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Introduction
DraftStreet provides an opportunity to compete in a variety of fantasy games against other users for real money. Leagues on DraftStreet have Daily or Weekly scoring periods, so you can make a team and win your league in the same day! Over a full season, one injury or one unlucky break can cost you the entire year. On DraftStreet you can assemble multiple fantasy teams in multiple leagues every night. With different league sizes, durations, draft-styles, and entry fees you are sure to find the perfect league for you.
Registration
To compete in any league on DraftStreet you must first register. Just click "SIGN UP NOW!" on the right side of the homepage and you'll be on your way. Once you've created an account you can choose a league that fits your desires in the draft lobby. Use the "My Profile" page located under "My DraftStreet" to keep your information up to date.
Join a League
Leagues are offered in the DRAFT LOBBY on the homepage. There are filters at the top of the lobby to help you find a league of your choice. When you find the league you want to join simply click on that league in the lobby and you will be prompted to join. Click the JOIN LEAGUE button and you are in!
To unregister for a league you can click the LEAVE button under the league ID in your ACTIVE LEAGUES section on the right side of the homepage. Users are not allowed to leave a league that is already full. However, the last person to join the league will have 5 minutes to unregister if there is more than 20 minutes remaining until registration closes.
If a league is not full at the time registration closes for that league then the league is canceled and all users will be receive a full refund.
There is a maximum of 20 leagues per user within the same sport, scoring period and entry-fee for all leagues that have an entry fee of under $55. This maximum does not include snake drafts or GPP leagues.
Draft Styles
Salary Cap Leagues
You can immediately select your roster upon joining a Salary Cap League. The combined fantasy salaries (as set by our DraftStreet team) of the players you select must not exceed the salary cap of $100,000. You can mix and match and save your selections up until the scoring period begins. If your roster is illegal at this time you will be disqualified and you will not receive a refund.
Illegal rosters either A) Exceed the set salary cap or B) Have one or more empty roster spots.
No roster for any league can consist solely of players from one professional team.
Snake-Draft Leagues
Live "instant" snake-drafts are shown in the lobby as: "Snake - Instant". These drafts begin 5 minutes after they become full.
After joining a snake-draft league, you can see the league details appear on the right side of the homepage in your Active Leagues section. If you hold your cursor over the Draft Room text you can see what time the live draft is set to begin. Click on the Draft Room link to enter the Draft Room.
Once the league is filled, draft order will appear on the top carousel and you will see a countdown to draft time at the top of the Draft Room.
When the draft starts, you will have a maximum of 45 seconds to make each pick. If you fail to make a selection within the 45 second timeframe Auto-Pick will be put into effect for the current pick. If you allow the time to run out on two consecutive picks the Auto-Pick will be enabled for all future picks until you click the TURN OFF AUTOPICK button. You can turn on Auto-Pick by clicking the checkbox in the upper right corner. Auto-Pick is set to take a player based upon your personal rankings (in the My Queue section) or, if you have not set any rankings, DraftStreet's rankings will be applied. Positions of need will be considered.
To use the Queue section to pre-rank players, simply select a player from the player pool then click the Queue button to add them to your list of queued players. You can drag and drop to re- order your queued players. When set on auto-pick, queued players will be automatically selected in order.
For Snake-Draft leagues, all rosters will have two Reserve (RS) spots. You can use the Set-Lineup page by clicking the Set-Lineup or Scoreboard link in the Active Leagues section of the homepage. You can swap a player in or out of their starting lineup until that player's team has started a game. At that time the player's status (active or reserved) is locked for the duration of the scoring period.
Note: DraftStreet reserves the right to cancel any snake-draft league that is interrupted or delayed due to technical issues. All users involved will be fully refunded should a league get canceled.
Live Scoreboards
Once a league's scoring period has begun, a link to that league's Scoreboard can be found under the Active Leagues section on the homepage. This allows you to follow the action while in progress.
League Durations and Scoring Periods
Scoring Periods – You can see when the first game of the scoring period starts for each league under the "1st Game" column in the lobby.
Daily leagues will consist of games scheduled on one date. There are daily leagues that might begin after some professional games for that sport have already started on that date, but the scoring period for these leagues will consist of ONLY and ALL games SCHEDULED to start at or after the specified "1st Game" time for that league. The player pool will only consist of players playing within that scoring period and no players will have more than one game count in these scoring periods.
*Doubleheader Rules - If teams are scheduled to play two games in one scoring period(completion of suspended games not included)
- Hitters' and Relief Pitchers' stats will only be counted from the FIRST game on that date starting at or after the specified scoring period.
- Starting Pitchers' stats will be used from both games
Weekly scoring periods will start with the first scheduled game every day and last exactly seven days (including the first day or the scoring period). Upcoming Matchup information is provided in DraftStreet's Player Profiles.
*No NFL team will play more than one game within a scoring period. All scoring periods are for one week. Leagues will be offered after some NFL games for that week have already begun. Player pools for these leagues will include only players whose games have not yet started.
*NBA and NHL Playoffs
Scoring periods will last exactly two days ("2-Day"). All other rules for daily leagues apply.
Guaranteed Prize Pool Leagues
Guaranteed Prize Pool leagues have a set prize pool and a cap for amount of entries. The prize pool will not change for a GPP league and leagues do not have to fill to capacity. Users can enter up to three unique teams in these leagues. Payout structures may vary.
*Note: Users cannot IMPORT TEAM from a regular league into a GPP league or vice versa as player salaries for GPP leagues are different from regular Salary Cap leagues for that scoring period. This is because GPP leagues are offered multiple days in advance and recent performance is factored into salaries.
Private Leagues
Create an exclusive, password-protected league. Start by clicking the CREATE button on the top right corner of the DRAFT LOBBY. Once you have created and confirmed a password for your league and selected from each of the dropdown options for your league, go ahead and click the CREATE PRIVATE LEAGUE button. Next, enter DraftStreet users' email addresses or usernames to send them an email inviting them to your league. You can also just tell your friends the password to your league. You can always invite more friends later by clicking the INVITE button under the league ID in your PRIVATE LEAGUES section on the right side of the homepage.
Note: Creators of private leagues will automatically join any league they create. As with any public league, if the league does not fill in time for the draft it will be canceled and all money will be refunded.
To join a private league click on the PRIVATE LEAGUES filter at the top of the DRAFT LOBBY. Click on the private league you wish to join and enter the league password when prompted. If you are registered for a private snake-draft league, you can always hold your cursor over the word SNAKE in the far right column of your PRIVATE LEAGUES section on the homepage to see what time that draft will begin.
Player Pool and Salaries
Once the player pool, player salaries and player positions are set for a specific scoring period it will not change. If players change teams after a league is offered then it is the user’s responsibility to adjust accordingly. No players will be added or removed from the existing player pools, and no salaries or positions will change.
Player salaries are recalculated for each scoring period based on recent performance, current year performance and previous year performance. Some aspects of each player's matchup are factored into their price as well. For weekly leagues matchups are not considered. However, the player's number of scheduled games for the scoring period is factored in.
*Note: Players will register fantasy points on a given night regardless of what team they play for. So, if a player is available, you can assume his stats will count for whatever team he plays for within that scoring period.
Rosters and Scoring Formats
Payouts
Prizes will be paid out within an hour of the completion of the scoring period. Funds will be added to users' accounts and will be available for withdrawal or entry into cash leagues immediately.
Payout Grid
|
Place |
| Players |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
| 2-4 |
100% |
|
|
|
|
| 5-9 |
65% |
35% |
|
|
|
| 10-16 |
55% |
30% |
15% |
|
|
| 20 |
45% |
28% |
17% |
10% |
|
Double-Up leagues will split the prize pool evenly among the top 50% of participants
Suspended, Postponed, or Cancelled Games
If a game is not played to completion within the specified scoring period (postponed, cancelled or suspended) no stats will count from this game and all players involved will contribute zero fantasy stats.
Tie-Breakers
There are no tie-breakers for any leagues on DraftStreet. Users will split the prize assigned to the specific place(s) evenly in the case of a tie.
Examples:
1. If there is a two-way tie for first place in a 6-player league --> those two users will split the 1st and 2nd place prize.
2. If there is a two-way tie for first in a 3-player league --> those two users will split the prize for 1st place (since there is no 2nd place prize in a 3-player league).
Street Credits
Upon entering leagues, users will receive a certain number of "Street Credits" based on the level of game played. Street creds can also be earned by winning free leagues. There is a limit to 2 free leagues per day and 8 free leagues per week for each user. Street Credits will be accumulated and tracked in My DraftStreet page and may be redeemed for DraftStreet merchandise and/or vouchers to enter cash leagues.
Depositing Funds
Users can deposit funds into their account by credit card, paypal or echecks. If your card issuing bank does not allow deposits into gaming sites, setting up a paypal account is quick, easy, and free. Entering credit card information is easy, just follow the instructions in the cashier.
Withdrawing Funds
Users are limited to two (2) PayPal withdrawal requests over any 7 day period. Any attempts after the second will be automatically blocked, or can be submitted and delayed until eligible date at the user’s request.
*As of November 14th, 2011 we have upgraded our account with PayPal and there will no long be fees taken out of PayPal withdrawal payments.
**There is no limit on withdrawals requested via check.
DraftStreet is not responsible for lost or stolen withdrawal checks. Any checks that are returned for incorrect address will be re-sent free of charge. Users may request replacement checks for lost or stolen withdrawal checks by paying a stop payment fee of $27.00. Checks that have been cleared or deposited will not be eligible for replacement.
Recruiting
For our Recruiting Rules, go
here.
Glossary
MLB
Positions
C - Catcher
1B - First Baseman
2B - Second Baseman
3B - Third Baseman
SS - Shortstop
U - Utility Player (Any hitter)
OF - Outfielder (Right, Center or Left Field)
SP - Starting Pitcher
RP - Relief Pitcher
P - Any Pitcher
RS - Reserve
Scoring
1B - Single
2B - Double
3B - Triple
BB - Base on Balls (Walk)
HR - Homerun
HP - Hit by Pitch
R - Run scored
RBI - Runs Batted In
SB - Stolen Base
KO - Strikeout (hitter)
GDP - Grounded into Double-Play
CS - Caught Stealing
SAC - Sacrifice Fly or Sacrifice Hits
BBI - Walks Issued
HA - Hits Against
HB - Hit Batsman
ER - Earned Runs allowed
INN - Inning Pitched
K - Strikeout (pitcher)
L - Loss
S - Save
W - Win
CG - Complete Game
BA - Batting Average
ERA - Earned Run Average (per nine innings)
WHIP - Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched
NFL & CFB
Positions
QB – Quarterback
RB – Runningback
WR – Wide Receiver
TE – Tight End
FLEX – RB, WR or TE
DST – Defense and Special Teams
Scoring
PaTD – Passing Touchdown
PaYd – Passing Yard
INT – Interception
RuTD – Rushing Touchdown
RuYd – Rushing Yard
ReTD – Receiving Touchdown
ReYd – Receiving Yard
Rec – Reception
FL – Fumble Lost (on offensive plays only)
2pt – Two-point conversion (passing, receiving or rushing)
DInt - Defensive Interception
DTD – Defensive Touchdown
FR – Fumbles Recovered
Sack – Sack
SFTY – Safety
DPA - Defensive/Special Team Points Allowed
NBA & CBB
Positions:
F - Forward (SF or PF)
G - Guard (PG or SG)
C - Center
U - Utility (Any position)
Scoring:
PTS - Points
REB - Rebounds
AST - Assists
TO - Turnovers
MFT - Free Throws Missed
MFG - Field Goals Missed
STL - Steals
BLK - Blocks
NHL
Positions:
W - Left Wing
RW - Right Wing
C - Center
D - Defenseman
G - Goalie
U - Utility (Any position besides Goalie)
Scoring:
Goal - Goal
Ast - Assist
PPG - Power Play Goal
PPA - Power Play Assist
SHG - Short-handed Goal
SHA - Short-handed Assist
+/- - Plus/Minus
PM - Penalty Minutes
Shot - Shot on Goal
BS - Blocked Shot
Goalie-only Scoring:
GA - Goals Against
W - Win
SO - Shutout
Save - Save
PGA
Scoring:
ALBA - Albatross
EAG - Eagle
BRD - Birdie
PAR - Par
BGY - Bogey
2BGY+ - Double Bogey and over
