STRAT-O-MATIC SPRING
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION SSFA
Updated 11/17/2008
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 don’t 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
2007
Season Rookie/Free-Agent Draft Order (odd-numbered rounds): CHI-JAX, NYG, PHI-DET-IND, DAL, OAK, MIA-CLE,
BAL-MIN-DEN-NE-ARI-NYJ-SD-CIN, PIT, HOU, GB, SEA, BUF, SF. CHI, JAX, NYG, PHI, and DET had an online
evenly-weighted lottery from 6/21 through 6/25 for the first round only and the
first five picks of round 1 will be JAX, DET, PHI, CHI, and NYG.
2007 Season Dates:
·
December 29, 2008 – pre-season begins, league membership will be
confirmed, trading will be allowed
·
Saturday January 17, 2008 at 8:00am Pacific Time – 10-round
rookie/free-agent draft for all teams
·
Near January 27, 2008 – beginning of the season
Playoff
spectator pregame files needed for anyone wishing to
watch the championship game (unzip this file in your Receive folder): Final
**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 RB’s 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).
2007 Season Rosters (updated with
card information 8/24/2008)
2007 Pre-Season League File (posted
9/5/2008)
2007 Pre-Season Play
League File (posted 9/5/2008 – ready to play exhibition games)
2006 Season Standings (updated each day as results are received
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)
SSFA
Constitution (this is the same as
the SOMIFA Constitution with the SSFA changes indicated below)
League Message
Board (feel free to post!)
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)
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
Potential Rule changes for the
2007 season to be discussed in the preseason:
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) possibly others to be discussed.
League Membership
|
Name |
SSFA Team |
E-Mail |
AIM Name |
Comments |
|
Dave H. |
|
daveharner@juno.com |
dhizzy71 |
|
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Joe P. |
|
jrperron7@comcast.net |
Perron J and T |
|
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Ed |
|
brooks@buffalo.edu |
Covenant180 |
|
|
|
Chicago Bears |
lawrencegreen@sbcglobal.net |
antiochlawrence |
|
|
|
|
gary.lemaster@gmail.com |
votelemaster |
|
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Dan |
|
mrdanno24@yahoo.com |
mrdanno222 |
|
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Roger S. |
|
RTRSlane@aol.com |
RTRSlane |
|
|
JT |
|
jtownsend@pointetech.com |
JTPOINTE |
|
|
|
|
kendallkrick@hotmail.com |
kendallkrick |
|
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Kenny |
|
noberg@rochester.rr.com |
Absolut
Goofs913 |
|
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Brad M. |
|
wolves99@zoominternet.net |
wolves2099 |
|
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Nelson |
|
illinijones@comcast.net |
Nibby |
|
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Jay |
|
jvilling@cinci.rr.com |
kingboss11 |
|
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George |
|
gtorres61@yahoo.com |
gntorres61 |
|
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Tony P. |
Minnesota Vikings |
ajpierskalla@aim.com |
ajpierskalla |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Ronald |
|
ronald13247@msn.com |
PackCel |
|
|
Bernie |
|
bernie.overly@comcast.net |
BernieYSP |
|
|
Mike P. |
|
mjp6269@yahoo.com |
Greatlakes storm |
|
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Paul |
|
forbin@prodigy.net |
paulm0121 |
|
|
NFLed |
|
NFLed@aol.com |
NFLed |
Commissioner |
|
Dennis |
|
seahawk10@gmail.com |
DennisCrowley |
|
Waiting list (updated 8/22):
Topher (topher.connors@gmail.com), Dave S.
(winzone@socal.rr.com) (not currently available, may be at some point), Jeff B.
(jbeyel@yahoo.com) (not currently available, may be at some point), Todd ToddHop13@aol.com has, Neil (neilshannon1@comcast.net)
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
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.