World's largest online season-long tournament. Presented by FFPC & Footballguys.com.
Over $4.39 Million in prizes will be awarded after the 2022 season including a record $500,000 grand prize. At only a $350 entry fee, this tournament sets the bar in the season-long fantasy football universe!
Daily online drafts start Sunday, May 1, 2022. Register and choose your draft date today. You’ll get your draft slot as soon as your league fills – which won’t take long, we promise!
Grand Prize
$500,000
Prize Pool
$4,395,750
Entry Fee
$350
Multiple Team Discount
3 teams for $1,000 (save $50)
Draft Type & Length
20-round online snake draft with a 60-second, 2 hour or 6 hour timer
Footballguys Players Championship Leagues Details
| Early Bird Incentive & Deadline: | Register for the FPC by June 30, 2022 and draft your team no later than July 15, 2022 to receive a FREE $35 team credit toward any $35-entry FFPC league (For slow FPC drafts, simply register by June 30 to qualify). Maximum of three (3) $35 team credits are given per person or account regardless of teams purchased or drafted by Early Bird deadline. $35 credits will be added to a player’s account immediately after the qualifying FPC league fills. To be eligible for $35 credit, FPC teams must be purchased with cash funds. FPC credits are not eligible for the promotion. |
| Entry Fee: | $350 Live and Slow online drafts |
| Multiple Team Discount Pricing: | $1,000 for a three pack of teams ($50 discount) |
| Contest Capacity: | Maximum of 15,000 entries |
| Prizes: | All prizes guaranteed regardless of final entries. Scroll down for details |
| Draft Positions: | Drawn at random & emailed to league, when league is full |
| Draft Type & Length: | 20 round serpentine (snake) online draft |
| Live online drafts with a 60 second timer | |
| Slow online drafts with a 2 or 6 hour timer (Overnight pause from 2-8 AM ET) | |
| Number of teams: | 12 |
| Duration: | Regular season Weeks 1-12. League Playoffs Weeks 13-14. Championship Round weeks 15-17 |
| Format (Regular Season): | Weeks 1-12 |
| H2H matchups | |
| After Week 12, League Playoff standings will be decided as such: Seed 1) Team with best regular season Record Seed 2) Team with highest point total Seed 3) The remaining team with the best regular season record Seed 4) The remaining team with the highest point total | |
| Format (League Playoffs): | Weeks 13-14 |
| Weekly H2H matchups decide League Champion | |
| The top two (2) seeds of each League in the regular season earn an Automatic Berth into the Championship Round. The League Champion also earns a berth into the Championship Round | |
| Format (Championship Round): | Weeks 15-17 |
| No H2H matchups, total points only | |
| Team with the highest sum of total points scored from Week 15-17 added to their one-game point average from the regular season is the Footballguys Players Champion | |
| Free Agency: | Waivers by way of blind bidding (FAAB) |
| Each team gets $1000 blind bidding “dollars” for entire season | |
| Two (2) weekly free agencies on Wednesday & Sunday | |
| First free agency is scheduled on the Wednesday after Labor Day (September 7) | |
| All bids must be entered by Wednesday 10 PM ET and Sunday 10 AM ET | |
| Weekly Team Management: | Yes. Starting lineups and free agency |
| Week One Lineup Rules: | All teams, whether drafting before or after NFL Week One opening game on Thursday, will be able to submit and edit their starting lineup after Thursday’s game, including start/bench players which played in Thursday’s game. To confirm, all FPC teams will have the same choice on whether to start or sit Thursday players retroactively after they have watched that game. Fantasy stats for Thursday’s players will count towards Week One scores if they are placed in the starting lineup. |
| Trades: | No trading allowed |
| Scoring System: | FFPC Scoring rules will be in effect (scroll down for scoring details) |
| Roster Requirement: | Twenty (20) total roster spots |
| Starting Lineup: | 1-QB, 2-RB, 2-WR, 1-TE, 2-Flex, 1-K, 1-D (Flex can be RB, WR or TE) |
*The NFL approved an 18 week regular season in 2021, with each team playing 17 regular season games. FFPC Footballguys Players Championship Tournament rules have been adjusted accordingly.
