League Settings & Requirements*

[ProFSL]

Basic Requirements
You must be an active member of the ProFSL forum as all transactions are decided by bidding on the Franchise GM board.  If you do not respond to a PM inquiry regarding your status in the league within two weeks then you may be let go due to inactivity.  If you plan on going on a hiatus of any type (vacation, busy with work) then please notify the commissioner ahead of time.

League Premise
To represent the current atmosphere of MLB for GMs in a manner that works effectively with fantasy baseball while not making it overly complicated to play.

Entry into League
There are no prerequisites for entry into this league.  New GM positions are based on the commissioner's approval of a waiting list compiled with the three people who are at the top of the overall waiting list and the two people who are at the top of the waiting list for the specific franchise that is open.  The basis of approval is judged by activity on the ProFSL forum, membership in other ProFSL leagues, experience, and reason for applying to FGM.

The league and the TC may appear harsh in judging a new GMs moves, but the purpose is to ensure the new member is knowledgeable of the rules and adheres to their plan.

Franchise Name
Your franchise name is tied to the actual MLB franchise.  If the team name changes, or the franchise moves to a different city, your team name must adapt.  In the event of contraction, your team name remains grandfathered unless you decide to take on a different franchise in MLB that may become open.

Roster Size
Your MLB roster can be no more than 40 players.  This does not include the entry draft roster.

Original Rosters (2009)
Original rosters reflect players that the franchise has as of June 25, 2009.  Any minor league players not inherited were considered free agents.  All optional contract extensions (options) were decided on as these are not used in MLFB Franchise GM.  GMs may have extended the current contract (if there are options) inherited of a player for any number of years up to the number of option years available after 2009.  After the option extension wass decided, the contract was final.

League Site
The league will be a free league on Fantrax.

Roster Positions
C (1)
CI (2)
MI (2)
OF (3)
Util (1)
SP (5)
RP (6)

Lineups
The lineups can be set daily.  The scoring period is weekly.  There is a maximum of 85 innings that your pitchers may throw per week.  Any amount over that will not be counted toward your score that week.

GM Job Change
A current GM may take on a position elsewhere only if they have served for at least nine months with their current franchise.  There is a priority list for the pecking order of GM transfers in the main board.

Regular Season Tiebreakers
If two or more teams in a division are tied for a playoff spot then the order of tiebreakers is determined by:
1) Head to head record
2) Divisional record (Win%)
3) Fantasy points scored
Two or more teams not in the same division that are tied for a playoff spot use fantasy points scored as the sole tiebreaker. 

Playoffs
The playoffs are based on MLB rulings in that each division winner makes it in addition to two wildcard teams from each league (effective 2012).  The team with the best record in each league will have home field advantage against the team with the worst record in the league.  However, such an opponent cannot be a team in that team's division.  The #1 and #2 best teams in each league have home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs - the divisional series.  The winners move on to play each other in each league's Championship Series.  The team with the home-field advantage is the division winner with the better record.  Home-field advantage in the World Series is indicative of which real life team won the MLB Allstar game that season.  Home-field advantage is used as a tiebreaker in all playoff matches.  Each round of the playoffs will be at least one week long with the World Series ending at least one week prior to the end of the MLB regular season. 

Note that for 2012, the wildcard round will actually cover the last week of the regular season.  Once the regular season finishes, the two wildcard teams will be determined in each league.  Their points from the final week of the regular season will be compared and the winner will advance to be divisional series.

Adopted on or about 11/3/14 (http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=170007.10)
Wildcard teams will be determined based on regular season records using the tie-breaker system above. The first week of the playoffs will be for wild card teams in both leagues. In playoff week 2 the wildcard winners will play the team with the best record in their respective leagues and the remaining division winners will play each other. Playoff Week 3 will be the League Championships, Week 4 and 5 is the World Series.