We will be using a fictional monetary system that will be a very important facet of a franchise. This money will be termed "warbucks".

Each franchise will receive 150 warbucks stipend at the beginning of the new season.

1. A GM can supplement a trade or directly trade warbucks for a player or players, and for draft picks or a combination of the two.

2. Warbucks carry over from season to season. There will be a no cap that no franchise can exceed.

3. Warbucks cannot be traded for an upcoming season, you have to use/trade what is in your account, you cannot use your yearly stipend as a future.

4. You must have the warbucks in your account to be able to bid or honor a bid during FAA. You cannot bid what you do not have.

5. Warbucks cannot be loaned to a GM or used as "future considerations" to pay a GM in the future or an implied gesture to use the stipend when it is deposited at the beginning of the season. There has to be a "give and take" when using your warbucks. The Commissioner nor any GM can "donate" warbucks to another franchise.

6. Warbucks will be used as a reward system as declared by the Commissioner in the execution of certain tasks (writing team stories, draft review/preview) and/or competitions (NFL Pick 'Em, King of the Mountain) etc.

7. Warbucks cannot be bartered for any other means outside the confines of this league. Example: Giving "real" money for warbucks.

8. Warbucks have no pre-determined value for using to trade for players or for draft picks or any combination of the two. It is up to the GM to decide the value of his warbucks and how much he decides to spend.

9. Warbucks cannot be officially traded on the RTSports site. You must type in either an
OFFER for warbucks along with your trade of player or draft picks, or ASKING for warbucks when offering a trade
of players or draft picks.

One of the fundamental tasks of being a GM in Smash Mouth is managing your warbucks accounts. Keep in min your balance when preparing for the Free Agent Auction, and using your warbucks to Tag and ACE players with expired contracts. It will be your responsibility to keep track of how much you spend during the auction. Warbucks can be tracked on the RTSports site during the regular season, and on the Forums board during the auction.

WARBUCKS: BONUSES

CHAMPION. 25 WARBUCKS
RUNNER UP. 15
3RD PLACE. 10

BEST OF THE WORST. 40 WARBUCKS TO WINNER

DIVISON WINNERS. 10

NFL PICK 'EM WITH SPREAD.

1ST. 30
2ND. 20
3RD. 10

NFL SURVIVAL PICKS (ON YAHOO)

1ST. 30 (NO TIES, MUST HAVE A WINNER)

STATE OF FRANCHISE NEWS STORY

10

TRADE NEWS STORY
1-5 WARBUCKS (LENGTH, DETAILS)

DETAILED NEWS STORY
5 WARBUCKS

WEEK 17 DIVISION SHOWDOWN
TOTAL POINTS OF THE 4 TEAMS STARTING LINEUP IN EACH
DIVISION (NOT HEAD TO HEAD)

1ST. 25
2ND. 15
3RD. 10

Commissioner reserves the right to award bonus warbucks for news stories, assisting Commissioner, and anything that helps elevate the league (poll questions, braodcasts, etc.). The Commissioner also reserves the right to penalizing GMs for missed deadlines, incomplete line-ups, not answering "important" poll questions. It will be the responsibility of the Commissioner to notify the GM(s) as well as the entire league if there are extra warbucks awarde or penalized.