I'm now starting to look at rules changes going into the '97 season. If there is anything in the rules you'd like to be reviewed, let me know. For those who haven't figured it out yet, RAFFLE is pretty close to being a year-round league. This means that you'll need to keep an eye on your mailbox for RAFFLE stuff. The spring is usually when RAFFLE goes out -- including the rules for next season. The summer typically brings trades for players and draft picks. (Don't forget that picks for the '97 and '98 drafts can be traded.) After barely receiving the minimum 24 votes needed, the issue for Week 17 lineups has been resolved. By a 15-10 decision, the Week 17 lineups are now due at 20:00 EST on Fri Dec 20. (This will enable them to be mailed out that evening.) The report will be mailed on Dec 27 or 28. When indicating playoff potential I played things a little conservative, figuring a range of 0-150 points per team per week and all losses to all wins for the rest of the season. x-won division y-in playoffs z-eliminated from playoffs Standings ~~~~~~~~~ Record Division Pts Pts W L T W L T For Agnst --------------------------------------------------- y-Peace Frogs 8 4 0 4 2 0 900 772 y-Trouncers 7 5 0 3 2 0 833 852 Purple Bruins 5 7 0 2 3 0 917 878 Obliterators 4 8 0 2 4 0 660 865 x-Wisconsin Panthers 11 1 0 6 0 0 1154 838 Quarks 6 6 0 3 3 0 937 951 Technicolor Goatboys 5 7 0 1 5 0 746 918 Millionaires 4 7 1 2 4 0 800 816 x-Longhorns 8 3 1 5 0 0 1001 845 MegaHurts 5 6 1 2 2 1 835 856 Rainbow Warriors 4 8 0 2 4 0 977 1002 Slaying Annihilators 3 8 1 1 4 1 838 1005 Results ~~~~~~~ Peace Frogs ( 49) Purple Bruins ( 77) Obliterators ( 30) Technicolor Goatboys( 81) Quarks ( 89) Wisconsin Panthers (109) Millionaires ( 58) MegaHurts ( 59) Trouncers ( 69) Longhorns ( 91) Rainbow Warriors ( 78) Slaying Annihilators( 85) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9 Buf TE Lonnie Johnson NYJ WR Jeff Graham 7 Buf K Steve Christie Arz QB Boomer Esiason KC D KANSAS CITY Min RB Moe Williams SF RB Tommy Vardell 10 Dal WR Deion Sanders SD RB Leonard Russell Den WR Ed McCaffrey Atl WR J.J. Birden 5 Bal HC Ted Marchibroda Bal TE Eric Green GB TE Mark Chmura NYG WR Thomas Lewis KC WR Chris Penn Sea WR Ricky Proehl 6 Oak WR James Jett GB TE Mark Chmura Trades ~~~~~~ TM Gets TM Gets TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bal WR Derrick Alexander 10 GB WR Robert Brooks Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Times Eastern (EDT/EST): Thursday 7:00AM: Team 12 Thursday 8:00AM: Team 3 Thursday 9:00AM: Team 9 Thursday 10:00AM: Team 8 Thursday 11:00AM: Team 6 Thursday 12:00PM: Team 2 Thursday 1:00PM: Team 11 Thursday 2:00PM: Team 7 Thursday 3:00PM: Team 1 Thursday 4:00PM: Team 4* Thursday 5:00PM: Team 10* Thursday 6:00PM: Team 5* Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Longhorns at Peace Frogs MegaHurts at Obliterators Millionaires at Trouncers Slaying Annihilators at Wisconsin Panthers Purple Bruins at Quarks Technicolor Goatboys at Rainbow Warriors Atlanta at Cincinnati Carolina at Houston Dallas at NY Giants Denver at Minnesota Detroit at Chicago Indianapolis at New England Jacksonville at Baltimore New Orleans at Tampa Bay NY Jets at Buffalo Oakland at Seattle Philadelphia at Arizona San Diego at Kansas City San Francisco at Washington Green Bay at St. Louis Pittsburgh at Miami