Sunday, April 20, 2008

Expansion Draft Players

The list of players available for the 2008 Expansion Draft has been published at the following link:

www.arholtz.8m.com/Xdraft08.pdf

You may have to copy/paste the link.

These are the players from whom new owners Kelly Holtz and Matthew Payne will choose their first ten players. The Expansion Draft will take place in May; the exact date and time is yet to be determined.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Expansion!

The league has voted to expand to 12 teams for 2008 - congratulations to Matthew Payne and Kelly Holtz who will be new owners in the league. An expansion draft will be held in May to begin building the rosters of the new franchises. More info on that when it becomes available.....

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Rules Changes for 2008

The league's owners have approved a number of rules changes for the 2008 season. The most significant changes are as follows:

1. August Draft shortened from 15 rounds to 10.
2. Players under contract changed to: Rounds 1-2 for three years, Rounds 3-5 for two years.
3. Changes Home Field Advantage from 7 points in all games to 3 for all Regular Season games, 5 points for all postseason games except the Fantasy Bowl, and 7 points in the Fantasy Bowl.
4. Changes game tiebreaker to highest-scoring player in each starting lineup.

The complete and updated constitution and rule book are available at the link in the right-hand sidebar. You may have to copy/paste the shortcut to make it work.