Rules & format

• Redraft league (no keepers).
• 12 teams, 2026 season.
• Lineup: QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, TE, FLEX, K, DEF + 4 bench. No IR, no taxi slots (Sleeper setting).
• League-average (median) matchup ON: each week is 2 results, H2H plus vs. the league median (Sleeper setting).
• Playoffs: 6 teams, start week 15, default seeding, single-week rounds (Sleeper setting).
• Bench lock on; draft rounds setting 3 (Sleeper setting).

Scoring (Sleeper setting)

• Half-PPR: 0.5 per reception.
• Passing: 0.04/yd (1 per 25), TD 6, INT -1, pick-six -2, sacked -0.5, 2PT 2.
• Rushing/receiving: 0.1/yd, TD 6, 2PT 2. Fumble -1, fumble lost -1, fumble-return TD 6.
• K: 0.05 per FG yard, XP 1, no miss penalty.
• DEF: sack 1, INT 2, fumble rec 1, forced fumble 1, safety 4, blocked kick 2, TD 6. Points allowed: 0=10, 1-6=7, 7-13=4, 14-20=1, 21-27=0, 28-34=-1, 35+=-4. Yards allowed: <200=2, 200-299=1, 300-399=0, 400-449=-1, 450+=-3.

Trades (Sleeper setting)

• Trades enabled; draft-pick trading on.
• Trade deadline: week 11.
• <b>League rule (Jon ruling, Oct 14):</b> trades process immediately with no vetoes, because the league trusts everyone.

Waivers/FA (Sleeper setting)

• FAAB (waiver\_type 2), $200 budget, $0 minimum bid.
• Waivers process weekly on Wednesday (waiver\_day\_of\_week 1), daily waivers on; dropped players clear in 1 day.
• No offseason adds.

Dues & payouts

• $30 per <b>head-to-head</b> loss, charged each week to that week's H2H losers, paid by Venmo to Jon. A loss to the league median costs nothing; the median game only smooths standings for playoff seeding (Jon ruling, Oct 14).
• H2H tie: each manager is charged $15 (Jon ruling, Oct 14).
• Payment timing: no weekly payment deadline, but all dues must be paid before the championship game (Jon ruling, Oct 14).
• Credits: a credit automatically covers the manager's next loss (Jon ruling, Oct 14).
• Ledger: Notion DB GodFellas FFL 2026 Championship Pot. As of Oct 14: $900 charged, $360 paid, $540 owed.
• Dues are charged once per week on the Monday 11 PM PT site update.
• Stat corrections: Monday stat corrections can change results and dues (Jon ruling, Oct 14).
• Payout: $20 comes off the top for the trophy; then 1st gets $1,400, 2nd $700, 3rd $400 ($2,520 total = 14 regular-season weeks × 6 H2H losses × $30) (Jon ruling, Oct 14).
• No dues in playoff weeks (week 15 and later); dues are only charged in regular-season weeks 1–14 (Jon ruling, Oct 14).