What is the JCCs of North America Fantasy Football Challenge?

How it works

The registration fee is $50 per person, which will go to JCCs and JCC Association to fund programs and services for the community. All participants will play on ESPN.com and will play head-to-head against teams from their league each week. In addition, all participants will have the opportunity to win grand prizes and weekly prizes by competing against each other for total roto points. The Challenge will start off with a Continental Draft Night, August 30, where JCCs coordinate their local drafts with an exclusive JCC webcast from Matthew Berry.

There is no fantasy league quite like this – an organized continental challenge that is exciting and community-minded. See if you have what it takes to make it to the top. Now is the time to join. Register for the inaugural year of the JCCs of North America Fantasy Football Challenge today! Learn more about ESPN Fantasy Football.

Prizes

Following are the prizes for the 2011-2012 JCCs of North America Fantasy Football Challenge:

GRAND PRIZE (for the team with the highest overall point total at the end of the fantasy playoffs):

• Four 4-Day Park Hopper Passes to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL

• Four round-trip tickets on Southwest Airlines

• A four-night stay at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando, FL

SECOND PLACE (for the team with the second highest overall point total at the end of the fantasy playoffs):

• Two round-trip tickets on Southwest Airlines

THIRD PLACE (for the team with the third highest overall point total at the end of the fantasy playoffs):

• Two round- trip tickets on Southwest Airlines

END OF YEAR “LOTTERY PRIZE” (winner picked at random after the end of the fantasy regular season):

• Two round-trip tickets on American Airlines

WEEKLY PRIZE:

• Two tickets to any Six Flags park to the overall high scorer for the week

LEAGUE PRIZES:

• The champion of each individual 10-team league will choose either a home version of the Ab Coaster OR a Kindle from Staples (priority choice goes in order based on total points including playoffs)

JCCs of North America Fantasy Football Challenge Rules

After you register, there will be a delay until all teams have registered for the FFC

FFC 10-team leagues will be created after August 19th

You will receive an email from the Fantasy Football Challenge administrator with your username and password to enter your league (you will need to be registered with ESPN, which is free)

The JCC you chose to affiliate with will be in touch with you directly regarding the details of your draft

Click below for all of the ESPN standard scoring rules, then go to either General Rules or Standard Leagues and click on the link that can answer your question. These rules are the official rules for the JCCs of North America Fantasy Football Challenge.

ESPN standard scoring rules

Supplemental Rule: Tiebreakers for Grand and Weekly Prizes (based on total roto points from the overall Challenge):

1. Winning percentage to date

2. Total wins to date

3. Total bench points

4. League winner (Grand Prize only)

5. Coin flip

All leagues are 10-team standard ESPN leagues, no exceptions. If you cannot attend a draft you can draft from home or on the road. If you cannot be online for the draft you can have the computer autopick for you

Refunds will be issued in the event of a total cancellation of the season; if there is an abbreviated season, the FFC will be held for however long the season is. All winners are subject to a “fantasy audit” by the FFC Committee to ensure fair play. JCC Association employees are not eligible to win the Weekly Prizes or Grand Prizes

 

Sponsors

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FAQs

Does each JCC create their own registration or is this done through discoverjcca.org?

This is all done through JCC Association. A JCC Association administrator will forward to each registrant information about what league they are on, how to access ESPN.com for draft picks, and all other necessary information. All JCCs have to do is promote the Challenge to their members and community.

Is there a limit to the number of leagues a JCC has? For example, can we have one 10-team staff league and three other 10-team member leagues?

The only limit is that theire are only 100 leagues (1,000 teams/registrants). Each JCC can have as many leagues and teams as they would like. Keep in mind that the leagues need to be exactly 10 people, so you may want to hold off on a staff league to see if you need to fill in any of your leagues.

Do participants have to be members of the JCC or is it open to the public?

The Challenge is open to the public, but JCC constituents will receive an exclusive 2-week window to register before it is pushed to the general public.

I have concerns about the autodraft. I feel that all participants should be required to show up to drafts. I don't think it would be fair if a person who skips out on the draft ends up with a winning team.

It is much better when all participants are there in person to draft, but in some cases it can't be helped. We suggest making sure that the draft is a date/time that everyone can make (even if it is not during the national Draft Night).

While registering I added friends' e-mail addresses that I wanted to play on my league and they never received an invitation!

Be sure to follow up with these friends, as sometimes spam filters can block out e-mails from registration sites. They can always go to discoverjcc.com/JCCFFC and sign up directly through the website.