With the help of Fantrax.com, we incorporate just about every facet of NFL football into our dynasty IDP scoring system, design, and gameplay. We utilize a Points, Head-to-Head, Weekly scoring system that awards for various accomplishments. You will never miss out on gaining an edge on the scoreboard using our universal format. Need more? Here’s a breakdown of our dynasty IDP leagues.
IDP League Quick Outline
Entry Fees:
2-year commitment = $200 (upcoming season plus year 2 pre-paid) PLUS $100 deposit EQUALS $300 total fee
3-year commitment = $300 (upcoming season plus year 2 & 3 pre-paid) PLUS $75 deposit EQUALS $375 total fee
4-year commitment = $400 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, & 4 pre-paid) PLUS $50 deposit EQUALS $450 total fee
5-year commitment = $500 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, 4, & 5 pre-paid) PLUS $25 deposit EQUALS $525 total fee
12 teams per league for startups
Daily rosters | Head-to-Head Points
LIVE and Automated “Slow” Draft via Fantrax.com (extended clock & e-mail notifications if enabled by user)
The draft runs from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. EST daily. The clock pauses during the off-hours; however, draft selections can be made while the clock is stopped.
All existing leagues use a straight draft order based on the previous seasons' final standings and draft-order bracket
For existing leagues, the draft is divided into 2 parts:
The first 3 rounds are the First-Year Player Draft (FYPD) Draft
The Free-Agent Draft begins in the 4th Round
All start-up leagues use a serpentine draft
For start-up leagues, the draft is divided into 2 parts:
The first 3 rounds are the First-Year Player Draft (FYPD) Draft
The Free-Agent Draft begins in the 4th Round
50-man rosters for all leagues
Payments are made safely and securely to Fantrax.
IDP League Rules/Adaptions
A CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in each Slack league chat room after the final payment for your league is paid in full. Failure to make the necessary cuts by the CUT DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS HALF of your available FAAB per day.
A MAX ROSTER CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in the main Slack Baseball chat room. Failure to get your roster at, or under, the MAX ROSTER LIMIT by the posted DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS of HALF YOUR TEAMS AVAILABLE FAAB per day.
All remaining FAAB money and Free Agent claims will be locked at NOON during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.
Any scoring play not reflected in the current rule set will not be added at any point during the season. Potential scoring plays deemed “unusual” or “rare” will be addressed by the Commissioner in the offseason and altered, if necessary, the following season. THERE WILL BE NO SCORING CHANGES DURING THE SEASON.
IDP League Fees
2-year commitment = $200 (upcoming season plus year 2 pre-paid) PLUS $100 deposit EQUALS $300 total fee
3-year commitment = $300 (upcoming season plus year 2 & 3 pre-paid) PLUS $75 deposit EQUALS $375 total fee
4-year commitment = $400 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, & 4 pre-paid) PLUS $50 deposit EQUALS $450 total fee
5-year commitment = $500 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, 4, & 5 pre-paid) PLUS $25 deposit EQUALS $525 total fee
IDP League Prize Pools
10-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)
Year 1 and Up – $800.00
12-Team Leagues
Year 1 and Up – $1,000.00
IDP League Payouts
Our payouts allow everyone in the league to make back some cash, even in a lost season. We award payouts to the following:
League Champion: 55% of the total league pot
Runner-Up: 20% of the total league pot
Regular Season Champion: 20% of the total league pot
Third Place: 5% of the total league pot
The Prize Pool is determined by the following:
Total League Entree Fees Collected MINUS
Fantrax.com Premium Hosting Services ($65) MINUS
Website Hosting Fee ($35) MINUS
Commissioner Free League Entry ($100) =
Total League Prize Pool
IDP League Rosters
Rosters cap at fifty (50) players.
Zero roster limitations. You decide how many players to keep at each position.
Full IDP and multiple Flex positions for added depth.
$500 FAAB starts from the conclusion of your Free Agent draft until the end of our Fantasy Regular Season.
WEEKLY LINEUP SETUP:
OFFENSE: 1 QB, 2, RB, 3 WR 1 TE, 1 K, 3 FLEX (RB/WR/TE)
DEFENSE: 2 DE/DL, 2 LB, 4 DB, 3 FLEX (ANY)
IDP League Roster Sizes
1st Year & Beyond: 50 players
NOTE: Each year, you keep 25 + any roster credits you have.
IDP League Scoring
Scoring Grid
IDP League Drafts
Start-up League drafts will begin 24 to 48 hours after the last league fee is paid.
Existing leagues have 7 days after the final payment to finalize cuts. The draft will be scheduled for 9 days after the final payment or 48 hours after the final cut.
The draft order is determined for start-up leagues via a random lottery using the Fantrax.com draft pick generator.
Drafts are considered a “Slow Draft” with 2 hours per team, per pick, and usually take up to 2 weeks to complete (50 Round AVG)
Teams are emailed when the league is whole and when the draft will begin.
Once all teams are paid and confirmed, the draft may begin unless a predetermined date has been set.
Draft Type: Live Online Standard (Slow)
Time limit per pick: 2 hours
After two (2) consecutive time-out picks, you will be placed on auto-draft
Live draft sleep time start: midnight ET
Live draft sleep time end: 10:00 am ET
All returning teams are awarded one (1) Free Agent pick per player dropped or cut during the off-season.
Free Agent picks may be traded at will.
Players not found in the Fantrax.com player database cannot be drafted.
Once your team hits the DRAFT ROSTER CAP (league cap plus 5 additional off-season slots), your draft is OVER! You will not be given additional draft slots if you trade for additional players and/or picks.
**You are receiving credit for keeping any 1st Year player you drafted in our Rookie Draft on your roster for an entire season**
IDP League First-Year Player Draft (FYPD)
Each team will be awarded 3 FYPD picks to begin their season. The FYPD is for incoming first-year players ONLY. Players selected in the FYPD will register one credit for their owner towards Free Agency cuts the following season for the lifetime of their tenure on any team*. If traded, they will lose their Credit Status. FYPD players cannot be submitted as a CUT for the free-agent draft until all mandatory cuts have been made. Any undrafted FYPD player becomes a Free Agent at the end of the FYPD.
IDP League Free Agent Draft
The free-agent draft order will remain the same for existing leagues throughout the draft. Start-up Dynasty Leagues use a serpentine or snake draft for their first year.
Most Non-Playoff teams will have their position determined by order of finish in the postseason Draft Bracket.
Draft Order Change: Most teams that do not make the playoffs will play in a consolation bracket to determine the Draft Order for the following season. The team with the worst record gets the 1 seed. The following seeds get the next lowest bracket slot. Reseeding will occur each round until a winner is determined. Refer to the Draft Bracket rules section for the league-by-league outline.
The free-agent draft clock is 2 hours per pick. It is on from 10 a.m. ET to midnight ET daily until the draft is completed.
After two (2) consecutive time-out picks, you will be placed on auto-pick
If you miss a Free Agent draft selection, the system will select based on your queue first, then by ADP for the current season.
Once your team hits the DRAFT ROSTER CAP (league cap plus 5 additional off-season slots), your draft is OVER! You will not be given additional draft slots if you trade for additional players and/or picks.
Players taken in the Free Agent draft rounds start with zero (0) service time and progress by one (1) for every entire season they remain on your roster. After three (3) consecutive seasons on your roster, they become a credit. The standard progression is 0>1>2>C. For example, players drafted in round 1 of a 2025 draft will become a credit for you in the year 2028 (the 4th year of the league) as long as that player remains on your roster the entire time.
IDP League Waiver Wire Rules
In all leagues, we use a two-part claiming system.
All waived players are eligible for bidding daily using a Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB).
All waiver claims are processed the next day at 9 AM ET.
After the 9 AM ET waiver run, all remaining players will be available on a First Come, First Serve (FCFS) basis until each player's game-time lock. At the start of each player's respective game, players will be waived and available to bid on for the next day's waiver run.
All dropped players will be automatically waived and locked for at least 24 hours to allow everyone in the league to bid on said player. Dropped players will be included in the following 9 AM ET waiver run after their 24-hour lock.
There is a season-long cap on FCFS claims. Once you have reached this cap, you can no longer claim players via FCFS. The FCFS claims limit begins immediately after the draft ends and ends on the first day of the playoffs.
All undrafted players will go to waivers for 24 hours after your league's yearly draft concludes.
All players will go on waivers at the start of their respective games.
Waivers run daily at 9 am ET.
After the 9 am ET waivers, all players will be available FCFS (first come, first serve) until the start of their game that day.
Any player whose team does not play on any given day will go to waivers at the start of the last game of that day.
All Free Agent claims will be locked at noon ET during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.
The commissioner will reverse any Waiver claim made before the noon ET cut-off that the system processes on Tuesday at 9:00 am ET or Wednesday at 9:00 am ET.
Teams can drop players during the Postseason but cannot make claims.
IDP League Trades
Once the league host (Fantrax) is ready, Trades must be made using the transaction feature only.
Preseason trades may be completed once all teams' rosters are officially ready (Fees paid, cuts made)
Multi-player or lopsided trades may be made. Vacancies can be filled using one of your add/drops.
The owner with a surplus above the league-dictated roster max must drop at least one player to make room on their roster.
Future picks can be traded.
IDP League Tie Breakers
The following tie-breakers are used for IDP Leagues: Regular Season Titles, Playoff Spots, and Playoff Seeding.
Most fantasy points for the entire season
Head-to-head record vs. team(s) tied with
The following tie-breakers are used for IDP Leagues: Playoff Bracket and Draft Order Bracket.
Higher seed
IDP League Postseason
All Free Agent claims will be locked at noon ET during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.
The commissioner will reverse any Waiver claim made before the noon ET cut-off that the system processes on Tuesday at 9:00 am ET or Wednesday at 9:00 am ET.
Teams can drop players during the Postseason but cannot make claims.
In 12-team leagues:
The top 6 teams will advance to the Postseason Playoff Bracket
The bottom 6 teams will play in the Draft Consolation Bracket
The league champion will be named at the end of Week 17.
All playoff and draft brackets become officially locked after completing one week on the bracket.
This one-week period allows for stats corrections from the period prior.
Consolation Bracket Seeding:
1st round:
1st and 2nd seed teams earn a bye
6th seed vs. 5th seed
4th seed vs. 3rd seed
2nd round:
1st seed vs. winner (4th 3rd)
2nd seed vs. winner (6th 5th)
IDP League Off-Season
The number of cuts for each team is different due to the number of Minor League credits kept on your roster, PLUS any 3+ year tenured players.
A CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in each Slack league chat room after the final payment for your league is paid in full. Failure to make the necessary cuts by the CUT DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS HALF of your available FAAB per day.
A MAX ROSTER CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in the main Slack Baseball chat room. Failure to get your roster at, or under, the MAX ROSTER LIMIT by the posted DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS of HALF YOUR TEAMS AVAILABLE FAAB per day.
Once players reach 3+ yrs of continuous service, they will also give you credit towards your CUTS.
Rosters will expand to accommodate Minor League Picks yearly as CUTS will expand to protect your team's growth.
DROPS will only come from your final Regular Season Roster from the previous season.
Your offseason cannot begin until CUTS and payment has been made.
If the last team pays within 3 weeks of the MLB season, starting CUTS will be 48 hours after the final payment is received, and the draft clock will change from 2 hours to 1 hour per pick.
If there are Orphan Teams from owners who leave the league, Dynasty Orphans (DO) will attempt to find new owners.
If necessary, DO will sell teams via a Dispersal Draft to keep the league intact with the current number of teams.
The method to how the draft season draft order is determined:
12-team Leagues:
1st pick - Draft Bracket winner
2nd pick - Draft Bracket loser
3rd pick - Highest seed to lose in consolation 2nd round
4th pick - Lowest seed to lose in consolation 2nd round
5th pick - Highest seed to lose in consolation 1st round
6th pick - Lowest seed to lose in consolation 1st round
7th pick - Lowest seed to lose in 1st round
8th pick - Highest seed to lose in 1st round
9th pick - 3rd place game loser
10th pick - 3rd place game-winner
11th pick - Runner up
12th pick - Champ