Who: The Footballguys Players Championship (FPC) is on online tournament presented by JDAD, LLC, a combined effort by David Dodds and Joe Bryant of Footballguys.com and by David Gerczak and Alex Kaganovsky of Fantasy Football Players Championship (myffpc.com).
When: Footballguys Players Championship drafts will be held as online live drafts. Drafts will be scheduled daily, beginning on Sunday, July 31 through Wednesday September 7. Please check the Registration page for the draft schedule and available teams.
How to Enter:Entry fee into the FPC is $350 per team. Registration is quick and easy. Entrants may register online with a credit card.
Multiple FPC teams may be owned by a single owner, and a 3-pack discount is available. Owners may purchase three teams for $1,000 ($50 savings).
Teams which register early will be able to change their draft date at any time until July 15, 2011 providing their original draft date has not been filled. Drafts dates will become official and will not be changed once 12 teams have been registered and drafts slots have been drawn. Please email [email protected] for more information or to change your draft date.
Refund Policy: Refunds of entry fees may be requested until all 12 teams have registered for an FPC draft date. No refunds will be granted after a draft date is filled and draft slots have been announced. No refunds will be granted to owners who do not show up for their draft date. Refund requests will be granted at the sole discretion of JDAD, LLC.
Draft Slots: As soon as 12 teams are reserved for any individual FPC draft date, draft slots for that league will be randomly selected and announced to the 12 participants.
Prize Security:Footballguys Players Championship and JDAD, LLC understand the importance of customer trust with regards to prizes and payouts. We believe it was vital that customers felt comfortable and secure entering a high stakes fantasy football contest. For this reason, the entire FPC prize pool will be placed into a secured attorney escrow account where it will remain for the duration of the NFL season. Funds will be deposited into the attorney escrow account by Friday, September 10, 2011. At no point during the season will any member of JDAD, LLC access these funds. Upon the completion of the season, and once winners have been determined, checks will be drawn directly from these funds and sent to all prize winners by January 24, 2012. The process shall be overseen by the officers of JDAD, LLC and reviewed by our certified public accountant. For further information on the attorney escrow account, please contact us at [email protected].
Prize Splitting is Available: Prize splitting amongst principal participant and their co-managers is available. Please refer to the Full Rules, section titled "Footballguys Players Championship Prize Structure & Distribution" for complete details.
Prize Structure: The $125,000 Grand Prize as well as the entire FPC prize structure is fully guaranteed. As entries increase beyond 3,000 teams, prizes may be increased at the sole discretion of the FPC, without limitation.
Overall Leaderboard Standings
Regular Season Point Leaders (Week 1-11)
1st - $2,500 2nd - $1,250 3rd - $700 4th - $500 5th - $350
Individual League Prizes
Regular Season (Weeks 1-11)
#1 Seed - Team with the best H2H record - Automatic berth in the Championship Round #2 Seed - Remaining team with the most regular season points - Automatic berth in the Championship Round
League Playoffs (four Teams per league qualify. Playoffs are held weeks 12-13)
1st Place - $1,600 Cash or Free Entry into 2012 Fantasy Football Players Championship Main Event plus $150 Cash ($1,700+ Total Value) ; Custom award medal for each league champion 2nd Place - $350 or Free Entry into 2012 FPC
Overall Prizes
Championship Round (Weeks 14-16)
1st Place FPC Overall Champion
$125,000 plus Custom Titlecraft Trophy
2nd - $20,000 3rd - $10,000 4th - $8,500 5th - $7,000 6th - $6,000 7th - $5,500 8th - $5,000 9th - $4,500 10th - $4,000 11th - $3,000 12th - $3,000 13th - $3,000 14th - $3,000 15th - $3,000 16th - $2,500 17th - $2,500 18th - $2,500 19th - $2,500 20th - $2,500 21st - $2,500 22nd - $2,500 23rd - $2,000 24th - $2,000 25th - $2,000 26th - $2,000 27th - $2,000 28th - $2,000 29th - $1,500 30th - $1,500 31st - $1,500 32nd - $1,500 33rd - $1,500 34th - $1,500 35th - $1,500 36th - $1,500 37th - $1,500 38th - $1,500 39th - $1,500 40th - $1,500 41st - $1,500 42nd - $1,500 43rd - $1,500 44th - $1,500 45th - $1,000 46th - $1,000 47th - $1,000 48th - $1,000 49th - $1,000 50th - $1,000 51st - $1,000 52nd - $1,000 53rd - $1,000 54th - $1,000 55th - $1,000 56th - $1,000 57th - $1,000 58th - $1,000 59th - $1,000 60th - $1,000 61st to 100th - Footballguys.com LIFETIME Subscription 101st to 160th - Footballguys.com 3-Year Subscription
Consolation Round (Weeks 14-16)
1st - $2,500 2nd - $1,250 3rd - $700 4th - $500 5th - $350
Toilet Bowl (Weeks 12-16)
1st - $1,000 2nd - $700 3rd - $350
Format
FPC is comprised of 12 team leagues with 20 roster spots. Draft format is classic serpentine: 1-12, 12-1, 1-12, etc. Regular season is Weeks 1-11. League Playoffs are Weeks 12 & 13. Championship Round and Consolation Round are Weeks 14-16.
League Playoffs: At the end of the regular season, the two top seeds from each league each earn an automatic berth into the Championship Round, regardless of how they perform in the League Playoffs. The four top seeds (including the two above) from each league will compete in the 2-week, head-to-head League Playoff in Weeks 12 & 13. The winners of the Week 12 match-ups will play each other in Week 13 for the League Championship. The League Champion and runner up will win cash awards as described in the prize structure.
Championship Round: In addition to the cash awards, each League Champion will win a berth in the Championship Round, if they have not already secured an automatic berth after the regular season. In other words, if Seed 3 or Seed 4 wins the League Championship, that team will also move on to the Championship Round along with Seeds 1 & 2. A minimum of two and a maximum of three teams per league will qualify for the Championship Round. Any League Playoff team which did not qualify into the Championship Round will enter the Consolation Round. In addition, any team which did not qualify for the League Playoffs but finished in the top 20% of the FPC Overall Leaderboard at the conclusion of Week 11 will qualify for the Consolation Round (i.e. based on 3,000 teams, the top 600 teams are considered as the top 20%). All teams which did not qualify for the League Playoffs will enter the Toilet Bowl in Weeks 12-16.
Free Agents: The Free Agent process is via blind bidding. Each team will be given 1000 blind bidding "dollars". The free agent time period is extended beyond the 11-week regular season into weeks 12 and 13 for all playoff teams. All teams NOT qualifying into the League Playoffs will have their rosters locked at the end of Week 11 and will no longer have the ability to make free agent moves. There are no free agent moves for any teams in Weeks 14-16.
Roster/Scoring: The FPC starting lineup allows for two (2) flex positions, also known as the Dual-Flex. The scoring system gives 1 point per reception for RBs & WRs but also gives 1.5 points per reception for TEs, putting extra weight to the TE position. Action scoring is implemented for all TDs: any TD scored by a player is scored as 6 points to that individual player, in addition to any D/ST scoring that may apply. Stat errors will be automatically corrected using Elias Sports Bureau. The deadline for lineup submission for each player via web site or email is the scheduled start time of the game in which the player is participating.
Starting Roster
1 QB 2 RBs 2 WRs 1 TE 2 flex players (RB/WR/TE) 1 K 1 D/ST
Scoring system
4 points for passing TDs, 6 points for all other TDs 0.05 point for every 1 yard passing 0.1 point for every 1 yard rushing or receiving 1 point per reception for RBs and WRs 1.5 points per reception for TEs 3 points for every FG of 1 - 30 yards plus 0.1 point for every yard thereafter 1 point for D/ST sack, 2 points for all turnovers 6 points for all D/ST touchdowns 5 points for every safety 12 points for every shutout 8 points for allowing between 1 - 6 points 5 points for allowing between 7 - 10 points
League Software: RTSports.com is the official league management software for the FPC. All drafts and leagues will be hosted on RTSports.com.