CFP Handbook

How are CFP’s earned?
There are multiple avenues to earn CFP’s:

Winning
+1 CFP for each regular season win
+1 CFP for finishing first in your division during the regular season
+3 CFP for securing a first round playoff bye
+3 CFP for each playoff win
+2 CFP for winning a conference championship
+5 CFP for a TUFF Bowl victory
+1 CFP awarded for each player voted ALL-TUFF

Participating
+5 CFP for updating a media thread 5-10 times in a season
+10 CFP for updating a media thread 11-15 times in a season
+20 CFP for updating a media thread at least 16 times in a season
* A media thread update is considered 500 words excluding bylines, titles, and subtitles

Competing
+10 CFP for participating in the TUFF Prediction contest at least 15 times (of 20)
+5 CFP for winning the TUFF Prediction contest
+5 CFP for nominating the chosen TUFF Bowl host city
+10 CFP for creating the chosen TUFF Bowl logo
* CFP’s may also be awarded by random contests as administered by the league

Improving
+ 5 CFP for hiring a new head coach with TUFF experience

Sponsors
+5 CFP for each season with a stadium sponsor
+5 CFP for each season with a uniform sponsor
* Sponsor companies may not be currently affiliated with the league or another franchise, and cannot be ficticious companies. The league reserves the right to veto any sponsorship. All sponsorship deals are 3 year terms.

Television
CFP’s will be awarded to all teams equally as part of the league television contract

What are the CFP expenditures?
The following are mandatory on an annual basis:

Lost ticket revenue
-1 CFP for regular season loss
-2 CFP for retaining a head coach with 2 consecutive seasons under 4 wins
-4 CFP for retaining a head coach with 4 consecutive seasons under 6 wins
-7 CFP for retaining a head coach with 5 consecutive seasons under 8 wins
* A head coach with six consecutive non-playoff seasons must be fired.
* A single game under a head coach counts as a season.

Head coach salary
-2 CFP for a head coach in years 0-2
-5 CFP for a head coach in years 3-5
-7 CFP for a head coach in years 6-7
-10 CFP for a head coach in years 8-10
-25 CFP for a head coach in years 11+
* A single game under a head coach counts as a season.
* A coach with 30+ years of experience who retires cannot return to coach
* A ‘real-life’ coach death will discontinue his TUFF coaching career
* Expense based on coach with most experience in the event of a mid-season coaching change

Player salaries
- 0.75 CFP for every $10 million of player salaries
* Decimals truncated for this calculation
* Determined at salary level following ironman day

Stadium upkeep
0 CFP for a stadium 0-2 years old
-2 CFP for a stadium 3-4 years old
-5 CFP for a stadium 5-6 years old
-10 CFP for a stadium 7-10 years old
-15 CFP for a stadium 10-15 years old
-30 CFP for a stadium 16+ years old
* New teams begin play in stadiums at 2 years of age

Training & medical staff
- 5 CFP for a minimal training & medical staff

Fines
The league can assess CFP fines for a variety of infractions.

What can I do with excess CFP’s?
CFP’s can be redeemed (completely optional) by a TUFF franchise. The CFPs MUST be redeemed during the designated period of the offseason to gain any of the following benefits:

Training & medical staff
-10 CFP for a specialist (reduce one player injury by 2 weeks)
-20 CFP for a specialist & support staff (reduce two injuries by a 5 weeks total)
-40 CFP for extra trainers (reduce one player injury to a duration of only 1 week)
-50 CFP for two specialists (reduce one injury to 1 week & increase one player’s DUR by 2 points)
-80 CFP for two specialists & support staff (reduce to injuries to 1 week & increase one player’s DUR by 2 points)
-100 CFP for a sports science institution (eliminate 3 injuries completely and increase 2 player’s DUR by 3 points)
* all players/injuries affected are the choice of the franchise
* expenditures must be made during the appropriate period at the beginning of the season
* if purchased in the offseason, injury reduction may be used at any time during the season to counter injuries occuring on the field only
* player durability MUST return to pre-adjustment levels at the end of the season

Offseason player bonus
-50 CFP to regress a player’s stats to REAL statistics from the previous season
-This bonus may NOT be used on the same player in consecutive seasons

Relocation
-50 CFP to move the franchise to a new city (only once every 5 years)
* New stadium will have age of 0 years
* New team ownership may make initial move at no cost

Stadium construction
-35 CFP to build a new stadium (stadium age drops to 0 years)

Stadium renovation
-25 CFP to renovate the team’s existing stadium (stadium age drops reduced 50%)

Team appearance
-5 CFP to change official colors (must adhere to league color rules)
-15 CFP to change official logo (does not include color changes)
-30 CFP to redesign uniforms (does not include color or logo changes)
-15 CFP to redesign uniforms at discount (only if the team has gone 3 seasons without a single uniform, logo, location, color, or nickname change)

Player bonuses
-25 CFP bonus to re-sign a retiring player to a one year deal at the new file salary

Sponsorship buyout
-15 CFP to buyout an existing stadium sponsor prior to the 3 year expiration
-15 CFP to buyout an existing uniform sponsor prior to the 3 year expiration

Player contract buyout
-15 CFP to buyout a player contract (his rights still remain with the team and he is subject to normal retirement/free agency)

Retire Unretired Retiree
-10 CFP to have your retired player retire from your team. Player must retire originally from your roster. If another team unretires him, you may elect to pay 10 CFPs - 5 to the player and 5 to the unretiring team and subsequently have that player retire for good, and retire from your team.

Can my CFP balance go below zero?
Yes. In the normal course of a season a team’s CFP balance may go below zero. Teams will be held responsible for negative CFP balances once each season, during the offseason, when the negative balance must be restored to zero or the team’s salary cap will be reduced by a corresponding amount. Teams with a negative CFP balance at any time may not trade away or redeem CFP’s.

So CFP’s can be traded?
Yes, CFP’s can be traded just like players and draft picks, providing the team is not in a negative CFP position. CFP’s can be conditional or subject to delayed transfer as dictated by the terms of the trade.

When will CFP balances be updated?
Teams are encouraged to track their own spending, but the league will provide updates at key points such as the beginning of the offseason and after the CFP spending period.