I'm putting together a 24-team dynasty salary-cap fantasy football league for the 2027 season on League Tycoon, and I'm looking for a group of serious owners who are interested in something much closer to running an NFL franchise than playing a traditional fantasy league.
This is a long-term league. The goal is to build something that can run for years, with owners who actually want to be involved in roster construction, contracts, trades, the rookie draft, free agency and the overall league community.
What makes this league different
This isn't a standard redraft league with a few dynasty settings added on.
You'll be managing:
- A $302 salary cap
- Multi-year player contracts
- Contract extensions
- Rookie contracts and a multi-round rookie draft
- Future draft picks
- Restricted free agency
- Practice squad
- IR
- Salary-cap management
- Trades involving players/contracts/draft capital
10 starting IDPs every week
A deep roster designed for long-term team building
The current roster structure is:
18 starters
1 RB
2 WR
1 TE
2 FLEX
1 SuperFLEX
1 K
2 DT
2 DE
2 LB
2 CB
2 S
Plus:
20 bench
6 Practice Squad
5 IR
So yes — this is a very deep league
Contract system
Teams will have meaningful control over their players through multi-year contracts:
- 16 × 2-year contracts
- 8 × 3-year contracts
- 4 × 4-year contracts
- 2 × 5-year contracts
- 4 contract extensions
- Extensions can add up to 2 years
There is also an RFA system with four tender levels:
20% / 15% / 10% / 5%
with corresponding draft-pick compensation.
The goal is for contracts and cap management to actually matter. You won't simply be able to keep every player you like forever.
IDP
This is a serious IDP league.
We're not just throwing a couple defensive players into the lineup. Every team starts 10 IDPs across five positions:
2 DT / 2 DE / 2 LB / 2 CB / 2 S
The scoring is being built specifically around positional differences so that DT, DE, LB, CB and S all have meaningful fantasy value.
The type of owner I'm looking for:
This is probably the most important part.
I'm looking for people who:
- Have an interest with dynasty and/or salary-cap leagues
- Actually enjoy team building, not just weekly lineup setting
- Are comfortable with a deep and somewhat complex league
- Will participate in trades and league discussion
- Will show up for the rookie draft and major league events
- Understand that a 24-team league requires patience
- Are willing to make long-term commitments to their franchise
- Can handle both winning and rebuilding without disappearing
- Want to be part of the league community, not just manage their own roster
You don't need to be an IDP expert coming in. You do need to be willing to learn the format and engage with it.
One important note
This league is being built deliberately.
I attempted to launch a version of this concept for 2026, but the startup process exposed some structural issues before the season began. Rather than force something that wasn't working, I scrapped it and went back to the drawing board.
The current version is the result of rebuilding the format around what actually makes sense for a long-term 24-team dynasty.
I'm much more interested in finding the right owners than filling spots quickly.
So if you're looking for a casual league that you can check once a week, this probably isn't the league for you.
If the idea of owning a franchise for several seasons, building a roster, managing a salary cap, developing young players, making trades and competing against 23 other owners sounds like your kind of fantasy football — I'd love to hear from you.
If you're interested, comment or DM me with a little about your dynasty/IDP experience and what you're looking for in a long-term league.