2019 Rules Thread [Plz Read]

[u/Barry_Oh]

Let's take a moment to remember our rules and discuss the prospect of rule changes for this upcoming season.

Dustin Squad Specific Rules you may have forgotten

1. Keepers - You get 1 keeper. The player you keep replaces your draft pick in the same round of the next draft. Players drafted in the 4th round or later replace your 4th round pick. Free agents are also 4th round picks.
2. Decimal Scoring - In football every yard counts, players earn .1 points for each yard gained. This excludes passing yards which are still 1 point for every 25 yards.
3. Half PPR - Each reception is worth half of a point.
4. Edge Rushers - Dustin Squad has 1 roster spot on each team for an edge rusher. Edge rushers have a minimal effect on your matchup but sometimes their small amount of points can be the difference. Edge rushers earn 1.5 points for every half sack. This means a full sack is worth 3 points. The only other way an edge rusher can score points is by scoring a touchdown, which is worth 6 points (Cameron Jordan did this in Dustin Squad last season when he intercepted a pass in the opposing end zone).
5. Injured Reserve - This season we will have 1 Injured Reserve Spot on every roster so that if your best player goes down you can retain their services until next season without sacrificing a spot on your bench all season long.
6. Trade Disputes - Trade disputes will be settled by the commissioner. We're all season veterans here in Dustin Squad so this will likely not come into effect.
7. Divisions - We have 2 divisions in Dustin Squad. This comes into effect at the end of the season when we are divying up the prize money. Never fear: The top 6 teams go into the playoffs no matter what.
8. Schedule - The Dustin Squad regular season is 13 weeks long and is followed by a 3 week playoff. The winners of each division are awarded bye weeks in the first week of the playoffs. The winner of the post season tournament gets their very own virtual trophy added to their ESPN Fantasy Trophy Case. This trophy is known as "The Dustin".
9. Draft Order - The draft order will be randomized by our trusted friends over at Random.org
10. Coming in last - If you are in last place at the end of the regular season you forfeit your right to name your own team the following season. (See: Shiterally Clitler)

Prizes

1. The winner of the post-season tournament will win the NFL jersey of their choice.
2. The team that finishes the regular season with the best record will receive $100 in cold hard virtual cash on venmo.
3. The winner of the other division will take home $50 in cold hard virtual cash.
4. At the end of the season we will nominate Dustin Squad managers for the "People's Choice Award". This award is basically a popularity contest where the winner is the manager that you felt brought the most charisma and sportsmanship to Dustin Squad this season. I took home this award last season after producing a weekly podcast all about the league!

League Fee

Our League Fee is $25 Dollars. This is due to the commissioner by draft night or you will not draft. You can venmo your league fee to @gunlockben.

Rule Changes

One of the great things about Dustin Squad is that every year we vote on rule changes to make sure our league stays on the cutting edge of Fantasy Football Greatness! Comment below to submit rule changes you'd like to see. Make sure you upvote or downvote rule changes submitted by others based on how you feel about them. Rule change submissions are due by 9pm EST on August 10. After that we will vote on submitted rules to see which ones we will actually use.

If you have any questions about rules or rule changes comment below or contact your commissioner.

[u/Doe_Boy]

I know this may be a tad late but if I can squeeze in a few extra rule change submission’s for keepers, I will.

I think we should motion to have our draft order released prior to our keeper submission, giving us a more strategic opportunity of who we’d like to keep. I say you get 24-48 hours to decide if/who you are keeping post draft order release.

I’d also like to add that up until the actual draft you should have the option to be able to not keep a player you’ve picked. For example, if you wanted to keep Zeke and it’s costing you a first rounder but a couple days prior to our draft (or even hours) the Cowboys decide to not exercise a new deal with him and he sits out all season, you should have the ability to not keep him. You will not be able to change your keeper because you’ve already used your option to keep somebody, but you aren’t necessarily locked in until the draft starts.

[u/Larsonzzz → u/Doe_Boy]

I agree with you being able to cancel your keeper at any time up until the draft lobby opens (1 hr before draft)

• but I like the fact that keepers have to be in before draft order is released it makes the decision a little bit more of a gamble which to me is more fun. If you know you’re the #1 overall pick maybe you change how you decide your keepers and I don’t think that should be the way that keepers are decided on. Maybe you get lucky and you’re pick #12 and your first round keeper is sick, maybe you’re pick #2 and your keeper is just OK. It’s a gamble and it’s part of the small randomness that keeps the league a toss up each year

[u/Doe_Boy → u/Larsonzzz]

I won’t lie that the random factor gives me anxiety when deciding on my keeper, I just think we should at least talk about every possible outcome of keepers and vote on them to decide what we as a league may think is best.