SIKids.com Fantasy Baseball

SI Kids Fantasy Baseball Salary Cap Challenge - 2008

To Enter

To enter, complete the registration form online. Entrants will be asked to create a user ID and password, which they will use for future login to their team page. Upon entering, you will receive a follow-up email to register your team. Simply click on the link provided and you are ready to draft. If the email doesn't show up within 10 minutes please check your spam folder. If you've played OUR Grid-O-Matic FANTASY Football or HOOP-O-Matic FANTASY Basketball, you're already registered!

Groups

When entering you can create or join a public or private group of friends or other owners with similar interests, fantasy skill level, etc. to compete against. When creating a group, you will asked to enter a group name and password which can be used by your friends to join at anytime. No additional prizes will be awarded for groups (public or private).

Roster

The contestant's roster must consist of 12 players:
3 Starting Pitchers
1 Relief Pitcher
1 Catcher
1 1B
1 2B
1 3B
1 SS
3 OF
A roster must be valid (12 players selected) before a contestant can be eligible to compete. Contestants must choose only from players listed online. Players are only eligible at the position listed and player positions will not change during the length of the Game. Each contestant begins with a $75 million dollar budget. The contestant's original 12-man roster must not exceed the $75,000,000 salary cap.

Game Deadlines

The Game begins with the first game on March 30, 2008, and ends after the last game, estimated to be September 28, 2008. Any games played before March 30 or after September 28 do NOT count towards your weekly or season-to-date totals. The Game consists of 26 weekly periods ("Game Week 1 ", "Game Week 2", etc., collectively "Game Weeks"), divided into 2 half seasons ("First half game" and "Second Half game").
During the week a roster may be edited daily up to 11:59 pm ET on Sunday night, and any trade goes into effect for the following Game Week. Once a weekly roster becomes final (at 11:59pm ET on Sunday) it cannot be changed again for that Game Week and a roster must be full (12 players) in order to score points for the Game Week. Rosters with empty positions after the trading deadline for the Game Week will be labeled as inactive and will not score points for the Game Week.

Game Week	Deadline
First Half Game
1	3/30/08 - 4/6/08
2	4/7/08 - 4/13/08
3	4/14/08 - 4/20/08
4	4/21/08 - 4/27/08
5	4/28/08 - 5/4/08
6	5/5/08 - 5/11/08
7	5/12/08 - 5/18/08
8	5/19/08 - 5/25/08
9	5/26/08 - 6/1/08
10	6/2/08 - 6/8/08
11	6/9/08 - 6/15/08
12	6/16/08 - 6/22/08
13	6/23/08 - 6/29/08
Second Half Game
14	6/30/08 - 7/6/08
15	7/7/08 - 7/13/08
16	7/14/08 - 7/20/08
17	7/21/08 - 7/27/08
18	7/28/08 - 8/3/08
19	8/4/08 - 8/10/08
20	8/11/08 - 8/17/08
21	8/18/08 - 8/24/08
22	8/25/08 - 8/31/08
23	9/1/08 - 9/7/08
24	9/8/08 - 9/14/08
25	9/15/08 - 9/21/08
26	9/22/08 - 9/28/08

*The first Game week runs from Sunday, March 30, 2008 to Sunday, April, 6, 2008 with the first game of the season played on Sunday night being included in week # 1. All subsequent Game Weeks run Monday to Sunday.

Scoring

Scoring is awarded based on the scoring system below:
Hitters' Points
Single 1
Double 2
Triple 3
Home Run 4
RBI 1
Run Scored 1
Walk 1
Stolen Base 1
Hit By Pitch 1
Pitchers' Points
Win 10
Save 5
Inning Pitched 1
Strikeout 1
Complete Game 5
Complete Game Shutout 5
No Hitter 20
Perfect Game 30
Scoring is calculated weekly and is based on the total (not average) number of points each player earns in a week. Game weeks run Monday through Sunday (except for Game Week 1 which runs Sunday to Sunday). Scoring is based only on the games actually played each day. If, for any reason, a player's game is postponed (due to weather, etc.) you will only receive points for that game if you have the player on your roster the day the game is officially completed. Statistics for games that are postponed will be counted in the weeks when the games are actually played.

Trading Players

During the week a roster may be edited daily up to 11:59 pm ET on Sunday night, and any trade goes into effect for the following Game Week. Once a weekly roster becomes final (at 11:59pm ET on Sunday) it cannot be changed again for that Game Week and a roster must be full (12 players) in order to score points for the Game Week. Rosters with empty positions after the trading deadline for the Game Week will be labeled as inactive and will not score points for the Game Week.
All player trades must be made online. Phone trades are not accepted. A player may be traded for another player at the same position. The contestant must remain at or under their current salary cap after all trades are made.

Prizes

There will be no prizes awarded for SIKIDS.COM Fantasy Basketball. Each week we will list the top 100 teams of the week and of the Season. The top coaches in each will be listed on the SIKIDS.COM homepage.