2009 Rule Changes and Additions

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The following are the minor and major rule changes made for 2009...

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"Waivers Process" has been modified to reflect the following:

Waivers will begin after the first week of the season has been completed. The waiver order will be determined by the following (the final criteria used may vary slightly):

Overall winning percentage
Head-to-head record
Power ranking as determined by MFL.com
Total points scored YTD
Reverse order of opponents total points against
Head-to-head record
Conference winning percentage
Divisional winning percentage

Owners may enter waiver requests starting Tuesday through Saturday. The commissioners will process waiver requests twice per week, Thursday and Saturday mornings (any time after 12:00 AM CT). There will be four rounds of waivers processed twice each week. Team owners may make up to four requests during each of the two waivers process.

Owners may enter waiver requests starting Tuesday morning through Wednesday night/Thursday morning at 12:00am central. There will be four (4) rounds of waivers during this process.

Thursday evenings at 8:00pm central a first-come-first-served (FCFS) waiver process will begin and continue until Sunday afternoon at 12:00pm central. Each team will be limited to two (2) free agent pickups during this process.

Any player dropped during either process will be locked until the following weeks waiver process. Any players game who has already started for the current week will also be locked until the following weeks waiver process. This means any player playing a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday game will be locked at the start time of their game.

Any non-keeper (a player drafted in the first three rounds) that is dropped after week six (6), also the trade deadline, will be considered "dead" for the remainder of the season. He may not be picked up on waivers by any team. This is to prevent collusion among owners and to maintain the integrity of the playoffs.

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"Starting Lineups" was modified to reflect the following:

Good Faith: All owners will be expected to make a good faith effort to enter a competetive starting lineup each week. While owners may choose to start the players they want, the following rule will be enforced:

Any player listed under any of the below statuses will be ineligible to be moved into a teams starting lineup:

-Suspended
-PUP (Physically unable to perform)
-IR (Injured reserve)
-Out
-Any other status that designates a player as 100% out for the current week.

This rule will be enforced to help maintain the integrity of the playoffs as well as the draft selection order.