2004 Changes

2004 Rule Proposals

Round 1

cb Reward - Failed 5-11

Teams already eliminated from playoff contention to receive 1 cb per win over teams still in contention.

Rule Changes - Failed 6-10

Change number of votes required to pass rule proposals from 12 to 11 (from 75% to 66%).

RFA rights - Failed 4-12

Teams are allowed to trade the rights to RFA's.

RFA Compensation - Failed 10-6

At the end of each RFA period, each franchise will receive compensation for all RFA's lost. The compensation will be 20% (rounded up) of the total amount of cb's for which the lost RFA's were signed.

Defense - Failed 10-6

Replace team defense position with individual defensive players. (This vote will be followed by either options for IDP scoring, or team defense change proposals. We will have several rounds of voting for defense this year. Please vote yes to this if you are in favor of switching to IDP. Please vote no if you do not want IDP.)

Round 2

Team Defense - Failed 6-10

Eliminate the team defense position. Franchise compensation for Team D position still under contract is...(#cb signed)*(years/remaining)/(original contract length), rounded up.

Round 3

Team Defense Scoring - Failed 3-13

Replace the existing D scoring with the following...

Yardage Points Points Allowed Points

0-119 8 0-6 8

120-189 6 7-14 6

190-259 3 15-21 3

260-299 1 22-29 0

300-359 0 30-39 -4

360-449 -4 40+ -8

450+ -8

Shutout = 3
TD = 6
Safety = 2