STRAT-O-MATIC SPRING
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION SSFA
Updated 8/22/2010
Welcome
to the SSFA! The SSFA is a 24 team draft
keeper league each league member drafts individual players and keeps them from
year to year in which each team plays a 16-game schedule (plus potential
playoffs) each year. Games are played
during the late winter and spring each year at a pace of 4 games per month. If after viewing these web pages you have any
questions please dont hesitate to post on our League
Message Board.
SOMIFA
Strat-O-Matic Fall Football League: Strat-O-Matic Internet Football
Association SOMIFA
SOMIBA
Strat-O-Matic Basketball League: Strat-O-Matic
Internet Basketball Association SOMIBA
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
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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
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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
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March 15, 2010 deadline for first quarter games
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April 19, 2010 deadline for second quarter games
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May 24, 2010 deadline for third quarter games
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June 28, 2010 at 10:00pm Pacific Time deadline for fourth quarter games
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July 10, 2010 playoff round 1 pregame files sent (see 2008 standings
for reason for delay)
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July 21, 2010 playoff round 2 pregame files sent
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August 2, 2010 playoff round 3 pregame files sent
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August 11, 2010 championship pregame files sent
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August 22, 2010 championship game completed
2009 Season Draft (as always on the
first Saturday during the NFL playoffs when there is no playoff game scheduled)
Order: STL, HOU, DAL/JAX, IND/GB/NE/CHI/CAR,
MIN/CLE/DET, MIA/NYJ, NYG/PHI/BUF, SEA, CIN/BAL, OAK, SF, SD, ARI (for teams separated by a slash the order is
reversed in even-numbered rounds).
**Host**
of the game please e-mail me the POST file and the html boxscore
file as soon as the game ends.
Please
set your game options to autosave after
each play and either fastest animation or no animation; also, turn off
scroll play-by-play text.
Everyone in the league needs to be familiar with the bulleted items in the league Constitution and please make sure that you know the game rules for such things as when show blitz, 3-3-5, and 4-2-5 are allowed and what RBs are restricted. Also, make sure that you set the game option to autosave after each play by going into the game, clicking on Game, clicking on Options, and clicking on Auto Save after Each Play to put a check mark there. And please follow the other rules listed in the Constitution such as fastest animation (or no animation). The annual rookie/free-agent draft is the first Saturday in January in which there is not an NFL playoff game.
2008 Season Standings (updated as results arrive)
2008 Season Stats (final update 7/15/2010)
2008 Season Rosters (final update 5/10/2010)
2008 Final League File (posted 7/15/2010)
Note: if you download and
restore the league file after you have downloaded your pregame files for the quarter
then you would need to re-download your pregame files.
2008 Season Draft (final update 1/29/2010)
2009 Season Rosters and Schedule (updated 7/26/2010)
Note: I will not be updating the rosters link on
this page with card ratings as I have done previously. Instead, I will be e-mailing league members
the card ratings via password-protected spreadsheet in late December 2010.
SSFA
Constitution (updated 2/20/2010)
League Message
Board (feel free to post!)
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 wouldnt 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) lets 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.
League Membership
|
Name |
SSFA Team |
E-Mail |
AIM Name |
Comments |
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Curt |
|
CRetzlaff847@comcast.net |
KSlopers31 |
|
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Joe P. |
|
jrperron7@comcast.net |
Perron J and T |
|
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Tim F. |
|
pugetsoundstrat@gmail.com |
pugetsoundstrat@gmail.com |
|
|
Neil |
|
neilshannon1@comcast.net |
neilpat1952 |
|
|
|
Chicago Bears |
lawrencegreen@sbcglobal.net |
antiochlawrence |
|
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Don |
|
mington@aol.com |
mington |
|
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Dan |
|
mrdanno24@yahoo.com |
mrdanno222 |
|
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Roger S. |
|
RTRSlane@aol.com |
RTRSlane |
|
|
|
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kendallkrick@hotmail.com |
kendallkrick |
|
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Randy |
|
ranleep8@aol.com |
Ranleep8 |
|
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Brad M. |
|
wolves9999@yahoo.com |
wolves2099 |
|
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Nelson |
|
illinijones@comcast.net |
Nibby |
|
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Jay |
|
jvilling@zoomtown.com |
kingboss11 |
TRC* |
|
Bob |
|
A2APOLLOS@aol.com |
A2APOLLOS |
|
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Tony P. |
Minnesota Vikings |
ajpierskalla@aim.com |
ajpierskalla |
|
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Nick |
|
nick.milford@gmail.com |
NewjerseyGen |
|
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Mike K. |
|
kuduk@earthlink.net |
mkkuduk |
|
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Tom |
|
TCooke@nyc.rr.com |
Truth Cast Now |
TRC* |
|
Ronald |
|
ronald13247@msn.com |
PackCel |
|
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Bernie |
|
bernie.overly@comcast.net |
BernieYSP |
|
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Paul |
|
forbin@prodigy.net |
paulm0121 |
TRC* |
|
NFLed |
|
NFLed@aol.com |
NFLed |
Commissioner; TRC* |
|
Dennis |
|
seahawk10@gmail.com |
DennisCrowley |
|
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Nathan |
|
nathanbaylor@hotmail.com |
linebuckeddie |
|
* 2008 Season Trade Review Committee (TRC) Members: NFLed, Jay, Paul,
Tom
Waiting list (updated 6/15/2010): Jim
(jimkapla@aol.com).
You must have the ability to view MS Excel files. If you do not have MS Excel then you can download and install a free Excel viewer from:
Information for prospective new members: If you are interested in joining then:
1) Click on the Constitution link above and view the bulleted items to make sure that this league is a good fit for you
2) If you have any questions or are interested in joining please feel free to e-mail me at NFLed@aol.com
SEASON 2 -- 2007 Season
2007 Season Standings (final update 8/8/2009)
2007 Final Season Stats (final update 6/22/2009)
2007 Final League File (final update 6/22/2009)
2007 Season Rosters (final update 1/29/2009)
2007 Season Draft (final update 1/29/2009)
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)
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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
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May 11, 2009 all fourth quarter pregame files have been sent
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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)
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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
seasons 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
2006 Season Standings (including playoffs)
2006 Season Stats (final 6/7/2008)
2006 Season Rosters (re-sorted 2/29/2008, 2007 season schedule
added 3/23/2008)
2006 Season Depth Charts (Nick did a great job on compiling all of
these)
Inaugural 2006 Season Draft (completed 2/2/2008)
2006 Final League File (posted 6/7/2008)
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)
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January 6, 2008 at 10:30am PST second round via live AIM chatroom (you may draft by e-mail instead by 10:30am PST)
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January 7-18, 2008 rounds 3-14 one round per day via e-mail or chatroom due at 7:00pm PST
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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)
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January 20-25, 2008 rounds 25-30 one round per day via e-mail or chatroom due at 7:00pm PST
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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)
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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/CINs
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
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May 1, 2008 David/GB has decided to leave the league
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May 5, 2008 Kenny noberg@rochester.rr.com has (re-) joined the league
taking over GB
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June 5, 2008 at 9:00pm PDT end of the regular season
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June 7, 2008 mini-playoff first round pregame files sent
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June 12, 2008 mini-playoff second/final round pregame files sent
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June 22, 2008 first round playoff pregame files sent
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June 30, 2008 second round playoff pregame files sent
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July 15, 2008 third round playoff pregame files sent
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July 23, 2008 championship game playoff pregame files sent
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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 dont
want to); anyone who has not selected their pick in round 1 may draft live in
the chatroom when its 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 dont
want to); anyone who has not selected their pick in round 2 may draft live in
the chatroom when its 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 dont
want to); anyone who has not selected their pick in the current round may draft
live in the chatroom when its 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 dont
want to); anyone who has not selected their pick in the current round may draft
live in the chatroom when its 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 dont
want to); anyone who has not selected their pick in the current round may draft
live in the chatroom when its 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 cant draft at
7:00pm PST then I will post (no later than 6:30pm PST or perhaps earlier) an
alternate later time for that evenings 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 PRs 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 KRs 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 leagues 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
RBs # 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 LPs 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 PRs and LPs)
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)