No player may be protected to years in a row by any given team. For example, if Player A is protected in 1998 by Team 1, not only can Team 1 not protect him in 1999, but neither can any other team. However, Player A is eligible for protection again in 2000. After each team has made 3 protections, one supplemental round occurs, where each team, using the following year's draft order, may drop one protection for any player on the remaining active rosters not protected, and eligible for protection. In addition, if a previously- protected player is dropped during that supplemental round, another owner later in that round may protect that player.
Owners have the option of passing on a supplemental pick.
Every SFFL Team must have 3 protections after this round. Again, Team Defenses MAY be protected. This protection must be made at the time of the other protections, and only may be invoked in the case of a protected player failing to appear on an NFL roster as of SFFL Draft day. In the case of a Def. Teams will play a season of scheduled games versus the other teams in the league.