How it works

A startup draft happens once. Players stay until traded, cut, or moved to IR/taxi. Each following year is a rookie draft. Future picks are trade assets. There is no full redraft — rebuilds happen through the draft and the trade block.

• ▸Players stay on the roster until traded, cut, or moved to IR/taxi per the constitution.
• ▸A startup draft happens once. Each following year is a rookie (and optionally truncated) draft.
• ▸Future draft picks may be traded. Trades are graded on this room's scoring, not national rankings.
• ▸Taxi, IR, and minors slots exist so young assets are not forced into the starting eleven.
• ▸There is no full redraft. Rebuilds happen through the draft and the trade block.

Benefits for players

• ✓Year-round asset management instead of a 17-week sprint.
• ✓Future picks and taxi squads are real levers, not flavor text.
• ✓The trade desk thinks in seasons — youth versus a contention window.
• ✓Command Center will not mix this club into your NFL redraft or UFC card math.

How it works

Set how many players each club keeps. Those names come off the board at an inflated price or round cost. Everyone drafts the remaining roster. Then it is a total-points week: lock, wire, trades.

• ▸Each club keeps a set number of players from the prior roster (the core).
• ▸Kept players cost a round or an auction inflation written in the constitution.
• ▸The remaining roster is drafted. Unkept players re-enter the pool.
• ▸Weekly lineups lock. Waivers and trades follow the same rules as total points.
• ▸Highest season total wins, or a playoff table from the constitution.

Benefits for players

• ✓You keep the names that made the club yours, without a full dynasty farm.
• ✓The draft still matters — the board is not a leftover pile.
• ✓Agents already know lock, FAAB, and this room's scoring.
• ✓Easy to explain: keep N, draft the rest, play the week.

How it works

Draft in August (or whenever you start). Set a legal lineup every lock window. Hit the wire after the slate. Trade when both clubs agree. A set number of teams make the playoffs from the constitution.

• ▸Rosters reset each season with a new startup or redraft.
• ▸GMs set a legal starting lineup before each lock window. Empty slots score zero.
• ▸Unrostered players hit waivers or FAAB. Bids cannot exceed remaining budget.
• ▸Trades require both clubs and may be reviewed against collusion policy.
• ▸A set number of teams make the playoffs. Tie-breakers follow the league constitution.

Benefits for players

• ✓The full fantasy week — start/sit, wire, trades, and a playoff table — without a second rulebook.
• ✓Agents already know lock times, FAAB, and your roster slots.
• ✓Easy to fill: every GM you invite already knows how this room plays.
• ✓Recaps and flags stay professional and grounded in this constitution.

How it works

You draft once, typically 18–22 rounds. There are no weekly lineups, waivers, or (in most rooms) trades. Every scoring week the platform starts the best legal combination on your roster. Playoffs, if any, still use that auto-lineup.

• ▸No weekly lineups. The platform (or the scoring engine) selects the highest-scoring legal combination each week.
• ▸No waivers, FAAB, or free-agent adds after the draft.
• ▸No trades unless the constitution explicitly allows them — most best-ball rooms do not.
• ▸Drafts run deeper than season-long (typically 18–22 rounds) so bye weeks and injuries have coverage on the roster.
• ▸Playoffs, if any, still use the auto-lineup. Advancement is by cumulative or consolation score per the rules.

Benefits for players

• ✓Zero in-season chores — set it once, then watch the slate.
• ✓Deep drafts reward process: stacks, bye coverage, and late-round upside.
• ✓Ideal for busy GMs and satellite rooms that should not need a Tuesday login.
• ✓The Scout still flags injuries so you know who is actually carrying the club.

How it works

Score the week. Last place is eliminated. That roster becomes free agents. Survivors bid FAAB or waiver order, then still set a legal lineup before the next lock. Repeat until one club remains, or until a written final week.

• ▸After each scoring week, the team with the lowest total is eliminated.
• ▸Every player on that roster becomes a free agent. Remaining GMs bid via FAAB or waiver order.
• ▸Ties for last place follow the constitution (points against, H2H, then a coin-flip rule written in advance).
• ▸Eliminated GMs do not set lineups or bid. They may still watch the wire and chat.
• ▸The season ends when one team remains, or when a defined final week pits the last two clubs.

Benefits for players

• ✓Every week is an elimination game — no coasting into week 14.
• ✓Dump weeks turn the wire into a feeding frenzy of former WR1s.
• ✓Streaming and FAAB skill decide who survives, not just the August draft.
• ✓Commissioner recaps stay professional so the cut does not get personal.