Trade windows are back this week. Don't forget that daylight savings ends this coming weekend. (This affects those overseas more than those of us in the U.S.) The result is that all of the deadlines will be FIVE hours behind GMT instead of four. I also need to clear up a few things: > Trade windows are used to give the bad teams priority over better teams when trying to acquire players not already on someone's FFL roster. If you don't get your mail sent in time, it gets queued up for processing after the last trade window ends (18:00 eastern). This affects waiver wire activity only -- trades are processed as I hear from the owners. > When submitting lineups, please make sure you either 1) state clearly which players to roll over from the previous week, or 2) send a complete lineup. (The second is preferred so that I don't miss anything.) > All three leagues are now considered Keeper -- League III teams roll over a portion of their rosters starting this coming off-season. > There were a couple questions about the schedules in Lgs I & II. Both leagues play a place schedule that puts you against teams that finished in the same position in the other divisions. (It also means that there's one team in each of the other divisions you don't play.) I try to keep teams from playing each other two weeks in a row, but twice in three weeks may happen occasionally. > I don't know how many of you have heard about some of the changes the NFL is considering -- the key being the 18-game season that shortens the preseason. If this goes through, there will be some rework in the RAFFLE post-season. NOTE: this wouldn't go into effect until the 1998 season when the yet-to-be- negotiated TV contracts take effect. > I'm looking to rework the way off-season rules changes are done. Currently, the Competition Committee votes on it. This worked well when we were all non-Keeper and there were five members all in Raleigh. With a couple of moves and owner losses, we're down to four owners in two cities. Standings ~~~~~~~~~ Record Division Pts Pts W L T W L T For Agnst ----------------------------------------------------- Damn Yankees 7 1 0 2 1 0 759 617 Airballers 6 2 0 3 0 0 704 543 Chesapeake Bay Bombers 3 5 0 2 2 0 543 574 Philly Nesting Eagles 1 7 0 0 4 0 530 697 Bayside Ballhogs 7 1 0 3 1 0 645 515 Spers 5 3 0 3 1 0 619 530 Nantucket Mustangs 3 5 0 2 3 0 555 587 Pink Baby Girls 2 6 0 1 4 0 475 682 Kookaburras 7 1 0 3 1 0 675 469 Wichita Linemen 4 4 0 2 1 0 592 684 San Francisco 69ers 2 6 0 2 1 0 611 679 Sparky's Warriors 1 7 0 0 4 0 517 648 Results ~~~~~~~ San Francisco 69ers (106) Damn Yankees (106) Yankees win in OT Sparky's Warriors ( 49) Airballers ( 83) Chesapeake Bay Bombers( 78) Philly Nesting Eagles ( 61) Wichita Linemen ( 51) Bayside Ballhogs ( 62) Spers (132) Pink Baby Girls ( 22) Nantucket Mustangs ( 52) Kookaburras ( 91) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Was WR Leslie Shepherd Hou WR Chris Sanders GB WR Don Beebe Mia WR Fred Barnett 8 Bal TE Eric Green GB WR Don Beebe 4 Mia WR Fred Barnett NO RB Ray Zellars 9 Chi QB Erik Kramer Min RB Brad Johnson NYG D N.Y. GIANTS TB QB Trent Dilfer 3 NYJ TE Kyle Brady Mia WR Fred Barnett 2 Car RB Leroy Hoard Bal WR Calvin Williams 11 SF RB Tommy Vardell Ind K Cary Blanchard Trades ~~~~~~ TM Gets TM Gets TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 Sea RB Chris Warren 4 Oak WR Tim Brown Atl WR Eric Metcalf GB WR Don Beebe Dal TE Eric Bjornson Was WR Leslie Shepherd Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Times Eastern (EDT/EST): Thursday 7:00AM: Team 10 Thursday 8:00AM: Team 3 Thursday 9:00AM: Team 5 Thursday 10:00AM: Team 11 Thursday 11:00AM: Team 2 Thursday 12:00PM: Team 7 Thursday 1:00PM: Team 12 Thursday 2:00PM: Team 6 Thursday 3:00PM: Team 1 Thursday 4:00PM: Team 8* Thursday 5:00PM: Team 9* Thursday 6:00PM: Team 4* Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bayside Ballhogs at Damn Yankees Chesapeake Bay Bombers at Airballers Sparky's Warriors at Philly Nesting Eagles San Francisco 69ers at Nantucket Mustangs Kookaburras at Pink Baby Girls Wichita Linemen at Spers Carolina at Philadelphia Dallas at Miami Indianapolis at Washington Jacksonville at Cincinnati Kansas City at Denver NY Giants at Detroit NY Jets at Arizona Pittsburgh at Atlanta St. Louis at Baltimore San Diego at Seattle San Francisco at Houston Tampa Bay at Green Bay Buffalo at New England Chicago at Minnesota