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-Damn Yankees 10 2 0 4 2 0 1157 945 y-Airballers 9 3 0 4 1 0 1083 844 Chesapeake Bay Bombers 5 7 0 2 4 0 850 888 Philly Nesting Eagles 3 9 0 1 4 0 831 1001 x-Bayside Ballhogs 8 4 0 4 2 0 894 820 Nantucket Mustangs 5 7 0 3 3 0 873 933 Spers 5 7 0 3 3 0 858 854 Pink Baby Girls 5 7 0 2 4 0 745 973 x-Kookaburras 9 3 0 3 2 0 958 753 Wichita Linemen 6 6 0 3 3 0 911 968 San Francisco 69ers 4 8 0 4 1 0 943 987 Sparky's Warriors 3 9 0 1 5 0 807 944 Results ~~~~~~~ Damn Yankees (108) Airballers (104) Chesapeake Bay Bombers( 87) Nantucket Mustangs ( 67) Spers ( 50) Bayside Ballhogs ( 56) Pink Baby Girls ( 67) San Francisco 69ers ( 58) Philly Nesting Eagles ( 63) Kookaburras ( 76) Wichita Linemen ( 67) Sparky's Warriors ( 82) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Min QB Warren Moon NYG WR Thomas Lewis 7 Mia RB Irving Spikes GB WR Derrick Mayes 4 Arz QB Kent Graham Oak HC Mike White 8 Den WR Rod Smith StL D ST. LOUIS Trades ~~~~~~ None. Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Times Eastern (EDT/EST): Thursday 7:00AM: Team 10 Thursday 8:00AM: Team 3 Thursday 9:00AM: Team 11 Thursday 10:00AM: Team 5 Thursday 11:00AM: Team 2 Thursday 12:00PM: Team 6 Thursday 1:00PM: Team 7 Thursday 2:00PM: Team 12 Thursday 3:00PM: Team 8* Thursday 4:00PM: Team 9* Thursday 5:00PM: Team 1 Thursday 6:00PM: Team 4* Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kookaburras at Damn Yankees San Francisco 69ers at Chesapeake Bay Bombers Pink Baby Girls at Philly Nesting Eagles Sparky's Warriors at Bayside Ballhogs Airballers at Spers Nantucket Mustangs at Wichita Linemen 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