SportsGeek rules

Thank you for choosing SportsGeek!  Please review our official game rules below.  If you have additional questions about our rules and it is not covered here, or on the Support page, please send us a message and we will address your question(s).


Official Rules for Real Money Football Challenges

SportsGeek Real Money Football Challenges are fantasy football contests in which an unlimited number of entrants compete against each other in a weekly format.  The challenges begin with the first football game of each week of the regular season.  They end at the the conclusion of the Monday night game each week.  Prizes will be paid out based on a predetermined prize structure.

Player selections will be restricted by a $1000 per team salary cap.  Player dollar values will be adjusted weekly and are shown as registration takes place.  Team rosters will consist of two (2) quarterbacks, three (3) running backs, four (4) wide receivers, one (1) tight end, one (1) kicker, one (1) team defense, and one (1) individual defensive player.  Scoring of challenges will be rounded to the nearest two decimal places with points being awarded as follows:

Scoring for Quarterbacks, Running Backs, Wide Receivers, and Tight Ends:

     Passing yard: 0.04 points

     Passing touchdown: 6 points

     Interceptions thrown: -2 points

     Rushing or receiving yard: 0.1 points

     Rushing or receiving touchdown: 6 points

     Fumble lost: -2 points

     2-point conversion (any form): 2 points

     Offensive fumble recovery for touchdown: 6 points

Scoring for Kickers:

     Field goal made: 0.1 point/yard

     Extra point made: 1 point

Team defensive scoring:

     Sack: 1 point

     Interceptioin: 2 points

     Fumble recovery: 2 points

     Touchdown: 6 points

     Safety: 2 points

     Blocked kick: 2 points

     Kickoff or punt return touchdown: 6 points

     0 points allowed: 12 points

     1-6 points allowed: 9 points

     7-13 points allowed: 6 points

     14-20 points allowed: 3 points

     21-27 points allowed: 0 points

     28-34 points allowed: -2 points

     35-41 points allowed: -4 points

     42+ points allowed: -6 points

Individual defensive player scoring:

     Tackle (solo): 1 point

     Tackle (assist): 0.5 points

     Interception: 4 points

     Fumble recovery: 4 points

     Forced fumble: 4 points

     Touchdown: 10 points

     Sack: 4 points

     Safety: 4 points

     Blocked kick: 4 points

For real money challenges a registration fee will be charged in order to compete in the challenge.  The challenge registration fee will include an entry fee which goes toward the prize pool and a participation fee which will be held by SportsGeek for providing the challenge.  These fees will be clearly shown on the individual challenge pages as well as the challenge and individual sport homepages in an entry fee + participation fee format (Ex. $10+1).  There is no limit to the number of times an accountholder can enter a challenge as long as each subsequent entry is unique from all previous entries to that particular challenge for the accountholder.  

Registration will be available weekly at 12PM ET Wednesday.  The deadline for registration is 1PM ET Sunday.  Any team not registered before the deadline will not be considered an entrant and will not be eligible to compete in the challenge or win prizes.  In the event there is one or more early games (any game that starts before 1PM ET Sunday) any player participating in those early games will not be eligible to be selected to a team after the official start time of the game they are scheduled to participate in.  Registration will, however, continue up until the 1PM ET deadline. 

If for any reason an accountholder wished to unregister a team from a challenge it can be done anytime up until the earlier of either the 1PM ET Sunday registration deadline or the official start time of any game being participated in by any member of the unregistering team.  If a team is validly unregistered the entire registration fee will be credited back to the user's account.  The entry fee amount will also be deducted from the prize pool at all times up until the 12:55PM ET cut-off. 

In order to fully comply with the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006 the SportsGeek football challenges cannot base payouts on the number of entrants to a challenge or on the amount of any fees paid by those entrants.  The number of entrants to a challenge is determined at the registration deadline when no more teams can be registered or unregistered.  To accomodate this law, the prize pool will be stopped at 12:55PM ET Sunday.  After the prize pool is stopped teams can continue to register until the 1PM ET Sunday registration deadline but the entry fee will not be added to the prize pool.  Likewise, teams may still unregister until the 1PM ET Sunday deadline without the amount of their refunded entry fee being deducted from the prize pool.  Once the prize pool is finalized at 12:55PM ET Sunday the exact payouts will be shown on the challenge homepage as determined by the prize structure. 


Official Rules for Free Football Challenges

The free football challenges have the same rules as the real money challenges with the exception of the entry fee.  Free challenges cost nothing to compete in and offer a prize pool of two GeekPoints for every team entered.  Free live scoring and statistics are still available during free challenges even though no fee is charged. 


Scoring Rules for Football Challenges

Here are the scoring rules for Football challenges.  For your convenience, these scoring rules are also shown on the Team setup page.

 

FANTASY TEAM - VALID ROSTER REQUIREMENTS

A valid team must consist of the following pro football players -

 

The player's listed position is dictated by the NFL and our data provider.  A player can only be related to one position at a given time.

 

Also, Your team must be under, or at, the $1000 player salary cap in order to be valid.  Cap values are adjusted at the beginning of each week on Tuesday, before the upcoming week's challenges have started.

 

SCORING FOR QUARTERBACKS, RUNNINGBACKS, WIDE RECEIVERS, TIGHT ENDS:

 

SCORING FOR KICKERS:

 

DEFENSIVE TEAM SCORING:

* Points Allowed are based on the opponent's final game score

 

INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER (IDP) SCORING:


SportsGeek Payout Structure

Go here to view the SportsGeek payout structure for money challenges


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