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Brand-New 12-tm Keeper/Auction Roto league ($100) - 10-man farm system

I am starting a new rotisserie keeper league this year, and I'm recruiting owners. I developed a set of rules regarding salary and prospect promotion that I think work pretty well: I've tested them out in a ten-team league, and they've worked well so far (we're about to start our 5th year).

This will be a 12-team FanTrax Roto league (no H2H aspects), 5*5 (OBP instead of AVG, Wins+Quality Starts instead of just wins), with keepers, an auction, and a prospect draft each year.

There are contracts (renewable and non-) and a salary cap. It is pretty straight-forward, but complex enough to allow for a lot of interesting decisions. Also, 28-man rosters (which includes 6-man benches) and 10 man prospect rosters (including one slot for a prospect under 20 years old).

This will be a $100 entry league, and while we might use the free FanTrax league, there's a chance that each owner might need to pay a few bucks (less than $10) per year for the premium version of the site.

And to guard against typical keeper league problems, all owners will be required to always pay one year ahead. That is, in 2015, owners will be required to pay $200 ($100 for 2015's prize pool, $100 for 2016). After the 2015 season, returning owners will pay $100 (which will technically be for 2017). This is to prevent owners from either abandoning or destroying their teams (either out of frustration, malevolence, or out of a desire to sell off the whole farm system to "win this year" and then quit the league).

Of course, if owners want to drop out after any season, they can recoup their $100 advance by simply finding a replacement owner to take over. If owners just abandon the league, well, that sucks, but at least the remaining owners will be able to use the $100 reserve to persuade a new owner to take over, or to simply pad the following year's prize pool.

Most importantly, funds will be paid to LeagueSafe, and we will use their "Rollover" feature to ensure that owners are always committed beyond merely the season at hand, and that everybody's money is safe and secure.

I am happy to share the full constitution with anyone who may be interested. Please email me at the address listed in my profile above.

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