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IV. Player Draft

1. The draft will take place via email, beginning at noon EDT on the first business day after the July 4 holiday, or in a real or cyber place unanimously agreed upon by the Committee of the Whole.

2. Declaration of “keeper” players must be made to the Commissioner by midnight EDT on the Sunday two weeks prior to the start of the email draft, unless otherwise agreed.

3. Each team must have an Owner or duly appointed representative present and available throughout the entire draft.

4. Owners will build their teams through a non-traditional serpentine draft. The draft order will be determined based on the previous season’s record, with the worst record going first and two Superbowl participants (regardless of record) selecting last.

5. The draft order will be used in rounds 1-4 and all even number rounds that follow; the reversed draft order will be used in all odd-numbered rounds starting with round 5.

6. Keepers:

A. You may keep zero, one, two or three players from your current roster.

B. To keep players, you forfeit high draft picks as defined below:

1. Zero keepers: draft in every round

2. One keeper: forfeit 1st round pick

3. Two keepers: forfeit 1st and 2nd round picks

4. Three keepers: forfeit 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks

7. There shall be a 12-hour time limit to make a selection during the draft.

8. The Commissioner has the right to suspend or relax the time limit on weekends or over holidays.

9. Failure to select within the confines of these time limits will result in a "passed” selection slot.

10. A passed selection may be made at any time.

11. Trading of players and draft picks may begin upon completion of the NFL draft.

12. Trades made before the keeper declarations do not alter the number of keepers allowed or draft slots allowed. For example, if an Owner with several good players trades his 3^rd round pick for another good player, he may only keep two of those players since he has no right to forfeit his 3^rd round pick (it belongs to another Owner).

13. Trades made after the keeper declarations may alter the number of players kept, but one may not trade draft slots which will not be held due to the keepers declared.

14. Draft lists may be used and are encouraged in the later rounds and over weekends. They are mandatory usage if the Owner will be unavailable for a portion of the draft.

15. Once a draft selection has been stated to the Commissioner, it cannot be rescinded without the consent of a majority of Owners present.

16. Each Owner must draft enough players at each position to field a minimum starting lineup (see Article VI.1).  All remaining roster slots may be any of the pool of eligible players.

17. Owners drafting less than 18 players due to trades/passes may exchange their empty roster slots during the regular drop/add procedure.

18. Owners accumulating more than 18 players in the draft must reduce their roster to 18 by midnight EDT Sunday of the penultimate weekend of preseason NFL football.

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