League History

Rule Changes & Evolution (2013–2025)

📋 Current Rules 📅 Change Log 🔢 ESPN API

Current Ruleset

League & Format

10 teams, PPR scoring
13-week regular season
4-team playoffs, 2 rounds, 2 weeks each
Rounds 1 & 2: weeks 14–15 and 16–17
Non-playoff teams: roster locked during playoffs

Buy-In & Payouts

$5 buy-in due August 1st
Late payment: miss 5 bonus points week 1 (introduced 2025)
1st place: $35
2nd place: $10
3rd place: $5

Scoring

PPR (1 pt per reception)
TD passes: 6 pts
Forced fumble: 1.5 pts
Recovered fumble: 1.5 pts
Missed PATs: −0.5 pts
1.5 pts per net punt, 1 pt fair catch, 1 pt inside 20, 1 pt inside 10
Blocked punt: −2 pts

Keepers

2 keepers per team, due 1 week before draft
Drafted players: kept at original draft round − 1
Undrafted players: kept at ADP + 1 round
Max 2 seasons kept (introduced 2022)
Cannot keep 1st-round picks
Custom keeper rounds managed via ESPN platform (2022+)

Draft

Snake draft
Order set to inverse of prior season standings
Trade review enabled (2024+)

Roster

2 FLEX slots (2024+)
No IR slots (removed 2025)
No punter slot (removed 2025)
League winner receives well-wishes from Dan

Founding / Platform

Buy-In Change

Payout Change

Teams / Owners

Scoring / Format

Draft

Admin / Minor

2025

Buy-In League dues due by August 1st. Late payment forfeits 5 bonus points in week 1.
Scoring Punters removed from scoring. QBs revert to standard 4-point passing TDs — the 0.5-pts-per-completion rule removed. QBs now score 6 pts per TD pass.
Roster Both IR slots removed. Punter roster slot removed.

2024

Roster 2nd FLEX slot added. Punters added as a scoreable position.
Scoring QBs now earn 0.5 pts per completion. Punter scoring introduced: 1.5 pts per net punt, 1 pt fair catch, 1 pt inside 20, 1 pt inside 10, −2 pts blocked.
Draft Draft order set to inverse order of prior season standings. Trade review enabled.
Playoffs Non-playoff teams have roster lock during playoffs — no transactions allowed.

2023

Buy-In $5 buy-in introduced — first year with any financial stakes.

2022

Keepers Custom keeper round rules introduced via ESPN platform: drafted players kept at original round − 1, undrafted at ADP + 1. Max 2 seasons kept. Cannot keep 1st-round picks.

2017

Keepers Keepers introduced — 2 per team. Rules predating ESPN's custom keeper platform (pre-2022); keepers were 1st and 2nd round picks.

2015

Teams League expanded from 8 → 10 teams (first full 10-team season).

2014 — League Founded

Founded League created as "The Other League!" on ESPN with 8 teams.
Buy-In No buy-in — bragging rights only.

Scoring & Settings History (ESPN API)

Year-over-year changes detected from ESPN's league settings — most recent first

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