League Charter & Rulebook

Platform

Sleeper (web and mobile)

Teams

10 managers

Buy-in

$10.00 per manager, for a total league pot of $100.00

Payments

Collected and managed through the Sleeper Dues system

Payout

Winner-take-all. The League Champion receives the full $100.00 pot.

Head commissioner

Twinss167

Co-commissioner

aversioneer

1.1Payment Deadline

Dues must be paid through Sleeper no later than 11:59 PM Eastern on the day before the draft.

1.2Alternate Payment

If a manager cannot pay through Sleeper for a technical reason, such as their bank not connecting to the app, they must contact the head commissioner before the deadline and send the $10.00 by Zelle. The head commissioner will then pay their dues in Sleeper. Contacting the head commissioner before the deadline counts as paying on time.

1.3Late Payment

A manager who has not paid by the deadline is fined $5.00, which is added to the league pot. Until their dues and fine are paid in full, they may not make waiver claims, free agent additions, or trades.

Each team carries 15 roster spots (9 starters and 6 bench) plus 1 dedicated Injured Reserve slot.

Solid tiles are weekly starters. The dashed tile is the bench; the outlined tile is IR and does not count toward the 15 roster spots.

Scoring

Half-PPR (0.5 points per reception)

Waivers

Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB)

FAAB budget

$100.00 per manager for the full season

Waiver processing

Waivers clear every Wednesday at 3:00 AM AST

Trade deadline

Week 11

Trade review

Trades are not subject to head commissioner review or league veto and process once both managers accept. Trades that violate Article 6 may still be reversed under that article.

Draft picks

Draft picks may not be traded (see 11.4)

Playoffs

6-team bracket, Weeks 15 through 17

Toilet Bowl

Bottom 4 teams in the standings

4.1Determination

Last place is determined strictly by the Toilet Bowl bracket, made up of the bottom 4 teams in the standings. The manager who finishes at the bottom of that bracket is the league's overall last-place manager and must complete the punishment.

4.3Commissioner Clause

The slice must be deemed sizable enough by the head commissioner to satisfy the requirement.

4.4Deadline

The punishment must be completed by February 1 following the season.

4.5Deferral

The last-place manager may request a deferral when circumstances prevent them from completing the punishment by the deadline. Deferral requests must be made before February 1. Any circumstance may be presented; approval is decided under 4.6.

Because qualifying circumstances depend on the punishment, pre-approved examples are set each season. For the current season, the following are pre-approved:

• dirtypenischeese being deployed with the United States Navy.
• Twinss167 being outside the United States, making the required ingredients unavailable.

When a deferral is approved, the head commissioner sets the date by which the punishment must be completed. If the head commissioner is the last-place manager, the co-commissioner sets that date and holds the head commissioner accountable to it. Failure to complete the punishment by the deferral date puts 4.8 into effect.

4.6Deciding Deferrals

The head commissioner approves or denies deferral requests. If the head commissioner is the last-place manager, the co-commissioner decides.

4.7Proof of Completion

Completion must be verified by a video posted to the league Discord clearly showing the manager consuming the full slice. For the current season, the manager must also provide evidence of preparing the Party Cheese Salad, such as photos or a video recording of the process. The head commissioner (or co-commissioner under 4.6) confirms whether the proof satisfies the requirement.

4.8Failure to Complete

If the punishment is not completed by February 1, or by the deferral date set under 4.5, the following apply in order:

1. Grace period: the manager has 14 additional days to complete the punishment, and a public reminder is posted to the league Discord.
2. Double buy-in: if the grace period ends without completion, the manager's buy-in for the following season is $20.00, with the extra $10.00 added to the pot. The punishment remains owed.
3. Removal: a manager who refuses outright, or who has not completed the punishment by the next season's draft, is removed from the league and forfeits any dues paid.

The head commissioner may make a retroactive lineup or transaction correction when there is a reasonable and objectively supportable basis to conclude that the action recorded by Sleeper does not accurately reflect the action that should have been taken under the circumstances.

Corrections exist to fix errors or exceptional circumstances. They are not an additional opportunity to make decisions after deadlines have passed or after new information has become available. Each request must independently satisfy the applicable standard below.

5.1Qualifying Circumstances

5.1.1Platform or Technical Error

A correction may be made when a documented Sleeper malfunction, roster-locking error, scoring error, transaction-processing error, or other technical issue prevented the intended lineup or transaction from being entered or recorded correctly.

Evidence that the manager actually attempted the action before the deadline generally receives the greatest weight. The absence of a screenshot does not automatically disqualify a legitimate technical issue if other qualifying evidence exists.

5.1.2League or Head Commissioner Administrative Error

A correction may be made when an objective administrative error involving league settings, roster administration, scoring, transaction administration, or another head commissioner action resulted in an incorrect lineup, transaction, or matchup result. This also applies when the head commissioner fails to implement a clearly documented league rule, league vote, or prior league agreement.

Disagreement with the head commissioner's judgment, interpretation, or discretionary ruling is not, by itself, an administrative error. A correction under this clause must be based on an objective mistake or a failure to implement a clearly established league decision.

5.1.3Documented Pre-Kickoff Intent

A correction may be made when credible evidence establishes that the manager had already determined or communicated a specific intended lineup before the relevant player's game began, but the lineup was not recorded correctly.

Evidence created after kickoff may be considered only as permitted by the circumstance-specific standard in 5.6. Evidence created solely after kickoff to establish a previously uncommunicated intention generally carries substantially less weight. This clause exists to reconstruct a decision that was already made, not to allow a new decision after seeing later information.

5.1.4Exceptional Loss of Connectivity (Special Provision for dirtypenischeese)

Because owner dirtypenischeese is deployed with the United States Navy, the league recognizes that internet access aboard a deployed naval vessel may be outside the owner's control and may be interrupted without notice. Accordingly, dirtypenischeese may request a retroactive lineup or transaction correction when a loss of shipboard internet connectivity prevented an otherwise permissible action from being completed before the relevant deadline.

For this provision:

• The head commissioner may independently verify whether the claimed connectivity interruption occurred.
• Pre-kickoff evidence of the intended lineup or transaction is preferred but not mandatory.
• If pre-kickoff evidence is unavailable, the head commissioner may consider other credible evidence to determine the intended action.
• Post-kickoff player performance or other hindsight information cannot, by itself, establish the intended action.

The head commissioner may consider all available evidence when determining whether the claimed intended action is credible.

This provision is not a standing right to change lineups or make transactions after deadlines. It covers one specific circumstance in which internet access may be involuntarily removed without warning. It does not apply because dirtypenischeese was busy, forgot to set a lineup, failed to check Sleeper, or otherwise voluntarily failed to take an available action.

5.2Non-Qualifying Circumstances

A retroactive correction will generally not be granted solely because a manager:

• Forgot to set or change their lineup.
• Failed to check their lineup.
• Was unavailable, busy, traveling, asleep, or otherwise occupied.
• Voluntarily chose not to manage their team.
• Failed to notice an injury, inactive designation, or other player news.
• Changed their mind after the relevant deadline.
• Wants to substitute a player based on information or performance that became available after the deadline.
• Claims they would have made a different decision without credible supporting evidence.

Ordinary lack of internet access does not automatically qualify for any manager other than dirtypenischeese.

5.3No Weekly "Free Change"

There is no guaranteed number of corrections available to any team per week or per season. This rule does not grant a free lineup change, mulligan, or additional deadline. Each request must independently satisfy a qualifying circumstance. Unused corrections cannot be reserved, accumulated, or carried over, and repeated failures to set a lineup do not create additional eligibility for commissioner intervention.

5.4Multiple Changes From the Same Event

A correction may include multiple lineup or transaction changes when all of them resulted from the same qualifying event. For example, if a documented technical problem prevented several intended changes at once, those changes may be corrected together if the evidence supports them.

A single qualifying event cannot be used to justify unrelated changes that were not part of the original intended action. Each requested change must still meet the applicable eligibility and evidence standards.

5.5Player and Transaction Eligibility

A retroactive correction does not override normal roster or position eligibility. For a lineup correction, the replacement player must have:

• Legally been on the manager's roster at the relevant time; and
• Been eligible for the roster position under the league's normal rules.

The replacement player's own game may already have started. This rule imposes no separate kickoff restriction beyond normal roster and platform eligibility.

For a retroactive transaction correction:

• The transaction itself must have been legally permissible at the relevant time.
• The player must have been eligible to be acquired, dropped, traded, or otherwise processed under league rules at that time.
• The same evidence standards that apply to lineup corrections apply to the claimed intended transaction.

The head commissioner decides case by case whether a retroactive transaction correction is justified. A transaction correction can never create an action that would not have been legal when it allegedly should have occurred.

5.6Evidence Standard

The evidence standard is circumstance-specific rather than identical for every type of correction.

Technical or platform errors

The strongest evidence shows the manager attempted the action before the deadline and was prevented by a platform problem. Other independently verifiable evidence may also be considered.

Administrative errors

The strongest evidence is objective documentation that the head commissioner, league administration, league settings, or an established league decision was implemented incorrectly. Disagreement with a discretionary decision does not qualify.

Pre-kickoff intent

The strongest evidence is contemporaneous, created before kickoff, and shows the intended lineup. Post-kickoff evidence may only corroborate an already-established claim of pre-kickoff intent, not create a new one.

Connectivity exception

The head commissioner may independently verify the interruption. Pre-kickoff evidence of the intended action is preferred but not mandatory, and other credible corroborating evidence may be considered.

Retroactive transactions

The manager must establish both (1) a qualifying circumstance that prevented the action and (2) the intended transaction. The transaction must also have been legal at the relevant time.

5.7Anti-Hindsight Rule

How post-kickoff or post-deadline information is treated depends on the type of correction:

• Technical or administrative corrections: later evidence may be used to establish what error occurred.
• Documented pre-kickoff intent: the claimed intent must be supported by evidence that the decision existed before kickoff.
• Connectivity exception: the interruption may be verified after the fact, but the intended lineup or transaction must still be established through credible evidence.
• Retroactive transactions: later evidence may corroborate the claimed transaction but cannot create an intention that was not reasonably established.

No correction may be granted solely because a player performed well or poorly after the deadline, or because later information makes a different decision look better. A correction restores an action that should have occurred; it is not a chance to make a better decision in hindsight.

5.8Other Evidence

"Other reasonable evidence" is not a universal catch-all. The type of additional evidence that may be considered depends on the circumstance:

• Technical or platform errors: other independently verifiable evidence.
• Administrative errors: other objective documentation.
• Pre-kickoff intent: other contemporaneous evidence.
• Connectivity exception: other credible corroborating evidence, with the head commissioner permitted to independently verify the connectivity situation.
• Retroactive transactions: other evidence under the same standard as the corresponding lineup correction.

Evidence does not qualify merely because the head commissioner finds the manager's explanation plausible.

5.9Request Deadline

A correction must be requested before the fantasy week officially ends: Tuesday at 11:59 PM Eastern. After that, no new request may be opened for that week, regardless of whether the reason for the correction was discovered before or after the affected player's game. The deadline ensures requests are raised while the week is still active and before the passage of time makes reconstruction unnecessarily difficult.

5.10Reconsideration of a Denied Request

A denied request may be reconsidered only when genuinely new and materially relevant evidence becomes available. The following are not new evidence:

• Repeating the original argument.
• Rephrasing the same explanation.
• Providing additional speculation.
• Presenting evidence that was already available when the original request was considered.
• Pointing to a player's subsequent performance.

New evidence must materially affect the factual basis on which the original decision was made.

5.11Head Commissioner as a Benefiting Manager

If a proposed correction would benefit the head commissioner's own team, the head commissioner may not approve it unilaterally.

• The head commissioner must disclose the circumstances and proposed correction to the co-commissioner, and takes no part in the decision beyond providing the relevant facts and evidence.
• The co-commissioner decides whether the correction is made, applying the same standards as any other request.
• If the co-commissioner is the opponent in the affected matchup or would otherwise benefit from the decision, a league vote is held instead. The head commissioner and the opponent in the affected matchup are excluded from the vote, and a majority of eligible, non-affected managers must approve the correction before it is made.

5.12Consistency

The same standards apply regardless of which manager benefits. A circumstance that would not qualify for one manager will not qualify for another simply because that manager is the head commissioner, the co-commissioner, a party related to either commissioner, or any other favored member of the league.

The dirtypenischeese provision (5.1.4) is an explicit exception based on the unique and involuntary nature of connectivity loss while deployed with the United States Navy. It does not establish a general rule that ordinary lack of Wi-Fi qualifies for a correction.

5.13Transparency

All retroactive corrections remain visible through Sleeper's commissioner-action notifications. For each one, the head commissioner (or the co-commissioner, for a decision made under 5.11) should briefly explain:

1. What correction was made;
2. The circumstance that justified it; and
3. The provision of this rule that applies.

For corrections benefiting the head commissioner, the explanation must also state whether the co-commissioner or a league vote decided the request under 5.11, and the result.

This rule exists to provide a predictable, transparent process for correcting legitimate errors and exceptional circumstances, while preventing retroactive changes from becoming a routine way to gain an advantage after deadlines have passed.

6.1Purpose

Every manager is expected to manage their team with the goal of maximizing their own team's success. This rule prohibits conduct that manipulates outcomes for the benefit of another team or against the integrity of the league.

6.2Prohibited Conduct

The following are violations:

• Collusion: any agreement between two or more managers to benefit one team at the expense of league integrity. This includes trades made to help another team rather than one's own, agreements to split or share winnings, "loaner" trades where players are to be returned later, agreements to start or bench players to influence a matchup, and coordinated waiver bids meant to steer or block a player.
• Tanking: intentionally weakening one's own lineup to lose, including deliberately starting players known to be on bye, inactive, or out, or leaving slots empty. Because draft order is based on standings (11.1), losing on purpose to improve draft position is tanking.
• Roster dumping: dropping or trading away players for the purpose of benefiting a specific team.
• Shared control: allowing another manager to access or manage your team.

6.3Not a Violation

The following do not by themselves constitute a violation:

• A trade that appears lopsided.
• Poor decisions, bad luck, or disagreements over player value.
• Benching a player based on a good-faith judgment.
• Open negotiation, trade offers, or trash talk.

Because trades are not reviewed, a claim under this article requires evidence of an agreement or intent, not just an unfavorable result. A trade is not evidence of collusion simply because other managers dislike it.

6.4Reporting

Any manager may report a suspected violation to the head commissioner. Reports should be made promptly. A report made after the season's payout can only result in penalties applied to future seasons.

6.5Evidence

An explanation being plausible, or a trade being lopsided, is not enough on its own.

6.6Response

The accused manager must be notified and given a reasonable opportunity to respond before a ruling is made.

6.7Determination

The head commissioner decides based on the evidence, and that decision is final, except in the following conflicts:

• If the head commissioner is accused, is the reporting party, or is a party to the transaction in question, the co-commissioner decides.
• If both commissioners are involved, a league vote is held among uninvolved managers and decided by majority.

The same standards apply regardless of which manager is involved, consistent with 5.12.

6.8Penalties

Penalties are scaled to the severity of the violation and may include one or more of the following:

• A formal warning.
• Reversal of the offending transactions.
• Reduction or forfeiture of remaining FAAB.
• Last pick in the first round of the next season's draft.
• Forfeiture of any winnings, which are awarded to the runner-up.
• Removal from the league, with dues forfeited.

6.9Transparency

Every ruling is posted to the league Discord with a summary of the evidence, the provision that applies, and the penalty imposed.

6.10Reconsideration

A ruling may be reconsidered only on genuinely new and materially relevant evidence, under the same standard as 5.10.

7.1Lineup Obligation

Every manager must set a legal lineup each week. Starting players known to be on bye, inactive, or out, or leaving slots empty, is a failure to meet this obligation.

7.2Abandonment

A team is considered abandoned when its manager fails to meet 7.1 for two consecutive weeks, or does not respond to the head commissioner within 72 hours of being contacted about their team.

7.3Commissioner Management

For the sake of league integrity, the head commissioner will set the lineup of an abandoned team. If the abandoned team is playing the head commissioner that week, the co-commissioner (aversioneer) sets its lineup instead.

The commissioner managing the team:

• Sets only a legal, reasonable lineup from the existing roster.
• Does not make trades.
• Makes waiver moves only to replace players who are out for the season.

7.4Relationship to Corrections

Commissioner management of an abandoned team is not a retroactive correction and does not create eligibility under Article 5. A manager who simply forgot to set a lineup is not abandoned and is not covered by this article.

7.5Resuming Control

A manager may resume control of their team at any time by contacting the head commissioner.

8.1Proposals

Any manager may propose a new rule or a change to an existing rule. A proposal must include a complete, in-depth written draft of the rule, comparable in form to the rules in this charter. Proposals without a written draft will not be put to a vote.

8.2Voting

All managers except the head commissioner may vote on a proposal. A proposal passes the vote with a majority of eligible managers (5 of 9), not a unanimous decision. Votes are held in the league Discord and remain open for 72 hours unless all eligible managers vote sooner.

8.3Head Commissioner Ruling

The head commissioner (Twinss167) holds the final ruling on any proposal that passes the vote and may approve or veto it. A vetoed proposal does not take effect.

8.4Effective Date

An approved rule takes effect immediately, unless it changes scoring, roster, playoff, or payout settings. Those changes take effect the following season.

8.5Records

The head commissioner will add every approved rule to this charter. The Discord vote serves as the official record of the league's decision.

9.1General Authority

The head commissioner has authority to rule on any situation not addressed by this charter. Rulings must be consistent with the charter's intent and applied equally to all managers.

9.2Conflicts of Interest

When a ruling directly affects the head commissioner's own team, the co-commissioner decides. When it directly affects both commissioners' teams, a league vote of unaffected managers decides by majority.

9.3Disputes

A manager who disagrees with a ruling may raise it with the head commissioner within 7 days. A ruling may be reconsidered only on genuinely new and materially relevant evidence, under the same standard as 5.10. Disagreement with a discretionary ruling does not by itself justify reversal.

9.4Precedent

Rulings on situations not covered by this charter should be posted to the league Discord. If the situation is likely to come up again, it should be added as a formal rule through Article 8.

10.1Official Stats

All scoring is based on Sleeper's official stats, including any stat corrections Sleeper applies.

10.2Finality

A matchup result is final once Sleeper finalizes it. Results changed by an official stat correction before finalization stand, even if they change the winner.

10.3No Manual Adjustments

The head commissioner will not manually adjust scores, except to fix an administrative error under 5.1.2.

11.1Draft Order

The inaugural 2026 draft order was randomized. Every season after that, the draft order is the reverse of the previous season's final standings, with last place drafting first. The Toilet Bowl loser picks 1st, followed by the rest of the Toilet Bowl teams by finish, then the playoff teams by finish, with the champion picking 10th.

11.2Format

The draft is a snake draft. The pick order reverses each round, so the manager who picks last in one round picks first in the next.

11.3Absent Managers

If a manager is not present when it is their turn, Sleeper's autodraft makes their picks. Picks made by autodraft stand.

11.4Draft Pick Trading

Draft picks may never be traded, in any season, for the integrity of the league.