Fantasy College Wrestling | Rules

Fantasy College Wrestling | Rules

Costs

There will be a small entry fee for the FCW league. And we are happy to announce league commissioners now have the ability to pay the fee for the whole league. So not every team in the league has to individually pay. Or each member can pay a fee and have unlimited entries to public leagues, or private if they are invited. Fees collected are for the adminstration of the FCW portion of WrestleStat.com. All other sections of the website will remain free to all users.

The fee schedule is as follows:

$6.00 entry fee will get you UNLIMITED FCW league entries this season.

$28.00 entry fee will allow the league commissioner to pay the fee for the whole league.

Refunds will only be allowed PRIOR to a league having been drafted or November 7 2023, whichever comes first. No refunds after November 7, 2023.

Winnings

WrestleStat will not collect any additional money to pay out to league winners. That is between the commissioner and the other team owners. Should your league decide to wager in the FCW league that is entirely up to you guys, WrestleStat will have no dealings with that whatsoever.

If you choose to give money to a commissioner on your own and they don’t pay out the winnings WrestleStat is not responsible to fix that issue. You are only paying WrestleStat to use the FCW service.

The Format

WrestleStat will be facilitating FCW leagues.
  • You can join a league that someone else started and opened up to the public to join.
  • You can start your own league and leave it open to the public for others to join.
  • You can start a private league where you invite your friends to join using a password.
  • You can join a private league that you have been given the password to join.

We have customized the platform so the commissioner can choose between a 5 and 14 team league. Every team will draft 16 wrestlers (more below about the draft). Wrestlers will accrue the points they earn in dual meets and tournaments (more about scoring below).

We are excited to be able to give you two options for leagues this season. League commissioners have the option of picking Head to Head or cumulative scoring for their league. Leagues will be defaulted to Head to Head.

The Commissioner

Each league will have a commissioner (person who sets up the league). The commissioner will be responsible for setting the draft date and time. If you are inviting your friends to your league the commissioner will send out the invite to all (via email). It is very important that the commissioner is present for the entire draft in order for all of the times and auto-picks to work correctly.

The commissioner will have a few more decisions to make when setting up the league. We have made the FCW platform to allow for more customizable options. As mentioned, the league sizes can be between 5-14 teams. Commissioners will decide if the league will allow for waiver wire moves and trades, and also will have the ability to limit the number of waiver wire moves per week for each team.

The commissioner will have the ability to change the default scoring for the league.

We have the defaults set to last year's scoring but it can be changed at the time of setting up the draft.

  • Pin, Forfeit, Inj. Default +6 points, Tech Fall +5 points, Major Dec. +4 points, Decision +3 points.
  • Loss Pin, Loss Inj. Default (-6) points, Loss Tech (-5) points, Loss Major (-4) points, Loss Decision (-3) points.
  • No points for Bye’s or Medical Forfeits in tournaments, as listed above Injury Defaults do count.
  • Lastly the commissioner will get to pick the time between picks in the draft. You can have a timer between 15 seconds and 180 seconds, and you can change the timer for different sets of rounds.

How does a draft work?

The draft order is randomly chosen, the commissioner has no say in the draft order. Each team takes its turn picking an available wrestler to fill up its roster. We will be using a “snake draft”, teams pick first to last, and then the order is reversed, with teams last to first choosing in that order.

Are there strategies for drafting?

Keep in mind we do our best at WrestleStat with updating team rosters and schedules but ultimately it is up to you to strategize how many matches a wrestler you are considering drafting will wrestle during the year and what tournaments his team will wrestle in during the season. This is even more important this season due to Covid and teams more than likely not attending open tournaments. We set weights and starters for team rosters on WrestleStat using the best available information we are receiving but understand the information we are getting might not always be correct.

Wrestlers will only score points when they wrestle a match against another D1 wrestler. Open tournament wins and losses and dual meet wins and losses will not count when they occur against non D1 rostered wrestlers.

Wrestlers that are taking an Olympic Redshirt or “Grey Shirting” are technically not on a D1 roster and will not score points. They may appear on a WrestleStat team roster at the time of the draft but not be able to score points for you during the season. Ultimately, it is your responsibility to draft wisely with this knowledge.

What does a roster look like?

Our FCW league is set up to have 16 wrestlers on a roster (1 more than last year).
  • 10 Wrestlers in your lineup (one for each weight). They will score points for you as long as they wrestle their matches at the weight you have them slotted to.
  • 2 Wrestlers who are floaters, basically two extra wrestlers that will score for you in the week you list them as floaters. Wrestlers that are designated as floaters can score for matches wrestled at ANY weight. If you have someone on your roster, but not sure which weight they will wrestle, then it would make sense to have them as a floater.
  • 4 Wrestlers on your bench - They will not score points for you when they are on the bench.

What's the timeframe for updating your lineup?

As already noted, fantasy weeks span from Monday thru Sunday each week. During any given week, your roster is "updateable" until 12:00PM/Noon EST of the EARLIEST match date for ANY wrestler on your roster.

What does the schedule look like?

Head to Head (H2H) Leagues

The FCW regular season starts November 1st and will end the final dual week of the season. The top 4 teams in each league will make up the playoffs. This will be a 4-team bracket with the top team playing the 4th best team and team #2 playing team #3 from February 12th to February 18th. Then the winners of the first week of the playoffs will play in the championship week February 19th to February 25th.

Cumulative Leagues

Since this is cumulative these leagues will run from November 1st to February 20th (16 weeks). The team with the most points at the end of week 16 wins the league. Guessing most leagues will opt for the H2H but we wanted to give this as an option just in case.

How do wrestlers score points?

  • Scoring periods will go Monday through Sunday.
  • We will use a dual meet scoring system for the regular season FCW Leagues.
  • Pin, Forfeit, Inj. Default +6 points, Tech Fall +5 points, Major Dec. +4 points, Decision +3 points.
  • Loss Pin, Loss Inj. Default (-6) points, Loss Tech (-5) points, Loss Major (-4) points, Loss Decision (-3) points.
  • No points for Bye’s or Medical Forfeits in tournaments, as listed above Injury Defaults do count.
  • No advancement or placing points for tournaments.
  • Wrestlers will only score points when they wrestle a match against another D1 wrestler. Open tournament wins and losses and dual meet wins and losses will not count when they occur against non D1 rostered wrestlers.
  • Dual results are entered into WrestleStat nightly, the tournament results do take longer to enter into our system, but we are constantly updating (between our full-time jobs and family obligations). Results for tournaments may take a few extra days to get entered since it’s a manual process and takes more time. So, when we change to the next week Sunday night, there could still be changes to your prior week's score. Please keep that in mind during the season. Important to note for this season, the Southern Scuffle is a two-day tournament that starts on a Sunday this year. ALL matches for this tournament will count for week 9, even the matches wrestled Monday January 2nd. So, scoring for Wk 9 will not be finalized until Monday or Tuesday of Wk 10.For any Dual Tournaments matches will count for the date they are wrestled.

Can we make trades with other teams?

Provided your league commissioner allows them to propose a trade, go to the “Propose Trade” button-link and follow the instructions. You can propose a trade where for example you give two for one. If the other team accepts this trade, they would be instructed to drop a wrestler from their roster, so they don’t have more than the 16 wrestler max.

Trades can be submitted at any time and there will be no limit to the number of trades allowed. Trades are always/only for a user’s “next week” roster. Example, if it’s Tuesday during Fantasy Week #2, then any trades proposed and accepted would be for the Fantasy Week #3 rosters.

What happens if a wrestler is injured or is just not doing it for you (Add/Drop)?

To add/drop a wrestler just click on the “Free Agency” tab and follow the instructions. Add/Drop will work like trades in that it will take effect for the “next week” roster. This is currently set up as a first come first serve with unlimited Add/Drops available to all owners.

A major enhancement from last season is the commissioner's ability to set a max number of waiver wire moves a team can make in a week. We think a good number is 2 per week per team but the league commissioner will set their league limits.

How do the Playoffs Work?

As mentioned above the last two weeks of the regular college wrestling season will be our playoffs, February 12th to 18th and February 19th to 25rd. After week 15, February 11th, the top eight teams in the league will play in that league’s playoffs. There will be two “brackets”, one of the top 4 seeds, and one for the next 4 seeds. 1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3 (or 5 vs. 8, 6 vs. 7) will play the first playoff week and the winners will play against each other in the finals. The losers will play each other in the final week also.

Refund Policy

We will be unable to offer a refund once your league has drafted or after November 7th (whichever comes first).

If you have any problems or concerns, please reach out to us at [email protected]. Thank you!