Rules for the 1997-98 Prehistoric Football League (PFL) are as follows:

1.1 The COMMISSIONER for the Prehistoric Football League's (PFL) 1997-98 season is Brian Powell. The OWNER of the PFL is John Kaneshiro. Other individuals selected to participate in this year's PFL Fantasy League will receive a letter of invitation to purchase a franchise in June 1997. The cost of each franchise is $65.00. Payment shall be made out to John Kaneshiro and must be received by August 1, 1997, or the option to purchase the franchise will be revoked and offered to another individual selected by the OWNER. Upon payment of the franchise, the purchaser shall become the GENERAL MANAGER of the team. The OWNER shall maintain all money collected and distribute winnings at the completion of the season. The COMMISSIONER shall process weekly lineups, report scoring and keep track of each team's standings and cumulative points throughout the season.

1.2 The league will consist of 3 divisions with 4 franchises in each division for a total of twelve teams.  Each team will play the other teams in their division twice and play each team in the other divisions only once.  This results in a fourteen week regular season. Divisions will be established according to draft order. Cretaceous Division: 1, 6, 7 & 12.  Mesozoic Division: 2, 5, 8 & 11.  Neanderthal Division: 3, 4, 9 & 10.  Each team is encouraged to follow the league theme with their team name.

2.0 THE DRAFT

2.1 DRAFT DAY is scheduled for AUGUST 23, 1997 beginning at 10:00 am. at the COMMISSIONER'S residence listed on the enclosed letter. A hospitality fee may be charged at the door for snacks, drinks and lunch.

2.2 GENERAL MANAGER's will be responsible for providing their own list of players to draft from. Player positions shall be determined prior to the start of the draft. The positions established at this time shall remain in effect for the duration of the season (including playoffs).

2.3 General Managers' names will be placed in a bowl and selected one by one with the first name picked drafting first; second name drawn drafting second; etc. The second round will reverse the order of the first round with team # 12 drafting first (note that this will result in team # 12 having back-to-back picks). Subsequent rounds will continue reversing the order of picks. There will be a total of 18 rounds.

2.4 After the draft order has been determined for all teams, the COMMISSIONER shall allow 15 minutes for all GENERAL MANAGERS to review the game schedule before the first draft round begins.

2.5 Each team will be given a maximum of 3 minutes to make their draft selection. Failure to select a player within the allocated time will result in loss of selection in that round. Selection will be allowed after all rounds are complete. At this time, selections by all deferred teams shall proceed in the order to which each team would have drafted (i.e. first round, first pick; first round, second pick; etc.). This may result in the same team making back to back draft picks.

2.6 The roster for each team shall consist of:

2 quarterbacks
4 running backs
4 wide receivers
2 tight ends
2 kickers
2 defense/special teams
2 wild cards (can be any positions listed above)

3.0 TRADES & ROSTER CHANGES

3.1 Any trade or roster change (TRADE) will cost each franchise involved in the TRADE $3 per transaction. TRADES will not be official until all parties involved in the TRADE have contacted the COMMISSIONER to verify the terms.

3.2 Trading draft picks or drafted players will be allowed on draft day, but these TRADES will still be charged the $3 transaction fee for each team changing its roster. One hour after the last draft pick, the COMMISSIONER shall declare the end of trading. No further TRADES will be allowed until the 4^th and 8^th weeks as described below. If one or more players is cut or injured (even if the injury or cut occurs before or after opening day), TRADES will have to wait until one of these weeks.

3.3 Roster changes will only be allowed between weeks 4 & 5 (after game 4 & before game 5) and weeks 8 and 9.Any franchise who wants to pick up a player must waive a player before games 4 and 8 (the player can still play for the franchise in games 4 and 8). Once he is waived, the player is eligible to be picked up by another franchise to start in games 5 and 9.

3.4 The order of the waiver draft will be by the total amount of points scored in all previous games and record, with the biggest loser being able to select first.

3.5 Any TRADE whose intended purpose is to strengthen one team at the expense of the other can be overturned by the COMMISSIONER (see Disputes for additional information).

4.0 GAME SCHEDULE

4.1 The PFL Fantasy League Game Schedule shall apply based on draft order.

5.0 THE LINEUP

5.1 Each GENERAL MANAGER shall submit a starting lineup for his team by Friday at 7 p.m. to the COMMISSIONER. Failure to submit a starting lineup will result in the previous week's starting lineup being used, excluding Thursday night games. During the weeks when there are Thursday night games, teams who want to start players in those games must submit at least a partial roster by 7 p.m. Wednesday. The lineup submittal procedure will be determined on or before Draft Day.

5.2 Positions can only be filled with players eligible for the position as determined on Draft Day.

5.3 The COMMISSIONER shall post starting lineups for all teams on the internet by Saturday morning, or he may be contacted by phone on Friday night between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

5.4 Each team's weekly starting lineup shall consist of:

1 quarterback
2 running backs
2 wide receivers
1 tight end
1 kicker
1 special team/defense

6.1 Points will be awarded according to the PFL Fantasy League Scoring Schedule.

7.0 PLAYOFFS

7.1 The playoffs shall consist of a three game playoff series and begin in NFL week 15. At the end of the PFL regular season, three Divisional Champions and three Wildcard teams will be determined.  The team with the best record in each division will be the Division champions for their respective divisions.  The Divisional champions will be ranked from best record, Div1, to worst, Div3.  From the remaining teams, the three teams with the best records will become the Wildcard teams.  The Wildcard teams will be ranked from best record, WC1, to worst, WC3.

7.2 The first round will consist of the Divisional Champion with the worst record (Div3) playing the Wildcard team with the best record (WC1).  The remaining Wildcard teams will play each other.  The two remaining Divisional Champions will have a bye in the first round of the playoffs.

7.3 In the second round, NFL week 16, the Divisional Champion with the best record (Div1) will play the winner of the Wildcard game (WC2  vs. WC3).  The second place Divisional Champion (Div2) will play the winner of the Div3/WC1 game.

7.4 The two winning teams from round two of the playoffs will play each other for the PFL Super Bowl V in NFL week 17.

8.0 TIES

8.1 At the end of the regular season, if two or more teams eligible for the playoffs have identical standings (wins, losses and ties), the following tiebreaker shall apply: 1) winning record against the teams tied, 2) most points scored in games between teams tied, 3) divisional record, 4) most points scored overall, 5) least points allowed overall, 6) team with the lowest draft position.

8.2 For playoff games only, GENERAL MANAGERS shall submit an overtime order of their nonstarters. Teams which fail to submit an overtime order will have their overtime players ordered alphabetically. In the event of a tie, the overtime players will be compared one at a time until a winner emerges, with all applied points being added to the regulation score. Once a winner is determined, the remaining overtime players do not add points to the score. If the teams are still tied, then the team with the lowest draft position shall be the winner (in such a case, one point shall be awarded to the team with the lower draft position).

9.0 WINNINGS

9.1 In addition to the year end pot, there will be a weekly head-to-head money competition between teams, whereby the losing team will pay the winning team 10 cents per point by the margin of victory. The weekly winnings will be netted against the losses and winnings paid at the end of the season. The $0.10 per point pay-outs will be in effect during the playoffs.

9.2 At season's end the prize money will be split in the following manner:

a) First place in each division will receive $120
b) Wildcard teams will receive $50 each
c) The team that wins the SUPER BOWL will receive 80% of $120 plus half of the trade money
d) The team that loses will receive the remaining 20%
e) The team with the highest single game score during the season will receive $50
f) The team with the highest regular season single game score and loses the game will receive $25.
g) The team with the lowest regular season single game score and wins the game will receive $25.

9.4 As stated above, half of the trade money will go to the Super Bowl winner; the remaining half will go to the COMMISSIONER

10.0 DISPUTES

10.1 If a team has a dispute, the GENERAL MANAGER of the team shall communicate the dispute to the COMMISSIONER. The COMMISSIONER will resolve all disputes except in situations where the dispute involves his team. The COMMISSIONER shall defer all disputes to which he is a party to the league OWNER. Any comments or questions will be taken into consideration by the COMMISSIONER.

10.2 Scores - Disputes regarding player statistics will be resolved by the COMMISSIONER using the Orange County Register box scores. Other disputes regarding scoring will be resolved by the COMMISSIONER.

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