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
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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
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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
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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
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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