With the help of Fantrax.com, we incorporate just about every facet of NFL football into our dynasty IDP scoring system, design, and game-play. We utilize a Points, Head-to-Head, Weekly scoring system that awards for various accomplishments. You will never miss out on gaining an edge on the scoreboard using our universal format. Need more? Here’s a breakdown of our dynasty IDP leagues.

IDP League Quick Outline

• Entry Fees: $150 – 1st year (includes $50 rolling deposit), $100 – 2nd year and beyond
• 12 teams per league for startups
• Daily rosters | Head-to-Head Points
• LIVE and Automated “Slow” Draft via Fantrax.com (extended clock & e-mail notifications if enabled by user)
• Draft runs from 10 am to 12 am EST daily. The clock pauses during the off hours however, draft selections can be made while the clock is stopped.
• All existing leagues use a straight draft order based on the previous seasons’ final standings and draft-order bracket
  • For existing leagues, the draft is divided into 2 parts:
    • The first 4 rounds are the First-Year Player Draft (FYPD) Draft
    • The Free-Agent Draft begins in the 5th Round
• All start-up leagues use a serpentine draft
  • For start-up leagues, the draft is divided into 2 parts:
    • The first 4 rounds are the First-Year Player Draft (FYPD) Draft
    • Round 5 is intentionally skipped in order to automatically reset the draft order so whoever is awarded the 1st pick in the FYPD will also NOT be awarded the 1st Free-Agent pick
    • The Free-Agent Draft begins in the 6th Round
• 50 man rosters for all leagues
• Payments made safely and securely to LeagueSafe.com
• Registration required void where prohibited. Participation based on eligibility. Please read and agree to our Terms of Service prior to Empire registration submission.

BUY STARTUP TEAM

BUY ORPHAN TEAM

Contents: Finances | Rosters | Scoring | Drafts | Waivers | Trades | Postseason | Offseason

2021 IDP League New Rules/Adaptions

• 2021 Trade Deadline: TBD
• Max Roster Cut-Down date will be TBD.
  • All teams must be cut down to their league max roster size by this time or the team will be docked $25 FAAB per day.
• 2021 Scoring Changes:
  • 5 point bonus for Return Yards of 200 or more Removed
  • 2 Point Conversions (Passing, Receiving, Rushing) now one category (2pt Conv)
  • 15 point bonus for 40 Completions Removed
  • -15 point bonus for 4 Fumbles Lost Removed
  • -15 point bonus for 5 Interceptions Removed
  • 15 Point bonus for 5 Touchdown passes Removed
  • 15 Point bonus for 400 Passing Yards Removed
  • 15 point bonus for 4 Receiving Touchdowns Removed
  • 15 Point Bonus for 200 Receiving Yards Removed
  • 15 Point Bonus for 4 Rushing Touchdowns Removed
  • 15 Point Bonus for 3 Forced Fumbles Removed
  • 10 Point Bonus for 3 Interceptions Caught Removed
• Rosters will now be fifty (50) players from the 1st Year & Beyond.
• The Injured List (IL) has been removed – this was a temporary 2020 addition only.
• Rosters will no longer reset every week. 
• You are no longer required to submit a full 22 player roster every week.
• With switching to Fantrax in 2021
  • Start-up serpentine drafts will run in the following format:
    • Rounds 1 thru 4 – FYPD (aka Rookie Draft)
    • Round 5 will be skipped intentionally in order to reset the draft order so whoever received 1.1 will also NOT be awarded the first overall pick in the Free-Agent Draft
    • Round 6 will begin the Free-Agent Draft
  • Existing straight drafts will run in the following format:
    • The first 4 rounds are the First-Year Player Draft (FYPD) Draft
    • The Free-Agent Draft begins in the 5th Round
• In all leagues, we use the Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB) style of waivers where every owner is given a $500 budget at the conclusion of the free-agent draft. Sunday thru Tuesday waiver claims process every Wednesday at 9 am ET.
  • Any dropped player will be locked for 24 hours minimum. FAAB bids may be placed on locked players to claim that player.
• Orphans will NOT be refunded unless the league folds.

IDP League Fees

• 1st Year – $150.00 (includes a $50 rolling deposit)
• 2nd Year and beyond – $100.00

IDP League Prize Pools

10-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)

• Year 1 and Up – $775.00

12-Team Leagues

• Year 1 and Up – $975.00

IDP League Payouts

Our payouts provide everyone in the league a chance to make back some cash even in a lost season. We award payouts to the following:

• League Champion: 55% of the total league pot
• Runner-Up: 20% of the total league pot
• Regular Season Champion: 20% of the total league pot
• Third Place: 5% of the total league pot

Prize Pool is determined by the following::
LeagueSafe.com Collected Fees (minus)
Fantrax.com Hosting Services (minus)
Administration Fee took by DSE (Not to exceed $225 of the total pot) =
Total League Prize Pool

Contents: Finances | Rosters | Scoring | Drafts | Waivers | Trades | Postseason | Offseason

IDP League Rosters

• Rosters cap at fifty (50) players.
• Zero roster limitations. You decide how many players to keep at each position.
• Full IDP and multiple Flex positions for added depth.
• $500 FAAB starts from the conclusion of your Free Agent draft until the end of our Fantasy Regular Season.
• WEEKLY LINEUP SETUP:
  • OFFENSE: 1 QB, 2, RB, 3 WR 1 TE, 1 K, 3 FLEX (RB/WR/TE)
  • DEFENSE: 2 DE/DL, 2 LB, 4 DB, 3 FLEX (ANY)

IDP League Roster Sizes

• 1st Year & Beyond: 50 players
• NOTE: Each year you keep 25 + any roster credits you have.

Contents: Finances | Rosters | Scoring | Drafts | Waivers | Trades | Postseason | Offseason

IDP League Scoring

IDP League Scoring Example

Contents: Finances | Rosters | Scoring | Drafts | Waivers | Trades | Postseason | Offseason

IDP League Drafts

• With switching to Fantrax in 2021
  • Start-up serpentine drafts will run in the following format:
    • Rounds 1 thru 4 – FYPD (aka Rookie Draft)
    • Round 5 will be skipped intentionally in order to reset the draft order so whoever received 1.1 will also NOT be awarded the first overall pick in the Free-Agent Draft
    • Round 6 will begin the Free-Agent Draft
  • Existing straight drafts will run in the following format:
    • The first 4 rounds are the First-Year Player Draft (FYPD) Draft
    • The Free-Agent Draft begins in the 5th Round
• Start-up League drafts will begin 24 to 48 hours after the last league fee is paid.
• Existing leagues have 7 days to finalize cuts after the final payment. The draft will be scheduled for 9 days after the final payment is made OR 48 hours after the final cut is made.
• The draft order is determined, for start-up leagues, via random lottery using the Fantrax.com draft pick generator
• Drafts are considered a “Slow Draft” with 2 hours per team, per pick and usually take up to 2 weeks to complete (50 Round AVG)
• Teams are notified via email when the league is full and when the draft will begin
• Once all teams are paid and confirmed the draft may begin unless a predetermined date has been set
• Draft Type: Live Online Standard (Slow)
• Time limit per pick: 2 hours
• Live draft sleep time start: 12:00 am ET
• Live draft sleep time end: 10:00 am ET
• All returning teams are awarded one (1) Free Agent pick per player dropped or cut during the off-season.
• Free Agent picks may be traded at will.
• Players not found in the Fantrax.com player database cannot be drafted.
  
  **You are receiving credit for keeping any 1st Year player you drafted in our Rookie Draft on your roster for an entire season**

IDP League First-Year Player Draft (FYPD)

• Each team will be awarded 4 FYPD picks to begin their season. The FYPD is for incoming first-year players ONLY. Players selected in the FYPD will register one credit for their owner towards Free Agency cuts the following season, for the lifetime of their tenure on any team*. If traded, they will lose their Credit Status. FYPD players cannot be submitted as a CUT for the Free Agent draft until all mandatory cuts have been made. Any undrafted FYPD player becomes a Free Agent at the end of the FYPD.
  • With switching to Fantrax in 2021
    • Start-up serpentine drafts will run in the following format:
      • Rounds 1 thru 4 – FYPD (aka Rookie Draft)
      • Round 5 will be skipped intentionally in order to reset the draft order so whoever received 1.1 will also NOT be awarded the first overall pick in the Free-Agent Draft
      • Round 6 will begin the Free-Agent Draft
    • Existing straight drafts will run in the following format:
      • The first 4 rounds are the First-Year Player Draft (FYPD) Draft
      • The Free-Agent Draft begins in the 5th Round

IDP League Free Agent Draft

• All returning teams are awarded one (1) Free Agent pick per player dropped or cut during the off-season.
• Free Agent picks may be traded at will.
• Players not found in the Fantrax.com player database cannot be drafted.
  • With switching to Fantrax in 2021
    • Start-up serpentine drafts will run in the following format:
      • Rounds 1 thru 4 – FYPD (aka Rookie Draft)
      • Round 5 will be skipped intentionally in order to reset the draft order so whoever received 1.1 will also NOT be awarded the first overall pick in the Free-Agent Draft
      • Round 6 will begin the Free-Agent Draft
    • Existing straight drafts will run in the following format:
      • The first 4 rounds are the First-Year Player Draft (FYPD) Draft
      • The Free-Agent Draft begins in the 5th Round

IDP League Gameplay

• The penalty for not being at roster max is the loss of $25 FAAB every day you are over the limit.
• Players on a Bye week will be allowed to be placed in a starting roster slot.
• You are able to submit an incomplete roster.
• Lineups do carry over from week to week.
• Illegal rosters or lineups will not acquire points.

Contents: Finances | Rosters | Scoring | Drafts | Waivers | Trades | Postseason | Offseason

IDP League Waiver Wire Rules

• In all leagues, we use the Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB) style of waivers, where every owner is given a $500 budget at the beginning of the season. All Sunday thru Tuesday waiver claims process Wednesday at 9 am ET.
• All Free Agent claims will be locked at 12:00 pm ET (noon) during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.
  • Any Waiver claim made before the 12:00 pm ET cut-off that is processed by the system on either Tuesday at 9:00 am ET or Wednesday at 9:00 am ET will be reversed by the commissioner.
  • Teams can drop players during the DSE Postseason but will be unable to make claims.
• All undrafted players will go to waivers for 24-hours after the conclusion of your leagues’ Free Agent draft. All players will go to waivers at the start of their respective games.
• During the DSE off-season, all players be on a free-agent bidding system.
  • A minimum bid of $1 FAAB is required to claim a player during the DSE off-season.
• During the DSE in-season, Sunday thru Tuesday waivers run every Wednesday at 9 am ET.
• After the 9 am ET waivers, all players will be available FCFS (first come, first serve) until either their next game or the start of the last game in that scoring period.
• Any players whose team does not play on any given day will go to waivers at the start of the last game of that scoring period.
• Rosters will be set to the league max for your specific league. Any excess players will need to be dropped as of this time if you are to avoid any illegal roster scenarios.
• FAAB can be traded but does not carry over from one season to the next.

Contents: Finances | Rosters | Scoring | Drafts | Waivers | Trades | Postseason | Offseason

IDP League Trades

• Any FAAB, draft pick, or player can be traded. Only AFTER a trade is accepted on Fantrax is the trade official. There will be no rescinding of any trade by the owners once performed on Fantrax. The surplus owner must drop one player to make room on their roster (if needed).

2021 Trade Deadline is: TBD

IDP League Tie Breakers

The following tie-breakers are used for IDP Leagues: Regular Season Titles, Playoff Spots, and Playoff Seeding

1. Most fantasy points for the entire season
2. Head-to-head record vs. team(s) tied with

The following tie-breakers are used for IDP Leagues: Playoff Bracket, and Draft Order Bracket

1. Higher seed

Contents: Finances | Rosters | Scoring | Drafts | Waivers | Trades | Postseason | Offseason

IDP League Postseason

• All Free Agent claims will be locked at 12:00 pm ET (noon) during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.
  • Any Waiver claim made before the 12:00 pm ET cut-off that is processed by the system on either Tuesday at 9:00 am ET or Wednesday at 9:00 am ET will be reversed by the commissioner.
  • Teams can drop players during the DSE Postseason but will be unable to make claims.
• The top 2 teams will earn seeds 1-2 in the playoffs (determined by record) and receive a 1st round playoff bye.
• The final 4 playoff spots will be given to the teams with the most total wins (total points as a tiebreaker).
• The league champion will be named at the end of Week 16.
• Consolation Bracket Change:
  • 1^st round:
    • 1^st and 2^nd seed teams earn a bye
    • 6^th seed vs. 5^th seed
    • 4^th seed vs. 3^rd seed
• The 6 teams that do not make the playoffs will play in a consolation bracket to determine the Draft Order. The team with the worst record gets the 1 seed. The team with the 2nd worst record gets the 2 seed. The team with the 3rd worst record gets the 3 seed. The team with the 4th worst record gets the 4 seed. The team with the 5th worst record gets the 5 seed. The team that just misses the playoffs gets the 6 seed. Seed 1-2 will receive a bye. The winner of the consolation bracket will be awarded the 1.1 draft pick. Runner up will be awarded the 1.2 draft pick. The remaining picks will be determined by elimination from the consolation playoff bracket.

Contents: Finances | Rosters | Scoring | Drafts | Waivers | Trades | Postseason | Offseason

IDP League Off-Season

• Your NEW season of team management does not begin until you have fulfilled your obligations to the previous season (FA Cuts & Submitted Payment/Verified Earnings/ID Verified).
• Every team will be designated a certain number of cuts during the off-season. You keep 25 + any roster credits you have each year.
• “Cuts” can only come from your final year-end roster from the previous season.
• For each FYPD or Tenured player (3 or more years continuously rostered), you will receive one credit towards your mandatory drops or cuts. The term FYPD stated above refers to players who are drafted in the FYPD and have never been cut, waived, released, or traded by the original team.
• Draft picks and players will be made available for trade once both teams have paid for their league dues, made their offseason cuts, and the new league year has started.
• In the event there are Orphan Teams from owners who leave the league, DSE will attempt to find new owners. 
  • Should it be necessary, DSE will sell teams via a Dispersal Draft in order to keep the league in-tact with the current number of teams.

BUY STARTUP TEAM

BUY ORPHAN TEAM

Dynasty Sports Empire reserves the right to manage and maintain the integrity and longevity of its leagues by issuing judgments made by the Dynasty Sports Empire Administrative team. League changes, rulings, and outcomes may be overturned at any time if the Administration does not believe the said outcome was in the best interest of the league. Administration voting occurs and decides the outcome of any scenario that may be deemed inappropriate or not in the leagues’ best interest. Dynasty Sports Empire reserves the right to change, alter, or amend any league guideline at any time. 

Fair Play and Conduct

While fantasy sports is usually an extremely competitive endeavor, it is important to remember that enjoyment of the game is predicated on a certain level of sportsmanship displayed by the participants. Occasionally, some team owners intentionally or unknowingly cross the line.

PRIZE-ELIGIBLE LEAGUE RULES

A: More than one team in the same league

One person can’t control more than one team in the same league. If two or more teams in the same league are under the same account, they must be controlled by different people sharing that account, but not sharing the teams. Violation of this will lead to the cancellation of the teams and expulsion from the game.

If an owner finds himself in this situation by accident, he/she should e-mail the League Office immediately and explain the situation.

B: Collusive transactions

Collusion occurs when one team makes moves to benefit another team, without trying to improve its own position. One-sided trades are an obvious example of this. Another example is when a player drop is made so another team can pick up that player. Teams found in violation of this policy will be canceled and their owners prohibited from participating in future Fantasy Games.

C: Impeding other owners

Certain transactions made solely to impede other owners are not allowed. Tanking games for the sole purpose of denying another player’s chance to make the playoffs is against the rules. In particular, cycling through players in free agency to put them on waivers and make them unavailable to other teams in your league is strictly prohibited and is grounds for expulsion from the game.

D: Roster Dumping

Owners that are found to have dumped their players to the player pool in an attempt to undermine the league may be subject to expulsion from the game. If you are giving up on the season, we ask that you maintain league strength by providing the other owners with the most competitive team you are able to field.

E: Owner interaction

Owners should always be polite and gracious when dealing with one another. Threats and obscenities are not only against the Rules, they are illegal in many jurisdictions. Owners that are found to have sent a threatening email to another owner will be warned and/or kicked out of the game completely. This extends to message board posts as well.

F: Offensive posts

Any posts of a derogatory nature are strictly prohibited, whether it is in a chat room, message board, or on a league’s bulletin board. This includes personal attacks and sexist or racist remarks. There will be a zero-tolerance level – if someone in your league is violating this policy, please contact the League Office.

G: Inactivity

In order to maintain the integrity of the league, the commissioner may contact owners of teams that remain inactive for extended periods of time. The commissioner will send a notification to the email of record. Shortly thereafter, if the team remains inactive, the commissioner reserves the right to reassign ownership of the inactive team.

REMEMBER:
The game is fun! Creating confrontation in your league inevitably leads to a bad game experience for all involved. Play hard, but play fair!

Dynasty Sports Empire acts as the League Manager for all Prize-Eligible Leagues. The League Manager has the power to rule on all aspects of Dynasty Sports Empire’s Fantasy Football game, including but not limited to League business, player trades, infractions of these rules, and disputes among franchise owners.

The League Commissioner will investigate all overall winners for collusion before awarding overall prizes and it has the right to disqualify owners or remove them from the league if deemed necessary.

The decisions of the League Commissioner shall be final and irreversible. The League Commissioner has the right to make any necessary changes to the game and rules as the season progresses. Any changes will be properly noted on the homepage of the league.

The use of DynastySportsEmpire.com and participation in the Fantasy Football Dynasty League games are subject to Fantrax.com’s guidelines which are incorporated into this rule set and the Fantrax.com Legal Restrictions. This includes the additional fee Fantrax.com charges to host our leagues (Approximately $70.00-$100.00 per league, per year)

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