Laws of Manhands

Payouts (based on $100 entry fee)
  • Manhands Bowl Champion: $800
  • Manhands Bowl Runner-up: $200
  • Regular Season Winner: $400
Keeper Eligibility (2026 and beyond)

Managers may keep one player from their prior season's final roster if that player meets these eligibility requirements:

  1. Player was kept or drafted in the prior season's draft.
  2. Player was rostered the entire prior season (draft through Manhands Bowl). A traded player maintains eligibility.
  3. Player has been kept for less than three seasons.
Keeper Penalties (2026 transition to auction)
To keep a player, locate the penalty amount one round earlier than the round in which they were drafted/kept in 2025. That amount will be deducted from your $200 auction budget.

  • Round 1: $55
  • Round 2: $38
  • Round 3: $27
  • Round 4: $21
  • Round 5: $17
  • Round 6: $13
  • Round 7: $10
  • Round 8: $7
  • Round 9: $5
  • Round 10: $4
  • Round 11: $3
  • Round 12: $2
  • Rounds 13-15: $1

Example
Falco drafted Stefon Diggs in the 7th round in 2025. To keep him in 2026, Falco pays the 6th round penalty of $13. His auction budget will be $200 - $13 = $187.

Keeper Penalties (2027 and beyond)
TBD


Keeper Eligibility (pre-2026)

Managers may keep one player from their prior season's final roster if that player meets these eligibility requirements:

  1. Player was kept (any round), or drafted in Round 4+ of the prior season's draft.
  2. Player was rostered the entire prior season (draft through Manhands Bowl). A traded player maintains eligibility.
  3. Player has been kept for less than three seasons.
Keeper Penalties (pre-2026)

To keep a player, a manager must draft that player one (first year kept), two (second year kept), or three (third year kept) rounds earlier than their original draft position.

Example
Suppose Irv Smith Jr. is drafted in the 10th round of the 2021 draft. If Irv remains rostered the entire season, he is keeper-eligible in 2022.

To keep Irv in 2022, a manager must use their 9th round pick (1-round penalty for the first year kept).

To keep Irv in 2023, a manager must use their 8th round pick (2-round penalty).

To keep Irv in 2024, a manager must use their 7th round pick (3-round penalty).

Irv cannot be kept by anyone (even if traded) in 2025, as he has reached the three-year keeper limit.