SSFA League Archive

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 12 -- 2017 Season

 

 

League champion: Tony/MIN

 

 

2017 Standings

 

 

2017 Team and Player Stats     (created by Tom C.)

 

 

2017 Final League File

 

 

2017 Final Playoff League File

 

 

2017 Rosters

 

 

2017 Draft

 

 

 

2017 Season Dates:

 

·        Wednesday, January 2, 2019 – pre-season begins, trading is allowed

·        Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for teams to have no more than 1 Kicker and 1 Punter

·        Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via Slack

·        Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 10:00am Pacific Time – deadline for draft list for 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut; the time of the draft will be sometime during the morning or afternoon

·        Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all q1 games

·        Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all q2 games

·        Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all q3 games

·        Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all q4 games

·        Thursday, June 20, 2019 – playoff round 1 pregame files posted

·        Sunday, June 23, 2019 – playoff round 2 pregame files posted

·        Friday, June 28, 2019 – playoff round 3 pregame files posted

·        Thursday, July 4, 2019 – championship game pregame files posted

 

 

2017 Season News:

 

 

 

2017 Season Rule Changes (discussed on the message board):  1) new CB3 rating applied by Strat to some players – for the 2017 season we will go with Strat’s explicit comment that these specific players will only be allowed to play the 1st DB position and not be allowed to play LCB or RCB except in case of an injury to a LCB or RCB; although there was much discussion there were ultimately no other proposals for now or the future; 2) overtime retained at 15 minutes despite NFL rules, no-one expressed an interest in reducing overtime to 10 minutes; 3) remove the roster requirement to have BBs who are rated 4+ as run blockers (since Strat creates many 0-rated BBs nowadays), there was no contrary sentiment expressed; 4) no change to injuries, single-game injuries during the regular season and no injuries in the playoffs, the vote was 16-6; 5) double-teaming with 3 defenders is no longer allowed within the defense’s 1-9 yard line, the vote was 9-8-5 (run-off 13-8 over no change); 6) fyi Strat somewhat reduced interceptions on the draft defensive cards, by 0.46% on short passes; 7) after discussion of a Draft Lottery to change how the draft order is determined, the vote was 11-7-1-1 to retain the current system of no lottery; 8) implement the new option provided by Strat to allow WRs to go for unlimited yardage on a reception while retaining the limit longest reception rule, the vote was 20-1 in favor (there was discussion about delaying implementation until the 2018 season but only 1 league member felt that it would be unfair to implement in 2017 due to biased voting so this is in effect for the upcoming 2017 season and beyond); 9) potentially disallowing removing any QB unless he is injured or another QB returns from injury for the second half, the vote was 18-1 to retain the current rule; 10) changing tie-breakers for draft position so that better head-to-head winning percentage and then better strength of schedule determines which team obtains the highest pick in odd-numbered rounds, there were no contrary opinions expressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 11 -- 2016 Season

 

 

League champion: Tony/MIN

 

 

2016 Standings

 

 

2016 Final League File

 

 

2016 Final Playoff League File    

 

 

2016 Rosters

 

 

2016 Draft

 

 

 

2016 Season Dates:

 

·        January 2, 2018 – pre-season begins, trading is allowed

·        Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for teams to have no more than 1 Kicker and 1 Punter

·        Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via AIM chatroom

·        Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 9:00am Pacific Time – deadline for draft list for 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut; the time of the draft will be sometime during the morning or afternoon

·        Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for quarter 1 results

·        Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for quarter 2 results

·        Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for quarter 3 results

·        Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for quarter 4 results

·        Thursday, June 28, 2018 – playoff round 1 pregame files sent

·        Friday, July 6, 2018 – playoff round 2 pregame files sent

·        Monday, July 16, 2018 – playoff round 3 pregame files sent

·        Thursday, July 26, 2018 – championship game

 

 

2016 Season News:

 

 

 

2016 Rule Changes (discussed on the message board):  1) potentially removing longest gain on reception and run rules – voted to retain longest gains 14-7-6 (where 7 was to remove both while 6 was to remove it only on receptions), 2) removing injuries – voted to retain injuries 21-9, 3) adjusting how 50-94 carry RB limits are handled – voted to retain rules as is 21-2, 4) using the good run defensive card – voted to retain average card as is 25-3, 5) disallowing 3 doubleteams on any one defensive play call – vote was a tie 14-14 so there will be no change, 6) touchbacks on kickoffs start at the 25 (NFL rule, there was no contrary opinion on this from the message board).  In addition:  a) do not allow SS to play FS = not on the table since that would make it too difficult to keep a team intact from season to season and it is not realistic since SS and FS are interchangeable for many NFL teams; b) remove the restriction of 4-3 teams to play a 3-4 defense = not on the table since that would be too powerful in some cases; c) remove the restriction on 3rd or 4th WR (not on the table unless there would be significantly more support for this).

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 10 -- 2015 Season

 

 

League champion: Ed/SF

 

 

2015 Standings

 

 

2015 Final League File

 

 

2015 Final Playoffs League File

 

 

2015 Rosters

 

 

2015 Draft

 

 

 

 

2015 Season Dates:

 

·        January 4, 2017 – pre-season begins, trading is allowed

·        Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for teams to have no more than 1 Kicker and 1 Punter

·        Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via AIM chatroom

·        Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 9:00am Pacific Time – deadline for draft list for 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut; the time of the draft will be sometime during the morning or afternoon

·        Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for first quarter game results

·        Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for second quarter game results

·        Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for third quarter game results

·        Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for fourth quarter game results

·        July 3, 2017 – first round playoff pregame files sent

·        July 11, 2017 – second round playoff pregame files sent

·        July 20, 2017 – third round playoff pregame files sent

·        August 3, 2017 – championship game played

 

 

2015 Season News:

 

 

 

2015 Rule Changes (discussed on the message board):  1) penalties will be removed due to a message board vote, 2) single-game injuries will remain in the regular season but removed in the playoffs due to a message board vote, 3) before the start of the season each team must declare their starters at LCB, RCB, SS and FS; these declared starters are the only players who are allowed to play the position except in the event of injury; none of these declared starters may play 1st DB even in the event of injury, 4) removing the restriction on which WRs may play 3rd or 4th WR (this proposal was removed once the 1st DB issue was resolved).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 9 -- 2014 Season

 

 

League champion: Jay/JAX

 

 

2014 Standings

 

 

2014 Final Regular Season League File

 

 

2014 Final Playoff League File

 

 

2014 Rosters

 

 

2014 Draft

 

 

 

2014 Season Dates:

 

·        January 6, 2016 – pre-season begins, trading is allowed

·        January 20, 2016 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for teams to have no more than 1 Kicker and 1 Punter

·        Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via AIM chatroom

·        Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for draft list for 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut; the time of the draft will be sometime during the morning or afternoon

·        Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for first quarter game results

·        Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for second quarter game results

·        Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for third quarter game results

·        Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for fourth quarter game results

·        June 29, 2016 – first round playoff pregame files sent

·        July 6, 2016 – second round playoff pregame files sent

·        July 19, 2016 – third round playoff pregame files sent

·        July 31, 2016 – championship game played

 

 

2014 Season News:

 

 

2014 Potential Rule Changes:  1) split defensive ratings for LBs and safeties, 2) defer kickoff choice on coin toss, 3) new yards after catch (YAC) rule to be voted on for implementation next season – this rule was voted down 14-6, 4) remove the restriction on showing FS blitz to be voted on for implementation this season – this rule was voted for 17-2, 5) removing penalties – this rule was voted to remain the same 14-7, 6) removing injuries – this rule was voted to remain the same 13-8.

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 8 -- 2013 Season

 

 

League champion: Jay/JAX

 

 

2013 Standings

 

 

2013 Final League File

 

 

2013 Final Playoff League File

 

 

2013 Rosters

 

 

2013 Draft

 

 

 

2013 Season Dates:

 

·        January 3, 2015 – pre-season begins, trading is allowed

·        January 7, 2015 – coin flip (online lottery) determined that DEN drafts ahead of DET in odd-numbered rounds

·        Near January 8, 2015 – a few player moves for unowned teams (for balance among the teams and to fill holes)

·        Near January 11, 2015 – team selection lottery for new league members, via e-mail

·        January 14, 2015 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for teams to have no more than 1 Kicker and 1 Punter

·        Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via AIM chatroom

·        Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Friday, January 23, 2015 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut

·        Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        Saturday, February 7, 2015 – beginning of the season

·        Thursday, March 12 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for first quarter results

·        Tuesday, April 14 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for second quarter results

·        Tuesday, May 19 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for third quarter results

·        Tuesday, June 23 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for fourth quarter results

·        July 6, 2013 – two rounds of mini-playoffs completed

·        July 13, 2015 – second round of the playoffs begins

·        July 18, 2015 – third round of the playoffs begins

·        July 29, 2015 – championship game

 

 

2013 Season News:

 

 

 

2013 Rule Changes:  1) the league voted to allow announcing a swap of one player left-right and another player right-left at the same position with the exception of OT and S in which you may still only swap a LT to RT or RT to LT (and FS to SS or SS to FS) but not both.  The league also voted not to change which defensive card is used (good run was voted against) and not to disallow the use of 3 doubleteams on any one play.  The SSFA will use the same Constitution as the SOMIFA and SOMSFA, so rules votes will involve all 3 leagues.

 

 

 

SEASON 7 -- 2012 Season

 

 

League champion: Brad/HOU

 

 

2012 Season Standings

 

 

2012 Season Rosters

 

 

2012 Final League File

 

 

2012 Season Draft

 

 

 

2012 Season Dates:

 

·        January 3, 2014 at 4:30pm Pacific Time – pre-season begins, trading is allowed

·        January 15, 2014 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for teams to have no more than 1 Kicker and 1 Punter

·        Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via AIM chatroom

·        Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Friday, January 24, 2014 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut

·        Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        Thursday, February 6, 2014 – beginning of the season

·        Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for first quarter games

·        Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for second quarter games

·        Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for third quarter games

·        Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for fourth quarter games

·        Tuesday, July 1, 2014 – playoffs round 1 not needed, round 2 pregame files sent

·        Saturday, July 12, 2014 – playoffs round 3 pregame files sent

·        Tuesday, July 22, 2014 – championship game pregame files sent

·        Sunday, July 27, 2014 – championship game

 

 

2012 Season News:

 

 

2012 Rule Changes:  1) further restrict use of low carry RBs (this was agreed upon during the 2011 pre-season).

 

 

Archived SSFA Constitution     (updated 12/31/2013)

 

 

 

 

SEASON 6 -- 2011 Season

 

 

League champion: John/TEN

 

 

2011 Season Standings

 

 

2011 Season Stats

 

 

2011 Season Rosters

 

 

2011 Season Draft

 

 

2011 Final Regular Season League File

 

 

 

 

2011 Season Dates:

 

·        January 2, 2013 – pre-season will begin, trading will be allowed

·        January 16, 2013 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for teams to have no more than 1 Kicker and 1 Punter

·        Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via AIM chatroom

·        Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Friday, January 25, 2013 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut

·        Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        Saturday, February 9, 2013 – beginning of the season

·        Wednesday, March 13, 2013 – deadline for first quarter games

·        Wednesday, April 17, 2013 – deadline for second quarter games

·        Wednesday, May 22, 2013 – deadline for third quarter games

·        Wednesday, June 26, 2013 – deadline for fourth quarter games

·        Wednesday, July 10, 2013 – end of playoffs round 1

·        Saturday, July 20, 2013 – end of playoffs round 2

·        Sunday, July 28, 2013 – end of playoffs round 3

·        Saturday, August 3, 2013 – championship game

 

 

2011 Season News:

 

 

 

2011 Rule Changes (these were posted for weeks on the message board with no dissent):  1) using the average run defensive card (instead of good); 2) further restrict use of nickel defense; 3) further restrict use of low carry RBs (to go into effect in the 2012 card season); 4) restrict swapping of TEs in a 2 TE; 5) modify draft order to match NFL tie-breakers (see final entry of http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures in which strength of schedule is the only tie-breaker).

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 5 -- 2010 Season

 

 

League champion: Tom/NYJ

 

 

2010 Season Standings

 

 

2010 Season Stats

 

 

2010 Season Rosters

 

 

2010 Season Draft

 

 

2010 Final League File

 

 

 

 

2010 Season Dates:

 

·        January 4, 2012 – pre-season will begin, trading will be allowed

·        January 18, 2012 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for teams to have no more than 1 Kicker and 1 Punter

·        Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via AIM chatroom

·        Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Friday, January 27, 2012 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut

·        Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        Thursday, February 9, 2012 – beginning of the season

·        Wednesday, March 14, 2012 – deadline for first quarter games

·        Wednesday, April 18, 2012 – deadline for second quarter games

·        Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – deadline for third quarter games

·        Wednesday, June 27, 2012 – deadline for fourth quarter games

·        Friday, June 29, 2012 – playoff round 1 pregame files sent

·        Saturday, July 7, 2012 – playoff round 2 pregame files sent

·        Saturday, July 14, 2012 – playoff round 3 pregame files sent

·        Friday, July 20, 2012 – championship pregame files sent (game played 7/21)

 

 

 

2010 Season News:

 

 

 

 

Rule changes for the 2010 season:  None.

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 4 -- 2009 Season

 

 

League champion: Dennis/SEA

 

 

2009 Season Standings

 

 

2009 Season Stats

 

 

2009 Final Regular Season League File

 

 

2009 Season Rosters and Schedule

 

 

2009 Season Draft

 

 

 

 

2009 Season Dates:

 

·        January 7, 2011 – pre-season will begin, trading will be allowed

·        January 19, 2011 at 10:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for teams to be at exactly 1 Kicker and 1 Punter

·        Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via AIM chatroom

·        Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Friday, January 28 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut

·        Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 9:00pm Pacific Time (new date posted here) – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for the first quarter of the season

·        Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for the second quarter of the season

·        Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for the third quarter of the season

·        Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for the fourth quarter of the season

·        Thursday, July 7, 2011 – pregame files sent for mini-playoffs round 1

·        Monday, July 11, 2011 – pregame files sent for mini-playoffs round 2

·        Sunday, July 17, 2011 – pregame files sent for mini-playoffs final round 3

·        Wednesday, July 20, 2011 – pregame files sent for playoffs round 1

·        Tuesday, July 26, 2011 – pregame files sent for playoffs round 2 (there were some scheduling issues)

·        Monday, August 15, 2011 – pregame files sent for playoffs round 3

·        Friday, August 26, 2011 – pregame files sent for championship game

·        Friday, September 2, 2011 – championship game played

 

 

2009 Season News:

 

 

 

Rule changes for the 2009 season:  1) Potentially allowing the best TE on a team to play only the right TE1 position when a multiple TE formation is used (see the league’s message board if interested in the thread on this), a change would not go into effect until the 2010 SSFA season – there was not enough support for this proposal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 3 -- 2008 Season

 

 

League champion: Curt/ARI

 

 

2008 Season Standings

 

 

2008 Season Stats

 

 

2008 Final League File

 

 

2008 Season Rosters

 

 

2008 Season Draft

 

 

 

2008 Season Dates:

 

·        January 8, 2010 – pre-season has begun, trading is allowed

·        Saturday January 23, 2010 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams via AIM chatroom

·        Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 10:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Friday, January 29, 2010 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut

·        Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        February 8, 2010 – first quarter pregame files have been sent

·        March 15, 2010 – deadline for first quarter games

·        April 19, 2010 – deadline for second quarter games

·        May 24, 2010 – deadline for third quarter games

·        June 28, 2010 at 10:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for fourth quarter games

·        July 10, 2010 – playoff round 1 pregame files sent (see 2008 standings for reason for delay)

·        July 21, 2010 – playoff round 2 pregame files sent

·        August 2, 2010 – playoff round 3 pregame files sent

·        August 11, 2010 – championship pregame files sent

·        August 22, 2010 – championship game completed

 

 

2008 Season News:

 

 

Rule changes for the 2008 season:  1) Currently teams draft in reverse order of regular season finish (with the championship game participants drafting last), we will discuss for teams making the playoffs drafting in reverse order of how far a team went into the playoffs to potentially be implemented in the 2009 season cards (starting in calendar year 2011); this was voted down 6-5 on the forum so we will continue with the current rule; 2) currently during the draft a team must fill its PR and KR requirements by the end of round 8, this presents admin difficulties for the league so instead teams should be required to fill its PR and KR requirements by the end of the Supplemental Draft, if there is no player eligible to play the needed PR or KR position then the team must use a draft pick on “generic PR” or “generic KR” and the Commissioner will immediately after the Supplemental Draft assign a bad card to fill the slot for the current season, this was approved with no contrary comments with 5 comments in favor; 3) modifying the requirement for K to be drafted by the end of round 6 (instead of 5 as it is now) and P to be drafted by the end of round 8 (instead of 6 as it is now), this modification wouldn’t go into effect until the 2009 season cards (starting in calendar year 2011), this was approved with no contrary comments with 7 comments in favor; 4) let’s remove the 3 PR, 3 KR, 3 QB roster maximum until the 53-man cut date, currently it is not allowed to have more than 3 just before the draft but this will allow the draft to proceed more smoothly not having to worry about cutting anyone during the draft, this was approved with no contrary comments with 3 comments in favor; 5) currently a coach must announce before the first play from scrimmage whether a 50-99 carry RB is unlimited in the first half (and it defaults to the second half if there is no announcement), there is a proposal to require this announcement either ahead of time to be posted on the roster sheet or via e-mail with the other coach before kickoff; this was approved with no dissention, there was some discussion about different approaches but ultimately there was no dissention with this proposal.

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 2 -- 2007 Season

 

 

League champion: Jay/JAX

 

 

2007 Season Standings

 

 

2007 Final Season Stats

 

 

2007 Final League File

 

 

2007 Season Rosters

 

 

2007 Season Draft

 

 

 

2007 Season Dates:

 

·        December 29, 2008 – pre-season has begun, trading is allowed

·        Saturday January 17, 2009 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round rookie/free-agent draft for all teams

·        Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 10:00pm Pacific Time – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        Friday, January 23, 2009 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – 3-round optional Supplemental Draft with lists only (not a live draft) indicating player(s) to pick up and player(s) to cut

·        Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for choice of 3-4 or 4-3 and either lineups or coach file; this is also the trade deadline

·        January 29, 2009 – beginning of the season, all first quarter pregame files have been sent

·        March 5, 2009 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all first quarter games (completed 3/3)

·        March 4, 2009 – all second quarter pregame files have been sent

·        April 7, 2009 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all second quarter games (completed 4/5)

·        April 5, 2009 – all third quarter pregame files have been sent

·        May 11, 2009 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all third quarter games

·        May 11, 2009 – all fourth quarter pregame files have been sent

·        June 15, 2009 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all fourth quarter games

·        June 20, 2009 – playoff round 1 pregame files were sent

·        June 27, 2009 – playoff round 2 pregame files were sent

·        July 13, 2009 – playoff round 3 pregame files were sent (some round 3 delays due to vacations)

·        August 3, 2009 – championship game pregame files were sent

·        August 8, 2009 – championship game completed

 

 

2007 Season News:

 

 

Rule changes for the 2007 season which were discussed in the preseason (there were no dissenting views on these):  1) players rated at KR or PR may be cut (optionally) before the rookie/free-agent draft and for any of those players drafted in that draft the cutting team will obtain an additional draft pick at the end of that same round in the following season (to a highest of a 5th round pick) unless the player is drafted by the same team, for example if team AAA cuts LK/PR J.Smith and J.Smith is drafted by any other team in the 7th round of the immediately following draft then team AAA will get an additional pick at the end of round 7 in next season’s draft; 2) QBs must have 100+ attempts to play in SSFA except due to injury or blowout (this rule to be discussed would only go into effect beginning with the 2008 cards), 3) must fill PR and KR slots by the end of round 8, and 4) in the league championship game both teams will use the same quality of card good vs run and average vs pass (currently the home team uses good/good even in the championship game).

 

 

 

 

SEASON 1 -- 2006 Season

 

 

League champion: Ed/SF

 

 

2006 Season Standings

 

 

2006 Season Stats

 

 

2006 Season Rosters

 

 

2006 Season Depth Charts      (Nick did a great job on compiling all of these)

 

 

Inaugural 2006 Season Draft

 

 

2006 Final League File

 

 

 

2006 Season Dates:

 

·        December 7, 2007 – draft lottery dates/times were determined for each team

·        January 5, 2008 at 3:00pm PST – first round of inaugural draft via live AIM chatroom (you may draft by e-mail instead by 3:00pm PST)

·        January 6, 2008 at 10:30am PST – second round via live AIM chatroom (you may draft by e-mail instead by 10:30am PST)

·        January 7-18, 2008 – rounds 3-14 one round per day via e-mail or chatroom due at 7:00pm PST

·        January 19, 2008 at 9:00am PST – rounds 15-24 via live AIM chatroom (you may find someone to draft for you via a list you create instead)

·        January 20-25, 2008 – rounds 25-30 one round per day via e-mail or chatroom due at 7:00pm PST

·        January 26, 2008 at 9:00am PST – rounds 31-40 via live AIM chatroom (you may find someone to draft for you via a list you create instead)

·        January 27-February 2, 2008 – rounds 41-47 one round per day via e-mail or chatroom due at 7:00pm PST

·        February 4, 2008 – deadline for announcement of left/right swaps and choice of 4-3 or 3-4 defense

·        February 6, 2008 – start of the season

·        March 5, 2008 – end of the first quarter of the season

·        April 1, 2008 – Scott/OAK has found difficulties in scheduling times for games and is no longer in the league (though he indicated that he would have continued for awhile if needed), a potential replacement has been contacted

·        April 2, 2008 – Carlos/MIA is no longer in the league, a potential replacement has been contacted

·        April 2, 2008 – end of the second quarter of the season and start of the third quarter

·        April 4, 2008 – Ronald ronald13247@msn.com and George gtorres61@yahoo.com have joined the league, with both given a choice of the two teams available Ronald chose OAK and George chose MIA

·        April 13, 2008 – Curt/DEN has indicated that he will no longer be continuing in the league

·        April 15, 2008 – JT jtownsend@pointetech.com has joined the league and taken over DEN

·        April 21, 2008 – Tim/ARI is no longer in the league, Dave H. daveharner@juno.com has taken over ARI

·        April 29, 2008 – after over a week of trying Gary/CIN’s game software is not working and he will likely not be able to play the rest of the season; Topher topher.connors@gmail.com will be taking over CIN for the second half of the season

·        April 30, 2008 at 10:00pm PDT – end of the third quarter of the season and start of the fourth quarter

·        May 1, 2008 – David/GB has decided to leave the league

·        May 5, 2008 – Kenny noberg@rochester.rr.com has (re-) joined the league taking over GB

·        June 5, 2008 at 9:00pm PDT – end of the regular season

·        June 7, 2008 – mini-playoff first round pregame files sent

·        June 12, 2008 – mini-playoff second/final round pregame files sent

·        June 22, 2008 – first round playoff pregame files sent

·        June 30, 2008 – second round playoff pregame files sent

·        July 15, 2008 – third round playoff pregame files sent

·        July 23, 2008 – championship game playoff pregame files sent

·        July 25, 2008 – championship game completed

 

 

 

 

For the archives:

 

DRAFT PROCEDURES:  the first round has begun (even though the deadline is Jan 5), feel free to e-mail me a list for your first round pick.

 

Round 1) On Jan 5 at 2:55pm PST I will invite everyone in the league who is on AIM at that time into a chatroom (optional, you do not need to be online or accept the invitation if you don’t want to); anyone who has not selected their pick in round 1 may draft live in the chatroom when it’s their turn to pick; alternatively, you may e-mail me a list of players for your round 1 pick before 3:00pm PST

 

Round 2) On Jan 6 at 10:25am PST I will invite everyone in the league who is on AIM at that time into a chatroom (optional, you do not need to be online or accept the invitation if you don’t want to); anyone who has not selected their pick in round 2 may draft live in the chatroom when it’s their turn to pick; alternatively, you may e-mail me a list of players for your round 2 pick before 10:30am PST

 

Rounds 3-14) Each night at 6:55pm PST I will invite everyone in the league who is on AIM at that time into a chatroom (optional, you do not need to be online or accept the invitation if you don’t want to); anyone who has not selected their pick in the current round may draft live in the chatroom when it’s their turn to pick; alternatively, you may e-mail me a list of players for your current round pick before 7:00pm PST

 

Rounds 15-24) On Sat Jan 19 at 8:55am PST I will invite everyone in the league into an AIM chatroom where these rounds of the draft will be conducted live; participation is mandatory unless you would like to have someone else draft for you using a detailed list you send them beforehand

 

Rounds 25-30) Each night at 6:55pm PST I will invite everyone in the league who is on AIM at that time into a chatroom (optional, you do not need to be online or accept the invitation if you don’t want to); anyone who has not selected their pick in the current round may draft live in the chatroom when it’s their turn to pick; alternatively, you may e-mail me a list of players for your current round pick before 7:00pm PST

 

Rounds 31-40) On Sat Jan 26 at 8:55am PST I will invite everyone in the league into an AIM chatroom where these rounds of the draft will be conducted live; participation is mandatory unless you would like to have someone else draft for you using a detailed list you send them beforehand

 

Rounds 41-47) Each night at 6:55pm PST I will invite everyone in the league who is on AIM at that time into a chatroom (optional, you do not need to be online or accept the invitation if you don’t want to); anyone who has not selected their pick in the current round may draft live in the chatroom when it’s their turn to pick; alternatively, you may e-mail me a list of players for your current round pick before 7:00pm PST

 

During any of the live drafts (the mandatory 1/19 and 1/26 drafts or any of the nightly optional drafts) each coach will have 1 minute to make their pick when it is their turn.

 

For those who want to draft live one evening check the top of this web page that evening at 6:30pm PST, if something comes up and I can’t draft at 7:00pm PST then I will post (no later than 6:30pm PST or perhaps earlier) an alternate later time for that evening’s draft such as 8:00pm PST or 10:00pm PST.  Draft time changes will be rare if they occur at all.

 

In the inaugural draft each team must draft:

1) both punt return slots (two PR’s or one LP) by the end of round 42;

2) a kicker by the end of round 43;

3) a punter by the end of round 44; and

4) both kick return slots (two KR’s or one LK) by the end of round 46.

 

In addition, no team may draft a second QB prior to round 4.  The inaugural draft will be 47 rounds; the following season rosters will expand to 53 (plus 3 on IR) as per the Constitution.

 

If by the end of the inaugural draft a team does not have all of its positional requirements fulfilled – see the middle of the league’s Constitution for details – such as having only two players rated at OT then the Commissioner will assign a bad player and have the coach cut a player to stay at a 47 man roster.

 

For the inaugural draft I have updated the Draft List with a comment for every player such as “started 16 games”, “12 games 3 starts”, “14 games 134/3.9” (for RB’s # carries and average per carry), etc.

 

The order of the inaugural draft was determined by the California Daily 3 Lottery http://www.calottery.com/Games/DailyThree/ in which each team received a number 000-999 based upon the schedule listed beforehand – teams with higher numbers will draft ahead of teams with lower numbers in odd-numbered rounds.  The order of each even-numbered round will be in reverse order of odd-numbered rounds.  Each coach chose a team name (the same as the name of an NFL team as per the Constitution) with lower number teams receiving priority.

 

 

Here are all of the rules and administration differences between the SOMIFA and the SSFA (these are all within the SSFA Constitution):

 

1) Inaugural season only:  QB's must have 100+ attempts in order to play (not including injuries and blowouts) instead of 50+

2) Inaugural season only:  Players listed with an O in the Draft List may not be drafted (this will prevent coaches from drafting these players for the purposes of playing only one year and then dropping out of the league)

3) Inaugural season only:  For players listed with an X (the few non-rated players available in the inaugural draft) each team may draft no more than 1 of these; the purpose of having these available in the inaugural draft is to avoid having a glut of excess talent available in next year's rookie/free-agent draft

4) (new 12/16) Inaugural season only:  no team may have two LP’s and one additional LP or PR – in other words, if a team already has one LP and one PR then they may not draft another player rated at LP (this is to avoid running out of PR’s and LP’s)

5) Inaugural season only:  Trading is not allowed

6) First year after the inaugural season only:  A lottery involving the 5 teams with the worst record will determine the #1 pick in the following rookie/free-agent draft (to be held in early 2009), each team will have an equal chance at the #1 spot but after that the seeding will be in reverse order of inaugural season finish

7) FS and SS may swap just as LCB/RCB with the same restrictions (e.g., can't swap a FS to SS and a SS to FS in the same season); in other words, you may announce before the season that a FS is becoming a SS or vice-versa

8) Punt returners who had fewer than 15 total attempts (including punt returns and fair catches) the previous season, who are designated by Strat as a #2 punt returner on the card, and who have a "card average" of 5.0 or more may never be used in SSFA as a #1 punt returner -- "card average" is determined by adding up all of the yardage (weighted by location on the card), with a TD counting as 75, and dividing by 36; this is to prevent a low usage PR with a very good card (often a low usage #2 PR's card is a combo from stats of other players) from being a dominant player way above their NFL value; two prime examples of this are 2003 DEN Rod Smith and 2004 BUF Johnathan Smith; there are no current 2006 season cards affected by this

9) 3-4 defenses must announce before the season their RILB and LILB (this is a very minor issue to also be implemented in SOMIFA)

10) Second half of the season teams use the good/good defensive card; first half of the season teams use the good/average defensive card (average pass defense)