Daniel Hater Club Bylaws

(a) Any Sleeper setting these bylaws do not mention stays at the Sleeper dynasty default. Settings can only be changed via bylaw amendment after league vote.

(b) If a rule here cannot be set up on Sleeper, the commissioners will alert the league how to follow the rule and members must comply or risk public shaming, penalties, sanctions, and physical harm.

(a) Commissioner responsibilities

• Setting up and maintaining the league platform.
• Collecting dues and paying out prizes.
• Scheduling the startup draft and each rookie draft.
• Running league votes and reporting the results.
• Ruling on disputes and issuing sanctions, penalties, and/or floggings.
• Managing orphaned teams until a replacement is found.
• Keeping these bylaws up to date.

(b) Commissioner Deadlock

Anything these bylaws lead to commissioner discretion requires both co-commissioners to agree. If the co-commissioners cannot agree on an issue, the issue goes to a vote by the ten non-commissioner managers. The co-commissioners do not vote on it.

(c) Conflicts of Interest

A co-commissioner steps aside from any ruling or dispute involving their own team, or where their team stands to gain. If both co-commissioners are involved, the ten non-commissioner managers decide by simple majority.

(d) Removal and Succession

(a) Each manager gets one vote. Co-commissioners vote as managers unless a rule says otherwise. An orphaned team has no vote and is left out of the count entirely until a replacement manager takes over.

(b) Unless otherwise specified by another rule, a vote passes on a simple majority of votes cast. Abstentions and no-shows are not votes cast. They do not count toward any threshold either way. A tie vote is broken by the comissioners (see Art. I § 3(b))

(c) A vote is only valid if at least two-thirds of eligible teams vote. Commissioners will keep the voting open for a timeframe at their discretion, allowing ample time (and providing ample harrassment) for all managers to vote. Ample.

(a) Any manager in good standing can propose an amendment to add, change, or delete anything in this document.

(b) An amendment passes during the offseason on a simple majority of votes cast, subject to quorum. After the start of the season, amendments require a two-thirds majority to pass.

(c) Amendments can be proposed and voted on year-round. An amendment passed in the offseason takes effect immediately, while ammendments passed midseason will take effect the following offseason.

(d) An amendment can take effect mid-season only by unanimous vote. This is for fixing rules that turn out to be broken, not for changing competitive balance.

(a) If you think someone broke a rule, say it with your chest in the group chat. Promptly. Anything raised more than 14 days after you knew or should have known may be turned down under the ancient rite of "you snooze, you lose."

(b) The co-commissioners will issue a ruling within 48 hours, stating which rule applies and their reasoning.

(c) Appeals

(a) Where these bylaws are silent or ambiguous, the co-commissioners jointly decide the outcome that best fits the league's aim for fair, competitive, good-faith, bro-mosexual play.

(b) A gap-filling decision applies only to that situation and does not bind future cases. If the same gap is likely to come up again, the commissioners propose an amendment to close it.

(c) If one provision turns out to be unworkable or invalid, the rest still stands.

(a) Dues are $100 per team per year. All of it goes into the prize pool, see Prize Pool and Payouts (Art. II § 4).

(b) Dues are due in full before the rookie draft, or before the startup draft in year one. If you have not paid, you do not pick.

(c) Pay a co-commissioner by a traceable electronic method (Venmo). Payment in other form should (drugs, sexual favors) should be arranged with commissioners in advance.

(d) Missing the deadline without arranging an extension puts you at risk of removal. Dues are otherwise non-refundable, except as covered in Leaving the League (Art. II § 7) and Disrupted Seasons (Art. I § 8).

(e) The dues amount changes only by amendment, and requires a two-thirds vote year-round.

(a) The prize pool is every dollar of dues collected: $1200 at twelve teams.

(b) Payout Schedule

(c) Champion, runner-up, and third place come out of the championship bracket.

(d) Best Regular Season

The best-record prize goes to whoever finishes first in the standings after all tiebreakers. If teams are still tied after every tiebreaker, they split it.

(e) Survivor Pool

The Survivor Pool prize goes to the last remaining team in the survivor pool. All 12 teams start the season in the survivor pool. Each week, the lowest scoring team among teams that remain in the pool is eliminated from the pool, until only one team remains. In the event of a tie between lowest scoring teams, team's full bench score (bench + taxi) will be used to settle the tie. If one or more teams are still tied, all of the tied teams will be eliminated from the pool that week.

(f) Weekly High Score

The Weekly High Score prize goes to the highest starting-lineup total in each of Weeks 1 through 14. Exact ties split it evenly.

(g) The commissioners is to pay everyone within seven days of the championship ending, using Venmo.

(h) Prize money won by a team that is orphaned, or whose manager is removed before payout, is not paid to that manager. It rolls into next season's pool and the league votes on how to distribute it.

(i) The payout structure changes only by amendment and only during the offseason.

(a) No collusion, no tanking/throwing, no dumping high value players, otherwise do whatever the fuck you want.

(b) If you suspect a violation, report it to the co-commissioners and air that shit out in league chat.

(a) A manager can be removed for:

• Not paying dues by the deadline without arranging an extension.
• Collusion, bribery, tanking, throwing, dumping or any other violations (but like only if its really bad).
• Repeatedly refusing to follow these bylaws or commissioner rulings.
• Abandoning their team, as defined in Orphaned Teams (Art. II § 8).

(b) Removal requires both co-commissioners to agree, or the recusal process in Art. I § 3(c) if one is conflicted. The manager gets written notice and a chance to respond before it takes effect, and can appeal.

(c) A removed manager forfeits all dues paid and any prize money earned that season.

(d) Their team becomes an orphan.

(a) You can leave in good standing by giving the commissioners written notice at least 30 days before the rookie draft.

(b) A manager leaving in good standing gets back any dues paid for a season that has not started, as long as a replacement is seated. No replacement, no refund. Dues for a season already underway are never refunded.

(c) A manager leaving midseason gets no refunds or share of later prize-pools, and their team becomes orphaned immediately.

(a) A team is orphaned when its manager leaves, quits, is removed, or abandons it.

(b) Interim Management

(c) Seating a Replacement

(a) Starting Lineup

Eleven starters each week:

(b) Twelve bench slots, any positions.

(c) Injured Reserve

Three IR slots, which do not count against the active roster.

(d) Taxi Squad

Four taxi slots, which do not count against the active roster.

(e) Offseason Expansion and Cutdown Day

For all offseasons after the inaugural season, the bench expands by four, from the start of the rookie draft through Cutdown Day, so rookie picks have somewhere to go.

(a) The regular season runs NFL Weeks 1 through 14. Every matchup is head-to-head and lasts one week.

(b) In year one, the schedule is generated randomly by the league platform. In following years, the grid below sets the schedule, where each number is a team's finish in the prior season's final standings (using Max PF calculation to rank non-playoff teams).

(a) Each starting slot locks at the scheduled kickoff of the player in it.

(b) Higher starting-lineup total wins.

(c) Equal totals in the regular season is a tie. Playoff ties are broken under Art. III § 7(d).

(d) Empty starting slots score zero. That is not grounds for a replay or a protest, and a shotgun video is still required.

(a) Teams are ranked by record, with a tie counting as half a win.

(b) Tiebreakers

Identical records are separated in this order:

• Points for (PF), higher first.
• Head-to-head record between the tied teams.
• Points against (PA), higher first.
• Maximum points for (Max PF), higher first.
• A beer shotgun race.

(c) Final standings order all twelve teams after the playoffs: 1 through 6 by championship bracket result, 7 through 12 by toilet bowl result.

(a) Weeks 15 through 17, one week per round. Seeds 1 and 2 get a first-round bye.

(b) Bracket

(c) Teams reseed after the first round so the highest remaining seed faces the lowest.

(d) A tied playoff matchup goes to the team with more regular-season points scored. Still tied, the higher seed advances.

(a) Seeds 7 through 12 play Weeks 15 through 17 on the same structure as the championship bracket, with seeds 7 and 8 on a first-round bye. Results set final standings positions 7 through 12.

(b) Finishing 12th means the last-place punishment in Last-Place Punishment (Art. II § 9).

(a) The startup draft happens once all twelve seats are filled and everyone has paid. The commissioners uses polls to try and pick a date that works for as many people as possible, with sufficient notice.

(b) Order is determined by official marble racing results, where placement in the marble race determines the order in which managers select their preferred draft position.

(c) Snake draft, until all roster spots are filled.

(d) 1 min pick clock, until 10:00pm Pacific, where the draft is paused if not complete. When this happens, the pick clock is set to 6 hours, and pauses from 10:00pm to 7:00am Pacific each evening. You can still pick while it is paused. Run out of time and the league platform autopicks for you.

(e) Trading opens when the startup draft ends.

(a) The rookie draft is held every offseason after the startup draft, once everyone has paid. The commissioners uses polls to try and pick a date that works for as many people as possible, with sufficient notice.

(b) Four rounds, linear (not snake), so whoever holds 1.01 also holds 2.01, 3.01, and 4.01.

(c) The pool is players in their first NFL season, including undrafted free agents. Veterans come through waivers and free agency, not this draft.

(d) 2 min pick clock, until all rounds are complete. Run out of time and the league platform autopicks for you.

(e) Trading is allowed during the rookie draft, including picks in the draft that is underway.

(f) Undrafted rookies become free agents when waivers open.

(a) Picks 1.01 through 1.12 are drawn by weighted lottery.

(b) Draft Order Lottery Odds

Teams that made playoffs receive a performance rank of 7-12, inverse to their final standings. Teams that missed playoffs are ranked by Max PF for the regular season, lowest to highest. That is the performance order, and it sets the lottery weights. Break Max PF ties by total points scored.

Odds of landing 1.01, by performance rank:

(c) After each draw the winner's is given the highest available pick, and the rest of the odds are renormalized, then drawn again.

(d) The commissioners run the lottery within one month of the championship, using a verifiable random method announced beforehand, either watched live or recorded so anyone can check it. Results are published immediately.

(e) A team whose manager was removed, or that was abandoned mid-season, keeps its lottery position for whoever takes it over. A team found to have thrown matchups can be dropped to the worst non-playoff odds as a penalty.

(a) FAAB Budget

Every waiver claim is a FAAB bid. Each team gets $200, reset right after each rookie draft. Unspent FAAB does not carry over.

(b) Waiver Period and Processing

(c) Players who clear waivers can be added by any team with an open active roster spot, first come first served.

(d) You cannot make a move that would put you over your roster limits. With a full roster, pair the claim with a drop.

(a) You can trade players and draft picks (draft picks only after the first year). Picks can be traded up to three years out.

(b) Trading is open from the end of the championship through the trade deadline, including during the rookie draft and all season.

(c) The trade deadline is the end of the last game of NFL Week 13. No trades can be proposed or accepted from then until the championship ends.

(d) Trades process immediately on acceptance. There is no review period and no league veto. If a player's game has already started, the trade waits until that game ends.

(e) An accepted trade is final. The only way to reverse one is as a collusion sanction, after a formal ruling.

(f) Collusion Review

There is no vote-based veto. If you think a trade is collusive, report it to the commissioners. They rule on it, and can reverse the trade and impose sanctions if they both find collusion. A lopsided trade is not evidence of collusion by itself.

(a) The offseason runs from the end of the championship to the start of NFL Week 1.

(b) During the offseason: trading is open, waivers and free agency are closed until a week after the rookie draft, the bench is expanded, and the taxi squad is open.

(a) The tables in this article are the complete scoring settings. Anything not listed here is set to zero. Anything listed is set exactly as stated.

(b) Stats come from the league platform's provider. Stat corrections from the league platform are honored even when they flip a finished matchup. The commissioners never adjust scores by hand.

(c) Scoring changes only by amendment, and a change passed after Week 1 starts does not take effect until the following season, unless passes by unanimous vote.

(a) Defensive Events

(b) Points and Yards Allowed

(c) Points and Yards Allowed

(a) Offense

(b) Milestones and Bonuses