Prize Structure & Distribution: 

The Fantasy Football Players Championship prize structure is based on 288 teams or less and is fully guaranteed, as set forth in the Prize section.  The FFPC reserves the right to expand beyond 288 teams.  Should entries reach 300 teams or beyond, prizes will increase accordingly.  All participants will be notified of prize increases and prize structure will be finalized prior to the start of the FFPC season.

Winners will be notified by email or regular mail within 10 days after the final league and overall results are posted on the FFPC web site.  All award money will be paid in U.S. dollars and will be mailed out no later than January 10th, 2011 to all participants that have provided their tax reporting information.  All taxes associated with the receipt of any award are the sole responsibility of the winner.  For Players - By Players, LLC will pay 100% of all FFPC awards directly to each winning principal participant unless a prize split is requested by the principal participant, as described directly below.  For Players - By Players, LLC is not responsible for, or bound by, any agreement between the principal participant and any co-managers or group.  For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to substitute any non-cash award by cash or by an award of equal or greater value. 

If your prize winnings exceed $600.00, the Fantasy Football Players Championship must file a Form 1099 with the IRS at the end of this calendar year.  At that point, we may request your social security number (this will be kept strictly private unless required to be disclosed as a matter of law) to file your prize winnings with the IRS.  This Form contains the amount paid to the award principal participant and/or the co-manager, in cases where the prize split has been processed.  Award winners will receive a copy of the Form for tax purposes and are responsible for paying any taxes that result from your cash prize.  Please consult your income tax advisor for filing advice.  If you do not fill out this form and return it to us, you may not get your prize by our listed payout date of January 10th, 2011.

Draft/Event Information:  

The FFPC Live Drafts are scheduled to be held at the legendary Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 6:00 pm Pacific time and Saturday, September 11th, 2010 at 4:00 pm.  For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to change the times, dates, city, and place of any event for any reason. Participants will be notified of any change by email within three days of the event.  All event times and schedules will be posted on the FFPC website.  For Players - By Players, LLC is not responsible for any loss or liability incurred by any participants or co-managers due to rescheduling of any or all events.

At its sole discretion, For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to terminate Fantasy Football Players Championship at any time prior to its completion due to any acts of God, natural disasters, terrorism, change in applicable law, interruption in the NFL season (including strikes, lockouts and/or use of replacement players), or failure or ceasing of operations by our fantasy league data host, RTSports.com.  In the event that For Players - By Players, LLC terminates the Fantasy Football Players Championship, all entry fees would be returned to the entrants, with the exception for the $125 Main Event Fee, which is non-refundable. 

For Players - By Players, LLC may also cancel FFPC in its entirety for any reason prior to September 7, 2010.  In this unlikely event, For Players - By Players, LLC will refund ALL entry fees within 48 hours of cancellation.  For Players -By Players, LLC is not responsible for any loss or liability incurred by any participant or co-managers due to cancellation of Fantasy Football Players Championship whether prior to the NFL season or during the season, including but not limited to travel or hotel expenses, time taken off from employment, etc.

All FFPC Live Draft principal owners are required to attend the FFPC Draft in person.  (FFPC Online participants are permitted to draft online.)   The FFPC drafts are to be held in the Augustus Ballroom at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.  If a principal owner cannot attend the draft, he can name a surrogate drafter via email or in writing by September 1, 2010  If the principal owner, their surrogate or co-manager cannot draft, For Players - By Players, LLC will attempt to draft a team in place of the participant.  For Players - By Players, LLC will not be held liable for any draft decisions it will make as the surrogate draftee.

The principal owner in the 2010 Fantasy Football Players Championship is permitted to bring one co-manager to the FFPC draft and event day.  There is no additional fee to bring a co-manager for the 2010 season.  The co-manager, however, is required to fill out and sign the form to show that they accept all rules and regulations associated with the FFPC upon submitting the Official Participant Application. Friends may form a team and split the entry fees, so long as they make their own arrangement with regard to payouts. 

There will be a 20 minute break after round 7 and a 10 minute break after round 14.  Please be prompt as the draft could begin if you are not back in a timely fashion.

The FFPC season begins on Friday, September 10th, 2010 (including results from a game on Thursday, September 9th, 2010) and ends on Sunday, December 26, 2010, which is the first 16 weeks of the NFL regular season.  If the NFL changes its season for any reason, For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to amend its FFPC league structure accordingly.  Any regular season NFL games that take place prior to the FFPC draft on Friday, September 10th, 2010 or prior to the FFPC draft on Saturday, September 11th, 2010 WILL count towards Week 1 point scoring in the FFPC regular season.  If the NFL plays any games with replacement players during a formal league strike or lockout, statistics from those games shall not count for the purposes of this competition.

All Fantasy Football Players Championship leagues will have a Week 1 schedule as follows: Team 1 vs. team 2; team 3 vs. team 4; team 5 vs. team 6; team 7 vs. team 8; team 9 vs. team 10; team 11 vs. team 12.  

For Players - By Players, LLC uses RTSports.com as its league management service to handle scheduling, blind bidding, transactions, win-loss records, etc.  All statistics as utilized by this service will be our basis for scoring.  Elias Sports Bureau will often have minor scoring changes during the season.  FFPC will automatically have the league management software make stat changes as they occur.  For Players - By Players, LLC will act as the commissioner of the overall event and will have final say over all decisions related and regarding the Fantasy Football Players Championship.  Entrants warrant that they are familiar with the workings of both Elias Sports Bureau and RTSports.com, and agree not to hold For Players - By Players, LLC liable for any errors caused by, or potential failures of either Elias Sports Bureau or RTSports.com.  

In the event of a server failure or other technical issues, the last lineup that was submitted will be the official lineup for the week.  For Players - By Players, Inc. RECOMMENDS THAT PARTICIPANTS MAKE ANY OF THEIR LINEUP CHANGES AS SOON AS LINEUP SUBMISSION IS AVAILABLE EACH WEEK.   In cases of extreme emergency, line up changes maybe submitted to   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   with the words LINEUP CHANGE in the subject line, or called into 1-888-898-FFPC, as long as these changes are received prior to the weekly deadline for making such changes.  The following must be provided for a valid email or phone transaction: League number & team name, login name and password, name of player(s) to be placed in the starting lineup, name of player(s) to be removed from the starting lineup.   

If you feel there is a scoring error, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   with the words STAT APPEAL in the subject line.  Kindly detail the issue and we will look into it.  We are using Elias Sports Bureau to automatically correct any statistical errors, so an appeal is not needed for an error which would be corrected by Elias.   All scoring for the prior week will go FINAL by 3 PM EST on the Friday following that particular week, and at that time all contestants waive their right to any further appeals.  During weeks when there is an upcoming Thursday or Friday game, all scoring for the prior week will still go FINAL by 3 PM EST on the Friday following that particular week, and at that time all contestants waive their right to any further appeals.  It will be the sole discretion of For Players - By Players, LLC to make any changes not noted by Elias Sports Bureau.  For Players - By Players, LLC will use their best judgment to make a fair decision.

 Draft Order/Slots Announcement/League Assignments:

All teams that have paid for FFPC prior to August 2nd, 2010 will be eligible for the Early Draft Slot announcement and receive their draft positions on or around the weekend of August 7-8th, 2010.  The remaining draft slots will be selected and announced once all entries are closed.  The draft order selection of each FFPC team will be overseen by an officer of For Players - By Players, LLC, with an official witness.  For Players - By Players, LLC will notify players of their draft positions by email as well as post them on the FFPC message board and web site.  We do not permit trading of draft positions.  All league assignments will be made once all entries are closed in late August or early September.  The draft slot and league assignment of each FFPC team will be conducted in a random fashion and overseen by an officer of For Players - By Players, LLC, with an official witness.  For Players - By Players, LLC will notify players of their league assignment by email as well as post them on the FFPC message board and web site.  For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to delay Early Draft Slot announcement, if necessary.

ONLINE ADDENDUM

The 2010 FFPC Online drafts are draft are scheduled for Friday September 10th, 2010 at 6:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (9:00 pm Easters Standard Time) and Saturday September 11th, 2010 at 4:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (7:00 pm Easters Standard Time).  Online drafts are conducted by RTSports.com  in their "live draft" room.  Participants must familiarize themselves with the draft room by checking in a few days before the draft.  Teams will be able to sign in to their draft 30 minutes prior to the draft start time.  It is strongly recommended that each team sign in at this time.  The draft will be conducted in a serpentine method 1-12 in round one, 12-1 in round 2, 1-12 in round 3, etc, until 20 rounds have been completed.  This will result in a 20 player roster.  There is no requirement for any team to draft a specific number of players at any specific position; however, there are lineup submission requirements. It is the participant's responsibility to draft the appropriate players in order to fill the necessary positions for the lineup submission requirements.  Most drafts last approximately 2 ½ hours, however, participants should allow for 3 hours or more. 

Online Draft Commissioner:

Each online draft will have a live draft commissioner to watch over the draft and assist as needed.  The commissioner will provide his or her contact phone number at the beginning of the draft.  Even if you have high speed internet and have never had a connection issue, we highly recommend that you write the number down near your computer.   If a participant has an issue or gets disconnected for a few minutes, please call the commissioner.  For Players-By Players, Inc. will absolutely act in the fairest way possible to insure that no one gets passed over due to computer issues.  If a participant's computer is down for an extended period of time and they do not call in to the commissioner, the commissioner will be forced to continue the draft by having a surrogate take over the draft for that team or placing its draft on computerized auto-pick.

Online Draft Attendance:

Draft attendance is mandatory.  Please contact For Players - By Players, LLC should you expect to be late for the draft.  Participants must login to their league and sign into the online draft no later than five minutes prior to the draft start time.  In the event that the participant (or co-manager) does not sign in to the online draft, a surrogate drafter may make selections for the team in question or the team may be placed on auto-pick.  If a participant signs into the online draft after the draft has started, he will be able to select his next player; however, if any previous surrogate selections have been made, they would still apply.  Check your connections in advance of the draft.  If you cannot gain access to the draft, you will need to arrange another method to access the draft.  The FFPC is not responsible for connection issues, and will not issue a refund.

Online Co-Management during the Draft:

The primary participant is responsible for his draft.  If the primary participant chooses to allow his co-managers to be logged in during the draft, they will both have equal ability to select players.  This means that if a co-manager selects a player before the principal participant, his/her selection is the one taken.

Online Time Limit:

Each player will receive two minutes (120 seconds) to make a selection.  Participants should try to make a selection as soon as they are on the clock, as For Players-By Players cannot be held responsible for a sudden loss of internet service.   If the team manager does not make a selection within the allotted 120 second time frame and does not alert the commissioner to internet or computer problems WITHIN THIS TIMEFRAME, this team will be assigned a player according to the RTSports.com's auto-pick computer.  This selection will not be changed.  The RTSports.com software will then place this team's draft on a 30 second timer.  The owner may unselect this feature with a simple click of the mouse and continue drafting in the normal manner with a 120 second clock.   Draft facilitators and FFPC Commissioners have discretion to rule on any discrepancy involving player selection.  All rulings by the FFPC Commissioners are final.    

Online Draft Break: There will be one 5 minute break after the end of the 10th round.

Online: The Team Roster: Each team's roster is limited to 20 players.  IT IS THE PARTICIPANT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY THAT HIS/HER TEAM ROSTER IS CORRECT BEFORE LEAVING THE DRAFT, AND AFTER IT IS UPLOADED TO THE LEAGUE MANAGEMENT WEBSITE.  It is the participant's responsibility to report any errors to FFPC or RTSports.com within 24 hours of the roster being uploaded to the league management website.

Online Week 1 Lineups: The FFPC suggests that each team set their Week 1 lineup as soon as lineup submission is available.  However, teams will be allowed to modify their Week 1 lineup based on normal lineup submission (See below - Lineup Submission).

LEGAL 

Any disputes or appeals regarding the FFPC rules will be decided by For Players - By Players, LLC using its interpretation of the rules.  In reaching its rulings, For Players - By Players, LLC will consider the intent and spirit of the rules, the fairness to the fantasy players and the integrity of the FFPC event, as well as the feasibility of accommodating any appeal.

If you have a concern about any league rule, you must email  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  with the subject:  RULES APPEAL on it.  The deadline for submitting a rules dispute or appeal is by Friday, 12:00 AM EST, following the completion of that game or games in which the dispute has occurred.  The deadline for submitting a rules dispute or appeal for any week when there is an upcoming Thursday or Friday game is by Wednesday, 12:00 PM EST, following the completion of that game or games in which the dispute has occurred. The deadline for submitting disputes related to the operation of any league draft is 30 minutes after the conclusion of the draft itself.  Prior to leaving the Main Event, all owners must sign that they do not intend to appeal any aspect of the draft's results.  Leaving the Main Event without signing waives any right to challenge any aspect of the draft.

If you plan to file an appeal of any type, you must include a detailed account of the dispute and the resolution requested.  For Players - By Players, LLC will make a final ruling that is binding and cannot be contested.

We strongly urge players to double and triple check their lineup and free agent moves as For Players - By Players, LLC cannot be held responsible for errors in entering lineups and free agent bids.  For Players - By Players, LLC will not intervene or alter a transaction after free agent or lineup submissions are due.  

Team ownership is non-transferable at any time unless permission is specifically granted by For Players - By Players, LLC in writing, and For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to deny transfer of team ownership for any reason, or no reason at all.  In addition, For Players - By Players, LLC may reject any Participant Application or revoke ownership of any prospective entrant prior to the 2010 FFPC Draft, even for those participants who have paid monies to For Players - By Players, LLC.  Any rejected applications or revoked owners will receive a full refund.

For those attending the main event, some complimentary drink tickets, which may be used for either alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks may be made available from the cash bar at the Draft, at our sole discretion .  Any participant, co-manager or observer who consumes alcohol at the draft must be at least 21 years of age, and agrees to do so at their own risk.  For Players - By Players, LLC shall not be held liable for any destruction or loss of property or physical injury (including death) due to drunken, disorderly, or otherwise negligent or irresponsible behavior.  In addition, For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to refuse or cut off the service of alcohol to anyone in attendance, as well as to evict anybody from the Main Event and disqualify any contestant without refund for drunken or disorderly behavior, as well as any other conduct that impedes the smooth operation of the Main Event, as well as any other contestant's reasonable ability to enjoy the Main Event.  If you choose to drink, please drink responsibly.

With regard to personal behavior, we believe in the golden rule, and we plan, if we deem necessary to enforce it.   All those participating and/or viewing are expected to behave in a lawful, respectful and sportsmanlike manner at all FFPC events, throughout the entire FFPC contest and during use of the FFPC web site including, but not limited to, comments posted on the message board.  Any conduct by a participant, co-manager or other person which is deemed by For Players - By Players, LLC to intimidate, harass, offend or harm any participant, co-manager, guest, FFPC representative or the representative of any FFPC vendor, is strictly prohibited.  For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to ban any person from either current or future further participation in the FFPC if such person engages in such prohibited conduct.  In addition, any participant engaging in such conduct forfeits any rights to a refund, as well as any potential rights to an award.  If a participant is banned from further participation in the FFPC, For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to designate a surrogate participant at any stage in the contest, or to freeze the banned owner's roster.  For Players - By Players, LLC shall not be responsible or held liable to any person for damage to property or personal injury or death arising from the acts or omissions of any participant, co-manager or other person.  Any person engaging in an unlawful behavior at any FFPC event or in connection with the FFPC will be subject to legal prosecution.

Any attempt to tamper or interfere with the Fantasy Football Players Championship is a violation of criminal and civil laws.  For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to prosecute and seek damages permitted by law for any such behavior.

Any participants or co-managers who collude, or attempt to collude, in an effort to alter the standings, rankings, or fantasy point totals will be disqualified and be prohibited from winning any award money.  In addition, any participant that alone attempts to sabotage the results of the league by not giving equal effort against all competitors will be disqualified and prohibited from winning an award.  At the sole discretion of For Players - By Players LLC, in any of these above circumstances, the colluding or sabotaging owner's  team may be taken over by a surrogate or agent of For Players - By Players, LLC, or be frozen by For Players - By Players LLC for the remainder of the season.  This rule also applies to any participant or co-manager that attempts to blackmail, bribe, coerce or otherwise influence any officers or agents of For Players - By Players, LLC in an effort to alter the standings, rankings, or fantasy point totals.  Any participant that does this will be prohibited from winning any award money and will further have his or her team taken over by a surrogate or agent of For Players - By Players, LLC.  Any criminal behavior by a participant or co-manager which attempts to corrupt or alter the fairness of the FFPC may result in civil and/or criminal prosecution.  Any attempt made to purposely damage or affect the web site, or to undermine the operation of this contest is a violation of civil and criminal law.  For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to seek damages and full criminal prosecution as permitted by law. 

Participants are expected field a starting lineup on a weekly basis and to manage their team to the best of their ability for the duration of the FFPC season.  We understand that some teams will stop actively managing their teams and may abandon them during the regular season.  For Players - By Players, LLC cannot manage abandoned teams and is not able to start and bench players for those teams.  The FFPC will attempt to keep a record of owners who abandoned their teams and these participants may not be invited back to the FFPC event for next year and beyond.  If For Players - By Players, LLC believes that any team has been abandoned, For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right at its sole discretion to either appoint a surrogate owner, or to freeze a team's roster for the remainder of the season.  Entrants recognize that in many cases, it will be most feasible for For Players - By Players, LLC to opt for the freezing solution, albeit this result is sometimes imperfect.  Participants assume this risk when entering the contest.  For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to intervene in team management of any team whose participant is willingly trying to field a less competitive team or is manipulating the contest.    

For Players - By Players, LLC is not responsible for any problem or technical malfunction which impedes or interferes with the transmission or receipt of any team transaction, including but not limited to free agent moves, or starting lineup submissions. For Players - By Players, LLC is also not responsible for the failure of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, equipment or software, or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, phone lines, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to a participant's computer related to or resulting from participation in the FFPC.

If, for any reason, the FFPC is not capable of running this competition as planned, including due to technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of For Players - By Players, LLC which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the FFPC, For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to modify the rules or suspend the FFPC.  Similarly, For Players - By Players, LLC may cancel the event due to any acts of God, natural disasters, terrorism, change in applicable law, interruption in the NFL season (including strikes, lockouts and/or use of replacement players), failure or ceasing of operations by our fantasy league data host, RTSports.com, or failure to get the minimum number of intended registered participants.  For Players - By Players, LLC assumes no legal responsibility for any error, omissions, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation with transmission, communications, line failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to the league management website.  All FFPC Main event Players must have Internet access along with a viable e-mail address for communication.  E-mail will be the primary method of contact and failure by a participant to check their e-mail, respond to our e-mail or lose e-mail use is in no way the responsibility of the FFPC.

Live draft participants understand that although the Online leagues are scheduled to draft on Friday, September 10th and Saturday, September 11th 2010 , if for any reason the Online league drafts are not completed on these date, the Online drafts may occur, in either part or whole, on the evening of Saturday September 11th, 2010.  Since there is a second draft time scheduled for 4 pm Pacific time on that Saturday, any re-scheduled drafts would occur after the 4 pm drafts.  Participants represent and warrant that they understand that the Live and Online drafts might not occur simultaneously or as scheduled, and will not hold For Players-By Players liable in any way if the Online drafts occur, in part or full, subsequent to the Live Event.  (For additional information, please review the Online draft rules addendum).

FFPC is formed under the laws of the state of New Jersey, and this competition operates under the law of the state of New York.  All terms of this agreement, including the operation of this contest, as well as all claims arising against FFPC, irrespective of whether brought under theories of contract, tort, or otherwise, shall be interpreted under New York Law, irrespective of choice-of-law principles.

Participants and co-managers hereby release and agree not to sue For Players - By Players, LLC, their administrators, agents, officers, volunteers and employees, and other participants, organizers, any sponsors, licensors, vendors, media outlet, or advertisers.  Further, participants and co-managers agree to hold those parties harmless from all liability, claim, demands, losses, or damages caused or alleged to be caused in whole or in part by the negligence of For Players - By Players, LLC.  Participants and co-managers additionally agree that despite this waiver, if they or anyone on their behalf makes a claim against For Players - By Players, LLC, participants and co-managers will indemnify, save, and hold harmless For Players - By Players, LLC, their administrators, agents, officers, volunteers, and employees, organizers, sponsors, licensors and advertisers from any litigation expenses, attorney fees, loss liability, damage, or cost which may be incur as a result of such a claim.  Finally, if for any reason the above waivers, releases and other liability-limiting provisions fail, still in absolutely no event (under any legal theory, including contract, tort or otherwise) may any entrant or potential entrant hold For Players - By Players LLC liable for any sum of money greater than the amount of the entrant or potential entrant's entry free into the contest, subtracted by the amount that For Players - By Players LLC ultimately pays out, or promises to pay out, to all contestants in prize money.

To the extent any participant may bring any sort of a claim against For Players - By Players, LLC, such a claim, irrespective of whether arising based on this contract or under theories of tort, must be brought to binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), which shall be the only forum for resolving disputes between parties to this agreement.  If for any reason this arbitration clause is deemed inapplicable, then any remaining claims must be brought, if at all, in the Southern District of New York in the forum of New York, NY. 

Participants and co-managers have read and fully understand the terms of this release, and further understand that they have given up substantial rights by signing the Official 2010 FFPC Participant Application, and have signed it freely and without any induction or assurance of any nature and intend it to be complete and unconditional release of all liability to the greatest extent allowed by law and agree that if any portion of this agreement is held to be invalid, the balance, not withstanding, shall continue in full force.

For Players - By Players, LLC is not responsible for any FFPC disruptions, injuries, losses or damages caused by events beyond the control of For Players - By Players, LLC or any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the FFPC.  For Players - By Players, LLC and any subsidiary, affiliated company, licensor or vendor including but not limited to the Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino are not in any way responsible or liable for any damage, loss or injury (including death) resulting from any participant's or co-manager's or other guest's activity in the FFPC and related events, and/or acceptance and use of any award won.

For Players - By Players, LLC reserves the right to use the likeness or image of any and all participants or co-managers, without compensation, in advertising, marketing or in allowing the media to cover any and all FFPC events or activities including the draft and all related activities.  For Players - By Players, LLC is solely responsible for enacting, administering, enforcing the rules, and maintaining the integrity of the FFPC.  The FFPC and its web site are not sponsored, affiliated or endorsed by the National Football League or the NFL Players' Association.

Online Legal:

In the event that the Online leagues cannot complete their drafts for any reason on the scheduled times of Friday September 10th, 2010 at 6:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (9:00 pm Easters Standard Time) and Saturday September 11th, 2010 at 4:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (7:00 pm Easters Standard Time), these drafts will be completed or redrafted the night of Saturday September 11th, 2010 (after Second Online draft, previously scheduled 4 pm Pacific time). Participants represent and warrant that they will be able to participate in a "make-up" draft, if necessary, on Saturday September 12th, and that they will not for any reason hold For Players-By Players liable if For Players-By Players determines that a redraft, either in full or part, is needed.  Online participants understand that if For Players-By Players determines that a redraft on September 11th is appropriate, failure to participate in the draft on September 11th may lead to disqualification without any rights to a refund of the entry fee.  If RTSports.com is not able to hold the "make-up" drafts, another host website will carry the drafts.