FANTASY SPORTS “FOOTBALL”

Learning Target:•I can define “Fantasy Sports”•I can apply the rules of the FFFL by competing in the FFFL competition without being penalized.

What is “FANTASY SPORTS”?

Allows fans to enjoy sports on an interactive level.

Who is in charge in fantasy sports?

• You are in control.

• You, as a team owner, become the teams General Manager and assume all the decision making roles.

F.F.B.L 2014 FANTASY FOOTBALL• Step 1 – Form a partnership

• Step 2 – Name your team– Logo and Mascot

• Step 3 – Create your teams database – Excel Spreadsheet

• Step 4 – Conduct Research

• Step 5 – F.F.B.L. 2014 Draft

• Player Research and Daily Operations (on going)

Form a partnership

• Select a classmate to team-up with

• 1 or 2 people per team

• Each team member will assume the role of co-G.M.

• Current Roster, Drop/Add or Trade Players, Database and Weekly Stats Updates,

How do I keep track of everything?

• Utilizing the tools within Microsoft Excel each team will create a Team Database

• Team Roster

• Calculate Team/Player Statistics

• Salary Cap Budgeting

• Daily operations (research and staying current)

– Yahoo Sports

– ESPN (watch or online)

– CBSSports.com

DRAFT DAY• Thursday, August 21st

• We will have 11 Rounds

• Each team will have 4-minutes to select their player

• Failure to select a player within the allotted time will result in skipping to the next team in the draft

If your team is not present on Draft Day they will pick players from the “Free Agent Pool”.

TEAM ROSTEREach team must have a roster consisting of the following position player the entire season:

• 2 – QB• 2 – RB• 2 – WR• 2 – TE• 2 – K• 1 – OPEN

Failure to keep the roster at 11 players at anytime during the season will result in the lowering of team points.

SALARY CAP

Each team is allotted a salary cap in the amount of (To Be Determined) to be used on their roster.

Teams maybe under the salary cap but at no time during the season should a team be over the salary cap.

Failure to stay within the set salary cap will results in reduction of your teams points.

WEEKLY STARTERS

Prior to the start of each new NFL week every FFFL team must submit a “Weekly Starter Sheet”.

Each week the owners must start the following position players;

• 1 – QB• 1 – RB• 1 – WR• 1 – TE• 1 – K

OFFENSE SCORINGPts Value Passing  

1pt every 1yd gained

1pt every completion

-5pts every Int’s thrown

10pts every passing TD

2pts every passing XP

Pts Value Rushing   

2pt every 1yd gained

10pts every rushing TD

2pts every rushing XP

Pts Value Receiving  

2pt every 1yd gained

1pt every completion

10pts every receiving TD

2pts every receiving XP

KICKING SCORINGKicking   every PAT kick made 1pt

every PAT kick missed -10pts

every FG 1-19 yds made 3pts

every FG 20 - 29 yds made 5pts

every FG 30 - 39 yds made 10pts

every FG 40 - 49 yds made 15pts

every FG 50 - 59 yds made 25pts

every FG 60+ made 50pts

every FG missed -3pts

FFFL WEEKLY RANKING

Weekly Team Rank FFFL Points1st 11pts

2nd 10pts

3rd 9pts

4th 8pts

5th 7pts

6th 6pts

7th 5pts

8th 4pts

9th 3pts

10th 2pts

11th 1pts

FFFL PROJECT GRADE

• Class Participation

• Group Involvement

• Week-To-Week Improvements

• Staying Current

• Abiding by the FFFL Rules