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Rules

No entry fee – first place is for bragging rights.
First game of the season is Thursday, September 10, 2009.

Draft:
Draft was held Thursday, August 20, 2009. There shall be a total of six owners. Draft begins with each BMTG member drafting their lifetime franchise that was selected in the 2003 draft. This draft pick is guaranteed to that owner each and every season. Next set of picks are the keeper picks from the 2008 season. Each owner from 2008 can retain one additional team. The keeper team can not be retained two years in a row, although that team can be drafted in later rounds. For example, for the 2005 season Sandman chose to keep Indianapolis from his 2004 teams. He is restricted from keeping Indianapolis as his keeper pick in 2006. If Indianapolis is still available during the draft, he would be allowed to draft them. In the event an owner chooses not to keep a team from the previous season, that owner will get an extra pick after the final round.

The draft order from that point is determined randomly. The two teams left undrafted are considered off limits to all owners for the entire season. Each owner will make their rosters by taking players from their set of five teams.

Owners not able to attend the draft can submit their list of desired teams, to be revealed one team at a time during the draft. Owners not physically at the draft will automatically draft last, unless they are available via conference call. Owners that do not submit a list of teams to draft will be allowed to choose from the undrafted set of teams, or will be assigned teams randomly at their draft position.

Rosters:
Rosters must be set before the first NFL game of the week.  For example, if the first game is on Thursday, all rosters must be set before the game begins.

Each week, every owner’s roster has 10 roster slots, plus 1 team defense.  The 10 roster slots may be allocated any way the owner desires, provided that by the end of the season, the following conditions are met:

1. QB represented 30 times (2 per week average)
2. RB and WR represented 45 times each (3 per week average per position)
3. TE and K represented 15 times each (1 per week average per position)
4. Each team must be represented by a player a minimum number of times (includes team defense)*

*This number is to be determined between 15 and 18.

There will be no compensation given, or backup used, for a player who is injured.

Players will get SmallWorld points based on their performance each week.

Trades:
There will be no trading of players between team owners.  There shall be no trading of franchises allowed once the season begins.

Rules Violations:
Owners violating the rules shall be subject to sanctions. Before sanctions are determined, the accused will have a chance to defend his transgression, with the exception of non-BMTG members, who will not have a chance to defend their position. Sanctions will be recommended by the BMTG Senior Council and must be approved by a majority of owners. Non-BMTG members will be given additional sanctions for questioning the Senior Council.

Sanctions may be appealed by filing a 1st Level Appeal for a $3.00 filing fee. All 1st Level Appeals will be denied within 30 days. 2nd Level Appeals (final level) can be filed for an additional $3.00 after a 12 month cooling off period. All appeals must be filed in the proper format and the filing fees are non-refundable.

Egregious Errors Tally:
The Egregious Error Tally will be re-established if there is a trend of inactive and grossly mismanaged teams. Egregious Errors include:

• Playing a player who is obviously injured and not going to play. Going with a player who is on the fence (listed as questionable and might play) and performs badly, while another option would have been better can be forgiven, but each case shall be examined individually.
• Playing a player who has a bye week.
• Playing a player who is an overwhelmingly bad choice over another and performs poorly in comparison again and again (e.g. playing Alex Smith multiple weeks when Peyton Manning is available).

Sanctions may result based on the number of egregious errors, as follows:

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