Welcome to year 4 of a very unique type of league! This is a H2H Swap & Elimination League. Here are some general rules:

Everyone gets to protect 5 players. If you win your matchup you get to steal 1 player from your opponent. There will also be 5 scheduled eliminations where the bottom 2 teams are eliminated and paired up for the rest of the season. Eliminations will take place after Week 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. The GROSSLY inactive teams will be eliminated first to reward those who are putting forth and effort. All players from eliminated teams will be put on waivers

Here are the specifics for the rules of each aspect of the league:

1) PROTECTION: Each manager is allowed to protect 5 players: 2 guards, 2 forwards/centers, and 1 player of their choice. Please post your protected players in your MESSAGE BOARDS. You are allowed to change your protection AT ANY TIME. However, if you decide to change your protection at the last minute, you must post on the message boards to notify the league of the change. A master list of protected players has been made for reference:

PROTECTED PLAYERS MASTER LIST

ATLiens: ELIMINATED

Big Baller Bran - Bam Adebayo Paul George, Clint Capela, Ben Simmons, Lonzo Ball

Chocolate Thunder- James Harden, Rudy Gobert, Jonas Valanciunas, Dearon Fox, Devin Booker

Coca Cola- Luka Doncic, Domantas Sabonis,Colin Sexton,Nikola Jokic, Julius Randle

Danny Bricks- ELIMINATED

Dialtone- ELIMINATED

DNP- Soft- Joel Embiid, Kyrie Irving, NIkola Vucevic, Russell Westbrook, Brandon Ingram

Dr Pepper- Karl Anthony Towns, Deangelo Russell, Chris Paul, Jaylen Brown, Jimmy Butler

Hammon's Hammers- ELIMINATED

Jamming with Edward- Anthony Davis, Khris Middleton, Jamal Murray, Zach Lavine, Jayson Tatum

Mansfield Celtics- ELIMINATED

Masen's Team- ELIMINATED

Matt- Damian Lillard, Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday, Coby White, Victor Oladipo

Next Man Up- Kawhi Leonard, Trae Young, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Pascal Siakam, Tobias Harris

Pandemic Powers- Kevin Durant, Zion Williamson, Michael Porter, CJ McCollum, Stephen Curry

Pick and Rolled- Bradley Beal, Donovan Mitchell, Kemba Walker, Dejounte Murray, Chris Boucher

Santos- ELIMINATED

Skeletor-ELIMINATED

Vino Style- ELIMINATED

Xavier's Team- ELIMINATED

2) SWAP PROCESS: Each week, if you defeat your opponent, you can trade up to 1 of your players for 1 of your opponent's UNPROTECTED players. This can only be done AFTER the conclusion of the week’s games. It MUST be position for position (guard for guard, forward for forward, center for center). Please post your swap in the message boards. It should follow this model: (Team 1 swaps with Team 2: Player A for Player B). The ideal time to post your swap is Monday morning, but there isn't really a deadline. However, the earlier you post, the more likely your swap will get processed on time. Post at your own risk.

There are 4 divisions with each division run by one of the co-commissioners:

A) Commando Division run by DNP-Soft (myself)
B) Lingerie Division
C) Panties Division run by Next Man Up
D) Thong Division

If you win your matchup that week then the co-commissioner in your division will process your swap. If you have a problem please contact them. If swaps haven't been done by Thursday morning, please email me and I will perform the emergency talk and have a talk with the co-commissioner of your division.

3) ELIMINATION SCHEDULE

January 18: Team 20 and Team 19 Eliminated (Masen & Dialtone)

February 1: Team 18 and Team 17 Eliminated (Danny Bricks & ATLiens)

February 15: Team 16 and Team 15 Eliminated (Xavier & Hammers)

March 1: Team 14 and Team 13 Eliminated (Santos & 'Skeletor)

March 22: Team 12 and Team 11 Eliminated (Mansfield Celtics & Vino Style)

4) ALL-STAR SPECIAL PLAYOFF EXEMPTION: The team with the most all star players on their team when all stars are officially announced will get a reward: they will get to swap a PROTECTED player only ONCE during the playoffs. They are usually announced around January, and only original all stars will count (no replacement players).

Winner = DNP- Soft

5) Questions or concerns: Lastly, if ANYONE has a question or a suggestion on how to make the league better, feel free to post on the message boards or shoot me an email (aznbball08@yahoo.com) if you want it to be private. Thank you and have a great season!