The Rule Book: Second Edition

2 Fantacy Website

The fantacy website may be accessed at http://www.totalfantacy.net/

3 Fantacy Football League Administrator

The fantacy football league administrator shall be Kevin Roberts and he shall be required to:

3.1 Apply his time, effort and attention towards the routine maintenance of the fantacy website

3.2 To implement all requests (whether reasonable or unreasonable) in such timescales (whether realistic or unrealistic) arising in connection with the smooth and efficient administration of the fantacy football league as may be made of him from time to time by the managers, either of a routine nature as notified to him through the fantacy mailing list or of a non routine nature as may be decided upon at fantacy meetings.

4 Clubs

Clubs employ a team of players and are under the absolute control of their managers.

5 Pressroom

Each club shall operate a pressroom and offer copy, in whichsoever form as it may find appropriate, to the Fantacy Football League for incorporation into the fantacy website.

45 Punishable Breaches

The punishable breaches of the rules are as follows:

45.1 Fielding teams containing more than two players from any one "real" team an illegal team. There are two ways in which an illegal team may be fielded:

45.1.1 Having, within a team, more than the legal limit of players from any one "real" team at Kickoff of a Gameweek, the sanction for which is that:

45.1.1.1 The league will ‘send to the stands’ whichever player will result in the lowest points total for the manager during that week. The league will send to the stands one player for each offence, each time maximising the loss of points. This is not necessarily the highest scoring of the offending players. In the case that fewer points are scored by playing all offending players, then all are played and whichever other player(s) in the team whose removal would maximise the loss of points shall be ‘sent to the stands’.

45.1.1.1.1 For clarity, ‘offending player’ in the context of paragraph 45.1.1.1 refers to any of the players from the real team whose legal limit has been exceeded.

45.1.1.1.2 ‘Sent to the stands’ means that any points scored by the player that week will not be counted for the purposes of allocating points to the team and he shall earn no gate receipts. He shall, however, receive a salary from his club. (05.10.08 Scrapping the 3 player concession for the current season).

45.1.1.2 The sanctions contained within paragraph 45.1.1.1 shall be applied to each Gameweek that the illegal team is fielded until the manager has made his squad legal.

45.1.1.3 A ‘skull and crossbones’ shall be inscribed alongside the club’s name on the League Table, which shall remain there until the end of the season.

45.1.2 Having, within a team, more than the legal limit of players in a given position (goal, defence, midfield or attack) at Kickoff of a Gameweek, the sanction for which is that:

45.1.2.1 The league shall first make the team legal by ‘sending to the stands’ whichever player(s) in the position(s) that has/have too many players will result in the lowest points total for the manager during that week. The league will ‘send to the stands’ one player for each offending player, each time maximising the loss of points. The team will then compete in all competitions as usual.

45.1.2.1.1 ‘Sent to the stands’ means that any points scored by the player that week will not be counted for the purposes of allocating points to the team and he shall earn no gate receipts. He shall, however, receive a salary from his club.

45.1.2.2 All points awarded for winning or drawing in the Premiership will then be deducted from the club’s points total in the league table. Any points awarded for winning or drawing in the group stages of any cup competitions they may have competed in shall be deducted from the relevant group table. If the team competed in a knockout stage of a cup competition then they shall be deemed to have lost and their competitor will progress to the next round.

45.1.2.3 The Club shall be fined 1 million pounds of Fantacy Money.

45.1.2.4 The sanctions contained within paragraphs 45.1.2.1 to 45.1.2.3 shall be applied to each Gameweek that the illegal team is fielded until the manager has made his squad legal.

45.1.2.5 A ‘skull and crossbones’ shall be inscribed alongside the club’s name on the League Table, which shall remain there until the end of the season. (Meeting February 2012, 21.02.12)

45.2 Being overdrawn, the sanction for which is that:

45.2.1 All points awarded for winning or drawing in the Premiership shall be deducted from the club’s points total in the league table. Any points awarded for winning or drawing in the group stages of any cup competitions they may have competed in shall be deducted from the relevant group table. If the team competed in a knockout stage of a cup competition then they shall be deemed to have lost and their competitor will progress to the next round.

45.2.2 The Club shall be fined 1 million pounds of Fantacy Money.

45.2.3 The sanctions contained within paragraphs 45.2.1 to 45.2.3 shall be applied to each Gameweek that the illegal team is fielded until the manager has made his squad legal.

45.2.4 A ‘skull and crossbones’ shall be inscribed alongside the club’s name on the League Table, which shall remain there until the end of the season.

47 Fantacy Meetings

Fantacy meetings are the preferred forum for conducting all business relating to the fantacy football league and the only forum for amending the rules. They can also be used for the purchase of players from the Pool, transfer of players between managers and the purchase of LTG’s, as well as any other business or discussion that is deemed appropriate.

47.1 Meetings shall be conducted through the medium of Internet Messenger or some similar internet messaging system that allows for the recording of dialogue between managers to be recorded as text.

47.1.1 This text shall be saved by one of the participating managers at the end of the meeting and posted to the Fantacy Football email group and shall constitute the minutes of the meeting.

47.2 A meeting shall be deemed to have been convened when a minimum of two managers are in attendance and in dialogue through the medium of Internet Messenger. From this point, until the minutes are saved, it will be possible to conduct transactions and make decisions through the process of voting that shall be considered valid and the will of the League. It is deemed good form to allow a reasonable amount of time for any managers to arrive who, through the Fantacy Football email group, have previously expressed an intention to attend.

47.3 Meetings may be convened at any time but shall take place on five occasions each season.: For guidance, the recommended dates are as follows:

47.3.1 On the date that the Community Shield is played in the "real world", theOpening Meeting shall be hosted by the manager of the bottom finishing of the clubs in the previous season

47.3.2 On a date during the month of October, hosted by the manager of BSE Eindhoven at the Cow Barn

47.3.3 On a date during the month of December, hosted by a volunteer.

47.3.4 On a date during the month of February, hosted by whichsoever manager has been the winner of the League Cup.

47.3.5 On the first weekend in April (the April Fools’ meeting), hosted by whichsoever manager is the current leader of the Dirty Bastard Boot (in the Bollocks) trophy.

(02.04.11 Meeting April 2011)

47.4 The precise date and time of the meeting will be agreed by consensus through the medium of the Fantacy Football Email Group, in order to facilitate the attendance of as many managers as possible. All dates are variable except those of the Opening Meeting and the April Fools’ Meeting.

47.4.1 The usual time for meetings to start is 1200GMT on a Sunday but this can be varied if there is a clear consensus, as determined through the Fantacy Football Email Group, that it should be otherwise and the host is in agreement.

47.4.2 The Opening Meeting and the April Fools’ Meeting shall be held on the dates specified above, at 1200GMT, unless there is a clear consensus, as determined through the Fantacy Football Email Group, that it should be otherwise and the host is in agreement. If one manager objects to variation of the date and time of either of these two meetings then the meeting must be held at the aforesaid date and time. The reason for this is to allow managers to plan around these dates, to facilitate their attendance at these two most important meetings.

47.5 The role of the host is to make the final decision on the date and time of the meeting, within the parameters set out in sections 47.3 and 47.4, and to provide hospitality to whichever managers wish to attend the meeting in person at the host’s home stadium.

47.6 The usual protocol for the format of the meeting is to follow the following agenda:

47.6.1 The meeting is opened by dealing with any Agenda Items that have been raised in advance of the meeting on the Meeting Spreadsheet. Agenda items usually take the form of proposals for changes to the rules and there is a procedure in place which explains how this is to be conducted.

47.6.2 The meeting then moves onto Business which involves players already under contract with a club or in the Pool.

47.6.3 The meeting then usually ends with business that involves other players i.e. LTG’s.

47.6.4 In the context of a Fantacy Football Meeting, the term ‘business’ refers to the buying and selling of players, either between managers or between managers and the Pool. This includes the buying and selling of LTG’s.