In an annual redraft, every team starts from a fresh player pool. A keeper league preserves selected players from one fantasy season into another, creating continuity without requiring managers to keep the entire team. Keeper decisions should be fair and transparent.
Agree to the keeper rules
Before drafting, the commissioner chooses Keeper League and a fixed number of protected players per team. Every manager uses the same number of keeper slots. Keeper draft costs may use the default earliest rounds or an optional original-draft-round policy for snake leagues. These protections are not cash assets.
Choose players to protect
After the draft and during the season, open Franchise Management. Protect players actually on your roster, up to the league limit. You can release an existing selection and choose a replacement before the rollover is finalized.
Complete the season
The commissioner cannot simply clear the active year at any time. The full roster, valid keeper nominations, decided championship and all enabled postseason finishing positions are required for rollover. Pending trade reviews close before the old year is archived; their aggregate decisions remain in history.
How reserved picks work
Default protection assigns keepers the earliest snake-draft rounds. The optional original-round policy assigns each protected player the same recorded round from the existing league draft; an undrafted acquisition costs the final round. Teams cannot protect two players costing the same round. Protected selections are recorded in those slots and skipped as the next live draft proceeds.
Preserving a record book
A read-only archive contains the completed season’s rosters, scores, picks, trades and champion. Managers can download their league archive. Dynasty leagues also support annual draft-pick exchanges and a verified rookie-only supplemental pool. Trading picks from unallocated future seasons is not available.
Run a fair, organized league
A practical launch checklist for league organizers: formats, invitations, scheduling, waivers, policies and backups.
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