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Knockout League 875

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Welcome to the Knockout League

Once you join, please go to your My Team page located in the League Navigation and draft your initial squad!

Part draft challenge, part survival test, part free-agent bidding war — Knockout Leagues are a fast-paced automated format where one team is eliminated after every round until only two teams remain.

Please note, these are not Auto Leagues, rather they are Custom Leagues run by the webmaster, so please be patient as you would with any Custom League commissioner.

League Status:	Commish will message owners when all teams are drafted.
Drafting Style:	Quick Draft
Owners Joined:	1 of 10
Teams Fully Drafted:	0 of 10

League Status:
Commish will message owners when all teams are drafted.

Draft Type:
Quick Draft

Owners Joined:
1 of 10

Teams Fully Drafted:
0 of 10

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How it starts

Knockout Leagues use 10 teams instead of the normal 12-team Auto League setup. Teams build their rosters using the standard Auto League Quick Draft.

Draft the best team you can right away — there is no Supplemental Draft and no reason to sandbag the Quick Draft.

What makes it different

Once all 10 teams finish drafting, that is the entire player pool for the league. All remaining players are deleted.

That means no normal free agents, no drops, no trades — and because of the unique format, there are no injuries but slump buster/training will apply as usual.

How the Knockout works

Round Format

After each round of games, one team is knocked out.

During the first 4 rounds, teams play every other surviving team twice. During the last 4 rounds, teams play every other surviving team 4 times.

Who gets eliminated?

The team with the worst record gets knocked out.

If teams are tied, the tiebreaker is worst point differential. When an uneven number of teams remain, one team will sit — but to keep things fair, teams do not receive a day off when they sit.

What happens next?

The knocked-out team''s roster becomes the new free-agent pool.

Surviving teams bid on those players with a $1,000 season-long budget. The minimum bid is $1.

Between rounds

1. Bidding Window

A 36-hour pause gives teams time to submit waiver bids on the newly available players.

2. Lineup Reset

After waivers run, there is another 24-hour pause so teams can reset lineups and make final adjustments.

3. Next Round Begins

Teams receive 5 full days of rest, a new schedule is generated, and games are simmed every 8 hours.

The finish

After 8 knockout rounds, the final two surviving teams move on to the championship.

In baseball and basketball, the final two teams meet in a Best of 7 championship series.

For teams that survive to the end, a full Knockout League season lasts a little over 2 months.

Quick Strategy Tip

Don’t just draft for today — draft to survive. The early rounds are all about staying alive, but saving enough FAAB for the late rounds can make the difference between getting knocked out and taking the title.