LEAGUE GUIDELINES

THE LEAGUE:
1) THE GREEN DIAMONDS FANTASY LEAGUE WAS CREATED IN 1997. STARTING WITH 10 TEAMS,
THE LEAGUE EXPANDED TO 12 TEAMS IN 1998.
 
2) THE GREEN DIAMONDS LEAGUE WILL HAVE A PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT AND A FINANCE/
STATISTICS OFFICER.
 
3) 2005 LEAGUE FEES ARE $25 PER OWNER. THIS WILL COVER ALL LEAGUE EXPENSES. LEAGUE FEES ARE DUE ON /OR BEFORE DRAFT DAY. NO OWNER WILL BE ALLOWED TO DRAFT WITHOUT ALL FEES BEING PAID.
 
4) THE GREEN DIAMONDS LEAGUE WILL HONOR THE DIVISION WINNERS AND LEAGUE CHAMPION WITH TROPHIES AT  SEASONS END OR AT THE DRAFT THE FOLLOWING SEASON.
 
5) THE GREEN DIAMONDS LEAGUE WILL HONOR THE OWNER OF THE LEAGUES TOP PITCHER
WITH THE "FLAMETHROWER AWARD". THE LEAGUE WILL ALSO HONOR THE OWNER OF THE
LEAGUES TOP BATTER WITH THE "LUMBERKING AWARD".
 
6) EACH OWNER IS REQUIRED TO NAME HIS TEAM PRIOR TO DRAFT DAY. (TEAMS MAY CHANGE
NAMES ,ALSO BEFORE DRAFT DAY).
 
THE DRAFT:
1) THE DRAFT WILL BE HELD THE LAST WEEKEND BEFORE THE MLB REGULAR SEASON.
 
2) IF FOR SOME REASON AN OWNER IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE DRAFT, HE MUST HAVE A 
DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT ON DRAFT DAY. NO REP, NO TEAM!
 
3) EACH OWNER WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH A COPY OF THE DRAFT ORDER PRIOR TO DRAFT DAY.
THE DRAFT WILL CONSIST OF THE STANDINGS FROM THE PREVIOUS SEASON IN REVERSE
ORDER. THE TEAM WITH THE LAST PICK IN A ROUND WILL BE MOVED TO THE FIRST PICK
IN THE FOLLOWING ROUND (BARRING TRADES), AND ALL THE OTHERS WILL MOVE DOWN IN THE 
ORDER.
 
4) EACH OWNER WILL DESIGNATE 3 "FRANCHISE" PLAYERS FROM THEIR ROSTER 1 WEEK PRIOR TO THE
DRAFT.
 
5) THE DRAFT WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
A) 27 ROUNDS(3 "FRANCHISE" PLAYERS AND 27 PICKS = 30 MAN ROSTER)
B) ALL OWNERS MUST HAVE THE ACTIVE POSITIONS FILLED AFTER ROUND 17.
1) ACTIVE POSITIONS AS FOLLOWS:
1-CATCHER, 1-FIRSTBASE, 1-SECONDBASE, 1-SHORTSTOP, 1-THIRDBASE, 1-LEFTFIELDER
1-CENTERFIELDER, 1-RIGHTFIELDER, 1-UTILITY INFIELDER(2B, SS OR 3B), 1-UTILITY 
OUTFIELDER, 2-DESIGNATED HITTERS, 5-STARTING PITCHERS AND 1-CLOSER
 
6) PLAYER QUALIFICATIONS: PLAYERS QUALIFY FOR A POSITION IF THEY.....
A) PLAYED 20% OF HIS GAMES THE PREVIOUS SEASON AT THAT POSITION 
B) IF DURING THE CURRENT SEASON, HE HAS PLAYED 20% OF HIS GAMES AT A NEW POSITION
BY THE ALL-STAR BREAK.
C) IF A PLAYER IS KNOWN TO PLAY A CERTAIN POSITION, BUT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES HE 
DID NOT PLAY THE REQUIRED % OF GAMES THE PREVIOUS SEASON, A VOTE OF OWNERS 
MAY QUALIFY HIM FOR THAT POSITION FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. 

7) STARTING IN THE 2004 SEASON, THE LEAGUE OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO NAME "FRANCHISE" PLAYERS ONE WEEK BEFORE THE DRAFT.
 
8) SUGGESTED MEDIA FOR DRAFT PREPARATION:
A) "STATS PLAYER PROFILES" YEARLY PUBLICATION 
B) BASEBALL WEEKLY
C) ANY/ALL FANTASY MAGAZINES FOUND ON THE NEWSSTAND
D) ROTOTIMES WEBSITE
 
WEEKLY PLAY: 
1) SERIES WINNERS WILL BE BASED ON HEAD-TO-HEAD PLAY EACH WEEK, FOLLOWING THESE RULES:
A) TOTAL POINTS GAINED FOR THE WEEK BY EACH TEAMS STARTING ROSTERS.
1) RESULTS FOR 6 AND 7 GAME WEEKS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
POINT DIFFERENCE -----------------------------------(6 GAMES) --------------------------------------(7 GAAMES)
+1 TO 100 PTS ------------------------------------------4-2 RECORD----------------------------------- 4-3 RECORD
+101 TO 200 PTS ---------------------------------------5-1 RECORD -----------------------------------5-2 RECOORD
+ 201 TO 300 PTS ---------------------------------------6-0 RECORD ----------------------------------6-1 RECORRD
+301 OR MORE------------------------------------------ 6-0 RECORD---------------------------------- 7-0 RECORD
 
B) AFTER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE SEASON, ALL TOP POINT ACTIVE PLAYERS PER 
POSITION WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE STARTING ROSTER EACH WEEK (THE STAT KEEPER
WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THIS)
C) IF A PLAYER IS ACTIVE, BUT HAS NO AB/IP IN THE WEEK, THE NEXT AVAILABLE PLAYER WILL 
BE BROUGHT UP. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE FOR CLOSERS, DUE TO THE FACT THEY MAY NOT 
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY DURING THE WEEK.
D) GAMES PLAYED WILL EQUAL 162 GAME SEASON.
 
2) POINTS FOR PLAYERS WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING SYSTEM:
BATTERS -----------------------------------------STTARTERS-------------------------------------------- CLOSERS
-.5 PTS PER A/B --------------------------------30 PTS PER WIN------------------------------------ 15 PTS PER WIN
1 PT PER RUN-------------------------------(-)15 PTS PER LOSS------------------------------(-)15 PTS PER LOSS
2 PTS PER HIT ------------------------1 PT PER INNING PITCHED ---------------------------15 PTS PER SAVE<
1 PT PER RBI -------------------------(-)1 PT PER EARNED RUN ------------------------(-)15 PTS PER BLOWNN SAVE
1.5 PTS PER TOTAL BASE ----------1 PT PER STRIKEOUT ---------------------------1 PT PER INNING PITCHED
1 PT PER WALK ---------------------------(-)1 PT PER WALK --------------------------------(-)1 PT PEER EARNED RUN
2 PTS PER NET SB------------ 10 POINTS PER COMPLETE GAME ----------------------1 PT PER STRIKEOUT 
-3 PTS PER ERROR -----------------10 POINTSS PER SHUTOUT ------------------------------(-)1 PT PEER WALK
---------------------------------------------50 POINTS PER NO-HITTER------------------------------------------------------------
 
3) ALL STATS WILL COME FROM BASEBALL WEEKLY EVERY WEDNESDAY (OR OFF THE INTERNET ON MONDAYS)
  ALL OWNER NEWSLETTER/STAT PACKAGES WILL BE SENT BY THURSDAY MORNING.
 
4) THE WEBSITE SHOULD BE UPDATED BY THURSDAY MORNINGS
 
THE STANDINGS:
 
1) THE STANDINGS WILL BE BASED ON WEEKLY HEAD-TO-HEAD RESULTS.
  
2) STARTING IN  THE 2000 SEASON, THE LEAGUE WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO 6-TEAM DIVISIONS.
 
3) LEAGUE WINNER WILL BE DECIDED IN A 1 WEEK, 7 GAME SERIES BETWEEN DIVISION WINNERS THE LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. 

        CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINTS/GAMES

                TEAM WINS BY 200 OR MORE POINTS, THEY WIN SERIES 4-0

                TEAM WINS BY 150-199 POINTS, THEY WIN SERIES 4-1

                TEAM WINS BY 100-149 POINTS, THEY WIN SERIES 4-2

                TEAM WINS BY 1-99 POINTS, THEY WIN SERIES 4-3

 
4) IN THE EVENT OF A TIE FOR THE DIVISION TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TIEBREAKER SYSTEM WILL TAKE EFFECT
A) TEAMS HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD AGAINST TEAM(S) TIED WITH
B) TOTAL POINTS IN HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES AGAINST TEAM(S) TIED WITH
C) TEAMS RECORD AGAINST THE NEXT TEAM IN THE STANDINGS (ON DOWN TO THE LAST PLACE TEAM)
D) IF NO WINNER IS DETERMINED AT THIS POINT, WELL........... WE MUST HAVE HAD A GOOD SEASON! A VOTE OF OWNERS
WOULD DETERMINE THE NEXT STEP.
 
TRADES:
1) ALL PLAYERS TRADED FROM MONDAY TO SUNDAY WILL START FOR THEIR NEW TEAM ON
THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE DURING THE ALL-STAR BREAK. OWNERS WILL STILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE TRANSACTIONS DURING THE 3 DAYS OF THE ALL-STAR BREAK AND HAVE THE PLAYERS ELIGIBLE WHEN MLB PLAY RESUMES.
 
2) ALMOST ALL TRADES ARE ALLOWED. IF AN OWNER THINKS A TRADE IS INVALID, HE MAY
CALL A VOTE OF THE OTHER OWNERS NOT INVOLVED IN THE TRADE.
 
3) OWNERS ARE TO MAINTAIN QUALIFIED PLAYERS FOR ALL ACTIVE POSITIONS THROUGHOUT
THE SEASON.
 
4) TRADING IS ALLOWED FROM THE END OF THE PREVIOUS SEASON UNTIL AUGUST 31ST OF
THE PRESENT SEASON. NO TRADES AFTER MIDNIGHT (CST) ON AUG 31ST WILL BE ALLOWED.
 
5) TRADES INVOLVING FUTURE DRAFT PICKS WILL BE ALLOWED DURING THE SEASON WITH THE LIMIT OF 1 PER TEAM.
 
6) THE GREEN DIAMONDS LEAGUE WILL ALSO HAVE A  "FREE AGENT" SYSTEM. IT WILL BE 1ST COME
1ST SERVE. THE OWNER CAN DROP AND REPLACE 6 PLAYERS FROM DRAFT DAY UNTIL THE TRADING DEADLINE. THE PLAYER WILL START ON THE MONDAY FOLLOWING SELECTION.

7) STARTING IN THE 2005 SEASON THE GREEN DIAMONDS LEAGUE VOTED TO ALLOW 1 PLAYER,  PER TEAM,  PER SEASON TO BE TABBED AS A "MULLIGAN" PLAYER. THIS PLAYER IS ONE WHO HAS BEEN INJURED BUT THE OWNER WANTS HIM IN THE LINEUP AFTER COMING OFF THE D.L. THE PLAYER WILL REMAIN IN THAT STARTING POSITION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON UNLESS HE GOES ON THE D.L. AGAIN. IN THAT INSTANCE HE BECOMES A NORMAL PLAYER AND WOULD NEED TO HAVE GET BACK INTO THE STARTING LINEUP PER THE NORMAL LEAGUE WAY ONCE HE RETURNS FROM THE D.L.

8) STARTING IN THE 2009 SEASON THE GREEN DIAMONDS LEAGUE VOTED TO ALLOW 1 PLAYER, PER TEAM, PER SEASON TO BE TABBED AS THEIR "CORNERSTONE" PLAYER. THIS PLAYER IS SOMEONE WHO THE OWNER WANT IN THEIR STARTING LINE-UP EVERY WEEK NO MATTER WHAT. THIS PLAYER CAN BE ANY DRAFTED PLAYER. IF THE DESIGNATED PLAYER IS TRADED HE LOSES HIS TAG AND THE TEAM LOSES IT'S TAG FOR THE SEASON. IF A TEAM TRADES FOR A TAGGED PLAYER THEY CANNOT SWITCH THEIR TAG FROM THEIR CURRENT PLAYER. A TEAM CAN UNLOCK THEIR TAG ON A PLAYER THUS ENDING THE TAG FOR THE SEASON. IF A TEAM IS GOING TO USE THE "CORNERSTONE" TAG THE DESIGNATION HAS TO BE MADE PRIOR TO WEEK 3 OF THE SEASON WHEN RESERVES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ACTIVE ROSTER. 
 
*SPECIAL NOTE*
RULES MAY BE CHANGED BY A VOTE OF OWNERS EITHER DURING THE DRAFT OR AT ANY OFF SEASON MEETING OF OWNERS. A MAJORITY VOTE IS NEEDED TO ADD OR CHANGE ANY RULE OR SCORING OPTION.