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The Red Chair Republic

"There are good ships and wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, may they always be!"
— a favorite recitation of Ephraim Hintz

Countdown to Keeper Selection Deadline (8/24/26, 9:00 PM CT)
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LIVE FROM SLEEPER

Current League Rules

Scoring, playoffs, and waivers — pulled directly from the league's live Sleeper settings, so this always matches what's actually configured.

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KEEPERS

Keeper Rules & FAQs

Everything about who you can keep, what it costs, how trades affect keeper status, and a live lookup for your own roster.

I. Keeper Provisions

  1. Each GM may retain a maximum of two (2) keepers. Bumped up from one keeper, by league vote in 2024.
  2. Keeper cost is the player's draft round minus one, going up a round for each additional year you keep them. Exclusions: no multiple keepers costing a 1st-round pick; no two keepers may share the same round cost. Exception: a 1st-round pick may be used to keep a player who was a 1st-round selection/keeper the prior year.
  3. Keeper cost for an undrafted free agent (UDFA) is a last-round pick the following year.
  4. Keeper cost is locked in for the following year regardless of trades or waiver-wire moves.
  5. There's no limit on how many years in a row you can keep a player.
  6. Keepers and future draft picks are both trade-eligible assets.
  7. Only draft picks belonging to the current or following draft year may be traded. Picks further out than one year ahead are not trade-eligible.
  8. Keeper selections lock no later than seven (7) days before the draft. No keeper changes once locked — choose wisely.
Ratified 5–2 · November 2024

II. Keepers in Trade

The fine print for when a keeper-worthy player changes hands — so nobody's roster gets to have its cake and trade it too.

  1. At the start of a new season, each GM's two keeper slots are filled first by any player received in an offseason trade — that player must be used as a keeper. Applies during the offseason only.
  2. If a GM trades a player away, one of that GM's two keeper slots becomes the draft pick(s) newly acquired in that trade.
Worked Example GM 1 trades Malik Nabers to GM 2 for a 2026 2nd- and 3rd-round pick.
  • One of GM 1's keepers is now the newly acquired 2nd-round pick.
  • One of GM 2's keepers must be Malik Nabers.
Ratified 90% · 9–0–1

III. Keeper Eligibility & Cost Lookup

Search any player currently rostered in the league to see who owns them and what it would cost to keep them for 2026–2027. Estimated from each player's most recent (2025) draft round — players kept in consecutive years may cost more under the progressive rule in §2, and the §2 exception for repeat 1st-rounders isn't reflected here, so treat this as a starting point and confirm anything close with the commissioner.

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GOVERNANCE

Amendments & Governance

How we change the rules once they're on the books.

  1. Beginning in 2025, any amendment or proposed rule change requires a league majority of seven (7) votes to pass.
  2. If a proposal receives 6 votes in favor but does not reach the 7-vote majority, the Commissioner will review it and determine final passage.
HALL OF FAME

League History

Pulled live from Sleeper — every champion, all-time record, and the 2025 keepers with their cost, since the league's inception.

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DIRECTORY

League & Resources

This section built for Mickey and Reggio — the "What If" Section