Section 3 - Game Play, Lineups, and Scoring System



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Head to Head Game Play

The 19 Man Starting Lineup and The 13 Man Counted Lineup

Each week, 19 players from each BPFL team’s roster are submitted to the statistician as the starting lineup for use in the head to head weekly matchup for that week.  Those 19 players can be made up of any denomination the team chooses, provided that among those players they have enough at each position to accomodate a 13 player counted lineup that is used in game scoring.  The 13 player counted lineup for game scoring is broken down as follows:

QB - 1
RB - 2
WR - 2
TE - 1
K - 1
DL - 2
LB - 2
DB - 2

Total 13
 

The 13 players used in this counted lineup are the best of the 19 players submitted by each team in their starting lineups.  At positions where more than the required amount of counters was submitted (eg. 3 RB's), the best score(s) needed to fill the counted slot are registered in the 13 player lineup, and the remaining players are discarded from counting.

The extra 18 or so slots on top of those used in weekly matchups are meant for use in developing young stars who aren’t ready for the bigs yet, as well as supplying backup slots in case of bye weeks and injury. If you have a particular position for which you can’t field the required amount of players for a matchup, it is up to you to make a deal for a replacement or play with an inactive player in your starting lineup.
 

Lineup Submission Deadline

Each weekly lineup is due by the kickoff time of that week’s first NFL game. Failure to notify the statistician of one’s lineup in time will result in the statistician reverting to your past week’s lineup for use in that week’s games. With that same deadline in use for both the statisticians to update stats as well as the final cut-off for weekly trades, it will serve as a good time for all teams to inquire on the news within the league.

Of note, a $5 stupidity fine has been imposed for any team which mistakenly starts a player on his bye week.  The player must stay in the lineup through the week's games as punishment, and the $5 fine paid by the stupid owner will go towards pizza purchases made at one of the league's annual meetings.
 

Lineup Substitutions

BPFL GMs can substitute players in and out of their lineups after the submission deadline, as long as the player going in and the player coming out play the same BPFL position, and both players have not yet played in an NFL game that week.  Substitutions must be submitted by kickoff of the first game a related player is playing in.  There is no limit to how many of these substitutions a GM can make.  No specific reason must be given for making a substitution - it is completely at the GMs discretion.
 

Determining the Score of the Game

Using home field advantage, coaches, and the 19 man rosters submitted weekly by each team during the BPFL season, teams go head to head in matchups corresponding with the BPFL schedule for that season. These 19 man rosters (explained in Section 2 - Rosters) are filled with appointed players who score points for their team each week using a custom designed BPFL scoring system. After the 13 man counted player list, home field advantage, and coaching points are calculated, the team with the most total points in the weekly matchup wins.




Scoring System  
 

Specific Rules of Note


Home Field Advantage:

Automatic 4 points for the designated home team in the regular season and playoffs.

The only exception to that rule is each of the two divisional winners from the regular season get a 10 point home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.  These extra home field points apply only to the two division winners, and only in the first round.
 

Coaches:

5 points for a win in that NFL week

2 points for a tie in that NFL week

0 points for a loss in that NFL week
 
 

Base Scoring System  updated

This is the default stats scoring system for all positions - offensive, defensive, or kicker - unless noted otherwise in the "Positional Exceptions" listings at the bottom:

Quick Links to Postional Exceptions:  QB  |  RB  |  WR  | TE  |  K  |  DL  | LB  |  DB
 

Scoring:

Passing TDs:    Every 1 TDs = 2pts

Passing Yardage:

Base 20 yds    = 3pts
Every 15 yds after base    = 1pts

Pass Interceptions (Thrown):    Every 1Qty = -1pts

Rushing TDs:    Every 1TDs = 3pts

Rushing Yardage:

Base 25yds    = 3pts
Every 15yds after base    = 1pts

Receiving TDs:    Every 1TDs    = 3pts

Receiving Yardage:

Base 25yds    = 3pts
Every 15yds after base    = 1pts

2 Pt Conversion (Pass):    Every 1Qty    = 1pts

2 Pt Conversion (Rush):    Every 1Qty    = 1pts

2 Pt Conversion (Receive):    Every 1Qty    = 1pts

Special Team TDs (punt/kick return, block return, misc):    Every 1TDs    = 4pts

Miscellaneous Offensive TDs (fumble recovery, lateral, misc):    Every 1TDs  = 3pts

Fumble Lost: Every 1Qty    = -1pts

Blocked FG Attempt: Every 1Qty    =  1pts  

Blocked PAT Attempt: Every 1Qty    =  1pts  

Blocked Punt: Every 1Qty    =  1pts 


Tackle:    Every 1 Qty    = 1pts

Assist:    Every 2 Qty    = 1pts

Sack:    Every 0.5 Qty    = 1pts

Tackle For Loss:    Every 1 Qty    = 1pts

Interception:    Every 1 Qty    = 2pts

Passed Defended:    Every 1 Qty    = 1pts

Forced Fumble:    Every 1 Qty    = 1 pts

Fumble Recovery:    Every 1 Qty    = 2pts

Safety:    Every 1 Qty    = 2pts

Defensive TDs:    Every 1 TDs    = 4pts

Special Team TDs (punt/kick return, block return, misc):    Every 1TDs    = 4pts

 
 

Field Goal Distance:

  0 - 29    = 1pts
30 - 39    = 2pts
40 - 44    = 3pts
45 - 49    = 4pts
50 - 55    = 5pts
55 - 59    = 6pts
     60+    = 8pts

Missed Field Goal Distance:

  0 - 24    = (-3) pts
25 - 34    = (-2) pts
35 - 44    = (-1) pts
     45+    = 0pts

Extra Point Kick:    Every 1 Qty    = 1pts

Miss an Extra Point:    Every 1Qty    = (-1) pts 



Positional Exceptions

QB:

Passing Yardage:

Base 150 yds    = 3pts
Every 25 yds after base    = 1pts

RB:

Rushing Yardage:

Base 40yds    = 3pts
Every 20yds after base    = 1pts

WR:

None

TE:

Receiving Yardage:

Base 20yds    = 3pts
Every 15yds after base    = 1pts

K:

None

DL:

Tackle:    Base 1 Qty    = 2pts

Every 1 Qty After Base    = 1pts

LB:

Tackle:    Base 2 Qty    = 1pts

Every 1 Qty After Base    = 1pts

Sack:    Every 0.5 Qty = 1pt;  every 1 Qty = 3pts
 

DB:

None
 


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