Gridiron Gold Rules & Regulations

• Non-rostered players lock each week at their individual game time
• Rostered players lock at their individual game time

• League waiver period is 2 days
• Dropped players remain frozen for 2 full days
• Waiver type is Inverse Order of Standings
• Teams move to the lowest waiver priority after each successful claim

• All teams except the two teams involved are given 48 hours to vote on accepted trades
• If more than half of the league votes against an accepted trade, the trade is reversed
• If both teams involved in a reversed trade dispute the reversal, the commissioner reviews the trade
• If the commissioner believes the trade involved collusion or was blatantly in favor of one team, the reversal is upheld

Trade Deadline

• Trade deadline is Week 12

Trade Backs

• No back trading is allowed
• Once a team trades a player away, that team cannot receive the same player back in a later trade
• The only way to reacquire that player is from the free agent list

• Week 4 pays $25 to the designated Running Back (RB)
• Week 8 pays $25 to the designated Tight End (TE) in celebration of National Tight Ends Day
• Week 10 pays $25 to the designated Wide Receiver (WR)
• Week 14 pays $25 to the designated Quarterback (QB)

• Each team is limited to one keeper total
• When you designate a player as your keeper, you forfeit a specific draft round pick in exchange
• Each season you keep the same player, the cost moves up one round
• This escalation continues until the player reaches a 1st-round cost
• Once a player reaches a 1st-round cost, he cannot be kept the following season and must return to the draft pool

Mid-Rounder Progression

• 2025: Player costs a 3rd-round pick
• 2026: Same player now costs a 2nd-round pick
• 2027: Same player now costs a 1st-round pick
• 2028: Player is no longer keeper-eligible and must return to the draft pool

First-Round Keeper Limit

• If a player costs a 1st-round pick this season, he cannot be kept next season
• You may still draft that player normally if available
• You simply cannot designate him as a keeper again

• Managers may trade their keeper in exchange for draft position
• All keeper trades are final

Required Keeper Replacement Rule

• If a team receives a keeper via trade, that team must replace its originally selected keeper with the incoming player
• The original keeper is immediately returned to the draft pool
• The incoming player becomes the team’s only keeper
• The team may not select another keeper later unless the chosen keeper is injured during the offseason and expected to miss the season

If a Team Trades Away Its Keeper

• That team loses keeper rights entirely
• That team cannot select or replace a keeper
• That team enters the draft with no keeper

• Keepers will be selected prior to the end of the season (Week 17)
• This replaces the offseason keeper declaration process used in 2025
• Keeper decisions must be made before fantasy playoffs conclude

How Keeper Trades Are Initiated

• Keeper-for-draft-position discussions should begin with direct manager-to-manager communication
• Trade talks should be initiated via Facebook Direct Messages
• Once terms are agreed upon, full trade details must be sent to the commissioner for documentation
• No trade is official until it is confirmed and logged by the commissioner