The Footballguys Bowl is a tournament-style mega-league. Players will be organized into 12-team Redraft Leagues and play throughout the season.

After week 14, the top teams will head to the playoffs for a total points showdown

All leagues will be hosted on Sleeper

All stats and positional designations from Sleeper will be considered official

Please be active! If you are inactive (example: not setting lineup, starting injured players or players on BYE, etc), your participation in future Footballguys Bowls will be in jeopardy.

If you notice any inactivity, or suspicious activity, please email us at: [email protected]

No selling of teams allowed

This is a free-to-play contest for all Footballguys Premium Subscribers on a premium plan. You can see what plan you are on HERE

Only Footballguys Premium subscribers on a premium plan are eligible to play. If you are not on a premium plan at the time of entry, or when the tournament concludes for the season, you will not be eligible for any prizes

We are using Sleeper Managed Systems to manage our drafts in 2025

You will choose your draft time from the eight options and be put into a “waiting room”

2 hours prior to the draft, you will be randomly placed into your league

Draft order will be determined randomly at this time

You can change your draft time at any point up to two hours prior to the draft

All drafts will be “fast” drafts with 2 minute clocks

All drafts will be snake style with no 3rd-round reversal

Draft order will be randomized in Sleeper

Drafts will be 20 rounds

Saturday August 23rd: 10 AM ET

Saturday August 23rd: 8 PM ET

Sunday August 24th: 10 AM ET

Sunday August 24th: 8 PM ET

Monday August 25th: 10 AM ET

Monday August 25th: 8 PM ET

Tuesday August 26th: 10 AM ET

Tuesday August 26th: 8 PM ET

Passing TD: 6 points

Passing Yard: 0.05 points

Passing 2-pt Conversion: 2 points

Interception Thrown: -1 points

Rushing TD: 6 points

Rushing Yard: 0.1 points

Rushing 2-pt Conversion: 2 points

Reception: 1 point

Receiving TD: 6 points

Receiving Yard: 0.1 points

Receiving 2-pt Conversion: 2 points

Lost Fumble: -2 points

Sack: 1 point

Interception: 2 points

Fumble Recovery: 2 points

Safety: 2 points

Defensive or Return TD of Any Kind: 6 points

PAT/2-pt Conversion Return of Any Kind: 2 points

No Points Allowed: 12 points

2-7 Points Allowed: 8 points

8-14 Points Allowed: 4 points

15-20 Points Allowed: 2 points

21-24 Points Allowed: 1 point

Trades are allowed in Footballguys Bowl

Any trades of collusion or team dumping will result in immediate disqualification and expulsion from future Footballguys Bowl tournaments.

There will be a trade deadline of Week 9

If you feel a trade was made that jeopardizes the integrity of the Footballguys Bowl, you can vote against the trade or a veto

8 votes will need to be cast against a trade to veto it

If you notice any inactivity, or suspicious activity, please email [email protected]

All trade decisions can be reversed by Footballguys at our discretion

All Waivers and Adds/Drops Will be locked after the Playoffs start in Week 14

Waivers will be FAAB (free agent auction bidding) with a $100 budget for the entire season, playoffs included

Waivers will run on Wednesdays at approximately 1PM EST

After waivers clear, players can be added on a first-come, first-serve basis until kickoff of each player's game

Quarterbacks - 1

Running Backs - 2

Wide Receivers - 3

Tight Ends - 1

Flex (RB/WR/TE) - 2

Kickers - 0

Defenses - 1

Reserves - 10

All divisions will be 12 teams

Regular-season schedules and matchups will be randomized

Regular season will be 14 weeks long

The top two finishers from each division will automatically advance to playoffs

There will be a point based threshold cut line (exact point TBD) for others to advance to playoffs regardless of record. Approximately 30% of the player pool will move on to the Footballguys Bowl playoffs.

All teams will start the playoffs with their average regular-season weekly score

In addition to average regular-season weekly score, playoff scoring will be accumulative through Week 17

Entrants will be listed in order on our leaderboard by combining the averaged regular weekly score and Week 15 score

Top 50% (rounded up) will advance to next round

Entrants will be listed in order on our leaderboard by combining the averaged regular weekly score, Week 15 score, and Week 16 score

Top 50% (rounded up) will advance to next round

Everyone who makes it to Week 17 will have a chance to win the tournament

Entrants will be listed in order on our leaderboard by combining the averaged regular weekly score, Week 15 score, Week 16 score, and Week 17 score

The entrant with the highest combined score will be crowned the winner

This is included in your premium subscription, and our ultimate goal is to provide a fun tournament to our premium subscribers while helping to strengthen the Footballguys’ community

Please be active! If you are inactive (example: not setting lineup, starting injured players or players on BYE, etc), your participation in future Footballguys Bowls will be in jeopardy.

If you are actively tanking (example: dropping highly-ranked players), you can be replaced by someone on our waitlist at any point throughout the season

Any obvious acts of collusion or lack of integrity may result in immediate disqualification

If you notice any inactivity, or suspicious activity, please email [email protected]

The commissioner will have final say on any issues not officially stated in the rules

If you have to ask whether something is ethical or not, it likely is not

Footballguys reserves the right to remove anyone from the tournament for any reason.