All teams will begin the draft with $200 toward the draft, minus the cost of keepers.
Owners will take turns nominating players for bidding. A nomination functions as a bid, with a minimum value of $1.00. Bidding then commences, with all owners free to bid on the nominated player, so long as they have an available roster spot and funds.
Should two owners make the same bid, credit will be given to the owner who bid first. Any contentions about the order of such a tie will be decided by a show-of-hands league vote, on the spot.
Once an owner's roster is filled, they are removed from the nomination order and bidding processes.
All owners must fill a complete, 14-player roster at the draft.
Owners have the option of keeping a maximum of seven players each year.
Non-rookie keepers will be valued at their initial auction price for two seasons (re: the season drafted, at the following season). In the third season, they enter restricted free agency.
Rookie keepers (defined as any player whose name is in the Yahoo! player pool for the first time) will be valued at their initial auction price for three seasons (re: the season drafted, and following two seasons). In the fourth season, they enter restricted free agency.
(Note: this is an adjustment to the idea of a developmental roster spot)
A player entering restricted free agency is eligible for nomination during the draft, but still considered to be "owned" by their current team — they may not participate in the bidding process. The winning bidder then has the option to lock their price OR increase it once more before the rights owner is given the option to match the bid or concede.
Any undrafted player picked up off of the waiver wire may be kept for $5.00.
For restricted free agency purposes, undrafted rookies are treated as non-rookie keepers; they hit restricted free agency after two seasons.
Roster Spots: 15
IL Spots: 3
IL+: 1
The waiver wire will remain as first come, first serve.
Add/drops will remain at two per matchup.
Top six in, bottom four out.
TIE-BREAKERS
Regular season (for playoff entry):
Head-to-head record
Most categories won in H2H
Most categories roto
Best roto across league
Playoffs
Head-to-head record
Roto scoring amongst all playoff teams in the round
Most categories won through playoffs to that point