FCBL RULES AND REGULATIONS

1.0 TEAMS

1.1 A Team will consist of 40 roster spots

1.1.1 An Active Team Roster will consist of 25 players the remaining 15 will be designated to the "minors"

1.1.2 Only 25 total pitchers can be on a team as this is a hard limit of the game

1.1.3 To be eligeble to play a player must have had 50 AB or 25 IP in the current season

1.2 Each manager will select a MLB Team to represent and will inherit the ballpark effect for that park.

1.2.1 Managers may move a team to any MLB Team/City that is not currently occupied by an existing team.

1.3 Expansion

1.3.1 Should an expansion occur all teams will protect any 10 players on theri roster and the rest will be made available for an "Expansion Draft". The Expansion Draft order will be determined by even lottery and will be serpentine. (Team with first pick in found 1 will have last pick in rond 2 first pick in round 3 and so on). Once a player is taken from an existing team that team will then protect 3 additional playrs. This will continue till all players have been taken or protected.

1.4 Contraction

1.4.1 Should we have issues with manager participation and contraction deem best for the league it will be done in the off season and all players on those rosters will be made available in the next rookie draft.

2.0 DIVISIONS

2.1 Divisions have been set forth and will remain for all time to ensure rivalries. Moving to a new Team/City does not affect your division. Expansion Teams are added to divisions by luck of the draw. Divisions are as follows:

East

Central

Midwest

West

3.0 DRAFT

3.1 Each March a rookie draft is held with all teams involved.

3.1.1 The order of the rookie draft is determined by lottery by team record the previous year and weill be weighted by record. Names will be pulled from a hat, bowl, bra or whatever else we can find to hold them. The 8 worst teams will be chosen first by final record. The worst team will have 8 chances second worst 7 and so forth. The remaining teams will be drawn in a duplicate lottery to finish out the order.

3.2 Draft Eligibility - In order to be drafted a player musthave appeared in a MLB game prior to the draft.

4.0 SEASON

4.1 The FCBL Season will follow the same dates as the MLB Season.

4.1.1 Opening Day will be held at Commissioner Nolands house where we will watch game on TV and play games in person. Only exception would be if we attended the Reds home opener.

4.2.1 The Trade Deadline will be the same as the trade deadline for MLB at midnight

5.0 TRADES

5.1 Any two or more managers may enter into a trade as long as both parties agree to terms. Once an agreement has been made only on person need to repor the trade to the league office (Nolands Email). Once a deal has been announced should one member of the trade party disagree on the terms, a memo is to be filed immediatly with the league office while the parties work out the defericnes. If a resoulution can not be reached theor the parties involved then another manager will be assigne to mediate and will ahve final say in deal. This may result in the deal being dialowed and all players and picks returning. We expect managers to act in good faith with reguards to trades.

5.1.1 Should a trade result in your roster going over the 40 spot limit the league office will not accept the deal untill approproatie cuts have been made.

5.1.2 Items available for trade include

Players

Draft Picks

Rights to Team\City

6.0 FREE AGENTS

6.1 Any player having "Free Agent" Status can be picked up on your roster following the rookie draft but not later than one week following the trade deadline.

6.2 When picking up a free agent you must make cut if needed.