Manual history

Commissioner

The league is governed by a Commissioner, who handles administrative duties, disputes and the general well-being of the league. There are no term limits for this position. However, upon request of any owner, elections can be held at any time. A simple majority vote is required to elect new officials.

The league is governed by a Commissioner, who handles administrative duties, disputes and the general well-being of the league. There are no term limits for this position. However, upon request of any owner, elections can be held at any time. A simple majority vote (9 out of 16 teams) is required to elect new officials. Should a new Commissioner be elected, they enter into office on the the first day (3/1) of following next PAFFL season and hold office until voted out.

Conflicts of Interest

The Commissioner is expected to conduct themselves with the highest ethical standards, but should their involvement in vote mediation or any other issue ever raise questions of a conflict of interest, the league may elect an emergency mediator. For example, should the Commissioner be involved in a questionable trade, the league will vote on a candidate to mediate the league discussion and help resolve the issue.

V. Rules of Order

The PAFFL continues to evolve & improve. New rules often are proposed and voted upon at the annual draft and winter meetings. Occasionally, loopholes and discrepancies in the league manual surface during the regular season. Team owners are obligated to report to the Commissioner any such issues with the league manual as soon as such loopholes and discrepancies are noticed.

All votes regarding rule changes and other issues require approval of a simple-majority vote. Changes involving league membership (e.g. expulsion), or league office (e.g. remove Commissioner), require super-majority (⅔) vote.

The PAFFL continues to evolve & improve. New rules often are proposed and voted upon at the annual draft and winter meetings. Occasionally, loopholes and discrepancies in the league manual surface during the regular season. Team owners are obligated to report to the Commissioner any such issues with the league manual as soon as such loopholes and discrepancies are noticed. In some cases, additional rules will be drafted and ratified by a league vote immediately. All votes regarding rule changes and other issues require approval of a simple-majority vote. Changes involving league membership (e.g. expulsion), or league office (e.g. remove Commissioner), require super-majority (>⅔) vote.

League votes that pertain to transactions require more than 50 percent of the owners’ approval and a minimum of ten (10) total owners voting. In addition teams involved in the trades are not permitted to vote on the issue. (Example, if a trade between Team A and Team B is disputed and put to a vote, Teams A and B are excluded from the vote and 8 out of 14 of the remaining teams must vote to block the trade, in order for the trade to be blocked). For a trade to be overturned, there must be a majority and no less than ten (10) total owners voting.

Votes must be completed within 48-hours of the time they are announced. If any owner is unreachable during that 48-hour period of time, his vote is counted as an abstain.

New ideas or proposals can be submitted to the league at any time, preferably using email or the league website message board. If a minimum of two (2) additional owners, three (3) total proponents, do not support the proposal, then it won’t be considered by the league.

Any change in scoring, league divisions, contract status, roster sizes or anything that materially impacts the league, any approved changes that occur following the annual auction won’t take effect until the following season. For clarification sake, if a rule is passed during a season, that change will be implemented in the upcoming season. However if that rule is officially approved & agreed upon prior to the auction event, it will be implemented for that upcoming season unless otherwise contemplated and agreed upon prior to the vote.

Ethics

There is a strong argument to be made that no document (including the U.S. Constitution) has been created which could govern so thoroughly and effectively that corruption could not exist within that document's governing rules. This manual is no exception.

Owners are expected to conduct themselves accordingly, with high ethical standards. Owners may never knowingly take advantage of another owner, through grossly unfair trades or loopholes in this league manual.

There is a strong argument to be made that no document (including the U.S. Constitution) has been created which could govern so thoroughly and effectively that corruption could not exist within that document’s governing rules. This manual is no exception. Cheating at fantasy football, much like cheating at cards, is a fairly easy thing to do. The goal of the PAFFL is to provide a social outlet, not a cut-throat competition.

Owners are expected to conduct themselves accordingly, with high ethical standards. Owners may never knowingly take advantage of another owner, through grossly unfair trades or loopholes in this league manual (see “Rule Changes and Votes” above). This manual is a work in progress and owners are expected to draw the league’s attention to any loopholes or poorly defined sections within the manual.

Additionally, owners must vote on issues using their sense of fairness to all teams involved, not by simply trying to improve their individual team’s standing. For example, teams may not block a trade simply because the trade helps a rival team (the trade must be grossly unfair).