What's New for 2008
For users who played RotoHog's 2007 Football game, here is a quick summary of the major changes to 2008 Football:
Pre-season Trading Floor: Replaces the 2008 RotoHog Fantasy FootballChampionship massive multi-team draft. Players will be released for trading in groups of IPOs starting on August 3. Each week there will be a new batch of IPOs released leading up to the launch of the Live Trading Floor on August 29.
Market Hours: The pre-season trading floor will be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week while the regular season trading floor will be open 7 days a week from 9:30 am to 3am EST (6:30 am to 12 am PST).
Live Market Updates: All users will now be able to see live player price changes on the roster and trading floor pages. This feature was previously only available to premium service members.
Transaction Fees: a 2008 RotoHog Fantasy Football Championship dollar transaction fee will be charged each time a player is bought or sold based on team value. Here is a breakdown of transaction fees that will be charged this season:
Team Value Sell Transaction Fee
<= 350.00 RotoHog Dollars 0.10 RotoHog Dollars
350.01 to 375.00 RotoHog Dollars 0.75 RotoHog Dollars
375.01 to 400.00 RotoHog Dollars 1.00 RotoHog Dollars
400.01 to 425.00 RotoHog Dollars 1.50 RotoHog Dollars
425.01 to 450.00 RotoHog Dollars 2.50 RotoHog Dollars
450.01 to 475.00 RotoHog Dollars 4.50 RotoHog Dollars
>= 475.01 RotoHog Dollars 8.00 RotoHog Dollars
Minimum Team Value: If a team falls below the minimum team value of 250 RotoHog dollars at the close of trading on any given Monday, the team’s cash balance will be increased to bring the team’s value up to the minimum before the opening of trading on Tuesday.
Leagues: Teams may join an unlimited number of Private and Paid leagues. Each user may join up to two Bragging Rights Leagues and may enter the Jackpot League one time.