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Fantasy Sports Contests
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Fantasy Sports Contests
CONTEST TYPES
Primetime
$150,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
NFFC Primetime leagues consist of 12-team, 20-round drafts that pay $7,000 to the league champion and $250,000 to the overall champion.
The Top 3 teams in each league earn prize money and all three teams advance to the Championship Round in Weeks 15-17 where one team will win the $250,000 grand prize.
The Primetime has live drafts in Las Vegas, New York City and Online.
The Top 3 teams in each league earn prize money and all three teams advance to the Championship Round in Weeks 15-17 where one team will win the $250,000 grand prize.
The Primetime has live drafts in Las Vegas, New York City and Online.
RotoWire Online
$110,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
$350 entry fee, $100,000 grand prize. Drafts from May to September
Best Ball Overall
$25,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
Draft Only 35-round leagues. Entry fees of $150 up to $1,200. $22,000 grand prize
Guillotine
$5,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
NFFC Guillotine leagues are 17-team, 16-round leagues that pay the Top 3 in each league and an overall grand prize of $5,000. Guillotine teams start 10 players each week and the lowest scoring team for that week is "chopped" from the contest with all 16 players from that team going back into the player pool. One team is eliminated every week until four teams are left for the Championship Round (Weeks 14-17). NEW THIS YEAR: An overall prize pool with the Top 4 teams in each league battling in Weeks 14-17 for $5,000.
Gladiator
The Gladiator is not for the faint of heart. It's the ULTIMATE draft and hold contest as you draft and then you're done. You draft only 14 players (no bench) and that is your team for the entire season. No FAAB, no setting lineups, no nothing. Best Ball scoring for 17 weeks with league and overall prizes. $50 to enter, $200 top league prize and a $7,500 overall grand prize in 2025. Drafts from February through April only. Are you not entertained?
NFFC 25s/50s Best Ball
NFFC $25 and $50 Best Ball leagues are private Best Ball leagues paying the Top 2 teams in each league. Leagues consist of 12 teams and 30 rounds with no Free Agent pickups or in-season work. Draft and be done as the computer picks each team's optimal scoring lineup every week. There is no overall prize pool, but the top team in this format wins a FREE 2026 NFFC Primetime entry, valued at $1,800.
Auction
The NFFC offers private 12-team and 14-team auction leagues that pay the Top 3 finishers in each league. Auction leagues where all the prize money stays within the league are held in Las Vegas and New York City, while our 5th annual NFFC Online Auction Championship features 12-team online auctions with an overall prize pool that includes a $15,000 grand prize. Players use a $200 budget to accumulate 20 players.
Football Challenge
$20,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
The NFFC Football Challenge Roto and Points contests are the oldest salary cap-style games in the industry, offering grand prizes of $20,000 and $15,000, respectively. Players must create lineups under different budgets and those teams with the most points will win league prizes and the overall grand prizes. It sounds easy enough, but it's a challenge.
BACK FOR 2025: The Contest will utilize 2 Flex Spots.
BACK FOR 2025: The Contest will utilize 2 Flex Spots.
Cutline
$75,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
The NFFC Cutline Championship is a national contest with a $50,000 grand prize. This contest, which pays the Top 2 teams in each league, uses best ball scoring for the first 10 weeks of the season and the Top 5 teams in each league advance to the playoff rounds. Players then set their starting lineups from Week 11 through 17 in a survivor format where teams are eliminated each week until only 12 teams remain in Week 17.
Classic
$80,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
The NFFC Classic was the original signature contest of the NFFC and it started in 2004. Classic leagues consist of 14 teams and 20 rounds with FAAB during the season. Now all of the prize money will remain in each private league and we'll pay the Top 3 finishers, including $16,000 to the league champion. An overall champion will be crowned for the 22nd straight season after Week 17 and receive a free Classic entry for 2026.
High Stakes
These are private 12-team and 14-team leagues where all of the prize money stays within the league. Payouts range from 87.5% to 95% and entry fees range from $2,500 to $20,000 per team. All leagues consist of 20 rounds, in-season FAAB and payouts to the Top 3 teams. It's high-stakes with very high payouts.
Stand Alone
NFFC Stand Alone leagues are private leagues where all of the prize money stays in the league. There is no overall prize pool. These are 12-team leagues with entry fees ranging from $150 to $500 per team and we pay the Top 3 in each league. Drafts are 20 rounds and there are in-season Free Agent pickups, with Championship Rounds consisting of Weeks 15 through 17.
Qualifiers
The NFFC offers Primetime Qualifiers and Rotowire Online Championship Qualifiers where the league champion in each of those leagues wins a FREE 2026 entry to those events. The Primetime Qualifier is a winner-take-all league, while the Rotowire OC Qualifier pays the Top 3 teams. Entry fees are $150 and $50, respectively.
Keeper Leagues
NFFC Keeper Leagues are 12-team leagues where owners compete for league prizes, while trying to build the best team for the future. Each year, owners can keep up to five players from the previous season two rounds above where they were drafted the year before. These are private leagues that pay the Top 3 in each league.
Main Event
$150,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
The premier high stakes fantasy baseball event. $150,000 grand prize. Live drafts in Las Vegas, New York, Chicago and Online
Guillotine
Guillotine description test here.
Online
$125,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
The industry's first $350 national event. 12-team leagues. $125,000 grand prize. All drafts are Online.
NFBC Best Ball Cutline Championship
$70,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
10-team leagues, $150 entry fee, $70,000 grand prize. Survivor format in playoffs.
Draft Champions
$30,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
Draft-Only 50 round leagues. Entry fees of $150, $400 and $1,000 with a $30,000 grand prize.
Auction
$30,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
12-team league specific and 15-team mixed leagues. Live events in Chicago, Las Vegas and New York City.
Dirty Dozen
$50,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
Diamond Challenge
$25,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
High Stakes
Private 12-team or 15-team leagues with entry fees ranging from $2,500 to $15,000
Satellite
The NFBC Satellite Series offers a wide range of exciting fantasy baseball action with entry fees ranging from $125 to $500.
50s
Private $50 12-team leagues with a $400 league prize
Gladiator
$7,500
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
The Gladiator is not for the faint of heart. It was introduced in 2023 and sold out the 1,500 teams in about a month!
Here it is, pure and simple. The ULTIMATE draft and hold...and literally do nothing else. You draft only 23 players (no bench) and that is your team for the entire season. No FAAB, no setting lineups, no nothing. Traditional NFBC 5x5 Rotisserie scoring. $50 to enter...$7,500 overall grand prize in 2023.
Are you not entertained?
Basketball Challenge
$7,500
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
Main Event
$10,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
Online
$10,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
Draft Champions
$2,500
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
Mid-Season Championship
$6,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
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Play
Join any of our contests and draft live or online, while competing against the best fantasy players in the world.
3
Win
This is why we play the games: TO WIN!!! We've awarded $93 million since 2004 and we pay our winners quickly. Have fun & Win BIG MONEY!!
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