And waiting.
<clock ticking...>
We met, oh, about 6 months ago (it seems) for our End of Season: The Gathering and discussed some rules changes and some other fun things. Here's the adjustments to the rules we agreed upon:
- We agreed to return to the way we formerly named "The Worst," that being the loser of the Loser Bowl.
- An IR spot will be added, with the understanding that the spot will only be used for players who are on IR, even if the ESPN rules allow for other uses.
- We modified our keeper rule. Effective with the 2018 Draft, each player will only be allowed to be declared a keeper in two consecutive years (players who have been kept multiple years up to now don't matter; their clock resets). We will continue with our round penalty. We also added a provision that once a keeper would be kept in Round 0, he can no longer be kept.
The Commish also informed the owners of the following:
- there will be an adjustment to the schedule for 2018. Basically, if you played a team twice this year, you'll only play them once next year, and vice versa.
- A trade deadline is now formally in place (in prior years, The Commish had full veto power). Saturday at 11:59pm Eastern time, leading up to Week 13. In 2018, it appears that will be December 1, 2018.
I believe these are the only adjustments to the league this year. I love the minor adjustments that hopefully will continue to make our league a little more interesting as the season goes on.
In the offseason, let's continue to use the GroupMe. I think it's a great way to stay in touch. We should also consider getting together sometime to play some actual football, because I think it would be fun. And not at all dangerous.
And we'll try to have a Draft Order Determination Event, perhaps in the late Spring. And then the draft, probably the final weekend in August, since we probably won't want to draft on Labor Day Weekend? All this is up in the air, but keep it in mind. I would LOVE to have a 100% in-person draft this year (no more boat-drafters).
We won't be putting together a Smarter Than Tim McCarver Fantasy Baseball League any time soon, since very few of you seem interested in fantasy baseball. (Which is totally fine. I agree to join a league a few weeks ago, and I'm already regretting it, and we haven't even drafted yet.) So we'll stick with our own fantasy football things.
Anyone got any ideas to make the actual NFL draft fun? Pete? I feel like this is right up your alley.
Also Pete: where's my money from our playoff pool? If memory serves, I had the Eagles, who won the Super Bowl. And I've got some charities that are anxiously awaiting my prize money.
