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 -------------------------------------------------- Hell's Kitchen 5 3 0 3 1 0 622 505 Little Giants 4 4 0 3 2 0 630 568 Dolphins 4 4 0 1 2 0 572 571 Pittsburgh Ironmen 2 6 0 1 3 0 444 688 Longhorns 6 2 0 4 0 0 655 636 Grizzlies 4 4 0 2 2 0 695 661 Frankfort Fatboys 4 4 0 1 2 0 628 555 Sunville SunJewel's 3 5 0 1 4 0 606 696 Saginaw Sharks 7 1 0 3 1 0 593 460 Prime Timers 5 3 0 4 1 0 631 533 Heathens 2 6 0 1 2 0 502 561 Bills 2 6 0 0 4 0 479 623 Results ~~~~~~~ Little Giants ( 97) Dolphins ( 45) Sunville SunJewel's( 38) Hell's Kitchen (111) Longhorns (106) Grizzlies ( 95) Pittsburgh Ironmen ( 62) Frankfort Fatboys (103) Saginaw Sharks ( 73) Bills ( 67) Prime Timers ( 48) Heathens ( 50) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11 GB RB Dorsey Levens Oak QB Jeff Hostetler 10 Ind WR Sean Dawkins GB WR Don Beebe Jac RB Natrone Means Pit WR Charles Johnson Phi WR Chris T. Jones Was WR Leslie Shepherd Cin WR Darnay Scott Was D WASHINGTON 8 NO RB Mario Bates Mia WR Fred Barnett Cin HC David Shula SD HC Bobby Ross 7 StL HC Rich Brooks 1 TB WR Alvin Harper TB WR Robb Thomas Det D DETROIT Mia TE Troy Drayton Sea TE Christian Fauria Jac D JACKSONVILLE Car QB Steve Beuerlein Buf D BUFFALO Trades ~~~~~~ None. Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Times Eastern (EDT/EST): Thursday 7:00AM: Team 3 Thursday 8:00AM: Team 9 Thursday 9:00AM: Team 12 Thursday 10:00AM: Team 6 Thursday 11:00AM: Team 1 Thursday 12:00PM: Team 8 Thursday 1:00PM: Team 4 Thursday 2:00PM: Team 5 Thursday 3:00PM: Team 2* Thursday 4:00PM: Team 11 Thursday 5:00PM: Team 7* Thursday 6:00PM: Team 10* Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dolphins at Hell's Kitchen Heathens at Pittsburgh Ironmen Longhorns at Little Giants Grizzlies at Frankfort Fatboys Sunville SunJewel's at Bills Saginaw Sharks at Prime Timers 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