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 -------------------------------------------------- Hell's Kitchen 7 5 0 4 1 0 927 808 Dolphins 7 5 0 3 3 0 823 787 Little Giants 6 6 0 3 3 0 987 882 z-Pittsburgh Ironmen 2 10 0 1 4 0 582 936 y-Grizzlies 7 5 0 3 2 0 1079 935 Longhorns 7 5 0 4 1 0 991 1008 Frankfort Fatboys 6 6 0 2 3 0 940 912 Sunville SunJewel's 5 7 0 1 4 0 928 956 y-Saginaw Sharks 9 3 0 5 1 0 853 721 y-Prime Timers 8 4 0 4 2 0 913 824 Bills 4 8 0 0 5 0 818 1004 Heathens 4 8 0 2 3 0 754 822 Results ~~~~~~~ Dolphins ( 84) Little Giants ( 65) Prime Timers ( 62) Grizzlies ( 60) Pittsburgh Ironmen ( 33) Sunville SunJewel's( 78) Bills (114) Longhorns ( 88) Hell's Kitchen (106) Frankfort Fatboys ( 59) Saginaw Sharks ( 66) Heathens ( 54) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 KC K Pete Stoyanovich KC RB Greg Hill 5 Min HC Dennis Green Trades ~~~~~~ None. Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Times Eastern (EDT/EST): Thursday 7:00AM: Team 3 Thursday 8:00AM: Team 12 Thursday 9:00AM: Team 9 Thursday 10:00AM: Team 6 Thursday 11:00AM: Team 8 Thursday 12:00PM: Team 4 Thursday 1:00PM: Team 1 Thursday 2:00PM: Team 2* Thursday 3:00PM: Team 7 Thursday 4:00PM: Team 5* Thursday 5:00PM: Team 11 Thursday 6:00PM: Team 10* Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grizzlies at Pittsburgh Ironmen Sunville SunJewel's at Longhorns Heathens at Frankfort Fatboys Hell's Kitchen at Bills Little Giants at Saginaw Sharks Dolphins at Prime Timers 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