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FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION SSFA

Updated 2/3/2012

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.

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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

2010 Season Rosters (updated with all transactions)

2010 Season Draft (updated with results of all drafts)

2010 Pre-Season League File

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.

**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). The annual rookie/free-agent draft is the first Saturday in January in which there is not an NFL playoff game.

The annual rookie/free-agent draft is on the first Saturday during the NFL playoffs when there is no playoff game scheduled, usually near January 20.

SSFA Constitution (updated 2/20/2010)

League Message Board (feel free to post!)

2010 Season News:

• 1/3/2012 Fred/NE has indicated that he will not be purchasing the SOM game and will not be able to continue in the league
• 1/4/2012 John/TEN has indicated that he will not be able to continue in the league
• 1/5/2012 Trade – MIA receives HB Ahmad Bradshaw; NYJ receives 2011 MIA #1
• 1/7/2012 Rene has taken over team NE and changed the team name to Denver
• 1/8/2012 Joe/BAL has indicated that he will not be able to continue in the league, Joe’s brother Mike P. has taken over BAL
• 1/8/2012 Chris L. has taken over team TEN and changed the team name to New Orleans
• 1/8/2012 Trade – SEA receives LE 5-5 Shaun Ellis; IND receives RDT 5-4 Cory Williams
• 1/8/2012 Trade – JAX receives GB #1 (1^st pick); GB receives DB 0 Tarell Brown, CB 4 Orlando Scandrick, RILB 4-7 Chris Gocong, RLB 4-3 Michael Boley, and JAX #1 (21^st pick) – TRC member Tim called for a vote on this which turned out 3-1 to allow with Tom, Paul, and Ed voting to allow and Tim voting to disallow; the TRC mostly agreed that this group of mediocre players does not match the value of the first pick of the draft but this year there is no apparent great first pick so Tom, Paul, and Ed felt like the deal was not one-sided enough to justify disallowing it
• 1/11/2012 Trade – JAX receives SE Chad Ochocinco; ARI receives QB Shaun Hill and JAX #5
• 1/15/2012 Trade – STL receives DEN #1 (2^nd pick); DEN receives STL #1 (19^th pick), STL #2, STL #3, and STL #4 – Ed called for a TRC vote on this due to a standard NFL draft chart showing the 2^nd pick being worth much more than the other picks combined, the TRC voted 3-1 to allow the deal (with Tom, Paul, and Tim voting to allow, Ed voting to disallow, and Jay abstaining) as the TRC as a whole did not agree that the 2^nd pick was worth much more or even more at all than the other picks
• 1/15/2012 Trade – JAX receives WR/LP Julian Edelman, STL #7, and 2011 STL #6; STL receives JAX #3
• 1/15/2012 Trade – JAX receives LILB 5-7 James Farrior and MIN #9; MIN receives STL #7, JAX #7, 2011 JAX #3, and 2011 STL #6
• 1/15/2012 Trade – SF receives TE 5 Kevin Boss; CHI receives SF #4
• 1/16/2012 Trade – NYJ receives LG/T 6-7/0-7 Brian Waters and FL Brandon Lloyd; ARI receives QB Matt Moore, 2011 NYJ #1, and 2011 NYJ #6
• 1/17/2012 Trade disallowed – OAK receives HB Steven Jackson and SS/PR 5 Jim Leonhard; MIN receives OAK #2, OAK #3, and OAK #7 – Ed called for a vote on this and the TRC voted 5-0 to disallow with Ed, Paul, Tim, Jay, and Tom voting to disallow as Jackson at age 28 is worth a lot more than being credited for in this deal which is very clearly one-sided in the TRC’s view
• 1/18/2012 Trade – STL receives TE 4 Todd Heap; DAL receives JAX #3 and 2011 STL #5
• 1/18/2012 Trade – DAL receives LG 4-4 Travelle Wharton; SEA receives RCB 4 Andre Goodman
• 1/19/2012 Trade – OAK receives HB Steven Jackson and SS/PR 5 Jim Leonhard; MIN receives OAK #1 (22^nd pick), OAK #3, and OAK #7
• 1/19/2012 Trade – MIA receives LG 4-4 Leroy Harris; STL receives C 4-4 Lyle Sendlein
• 1/19/2012 Trade – SEA receives TE 4 Dallas Clark; MIN receives SEA #4 and SEA #9
• 1/20/2012 Trade – OAK receives FL Mike Sims-Walker, 2011 JAX #4, and 2011 JAX #7; JAX receives WR Randy Moss, OAK #5, JAX #8, and OAK #8
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – STL receives RILB 0-4 Jameel McClain and IND #1 (3^rd pick); IND receives DEN #1 (2^nd pick)
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – NYG receives NT 5-0 Kelly Gregg; NYJ receives 2011 NYG #3
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – SD receives QB Ryan Fitzpatrick; HOU receives SD #2
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – STL receives HOU #2; HOU receives 2011 STL #1
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – PHI receives HB/KR LaRod Stephens-Howling; DEN receives PHI #3
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – CLE receives TE 5 Ben Watson; HOU receives CLE #6
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – JAX receives DE 0-10 Carlos Dunlap, RLB 4-3 Keith Rivers, HB/KR Mike Goodson, JAX #4, and MIN #8; OAK receives LE 0-6 Jeremy Mincey and 2011 JAX #2
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – STL receives CLE #6; HOU receives 2011 STL #4
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – HOU receives DET #8, DET #10, and 2011 DET #10; DET receives 2011 HOU #7
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – SEA receives RT 5-7 Kareem McKenzie; DET receives 2011 SEA #3
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – NYJ receives QB Seneca Wallace; IND receives 2011 NYJ #4
• 1/21/2012 Trade during the draft – IND receives LCB 4 Kelvin Hayden; SF receives 2011 IND #5
• 1/21/2012 Trade – SEA receives SE/LK Jacoby Ford; DAL receives WR/LP/LK Michael Spurlock and 2011 SEA #6
• 1/21/2012 Trade – MIN receives HB Cedric Benson; OAK receives 2011 MIN #3
• 1/22/2012 Trade – STL receives HB Brandon Jackson; NYJ receives 2011 STL #7
• 1/22/2012 Trade – NYG receives LP Quan Cosby; MIN receives FL Bernard Berrian and 2011 NYG #8
• 1/22/2012 Trade – NYJ receives LOLB 4-9 Matt Roth; MIN receives LG 0-2 Matt Slauson and 2011 NYJ #5
• 1/22/2012 Trade – BAL receives RT 5-4 Flozell Adams; PIT receives 2011 BAL #4 – all trades involving new league member Mike/BAL need to be voted on by the TRC, approved 4-0 with Ed, Jay, Tim, and Tom voting to allow
• 1/22/2012 Trade – BAL receives NT 4-0 Chris Hoke; JAX receives 2011 BAL #6 – all trades involving new league member Mike/BAL need to be voted on by the TRC, approved 4-0 with Ed, Tim, Tom, and Paul voting to allow
• 1/22/2012 Trade – HOU receives RE 4-0 Tyler Brayton; CLE receives 2011 HOU #6
• 1/23/2012 Trade – SEA receives HB/LK Bernard Scott; CIN receives HB Keiland Williams
• 1/23/2012 Trade – HOU receives QB Brian Hoyer; SD receives 2011 HOU #10
• 1/24/2012 Trade – CHI receives RILB 4-5 Gary Guyton and 2011 SEA #10; SEA receives 2011 CHI #6
• 1/26/2012 Trade – STL receives LLB 4-0 Danny Clark; MIA receives TE 4 Chris Baker, 2011 STL #8, and 2011 STL #9
• 2/2/2012 Trade – MIN receives S 4 Haruki Nakamura; NO receives LCB 4 Marcus Trufant – by league rule this was voted on by the TRC with 5-0 to allow (Ed, Jay, Tim, Paul, and Tom voting to allow)

Rule changes for the 2010 season: None at this time.

League Membership

Name	SSFA Team	E-Mail	AIM Name	Comments
Curt	Arizona Cardinals	CRetzlaff847@comcast.net	KSlopers31
Mike P.	Baltimore Ravens	mjp6269@yahoo.com	Greatlakes storm
Lawrence	Chicago Bears	lawrencegreen@sbcglobal.net	antiochlawrence
Don	Cincinnati Bengals	mington@aol.com	mington
Dan	Cleveland Browns	mrdanno24@yahoo.com	mrdanno222
Tim F.	Dallas Cowboys	pugetsoundstrat@gmail.com	pugetsoundstrat@gmail.com	TRC*
Rene	Denver Broncos	rkondrat@hotmail.com	rkondrat2003
Kendall	Detroit Lions	kendallkrick@hotmail.com	kendallkrick
Randy	Green Bay Packers	ranleep8@aol.com	Ranleep8
Brad M.	Houston Texans	wolves9999@yahoo.com	wolves2099
Nelson	Indianapolis Colts	illinijones@comcast.net	Nibby
Jay	Jacksonville Jaguars	jvilling@zoomtown.com	kingboss11	TRC*
Bob	Miami Dolphins	A2APOLLOS@aol.com	A2APOLLOS
Tony P.	Minnesota Vikings	ajpierskalla@aim.com	ajpierskalla
Chris L.	New Orleans Saints	LIACOURAS@email.chop.edu	mopuckers
Mike K.	New York Giants	kuduk@earthlink.net	mkkuduk
Tom	New York Jets	TCooke@nyc.rr.com	Truth Cast Now	TRC*
Ron	Oakland Raiders	ronald13247@msn.com	PackCel
Bernie	Philadelphia Eagles	bernie.overly@comcast.net	BernieYSP; BernieViking
Jeff	Pittsburgh Steelers	duckfan_jeff@yahoo.com	duckfan_jeff
Paul	San Diego Chargers	forbin@prodigy.net	paulm0121	TRC*
Ed	San Francisco Forty Niners	NFLed@aol.com	NFLed	Commissioner; TRC*
Dennis	Seattle Seahawks	seahawk10@gmail.com	DennisCrowley
Nathan	St. Louis Rams	nathanbaylor@hotmail.com	linebuckeddie

* 2010 Season Trade Review Committee (TRC) Members: Ed, Paul, Tom, Jay, Tim

Waiting list (updated 2/1/2012): Scott (packfanmn@mchsi.com) may be interested in joining.

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:

MS Excel Viewer Download

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 4 -- 2009 Season

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:

• September 15, 2010 – Nick/NE has indicated that he will no longer be able to participate in the league
• November 12, 2010 – Neil/CAR has indicated that he will no longer be able to participate in the league
• January 6, 2011 – John jmadden27@yahoo.com has taken over team NE and changed the team to TEN, there would have been a lottery to determine which of the two teams but neither of the others e-mailed 1-2 weeks ago have answered so John received choice of NE and CAR
• January 7, 2011 Trade – STL receives NYJ #1 (14^th overall), NYJ #2, and 2010 NYJ #3; NYJ receives STL #1 (1^st overall) and ARI #5
• January 7, 2011 Trade – CLE receives QB David Garrard; NYJ receives HB Jonathan Stewart
• January 9, 2011 Trade – PHI receives RCB 6 Mike Jenkins, LT 4-4 Mario Henderson, NYJ #2, and 2010 STL #6; STL receives LE 5-3 Marcus Spears, C/G 0-2 Jamey Richard, PHI #1 (16^th overall), and 2010 PHI #2
• January 9, 2011 – Ben benjamindavidcooper@gmail.com has taken over team CAR and renamed it to New England (NE)
• January 9, 2011 Trade – PHI receives P Matt McBriar; BAL receives PHI #6
• January 11, 2011 Trade – GB receives FS 4 Madieu Williams; DET receives LOLB 4-4 Mario Haggan
• January 13, 2011 – Roger/DAL has indicated that he will no longer be able to participate in the league
• January 13, 2011 – Jeff duckfan_jeff@yahoo.com has taken over team DAL and changed the team to PIT
• January 14, 2011 Trade – NE receives RCB 4 Leigh Bodden and DET #10; DET receives C 5-4 Kevin Mawae and NE #8; approved 4-0 by the TRC
• January 17, 2011 Trade – TEN receives P Steve Weatherford; DET receives TEN #8
• January 17, 2011 Trade – CHI receives LCB 6 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and STL #8; STL receives SE/LP DeSean Jackson
• January 18, 2011 – Tim has changed the team name from BUF to DAL
• January 21, 2011 Trade reported – SEA receives RILB 5-3 Karlos Dansby, DAL receives LLB 4-6 Stephen Nicholas; Ed called for a review of this trade and by a 4-0 vote (Ed, Tom, Paul, and Jay) the trade was disallowed as in the view of the TRC Dansby is a very good player while Nicolas is a fill-in
• January 22, 2011 Trade – STL receives TE 5 Vernon Davis; DET receives NYJ #1 (14^th overall), 2010 PHI #2, and 2010 NYJ #3
• January 22, 2011 Trade – SEA receives RILB 5-3 Karlos Dansby, DAL receives LLB 4-6 Stephen Nicholas and LLB 4-0 Keith Ellison; Ed called for a review of this trade and by a 3-1 vote (Ed, Paul, and Jay voting to disallow with Tom voting to allow) the trade was disallowed as in the view of the TRC Dansby is a very good player while the others are fill-ins
• January 22, 2011 Trade – NE receives DE 4-6 Charles Johnson; SF receives HB Ray Rice; since Ben/NE is a new league member this was voted on by the TRC with Paul and Tom voting to allow and Jay voting to disallow for 2-1 to allow
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – GB receives QB Josh Freeman (4^th pick of current draft), LT 4-7 Charlie Johnson, and JAX #4; JAX receives QB Carson Palmer and LLB 4-3 Chris Gocong
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – SEA receives RILB 5-5 Keith Brooking; DAL receives LLB 4-6 Stephen Nicholas
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – DAL receives HB Marion Barber III; NYJ receives DAL #2
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – NE receives RB 5-4 Jason Snelling; SF receives 2010 NE #3 and 2010 NE #5; since Ben/NE is a new league member this was voted on by the TRC with 3-0 (Jay, Tom, and Paul) to allow
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – JAX receives MLB 4-6 David Hawthorne; HOU receives HB Justin Forsett
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – SEA receives MIN #4 and 2010 NYG #3; NYG receives SEA #3
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – BAL receives ROLB 4-8 Parys Haralson; STL receives BAL #3
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – MIN receives RG 4-5 Deuce Lutui; NYG receives MIN #4
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – CHI receives LE 5-3 Marcus Spears; STL receives CHI #4
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – HOU receives NT 4-2 Bryan Robinson; NYG receives BAL #5
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – MIA receives LDT 4-2 Ryan Sims; NYG receives MIA #8
• January 22, 2011 Trade during the draft – MIN receives OAK #9 and OAK #10; OAK receives 2010 MIN #8
• January 22, 2011 Trade – NE receives LT 4-4 Alex Barron; CLE receives 2010 NE #4; since Ben/NE is a new league member this was voted on by the TRC 3-0 to allow (Jay, Tom, and Ed)
• January 23, 2011 Trade – MIN receives SS 4 Gerald Alexander; JAX receives 2010 MIN #4
• January 23, 2011 Trade – OAK receives FS 6 Darren Sharper, 2010 JAX #4, 2010 MIN #4, and 2010 JAX #8; JAX receives RCB 5 Ronde Barber, FB 5-7 Lawrence Vickers, LG 0-4 Jeremy Zuttah, 2010 OAK #9, and 2010 OAK #10 (this deal was first reported by both with K.Studdard instead of J.Zuttah and 2010 JAX #5 instead of 2010 MIN #4)
• January 23, 2011 Trade – HOU receives HB Ryan Grant; PIT receives 2010 HOU #2; since Jeff/PIT is a new league member this was voted on by the TRC with 4-0 to allow (Ed, Jay, Tom, and Paul)
• January 23, 2011 Trade – BAL receives WR Josh Reed; PHI receives 2010 BAL #10
• January 23, 2011 Trade – DAL receives LLB 4-0 Keith Ellison; SEA receives 2010 DAL #5
• January 23, 2011 Trade – BAL receives PR Dantrell Savage; SEA receives 2010 BAL #8
• January 24, 2011 Trade – SD receives QB Mark Sanchez and LOLB 4-6 Aaron Kampman; SEA receives RE 6-12-2* Dwight Freeney and ROLB 4-12-5* Tamba Hali
• January 24, 2011 Trade – DET receives TE/BB 5-5 Derek Fine; SEA receives 2010 DET #9
• January 24, 2011 Trade – BAL receives HB Kevin Smith; SD receives LDT 4-2 Brandon Mebane
• January 24, 2011 Trade – NYJ receives C 4-4 Brad Meester; MIA receives RG 4-4 Stephen Peterman
• January 24, 2011 Trade – MIN receives QB Drew Stanton; SD receives 2010 MIN #7
• January 24, 2011 Trade – SF receives KR Patrick Cobbs; SD receives 2010 SF #10
• January 25, 2011 Trade – JAX receives WR/KR Sammie Stroughter; PIT receives 2010 JAX #6; Jeff/PIT is a new league member so this was voted on by the TRC 3-0 to allow (Ed, Tom, and Paul)
• January 25, 2011 Trade – SEA receives PR Michael Spurlock; PIT receives 2010 SEA #6; Jeff/PIT is a new league member so this was voted on by the TRC 3-0 to allow (Paul, Tom, and Jay with Ed abstaining due to an earlier discussion of Spurlock and team SF)
• January 27, 2011 Trade – DAL receives FS 4 Ken Hamlin; NYG receives LB 0-0 Jon Alston and 2010 DAL #6
• March 14, 2011 – John/TEN has had other issues come up and is not able to continue in the league, I am trying to find a replacement
• March 19, 2011 – John will be keeping team TEN after all, the other issues which had occurred are no longer an issue
• May 2, 2011 – Ben/NE will no longer be continuing participation in the league
• May 3, 2011 – Fred fcarlson2@bellsouth.net is taking over team NE

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

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:

• December 30, 2009 – Aaron/MIA has indicated to me that he will no longer be able to continue in the league
• January 8, 2010 – Bob has taken over team MIA
• January 8, 2010 Trade – JAX receives RB 4-0 LaMont Jordan and NE #5; NE receives C 4-7 Hank Fraley and JAX #5
• January 8, 2010 Trade – CIN receives FL/LP/KR 4-4-4 Devin Hester and NE #2; NE receives LE 5-4 Trevor Pryce and RT/G Tyson Clabo 5-5/0-5
• January 8, 2010 Trade – SF receives C 4-2 Eric Heitmann; MIN receives SF #5
• January 8, 2010 Trade – MIN receives RT 4-3 Langston Walker; NE receives SF #5
• January 9, 2010 Trade – CLE receives QB Jake Delhomme; SF receives MLB 4-0 Dhani Jones
• January 11, 2010 Trade – NE receives FS 4 Marvin White; SF receives SF #5
• January 11, 2010 Trade – CHI receives QB Derek Anderson; IND receives QB Chris Redman
• January 14, 2010 Trade – BUF receives RE 6-12-3* Julius Peppers, SS 6 Troy Polamalu, FS 4 Renaldo Hill, HB Correll Buckhalter, and RCB 4 Andre Goodman; STL receives BUF #1, BUF #3, BUF #4, 2009 BUF #1, and 2009 BUF #6
• January 15, 2010 Trade – STL receives LE 4-0 Anthony Weaver and DT 4-0 Fred Evans; NE receives STL #8
• January 21, 2010 Trade – SEA receives SE 6-6-6 Roddy White, LLB 4-4 Thomas Howard, and CLE #4; CLE receives HB Jerome Harrison, SEA #1, and SEA #2
• January 21, 2010 Trade – OAK receives RG 4-0 Anthony Herrera; SEA receives DB 0 Michael Huff and 2009 OAK #8
• January 22, 2010 Trade – DAL receives QB Matt Cassel; OAK receives FL 4-5-6 Vincent Jackson
• January 22, 2010 Trade – BUF receives RDT 5-0 Dusty Dvoracek; CLE receives 2009 BUF #5
• January 22, 2010 Trade – JAX receives NT/DE 6-1/5-1 Haloti Ngata; CHI receives DE 0-6 Elvis Dumervil and 2009 JAX #2
• January 23, 2010 Trade during the draft – NE receives STL #4 and NYJ #8; NYJ receives 2009 NE #3
• January 23, 2010 Trade during the draft – GB receives GB #4; NYJ receives 2009 GB #3
• January 23, 2010 Trade during the draft – PHI receives SS 5 Gibril Wilson; SF receives 2009 PHI #2
• January 23, 2010 Trade during the draft – NE receives FL/LP 5-4-3 Antwaan Randle El; SF receives NE #6 and 2009 NE #7
• January 23, 2010 Trade during the draft – DET receives PR Adam Jennings; NYJ receives 2009 DET #9
• January 23, 2010 Trade during the draft – STL receives ARI #10; ARI receives 2009 STL #10
• January 24, 2010 Trade – NYJ receives NT/DE Ryon Bingham; SF receives 2009 NYJ #7
• January 24, 2010 Trade – ARI receives TE 4-4-5 Tony Scheffler and LLB 4-8 Chike Okeafor; STL receives ARI #13 (Supplemental Draft), 2009 ARI #1, and 2009 ARI #5
• January 24, 2010 Trade – ARI receives TE 4-3-0 Steve Heiden; SD receives 2009 ARI #9
• January 24, 2010 Trade – BUF receives DB/LP/KR 0 Chris Carr; CHI receives 2009 BUF #7
• January 25, 2010 Trade – MIN receives LLB 4-0 Cato June; SD receives 2009 MIN #10
• January 25, 2010 Trade – OAK receives QB Derek Anderson, SE/LP/KR 4-4-4 Johnnie Higgins, and 2009 CHI #10; CHI receives QB Tyler Thigpen and WR 4-3-4 Ashley Lelie
• January 25, 2010 Trade – CHI receives RCB 5 Bryant McFadden; OAK receives 2009 CHI #3
• January 25, 2010 Trade – BUF receives RG 4-4 Cooper Carlisle; CIN receives RT 5-3 Mark Tauscher
• January 25, 2010 Trade – CHI receives C/G Joe Berger; JAX receives C/G 0-2 Grey Ruegamer and 2009 CHI #9
• January 25, 2010 Trade – STL receives HB Rudi Johnson; SD receives 2009 STL #9
• January 26, 2010 Trade – BAL receives SE 6-5-4 Dwayne Bowe; HOU receives RLB 4-0 Akeem Jordan, 2009 BAL #2, and 2009 BAL #5
• January 26, 2010 Trade – SEA receives unrated Reed Doughty; NYG receives 2009 SEA #9
• January 26, 2010 Trade – BAL receives TE 4-5-3 Billy Miller; CIN receives TE 4-3-0 Reggie Kelly and BAL #6
• January 26, 2010 Trade – NYG receives RG 4-5 Jake Scott; MIN receives LLB 4-7 Matt Roth
• February 2, 2010 Trade – NYJ receives RCB 4 Chris Johnson; STL receives DB Frank Walker, 2009 NYJ #6, and 2009 NYJ #9
• March 14, 2010 – Ed/BUF has indicated that he will no longer be participating in the league
• March 14, 2010 – Tim F./pugetsoundstrat@gmail.com has taken over team BUF
• May 23, 2010 – Jay has changed his e-mail address to jvilling@zoomtown.com
• June 8, 2010 – Kenny/GB is no longer in the league, I will find a replacement soon and send a league-wide e-mail at that time
• June 15, 2010 – Randy ranleep8@aol.com has taken over team GB

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

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)

· 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:

• December 27, 2008 – JT/DEN has indicated that he will not be continuing full-time participation in the league
• December 29, 2008 – Mike/PIT is not responding to e-mails for several weeks, Neil neilshannon1@comcast.net has taken over team PIT
• December 29, 2008 Trade disallowed – CIN receives RB Ladainian Tomlinson, ROLB 0-8 Kamerion Wimbley, and PHI #4; PHI receives CIN #1 (18^th overall), NT 4-0 Aubrayo Franklin, and FS 4 Jarrad Page; this trade was called for a vote by Ed on 12/29 and on 12/31 the vote was resolved by the TRC 4-0 to disallow the deal with Wayne, Ed, Jay, and Paul voting to disallow; to summarize the TRC view, the other members of the trade (besides LT and the #1) were either around even or else Cin gained the better value but LT for the #18 pick of the draft is not anywhere remotely close to LT’s value in the consensus view of the TRC
• December 31, 2008 Trade – NYJ receives C 5-4 Jeremy Newberry, CLE receives 2008 NYJ #5
• January 2, 2009 – Neil has changed the team name from PIT to the Carolina Panthers (this does not count as Neil’s one career name change since Neil hasn’t yet played a game with this team)
• January 2, 2009 Trade – CIN receives LE 6-3 Aaron Smith, MLB 5-0 London Fletcher, RG 5-4 Cooper Carlisle, and unrated Trevor Pryce; DEN receives CIN #3 and 2008 CIN #1; this trade was called for a TRC vote by Ed on 1/2 evening; on 1/5 evening the trade was resolved 2-1 in favor of allowing with Ed and Wayne voting to allow and Jay voting not to allow (Paul later voted to allow)
• January 3, 2009 Trade – MIN receives HB Steven Jackson and RDT 5-3 John Henderson; JAX receives NT 5-1 Chris Hoke, MIN #2, and 2008 MIN #3; this trade was called for a TRC vote by Wayne on 1/4; on 1/6 evening this trade was resolved 2-2 with Gary and Ed voting to allow and Wayne and Paul voting to disallow so this trade does not receive the majority vote to disallow and is therefore allowed
• January 4, 2009 Trade – IND received HB Brian Westbrook and ARI #1 (15^th overall); ARI receives RLB 6-5 Lance Briggs and IND #1 (6^th overall)
• January 4, 2009 Trade – PHI receives RLB 6-0 Keith Bulluck and LDT 5-4 Warren Sapp; DEN receives 2008 PHI #1
• January 5, 2009 Trade – MIA receives LCB 6 Champ Bailey, LG 5-7 Derrick Dockery, and LT 4-4 Marvel Smith; DEN receives MIA #1 (9^th overall) and 2008 MIA #3
• January 5, 2009 Trade – PHI receives LT 4-5 Levi Jones and JAX #5; JAX receives PHI #4 and 2008 PHI #5
• January 5, 2009 Trade – OAK receives LCB 5 Ronde Barber and LLB 5-0 Hunter Hillenmeyer; DEN receives OAK #4
• January 6, 2009 Trade reported – SEA receives QB Matt Schaub and CIN #5; CIN receives SS 0 Dawan Landry, HB Jerome Harrison, and SEA #1 (22^nd overall); this trade was called for a TRC vote by Ed on 1/6 evening – 1/7 Note: according to Gary/CIN there was a misunderstanding and he thought that J.Harrison was James Harrison, Gary has asked Dennis/SEA for a re-working of the deal and that is being worked out
• Comment from the Commissioner (for those following these transactions): The TRC is not micro-managing or looking things over too closely. Many of the deals made so far are not just medium or fringe players or even good players but many of them involve stars of the NFL and in several of the cases the deal at least initially appeared to be extremely far in one direction, a deal which simply benefits one team would be allowed but a deal which is severely and clearly one-sided (based upon the opinion of the majority of TRC members for the specific deal) is not allowed. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to let me know.
• January 6, 2009 – Nathan has changed the team name from DEN to the St. Louis Rams (this does not count as Nathan’s one career name change since Nathan hasn’t yet played a game with this team)
• January 7, 2009 – Paul/SD has found some errors in the rosters and these have been corrected, an e-mail to the league was sent (and posted on the message board) informing league members of these errors: 1) Ryan Boschetti DT 0-0 for WAS and Roy Manning LB 0-0 for CIN were not rated by Strat after all (they were likely rated during beta testing but not now) so they have been removed from the unowned players spreadsheet, 2) Travelle Wharton LT 4-4 for CAR and Andy McCollum for C/G 4-4 for STL were accidentally left off the unowned players spreadsheet but they have now been added; thank you Paul!
• January 9, 2009 Trade – SEA receives QB Matt Schaub, SS 4 Rodney Harrison, and CIN #6; CIN receives RLB 6-12-2* Julian Peterson, SS 0 Dawan Landry, and SEA #1 (22^nd overall)
• January 11, 2009 Trade – SF receives RB Reuben Droughns and IND #3 Supplemental Pick (“round 13”); IND receives SF #9
• January 12, 2009 Trade – JAX receives FL 6-6-6 Torry Holt; ARI receives SS 5 Jermaine Phillips
• January 14, 2009 Trade – BUF receives MLB 5-4 Keith Brooking; CAR receives BUF #2
• January 15, 2009 Trade – ARI receives LDT 5-3 Cornelius Griffin and LE 5-3 Chris Kelsay; CLE receives ARI #4
• January 17, 2009 Trade during the draft – NE receives ROLB 5-12 Shaun Phillips; CIN receives NE #1 (14^th overall)
• January 17, 2009 Trade during the draft – NE receives RLB 5-6 Donnie Edwards; BUF receives NE #2; Jay called for a vote on this trade and it was not disallowed on a 2-2 vote with Paul and Gary voting to allow while Jay and Ed voted to disallow (this vote was taken in the draft room and needed a quick 3-4 minute vote and Wayne was not in the room)
• January 17, 2009 Trade during the draft – GB receives LE 0-9 Robert Mathis; CIN receives WR/LP Dennis Northcutt and GB #3
• January 17, 2009 Trade during the draft – GB receives HB Dominic Rhodes; NYJ receives 2008 GB #4
• January 17, 2009 Trade during the draft – CIN receives HOU #10; HOU receives 2008 CIN #8
• January 17, 2009 Trade during the draft – BAL receives PHI #10; PHI receives 2008 BAL #10
• January 17, 2009 Trade during the draft – NYJ receives PR/KR Dante Hall and 2008 CIN #9; CIN receives 2008 NYJ #4
• January 17, 2009 Trade during the draft – NYJ receives LB 4-0 Kevin Bentley; ARI receives WR/LK Glenn Holt
• January 18, 2009 Trade – MIN receives C 5-4 Casey Rabach; STL receives MIN #1 Supplemental Pick (“round 11”) and 2008 MIN #5
• January 19, 2009 Trade – JAX receives RB Kenny Watson; CIN receives QB Jon Kitna
• January 20, 2009 Trade – CIN receives 2008 STL #7; STL receives CIN Supplemental Picks #1, #2, and #3
• January 20, 2009 Trade – BAL receives RB Jason Wright; NYJ receives 2008 BAL #5
• January 22, 2009 Trade – NYJ receives SS 6 Kerry Rhodes and 2008 STL #4; STL receives TE Tony Scheffler and 2008 NYJ #1
• January 26, 2009 Trade – BUF receives LT 4-5 Khalif Barnes; MIN receives WR Mike Williams and 2008 BUF #5
• January 29, 2009 – George/MIA has indicated that he does not have time to fulfill league commitments; I will find a replacement coach asap from the waiting list
• February 3, 2009 – Aaron (amathewson@yahoo.com) has taken over team MIA
• March 10, 2009 – Dave/ARI has decided to leave the 3 Strat leagues he is in due to work issues; I will find a replacement coach asap from the waiting list
• March 13, 2009 – Curt (CRetzlaff847@comcast.net) has taken over team ARI
• June 14, 2009 – Gary/CIN is not able to play his remaining 3 games, a permanent replacement will be found very soon, the league deadline will be extended to accommodate
• June 18, 2009 – Don (mington@aol.com) has taken over team CIN

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 5^th 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 7^th 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

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)

· 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)