRANSACTIONS: 1 dollar per trade (1 dollar per player moved.) For example Team A trades three players to Team B for two players. Both teams owe five dollars for each player moved. In a trade, the team that pays the fee is subject to negotiations.

3. CALL-UP FROM FREE AGENT POOL: 1 dollar for acquisition plus 10 cents for each 100k bid on a player. A player picked up for 2.5 million dollars will cost that owner $3.50.

4. DROPPING PLAYERS: 1 dollar for each player dropped.

5. SALARY CAP OVERAGES: One dollar per million over the 55 million dollar cap. All team salaries will be rounded up to the nearest million. These penalties will be assessed every week, and will be assessed the first week a team exceeds the salary cap.

Article VII: Player Salaries

The salary of a player is determined by the time and means of his acquisition and does not change unless the player becomes a free agent or is signed to a guaranteed long-term contract.

NOTE: Because you can commit only 50 million for salaries on Auction Draft Day, and because you will keep some of your players from one season to the next, salaries are extremely important, particularly after the first season ends and winter trading begins. Maintaining accurate, centralized player-personnel records of salary and contract status is the most important task of the League Secretary.

NOTE: The 50 million salary limit pertains to Auction Draft Day only. After the auction draft day, free agent signing and acquisition of high prices players in trade may well drive up a team’s payroll.

Article VIII: Prize Money

All fees shall be promptly collected by the league Treasurer, who is empowered to subject owners to public humiliation and assess fines as need to ensure that payments are made to the League in a timely fashion. The interest income from this investment can be used to defray the cost of gay trophy purchases, or stripper galas by a certain Houstonian.

The principle shall be divided among the first five teams in the final stands as follows:

1st place – 45%

2nd place – 25%

3rd place – 15%

4th place – 10%

5th place – 5%

Article IX: Standings

The following criteria are used to determine team performance:

0.7 pts for 25 yards passing

1 pt for 10 yards rushing

1.1 pts for 10 yards receiving

4 pts for passing TD

5 pts for rushing TD

6 pts for receiving TD

2 pts for two point conversions

-2 for fumble (lost offensive)

-2 for interception (lost offensive)

Kicker:

1pt for PAT

3 pts for 0-39yrd FG

4 pts for 40-49yrd FG

5 pts for 50+ yrd FG

-1 for missing FG under 40 yards

-1 for missing PAT

Defense/Special Teams:

Sack= 1pt

Fumble recovery= 2pts

Interception = 2 pts

Block punt/FG/PAT = 2 pts

Safety = 2 pts

Score=6pts

Shutout= 12 pts.

Under 7= 9 pts

7-13pts = 6 pts

14-20pts= 3 pts

21-28pts=0 pts

29-35pts= – 3 pts

36+ = -6 pts

Special Teams TD: 6 pts

Article X: Stats

The scoring site of choice will determine the weekly player-performance that season. All disputes should be handled via the commissioner who will contact the site for any scoring problems.

Ties will be resolved via who has the worst record, if the teams have the same record it will go to a total points scored system.

Performance stats of players are only recorded for active players. The burden of activation is put on the owner and they will be chided and laughed at the following auction if they bench a stud player.

Article XI: Trades

From the completion of the auction draft until two weeks before the playoffs, Auction League teams are free to make trades of any kind without limit, except as stipulated below, so long as the active rosters of both teams involved in a trade reflect the required position distribution upon completion of the transaction. No trades are permitted after the trade deadline though the end of the season. Trades made from the day after the season ends until the rosters are frozen a week before the auction draft are not bound by the position distribution requirement.

NOTE: This means that if Team A wants to swap Drew Bledsoe to Team B for Fred Taylor anytime between Auction Draft Day and the trade deadline, both teams will need to make sure they have the minimum requirement of starting QBs and RBs. This is to prevent player dumping in some form.

Trades do not affect the salaries or contract status of players.

Each trade is subject to a 1 dollar transaction fee. The fee is applied to the number of players involved in the trade.

Cash may not be exchanged for trades; this is an honor rule, but is prohibited by the league. Transaction fees involved in the trade may be negotiated by both teams and must be made clear to the commissioner and treasurer.

Trades may not have stipulations of players to be named later, future considerations, or trading players back as a loaner. This again is an honor rule, but if we do find out about this type of activity the two teams will be fined a minimum of 50 dollars and be stripped of any winnings they may have received from the previous season. All trades are final after they are announced by one owner and then confirmed by the other owner.

ANTI DUMPING: Player dumping will NOT be allowed for players designated asterisked players. An asterisked player is any player that earns over 5 million dollars, or if they are in the top 10 scoring for their position. At the start of the season we will be using last year’s stats for the first 2 weeks. These players can NOT be dropped to free agency under ANY circumstance outside of contract completion. They can be benched, or traded, but never dropped. NOTE: This rule may evolve in the future as needed. Only the top 5 kickers count as asterisk players. Free agent players only count as an asterisk player if they are in the top 10 at their position(top 5 for kickers)

INJURY RESERVE CLAUSE: Any player that receives a season ending injury may be put on reserve, this includes asterisk players. Teams are limited to one IR spot at a time. Half of their salary will still count against the team’s cap number(rounded up to the closest 100k), and league penalties will be calculated for extended players. Any available roster positions must be filled through free agency and/or trades. The reserved player will not be eligible for the rest of the season.

ROOKIE PICK TRADE CLAUSE: Owners may only trade the following year’s pick. Future picks after the next rookie draft are not eligible for trading.

Players may not be traded back to their original team within the four weeks of their original trade. This again is to prevent “player loaning.”

UNBALANCED TRADE CLAUSE: Teams may have only one unbalanced trade at a time with any other team. Whenever an asterisk player is moved, and an even amount of asterisk players are not returned it is deemed an unbalanced trade. Over a season teams may be one asterisk player unbalanced with any other team, and can be rebalanced via a trade as the season progresses.

A team may have one unbalanced trades with multiple teams, but not multiple unbalanced trades with one team.

Article XI: Signing Free Agents

Active Pro Eligible players not on any Auction League team’s roster at the conclusion of the auction draft become free agents. Players that do not meet the NFL’s requirements do not qualify for the league. Any player that becomes eligible in the middle of the season due to NFL rule changes will not be eligible too, they will become eligible the following season. For example changing the age requirement of players, etc . . .

The time period for Free Agent pickups is from the end of the auction until the start of week 13. After week 11 games have been played all rosters are frozen and can not be modified for any reason. The trading period will be frozen at this time too.

Each team shall, for the purpose of acquiring free agents during the course of the season, be given a supplementary budget of 20 million dollars.

The minimum bid shall be 500k; the maximum shall be the amount remaining in a team’s available supplementary budget.

The salary of the free agent signed in this manner is his acquisition price. His contract status is a one year contract only. He may not have his contract extended after that year and will become available for the auction the following year.

In addition to the player’s acquisition price, a team signing a free agent must pay the $1 fee plus 10 cents for every 100k bid.

Free agent blind bids must be submitted before 7 PM EST on every Weds. (this may change depending on the league manager.) How bids are submitted will be determined each year. A minimum of 500k must be bid, and players must be dropped if the free agent pick up puts you over the 18 player roster limit. In the event of ties, teams with the worst record will be rewarded the player. If the teams have the same record, most total points scored will determine the tie break, followed by least total points allowed if the tie continues.

Article XII: Waivers

Under certain conditions, an Auction League player may be waived.

Player dumping will NOT be allowed for players designated asterisked players. An asterisked player is any player that earns over 5 million dollars, or if they are in the top 10 scoring for their position. At the start of the season we will be using last year’s stats for the first 2 weeks. These players can NOT be dropped to free agency under ANY circumstance outside of contract completion.(note: Injury Clause) They can be benched, or traded, but never dropped.

When a player is dropped half of their salary will be deducted from the team’s payroll, this will be rounded down the closest 100k.

Article XIII: The Guaranteed Long-Term Contracts

Players drafted on auction day are drafted with a three year contract with the third year being an option year. Owners have the option to release the player the following year with no cap penalties, or keep the player for the duration of their contract. Teams that drop protected players before their contract expires will receive cap penalties.

Extended players dropped (DROPPED, not traded) before their contract expires will cost franchise a cap hit of 20% of the contracts TOTAL WORTH remaining. (i.e. 20% of the summation of all escalated years), rounded up to the nearest 100k. This will be against the 55 million luxury cap, not the 50 million teams draft with. The cap hit will remain in effect for the duration of the original salary.

Players will keep their auction salary for the duration of their contract. In the third year owners have the option of extending a player at the cost of two million per year of the extension.

Examples:

Example 1:

Team A drafts Quincy Morgan for 500k and protect him for two years without extending his contract.

Morgan’s salary.

Year 1: 500k

Year 2: 500k

Year 3: 500k

Year 4: Available for auction.

Example 2:

Team A drafts Quincy Morgan for 500k and releases him after the first year.

Morgan’s salary

Year 1: 500k

Year 2: Available for auction

Example 3:

Team A drafts Quincy Morgan for 500k and protects him for two years, and signs him to a two year extension.

Morgan’s salary

Year 1: 500k

Year 2: 500k

Year 3: 4.5 million

Year 4: 4.5 million

Year 5: 4.5 million

Year 6: Available for auction

Players can only have their contracts extended once after auction.

Article XIV: Roster Protection

Teams are allowed to protect up to four players and one rookie player each year. If a team acquires an extra rookie pick(s), they may only protect a maximum of five players with at least one of the players being a rookie. For example if a team happens to have three rookie picks, they can only protect two players from their original roster if they wish to protect all three of the rookies.

Roster protection will be submitted a week before the auction date and no later. Any team that submits their roster after that date or fails to submit a roster will have their four highest contracts automatically protected and the rest released. If the team has no contract players all of their players will be released to the auction draft, this includes rookies. The only time this rule may be bent is in the case of a new owner taking over a team.

Article XV: Governance

At this time Josh B is the league commissioner. The commissioners roll is to collect fees, assess fees, and interpret the rules in their strictest form. Issues that are not covered in the rules will be ignored and handled in the rules the following season. The only time the commissioner may step in and make a ruling is if it is in the best interest of the league(ie ruining the league for the future) and the majority of the owners agree.

Article XVI: The In-Season Salary Cap.

There is no salary cap, but there is a luxury cap. The luxury cap is set at 55 million dollars.

Salary Cap overages will be fairly severe. Any team going over that year’s salary cap will be assessed a penalty of one dollar PER million over the cap, and this penalty will be reassessed every week. Again, this allows some teams to stack their team for a run to the championship, but forces them to add significant dollars to the prize pool for the other placing franchises. This will be rounded up to the nearest MILLION, so if your cap number is 55.1 million, you will be assessed a tax for 56 million.

The salary cap overages will be fined the first week a team goes over the luxury cap, and will be applied again in two weeks. If a team manages to get below the cap, they will avoid the salary cap overages. However, if that team goes over the cap again they will be immediately be fined again the following week.

Half the salary of dropped players will be applied to the team’s current total salary.

For example . . .

Team A’s total salary is 53 million. They drop two million dollar player. Their final total salary will be 52 million dollars.

53 million – 2 million dollars(Player) + 1 million(1/2 the dropper players salary) = 52 million

Article XVII: Rookie Draft

Three weeks before the auction draft an informal rookie draft will be performed. Most likely this will take place via email and may take a couple days to complete.

When picking up a rookie a team does not have to drop a player, so they are allowed to go over the 18 player limit at this point.

Only players who were drafted in the NFL draft that year will be eligible for the rookie draft.

Draft order will be determined by team’s placement. The league winner will get last place, etc . . .

The picks seven through twelve will be determined by playoff finishes, with regular season record breaking ties, followed by most point total, followed by least allowed.

Picks four through six will be determined by regular season finishes, with regular season record breaking ties, followed by most point total, followed by least points given up.

Picks one through three will be determined by regular season finishes with ties broken as above. However, this will be a lottery. The last place team will have a 50% chance of getting the 1st pick, 11th place team 30%, and 10th place gets a 20% chance.

Picking for the lottery will occur after the league is finished, and will be held by an impartial owner or third party. Colored tees or such can be put in a bag to determine the draft order.

Rookie salaries are set based on their draft position.

Rookies can be released before the auction and a team may opt to skip their rookie pick all together. If a team skips their rookie pick, the team that follows does not move up in their pick. They will draft at their own pick.

Rookie salaries:

1st – 3.7

2nd – 3.2

3rd – 2.7

4th – 2.2

5th – 1.8

6th – 1.5

7th – 1.2

8th – 1.0

9th – 0.8

10th – 0.6

11th – 0.4

12th – 0.2

Article XVIII: Playoff Seeding

The top team of each division will make the playoff with the top two teams getting byes in the first round. Tie breakers to determine the top two teams will be determined by record, head to head record, followed by most points, and then least amount of points allowed.. The next three teams will be based off of record with head to head record, total points scored, and then least total points allowed being the tie breaker. Order of finish will be determined by record, head to head record, followed by most points scored, and then least points allowed.

The top two division winning teams will have a bye week the first week. The 3rd place team will play the 6th place team, the 4th place team will play the 5th place team. The two losing teams will finish 5th and 6th, with the regular season determining who had the higher placement.

Based on regular season numbers, reseeding will follow in the 2nd week. The 1st place team will play the 4th place team, and the 2nd place team will play the 3rd place team. The two losing teams will be given 3rd and 4th place, with the regular season determining who had the higher placement.

The winner of the final week will be given 1st place, while the loser will be given 2nd place.

Article XIX: Schedule

The regular season will be 13 weeks long. Division teams will play each other twice. Out of division play will be against every team, but one. For this reason the schedule is predetermined. Teams will draw lots to see which schedule they receive, so that the process is fair. Week 11 will be a double header with one division and out of division game.

Article XX: Restricted Free Agency

Rookie salaries will remain the same and will not change since everyone will have a fair chance to obtain any rookie in their third year, and the original owners will have the opportunity to maturate their rookie at a below market value price.

In the offseason after the rookie draft owners will have a time period to submit blind bids on any eligible rookie entering the third year of their current contract. Bids will be submitted in 100k increments with the minimum bid being 2.5 million over the rookie’s original draft salary.

The number of years of the contract will be determined by the size of the bid. The formula to calculate the years will be (((bid amount – original contract value) / 2.5 million) + 1). The number of years will be rounded down to a whole number.

The highest bid will determine the market value of the player. At this time the original owner has the option of matching the bid, refusing the bid, or extending the blind bid in increments of 2.5 million for additional years.

If the original owner matches the bid they will obtain the player at the blind bid contract. If they refuse the contract the owner who submitted the blind bid will get the rights to that player at the blind bid contract. Any restricted free agent receiving a new contract can not be released before the auction.

At the end of the new contract the player will be released to the free agent market. Any blind bid player will be treated like a player with an extended contract.

If no bid is submitted on a third year rookie the original owner will operate under option year rules with each year being 2.5 million for each year.

Bidding will be submitted in a similar fashion as free agent bidding. In the event of a tie the team with the worst record last year, followed by least amount of points scored, and then least amount of point scored against will determine the tie breaker. We may used ShaunTo or someone similar to handle those bids.

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OT NFL Auction League Rules

OT Auction League Rules

Modified on July 9th, 2009

Article I: Object

To
assemble a lineup of 18 NFL players whose cumulative statistics during
the regular season, compiled and measured by the methods describe in
these rules, exceed those of all other teams in the league.

Article II: Teams

There are 12 teams in a duly constituted OT Auction League composed of eligible pro football players.

Note:
If you choose to play with fewer teams, be sure to make necessary
adjustments so that you acquire approximately 80% of all available
players at your auction draft. You could have a six team league using
NFL players. Unless you reduce the available player pool
proportionately to reflect a reduced number of teams, you’ll never
learn the appreciation of a good bench.

Article III: Roster

A team’s active roster consists of the following players:

At
all times a team must consist of an 18 man roster. The commissioner
will void any combination of trades or player movements that will force
a team above or under the 18 man roster(Unless it occurs in the offseason.)

Two QBs, three RBs, four WRs, one TE, one Kicker, one defense, and six bench positions.

Article IV: Auction Draft Day

Auction
will occur as close as possible to the first week before opening day.
Each team must acquire 28 players at a total cost not to exceed 50
million dollars, with bid increments of 100k. A team need not spend
the maximum. The league by general agreement determines the order in
which teams may nominate players for acquisition. (The team to finish
last will throw out the first nominee, and we will work clockwise
around the room from that point on.) The team bidding firsts opens
with a minimum salary bid of 100k for any eligible player, and the
bidding proceeds around the room at minimum increments of 100k until
only one bidder is left. That teams acquire the player for that amount
and announce the roster position the player will fill. The process is
repeated, with successive team owners introducing players to be bid on,
until every team has a squad of 18 players, by requisite position.

Don’t get hung up on the bidding order; it’s irrelevant. Do allow plenty of time; your first draft will take a long time.

Players eligible at more than one position may be shifted during the course of the draft.

No
team may make a bid for a player it cannot afford. For example a team
with 300k left and two openings on its roster is limited to a maximum
bid of 200k for one player.

No
team may make a bid for a player who qualifies at a position that the
team has already filled. For example a team has six bench positions
filled and needs a QB, and already has four WRs. They can not bid on a
WR.

Players
who are NFL eligible, injury, retirement, suspension, etc . . . does
not disqualify them as an eligible player. The player only needs to
meet the requirement of a NFL eligible player.

Note: Try to make the auction as close as possible to opening day, to avoid injuries and unforeseen cuts by NFL teams.

Article V: Position Eligible

A player is deemed eligible for a position if they are listed on NFL.COM or ESPN.COM as eligible for that position.

Article VI: Fees

The
Rotisserie league has a schedule of fees covering all player personnel
moves. No money passes directly from team to team. All fees are
payable into the prize pool and are subsequently distributed to the top
four teams in the final standings. Off season transaction fees will be
rolled into the following season.

1. BASIC: The cumulative total of salaries paid for acquisition is 50 dollars.

2.
TRANSACTIONS: 1 dollar per trade (1 dollar per player moved.) For
example Team A trades three players to Team B for two players. Both
teams owe five dollars for each player moved. In a trade, the team
that pays the fee is subject to negotiations.

3.
CALL-UP FROM FREE AGENT POOL: 1 dollar for acquisition plus 10 cents
for each 100k bid on a player. A player picked up for 2.5 million
dollars will cost that owner $3.50.

4. DROPPING PLAYERS: 1 dollar for each player dropped.

5.
SALARY CAP OVERAGES: One dollar per million over the 55 million dollar
cap. All team salaries will be rounded up to the nearest million.
These penalties will be assessed every week, and will be assessed the
first week a team exceeds the salary cap.

Article VII: Player Salaries

The
salary of a player is determined by the time and means of his
acquisition and does not change unless the player becomes a free agent
or is signed to a guaranteed long-term contract.

NOTE:
Because you can commit only 50 million for salaries on Auction Draft
Day, and because you will keep some of your players from one season to
the next, salaries are extremely important, particularly after the
first season ends and winter trading begins. Maintaining accurate,
centralized player-personnel records of salary and contract status is
the most important task of the League Secretary.

NOTE:
The 50 million salary limit pertains to Auction Draft Day only. After
the auction draft day, free agent signing and acquisition of high
prices players in trade may well drive up a team’s payroll.

Article VIII: Prize Money

All
fees shall be promptly collected by the league Treasurer, who is
empowered to subject owners to public humiliation and assess fines as
need to ensure that payments are made to the League in a timely
fashion. The interest income from this investment can be used to
defray the cost of gay trophy purchases, or stripper galas by a certain
Houstonian.

The principle shall be divided among the first five teams in the final stands as follows:

1st place – 45%

2nd place – 25%

3rd place – 15%

4th place – 10%

5th place – 5%

Article IX: Standings

The following criteria are used to determine team performance:

0.7 pts for 25 yards passing

1 pt for 10 yards rushing

1.1 pts for 10 yards receiving

4 pts for passing TD

5 pts for rushing TD

6 pts for receiving TD

2 pts for two point conversions

-2 for fumble (lost offensive)

-2 for interception (lost offensive)

Kicker:

1pt for PAT

3 pts for 0-39yrd FG

4 pts for 40-49yrd FG

5 pts for 50+ yrd FG

-1 for missing FG under 40 yards

-1 for missing PAT

Defense/Special Teams:

Sack= 1pt

Fumble recovery= 2pts

Interception = 2 pts

Block punt/FG/PAT = 2 pts

Safety = 2 pts

Score=6pts

Shutout= 12 pts.

Under 7= 9 pts

7-13pts = 6 pts

14-20pts= 3 pts

21-28pts=0 pts

29-35pts= – 3 pts

36+ = -6 pts

Special Teams TD: 6 pts

Article X: Stats

The
scoring site of choice will determine the weekly player-performance
that season. All disputes should be handled via the commissioner who
will contact the site for any scoring problems.

Ties
will be resolved via who has the worst record, if the teams have the
same record it will go to a total points scored system.

Performance
stats of players are only recorded for active players. The burden of
activation is put on the owner and they will be chided and laughed at
the following auction if they bench a stud player.

Article XI: Trades

From
the completion of the auction draft until two weeks before the
playoffs, Auction League teams are free to make trades of any kind
without limit, except as stipulated below, so long as the active
rosters of both teams involved in a trade reflect the required position
distribution upon completion of the transaction. No trades are
permitted after the trade deadline though the end of the season.
Trades made from the day after the season ends until the rosters are
frozen a week before the auction draft are not bound by the position
distribution requirement.

NOTE:
This means that if Team A wants to swap Drew Bledsoe to Team B for Fred
Taylor anytime between Auction Draft Day and the trade deadline, both
teams will need to make sure they have the minimum requirement of
starting QBs and RBs. This is to prevent player dumping in some form.

Trades do not affect the salaries or contract status of players.

Each trade is subject to a 1 dollar transaction fee. The fee is applied to the number of players involved in the trade.

Cash
may not be exchanged for trades; this is an honor rule, but is
prohibited by the league. Transaction fees involved in the trade may
be negotiated by both teams and must be made clear to the commissioner
and treasurer.

Trades
may not have stipulations of players to be named later, future
considerations, or trading players back as a loaner. This again is an
honor rule, but if we do find out about this type of activity the two
teams will be fined a minimum of 50 dollars and be stripped of any
winnings they may have received from the previous season. All trades are final after they are announced by one owner and then confirmed by the other owner.

ANTI
DUMPING: Player dumping will NOT be allowed for players designated
asterisked players. An asterisked player is any player that earns over
5 million dollars, or if they are in the top 10 scoring for their
position. At the start of the season we will be using last year’s stats
for the first 2 weeks. These players can NOT be dropped to free agency
under ANY circumstance outside of contract completion. They can be
benched, or traded, but never dropped. NOTE: This rule may evolve in
the future as needed. Only the top 5
kickers count as asterisk players. Free agent players only count as an
asterisk player if they are in the top 10 at their position(top 5 for
kickers)

INJURY
RESERVE CLAUSE: Any player that receives a season ending injury may be
put on reserve, this includes asterisk players. Teams are limited to
one IR spot at a time. Half of their salary will still count against
the team’s cap number(rounded up to the closest 100k), and league
penalties will be calculated for extended players. Any available
roster positions must be filled through free agency and/or trades. The
reserved player will not be eligible for the rest of the season.

ROOKIE
PICK TRADE CLAUSE: Owners may only trade the following year’s pick.
Future picks after the next rookie draft are not eligible for trading.

Players
may not be traded back to their original team within the four weeks of
their original trade. This again is to prevent “player loaning.”

UNBALANCED
TRADE CLAUSE: Teams may have only one unbalanced trade at a time with
any other team. Whenever an asterisk player is moved, and an even
amount of asterisk players are not returned it is deemed an unbalanced
trade. Over a season teams may be one asterisk player unbalanced with
any other team, and can be rebalanced via a trade as the season
progresses.

A team may have one unbalanced trades with multiple teams, but not multiple unbalanced trades with one team.

Article XI: Signing Free Agents

Active
Pro Eligible players not on any Auction League team’s roster at the
conclusion of the auction draft become free agents. Players that do
not meet the NFL’s requirements do not qualify for the league. Any
player that becomes eligible in the middle of the season due to NFL
rule changes will not be eligible too, they will become eligible the
following season. For example changing the age requirement of players,
etc . . .

The
time period for Free Agent pickups is from the end of the auction until
the start of week 13. After week 11 games have been played all rosters
are frozen and can not be modified for any reason. The trading period
will be frozen at this time too.

Each
team shall, for the purpose of acquiring free agents during the course
of the season, be given a supplementary budget of 20 million dollars.

The minimum bid shall be 500k; the maximum shall be the amount remaining in a team’s available supplementary budget.

The
salary of the free agent signed in this manner is his acquisition
price. His contract status is a one year contract only. He may not
have his contract extended after that year and will become available
for the auction the following year.

In addition to the player’s acquisition price, a team signing a free agent must pay the $1 fee plus 10 cents for every 100k bid.

Free
agent blind bids must be submitted before 7 PM EST on every Weds. (this
may change depending on the league manager.) How bids are submitted
will be determined each year. A minimum of 500k must be bid, and
players must be dropped if the free agent pick up puts you over the 18
player roster limit. In the event of ties, teams with the worst record
will be rewarded the player. If the teams have the same record, most
total points scored will determine the tie break, followed by least
total points allowed if the tie continues.

Article XII: Waivers

Under certain conditions, an Auction League player may be waived.

Player
dumping will NOT be allowed for players designated asterisked players.
An asterisked player is any player that earns over 5 million dollars,
or if they are in the top 10 scoring for their position. At the start
of the season we will be using last year’s stats for the first 2 weeks.
These players can NOT be dropped to free agency under ANY circumstance
outside of contract completion.(note: Injury Clause) They can be
benched, or traded, but never dropped.

When
a player is dropped half of their salary will be deducted from the
team’s payroll, this will be rounded down the closest 100k.

Article XIII: The Guaranteed Long-Term Contracts

Players
drafted on auction day are drafted with a three year contract with the
third year being an option year. Owners have the option to release the
player the following year with no cap penalties, or keep the player for
the duration of their contract. Teams that drop protected players
before their contract expires will receive cap penalties.

Extended
players dropped (DROPPED, not traded) before their contract expires
will cost franchise a cap hit of 20% of the contracts TOTAL WORTH
remaining. (i.e. 20% of the summation of all escalated years), rounded
up to the nearest 100k. This will be against the 55 million luxury
cap, not the 50 million teams draft with. The cap hit will remain in
effect for the duration of the original salary.

Players
will keep their auction salary for the duration of their contract. In
the third year owners have the option of extending a player at the cost
of two million per year of the extension.

Examples:

Example 1:

Team A drafts Quincy Morgan for 500k and protect him for two years without extending his contract.

Morgan’s salary.

Year 1: 500k

Year 2: 500k

Year 3: 500k

Year 4: Available for auction.

Example 2:

Team A drafts Quincy Morgan for 500k and releases him after the first year.

Morgan’s salary

Year 1: 500k

Year 2: Available for auction

Example 3:

Team A drafts Quincy Morgan for 500k and protects him for two years, and signs him to a two year extension.

Morgan’s salary

Year 1: 500k

Year 2: 500k

Year 3: 4.5 million

Year 4: 4.5 million

Year 5: 4.5 million

Year 6: Available for auction

Players can only have their contracts extended once after auction.

Article XIV: Roster Protection

Teams
are allowed to protect up to four players and one rookie player each
year. If a team acquires an extra rookie pick(s), they may only
protect a maximum of five players with at least one of the players
being a rookie. For example if a team happens to have three rookie
picks, they can only protect two players from their original roster if
they wish to protect all three of the rookies.

Roster
protection will be submitted a week before the auction date and no
later. Any team that submits their roster after that date or fails to
submit a roster will have their four highest contracts automatically
protected and the rest released. If the team has no contract players
all of their players will be released to the auction draft, this
includes rookies. The only time this rule may be bent is in the case
of a new owner taking over a team.

Article XV: Governance

At
this time Josh B is the league commissioner. The commissioners roll is
to collect fees, assess fees, and interpret the rules in their
strictest form. Issues that are not covered in the rules will be
ignored and handled in the rules the following season. The only time
the commissioner may step in and make a ruling is if it is in the best
interest of the league(ie ruining the league for the future) and the
majority of the owners agree.

Article XVI: The In-Season Salary Cap.

There is no salary cap, but there is a luxury cap. The luxury cap is set at 55 million dollars.

Salary
Cap overages will be fairly severe. Any team going over that year’s
salary cap will be assessed a penalty of one dollar PER million over
the cap, and this penalty will be reassessed every week. Again, this
allows some teams to stack their team for a run to the championship,
but forces them to add significant dollars to the prize pool for the
other placing franchises. This will be rounded up to the nearest
MILLION, so if your cap number is 55.1 million, you will be assessed a
tax for 56 million.

The
salary cap overages will be fined the first week a team goes over the
luxury cap, and will be applied again in two weeks. If a team manages
to get below the cap, they will avoid the salary cap overages.
However, if that team goes over the cap again they will be immediately
be fined again the following week.

Half the salary of dropped players will be applied to the team’s current total salary.

For example . . .

Team A’s total salary is 53 million. They drop two million dollar player. Their final total salary will be 52 million dollars.

53 million – 2 million dollars(Player) + 1 million(1/2 the dropper players salary) = 52 million

Article XVII: Rookie Draft

Three
weeks before the auction draft an informal rookie draft will be
performed. Most likely this will take place via email and may take a
couple days to complete.

When
picking up a rookie a team does not have to drop a player, so they are
allowed to go over the 18 player limit at this point.

Only players who were drafted in the NFL draft that year will be eligible for the rookie draft.

Draft order will be determined by team’s placement. The league winner will get last place, etc . . .

The
picks seven through twelve will be determined by playoff finishes, with
regular season record breaking ties, followed by most point total,
followed by least allowed.

Picks
four through six will be determined by regular season finishes, with
regular season record breaking ties, followed by most point total,
followed by least points given up.

Picks
one through three will be determined by regular season finishes with
ties broken as above. However, this will be a lottery. The last place
team will have a 50% chance of getting the 1st pick, 11th place team
30%, and 10th place gets a 20% chance.

Picking
for the lottery will occur after the league is finished, and will be
held by an impartial owner or third party. Colored tees or such can be
put in a bag to determine the draft order.

Rookie salaries are set based on their draft position.

Rookies
can be released before the auction and a team may opt to skip their
rookie pick all together. If a team skips their rookie pick, the team
that follows does not move up in their pick. They will draft at their
own pick.

Rookie salaries:

1st – 3.7

2nd – 3.2

3rd – 2.7

4th – 2.2

5th – 1.8

6th – 1.5

7th – 1.2

8th – 1.0

9th – 0.8

10th – 0.6

11th – 0.4

12th – 0.2

Article XVIII: Playoff Seeding

The top team of each division will make the playoff with
the top two teams getting byes in the first round. Tie breakers to
determine the top two teams will be determined by record, head to head
record, followed by most points, and then least amount of points
allowed.. The next three teams will be
based off of record with head to head record, total points scored, and
then least total points allowed being the tie breaker. Order of
finish will be determined by record, head to head record, followed by most points scored, and then least points allowed.

The winner of the final week will be given 1st place, while the loser will be given 2nd place.

Article XIX: Schedule

The
regular season will be 13 weeks long. Division teams will play each
other twice. Out of division play will be against every team, but
one. For this reason the schedule is predetermined. Teams will draw
lots to see which schedule they receive, so that the process is fair.
Week 11 will be a double header with one division and out of division
game.

Article XX: Restricted Free Agency

Rookie salaries will remain the same and will not change since everyone
will have a fair chance to obtain any rookie in their third year, and
the original owners will have the opportunity to maturate their rookie
at a below market value price.

In
the offseason after the rookie draft owners will have a time period to
submit blind bids on any eligible rookie entering the third year of
their current contract. Bids will be submitted in 100k increments with
the minimum bid being 2.5 million over the rookie’s original draft
salary.

The
number of years of the contract will be determined by the size of the
bid. The formula to calculate the years will be (((bid amount -
original contract value) / 2.5 million) + 1). The number of years will
be rounded down to a whole number.

The
highest bid will determine the market value of the player. At this time
the original owner has the option of matching the bid, refusing the
bid, or extending the blind bid in increments of 2.5 million for
additional years.

If
the original owner matches the bid they will obtain the player at the
blind bid contract. If they refuse the contract the owner who
submitted the blind bid will get the rights to that player at the blind
bid contract. Any restricted free agent receiving a new contract can
not be released before the auction.

At
the end of the new contract the player will be released to the free
agent market. Any blind bid player will be treated like a player with
an extended contract.

If no bid is submitted on a third year rookie the original owner will
operate under option year rules with each year being 2.5 million for
each year.

Bidding
will be submitted in a similar fashion as free agent bidding. In the
event of a tie the team with the worst record last year, followed by
least amount of points scored, and then least amount of point scored
against will determine the tie breaker. We may used ShaunTo or someone
similar to handle those bids.

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The Cost of a Title

reneejperron — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:09:14 +0000

Baseball fans around the world groaned last week when the New York Yankees won their 27^th World Series title (well, except for the Yankees fans’ anyway). One of the most common complaints against the new champs is that the owners buy their team, courting the best players with salaries that other teams simply can’t match. The question is: can a team be bought?

“Certainly, money can’t buy you championships, but it can assure you a competitive season,” said Brian Whitehead, a sports blogger for the Daily Titan at Cal State.

He’s right: a big payroll does seem to help.

When comparing the average salaries of each team using data from Espn.com and Usatoday.com, it turns out that out of the ten teams with the highest average salary, seven of them had winning records, with total payrolls topping out at more than $100 million.

Where are they getting that kind of cash? Many sports analysts and bloggers say that large markets equal large fan bases, which in turn equals more cash to throw around at hot-shot players. How much are teams making from fans, and does that have an effect on player salaries?

So, here’s the math.

The Team Marketing Report, an independent agency that evaluates professional sports teams, published a report on the FCI, or Fan Cost Index, for each major league baseball team.

The FCI is based on an average of the home stadium’s ticket prices, as well as the cost of food and souvenirs in the ballpark. The FCIs range from around $100 to more than $500. On average, the teams with the highest salaries also sat high on the list ranking FCIs, with the New York Yankees sitting at the top of both lists, with an FCI of over $500 and an average player salary of over $7.7 million.

The Yankees may be on top, but they’re not the only team benefitting from a huge bank account. Statistics show that average salary accounts for about 20 percent of the wins attributed to any given team. Also, 5 out of 8 of the teams in the postseason had average player salaries in the top 50 percent of all baseball teams.

In each round of the 2009 postseason, the team with the higher average player salary came out on top, finally ending with the New York Yankees, who have the highest average in the league.

It turns out that you can buy a team, and the Yankees have the rest of the league beat.

“[Another advantage a team has] is soundly trumped by the big money the Yankees (and other free-spending teams) can afford to throw at every elite player who hits the free agent market year after year,” said blogger ‘Twayn’, a writer for www.stickandballguy.com.

Pakistani Christian on Run from Taliban Death Threat

Particular Kev — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:41:26 +0000

Islamic extremist sermonizing leads to altercation at barbershop in South Waziristan. LAHORE, Pakist