Welcome to FBBKL 2025!

League Updates

Trading Restrictions (New for This Offseason Trading Period)

🚨 **This is the first season under the new rule restricting certain trades during the offseason trading period.** Please remember:

  • ❌ You may NOT trade (Offseason Trading Only):
    • Any 0-year players (players with expiring contracts).
    • Any players who were another team’s Lifetime Keeper (LTK) last season and were acquired via trade during the season.
  • âś… You MAY trade:
    • Your previously designated Lifetime Keeper from last season.
    • Any player on your roster with years remaining on their contract.

You may also designate any eligible player on your roster as your new Lifetime Keeper, including a **0-year player** or an **LTK acquired last season.**

These restrictions apply only during the offseason trading period. In-season trading rules remain unchanged.

Important Dates

  • Tuesday, March 19 @ 9:00 AM EST: Offseason Trading Opens.
  • Friday, March 21 @ 5:00 PM EST: Offseason Trading Closes.
  • Friday, March 21 @ 11:59 PM EST: Keepers Submission Deadline on Yahoo! & via email to commissioners.
  • Sunday, March 23 @ 8:00 PM EST: League Dues Deadline (Venmo: @joseph-bisceglie).
  • Monday, March 24 @ 8:00 PM EST: Live Draft on Yahoo! Site.

Note: Games played in the 2025 Japan Series will be applied retroactively to the league’s scoring if possible.

Task
  Status Date Pending
Finalize Team Owners (12) Done 02/27/24
Send out Doodle to determine draft date Done 02/19/24
Conduct rule voting changes via Slack n/a n/a
Finalize Draft date Done 03/02/24
Finalize rules document for current year and share with the league Done 03/02/24
Send out final roster sheets, with updated contract status Done 03/02/24
Finalize draft order via randomizer or video Done 02/19/24
Open off-season trading period, which ends when keepers are due Done 03/04/24
Transfer Waiver Priority from previous year/change FAAB to $200 Done TBD

OFFSEASON-TRADE REFRESHER

  • During the offseason trading period, any player on your team’s roster at the end of last year can be traded, except for 0-year players and Lifetime Keepers acquired via trade during last season. You can find your team’s roster on Yahoo! and in our Roster document.

  • If draft picks are exchanged, an equal number of draft picks must be moved in each trade. You can see which draft picks all teams have on Yahoo!, here.

  • Make sure to check the contract status of the players involved in a trade. You can find each player’s contract status in our Roster Document. “1” indicates that the player can only be kept ONE more time, a “2” indicates a player can be kept TWO more times, etc. – this year and next, a “0” indicates that player must be tagged as a Lifetime Keeper or they cannot be kept.

  • Trading Restrictions (New for This Offseason Trading Period):

    • ❌ You may NOT trade:
      • Any 0-year players (players with expiring contracts).
      • Any players who were another team’s Lifetime Keeper (LTK) last season and were acquired via trade during the season.
    • âś… You MAY trade:
      • Your previously designated Lifetime Keeper from last season.
      • Any player on your roster with years remaining on their contract.

    You may also designate any eligible player on your roster as your new Lifetime Keeper, including a 0-year player or an LTK acquired last season.

    These restrictions apply only during the offseason trading period. In-season trading rules remain unchanged.

  • When all participating teams involved agree on a trade, an email should be sent to the commissioner and co-commissioners (christopherolivieri@gmail.com, jbisceglie@hotmail.com and stephen.a.lipp@gmail.com), as well as the manager(s) of any teams involved. The manager(s) who didn’t compose the email need to reply to the email saying they agreed to the trade as listed – or they can send their own email with the trade. In short: we need to hear from everyone involved.

  • If the co-commissioners accept the trade (Most trades are accepted), it will be listed on Slack in the League Announcements channel and the players/draft picks will be updated on Yahoo! to reflect the trade.

  • Please read the League Constitution section VIII for more info about specific situations regarding trades (i.e., the rare instance when a trade isn’t accepted outright).

  • Once Off-Season Trading closes on Friday, March 21st at 5:00 PM EST, you have until 11:59 PM EST to submit your keepers via email to the commissioners AND mark them on Yahoo!