Alliance High School Dynasty League Brings 24 General Managers to New Long-Term Format
The Fantasy Sports Alliance returns to dynasty football with the launch of the Alliance High School Dynasty League (AHSDL), a 24-team format where General Managers represent their own high school alma maters in multi-year competition.
Each franchise carries the colors, mascot, and identity of the high school its GM attended—hometown pride translated into dynasty roster construction, strategic planning, and championship pursuit. The theme emerged from league voting where High School representation edged College Emulation 8-7, proving that local roots and personal connection matter to the GMs building these franchises.
All 24 General Manager positions are filled and committed.
East Meets West at the Hall of Fame
The AHSDL divides its 24 teams into two 12-team conferences separated by geography and football tradition. The East Conference claims teams clustered across the Great Lakes region and Northeast corridor. The West Conference spans teams from the South and across the American West. The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio and Interstate 77 serve as the geographic breaking point between conferences.
Each conference operates independently during the regular season, with teams competing for divisional titles and wild card positioning. The two conference champions will meet in Week 17 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton—neutral ground where the league's ultimate prize gets decided at football's most hallowed site. No team from the East Conference will face a West Conference opponent until that championship game.
The Complete Conference Structure
WEST CONFERENCE
Sun Belt Division
- Grovetown Patriots
- Ennis Lions
- MacArthur Highlanders
- Moreno Valley Vikings
Mid-West Division
- Silver Creek Dragons
- Floyd Central Highlanders
- Mount Pleasant Oilers
- Jasper Place Rebels
Ohio Valley Division
- Napoleon Wildcats
- Xenia Buccaneers
- Fostoria Redmen
- North Union Wildcats
EAST CONFERENCE
Great Atlantic Division
- Buckeye Trail Warriors
- Shadyside Casket Makers
- Brownsville Falcons
- Crisfield Crabbers
Liberty Division
- Jamesville-Dewitt Red Rams
- Salamanca Warriors
- Rome Black Knights
- Cresskill Cougars
North Atlantic Division
- Ernestown Eagles
- D'arcy McGee Gee Gees
- Whittier Wildcats
- Peoples Academy Wolves
The divisional structure follows geographic progression from west to east within each conference. Sun Belt, Mid-West, and Ohio Valley represent the western half of American high school football tradition. Great Atlantic, Liberty, and North Atlantic anchor the eastern corridor where Friday night lights illuminate communities from the Rust Belt through New England and into Canada.
Each team will play its three divisional opponents twice during the 14-game regular season for a total of six divisional games. The remaining eight games pit each team against every other team in its conference once. Division winners and one wild card team from each conference advance to the playoffs, culminating in the conference championship games before the two survivors meet in Canton.
Dynasty Mechanics Built for Long-Term Competition
The AHSDL operates as a true dynasty league with roster management extending beyond single-season windows. Each franchise maintains a 26-player active roster, a 4-player Practice Squad exclusively for rookies, and 2 Injured Reserve slots for a maximum 32-player operation.
The Practice Squad system creates strategic depth. All rookies acquired through the annual Rookie Draft report to the Practice Squad, where GMs decide when to elevate them to active rosters and which veterans to cut to make room. At season's end, all Practice Squad players must be elevated, forcing difficult roster decisions that define dynasty football.
The startup draft introduces a unique mechanic: at any point during the 26-round draft, GMs may select Rookie Draft Spots instead of veteran players. These spots—designated 1.01 through 4.12 per conference—represent fixed positions in the upcoming Rookie Draft following the NFL Draft. A GM who selects spot 1.01 during the startup draft owns the first overall pick in the Rookie Draft. Another GM might select 2.05, claiming the 17th overall pick. Draft spots are claimed first-come, first-served throughout the startup draft's 26 rounds.
This creates strategic tension: load up on veterans now, or claim premium rookie draft capital for future building? Some GMs will enter their first season with fully veteran rosters. Others will stockpile multiple rookie draft positions and build through youth. The startup draft format features Third Round Reversal (3RR) snake structure, where the team picking 12th overall holds picks 12, 13, and 25 in the first three rounds—dramatically reducing the traditional advantage of the first overall selection.
The league operates on a Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB) system with full carryover. Each GM begins with $100. Unused budget carries forward season after season with no cap, rewarding patient roster management. FAAB itself becomes tradeable, adding another asset layer to dynasty strategy.
Scoring includes TE Premium (1.5 points per reception for tight ends vs 1.0 for other positions), rewarding GMs who build elite tight end rosters in a format where that position traditionally gets undervalued. Starting lineups require 10 players including 1 QB, 1 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 3 Flex (RB/WR/TE), and 1 Super-Flex (QB/RB/WR/TE).
What Comes Next
The Draft Order Show will determine each conference's startup draft sequence through the Alliance's traditional live format featuring names drawn from the hat and digital dice rolls determining final positions. Details on broadcast timing and format will be announced once finalized.
Full General Manager reveals and home stadium assignments will follow in the coming weeks as the AHSDL builds toward its inaugural startup draft.
Twenty-four franchises. Two conferences. Six divisions. One championship destination in Canton. The Fantasy Sports Alliance returns to dynasty football where hometown pride meets long-term roster construction and every decision echoes across multiple seasons.
The Phoenix has risen. The Alliance High School Dynasty League begins.
