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League Types

• Re-Draft Leagues* - a new 5 Team league is formed every week.

• Basic Leagues - 12 Team Head-to-Head leagues

• Keeper Leagues - 12 Team Head-to-Head leagues

• Playoff Leagues - 5 Team Post Season Leagues

 *There is no limit to the number of leagues you can join each week.

League Formats

                  Re-Draft Leagues*                                                  Basic Leagues

            - Total Point Scoring System                                 - Head-to-Head (14 week schedule)

            - 5 Teams                                                             - 12 Teams

            -1 Division                                                            - 3 Divisions (4 teams each)

            - 8 man roster                                                       - 18 man roster

            - Weekly Live Online Drafts                                  - Live Online Draft

            - Three (3) Cash Prize Winners ea. week               - League Playoffs (4 teams)

                                                                                         - Four (4) Cash Prize Winners

Keeper Leagues

                                                   - Head-to-Head 12-Team League
                                                   - Live Online Drafts
                                                   - 20-Man Roster
                                                   - 5-Man Practice Squad
                                                   - 3-Man Injured Reserve List
                                                   - 13 Week Schedule

                                                   - League Playoffs (6 teams)

                                                   - Six (6) Cash Prize Winners

Keeper League Rules

Free Agency & Trades

New Leagues: begins immediately following the veteran draft thru the end of  the regular season.
Existing Leagues: begins March 1 thru the end of the regular season.

Keepers: Owners will be able to protect 5 (five) "Franchise Players" from the previous year. There will be a 10 round Veteran Draft and a 5 round Rookie Draft at the beginning of each season.

Protected List First Cut:      Rosters cut from 20 to 15 by midnight on May 1
Protected List Second Cut: Rosters cut from 15 to 10 by midnight on June 1
Protected List Deadline:      Rosters cut from 10 to 5 by midnight on July 1

The five protected franchise players must consist of one player at each position.

 

Drafts

Rookie Draft:  - New League: None
                       - Existing League: - 5 rounds - 2 min/pick
                                                   -  Draft type - worst to first
                                                   -  first week of August, date determined by existing owners vote

Veteran Draft:  - New League: - 20 rounds - 1 min/per
                                                - Serpentine draft
                                                - first week of September, date determined by commissioner

                       - Existing League: - 10 rounds - 2 min/pick
                                                   -  Draft type - worst to first
                                                   -  first week of September, date determined by existing owners vote


Injured Reserve
After the Veteran Draft, all owners are allowed to place up to five (5) players on the Practice (taxi) squad and three players on Injured Reserve (IR). Once a player is placed on IR, the player cannot be used during the current season.
 

Rosters
   - Owners are not required to start/draft a Tight End. You can choose to draft/start a TE if you like or not, but you must have three receivers in your starting lineup.
   - Each player can be on only 1 roster per league.
   - Partial lineups are not allowed.
   -Owners will draft an NFL team's entire defensive unit. Defensive units will count as one player.

 

Absent Owners
If an owner is AWOL, the Commissioner has the discretion to freeze the  owners franchise. Franchises that have been frozen by the Commissioner can only be unfrozen by that franchises owner. A written explanation must be submitted to the commissioner prior to the next scheduled week's kickoff. If an explanation is not submitted by the next scheduled week's kickoff time, the franchise will be managed by the Commissioner until a replacement owner is found. Commissioner owned franchises are NOT eligible for cash prizes. Should a Commissioner owned franchise become eligible to receive a cash prize, the prize will be divided evenly among the remaining five (5) playoff teams.

Grounds For Removal
The following conditions classify an owner as AWOL and eligible to have their franchise frozen:
   - An owner fails to attend the Live Online Draft for two (2) consecutive seasons
   - An owner fails to submit an active starting lineup more than three weeks in any given season.

Exclusive Gem Leagues

FantasyGemz.com offers an Exclusive Gem league for those fantasy fans who believe they possess managerial skills superior to none. The High Roller leagues. In the High Roller leagues, you compete for EXTRA, EXTRA LARGE CASH prizes.

 Costs

You can select from six different type of Gem leagues. “Opal”, “Pearl”, “Ruby”, “Sapphire”, “Emerald”, and “Diamond”. The cost per team are as follows:

There are NO other costs per team, which means NO transaction fees. Just go to the join a league page and click on the "PayPal" button for the league you wish to join. Fantasy Gemz Fantasy Gamez uses PayPal ™ because it is fast, free, and secure. Cash prizes winners will have their prizes transferred directly into their PayPal ™ account or to the Credit or Debit card used at the time of registration. League entry fee payments are only refundable within 30 days of registration.

The rules governing contests, and tournaments with entry fees and/or prizes are set up by each individual state, not by the federal government. Based on these 50 sets of laws, FantasyGemz.com CANNOT offer fee-based tournaments with prizes to residents of the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee.

Note: If  your league is partially full by draft time, your league will be combined to form a complete league.

Draft Dates & Times

Head-to-Head Leagues

 

League Type	Draft Date	Time
Opal	September 1	8:00pm ET
Pearl	September 2	8:00pm ET
Ruby	September 3	6:00pm ET
Sapphire	September 4	6:00pm ET
Emerald	September 5	8:00pm ET
Diamond	September 6	8:00pm ET

The Draft

All of Fantasy Gemz Fantasy Football leagues will hold a LIVE ONLINE DRAFT. When your draft is set to begin, choose the OWNERS option from the menu on your leagues home page. Then select the DRAFT option. This will take you to the Live Online Draft Room. Once there, choose your team, enter your password, and you will be ready to draft, or if you like, perform a predraft. (We strongly suggest that you familiarize yourself with the Live Online Draft Room and the predrafting process before your draft actually begins.)

Owners will select their players in serpentine drafts consisting of either 8 or 18 rounds. New Keeper Leagues will select their players in a 20 round serpentine draft. Existing Keeper leagues will hold a 5 round Rookie Draft and a 10 round Veteran draft. In a serpentine draft, the draft order rotates each round. The team with the first pick of the draft would draft first, the team with the second pick would draft second, and so on through the last pick in the round. In each following round, the order is reversed. In the Keeper Leagues Rookie and Veteran drafts, each round will be non-serpentine, worst to first each round.

Draft Timer

   - 8/18 round drafts - 2 min/selection

   - 5 round Rookie Draft - 2 min/selection

   - 10 round Veteran Draft - 2 min/selection

   - 20 round (Existing Keeper League) draft - 1 min/selection

Live Online Draft

Each leagues draft will take place in the LIVE ONLINE DRAFT ROOM. Owners should try to arrive 10 minutes before their draft is scheduled to begin. (Once again, it is strongly suggested that you familiarize yourself with the predrafting process and the “LIVE DRAFT MODE” before your draft actually begins). Each owner will have the opportunity to predraft for any round before and during the draft. We recommend predrafting, because it speeds up the draft and enables owners to be prepared when it is their turn to draft.

Predrafting

Pre-drafting must be utilized for owners who own more than one team during a given week. The most important thing to understand about this feature is the following:

Any pre-draft picks submitted by an owner will be selected as soon as it is that owner's turn to pick for that given pick of the draft. In other words, if you have submitted pre-draft picks for round 2 of your draft, as soon as the team before you in round 2 picks, the system will go through your pre-draft list at that time (even if you're actively logged into the draft!) and make your pick for you. If an owner has to step away from his computer for whatever reason during a live draft, he may want to pre-draft for an upcoming round or two while he is away, so the system can automatically make his picks for him. If for any reason an owner does not make their selection before their time is up; as soon as their time expires, our software will automatically select the best available player for that team. HOWEVER, if an owner misses two picks in a row, or three picks total throughout the draft, selections will be automatically made for them from that point on.

Prize Distribution Chart

Rosters

• Owners are not required to start a Tight End. You can choose to draft/start a TE if you like or not, but you must have three receivers in your starting lineup.

• Each player can be on only 1 roster per league.

• Partial lineups are not allowed.

• Owners will draft an NFL team’s entire defensive unit. Defensive units will count as one player.

• In 5 Team leagues, an owners starting line up will consist of their entire 8-man roster.

      *Below is the chart indicating how many players you MUST start at each position.

Scoring

Trades

When two owners agree upon a trade, it is immediately executed. If a trade is processed and completed, and a majority of the owners within that league (not including the owners involved in the trade) feel the trade is one sided, they must email thecommissioner@fantasygemz.com within 24 hours of the completion of the trade to voice their complaints. If  a majority of the owners votes to veto the trade, the trade will be reversed retroactively.

The Commissioner

The commissioner will resolve any disputes that may arise, such as the trading of players or rules violations by owners, etc. There are no commissioner controlled teams.

Private Leagues

You and a group of your family, friends/co-workers can compete against one another in your own private league. You can also setup an Exclusive High Roller or Winner Takes All private league. Click here to setup your a private league.