Tampa Bay Fantasy League

The 2009 Franchise Player Deadline has come and gone.  A record 65 players have been franchised by TBFL teams for the upcoming season, meaning six and a half rounds of the draft are essentially already completed.  That combined with the change to two minute rounds (and the fact that Runs N Throses only has 7 picks to left to make) should make the draft run that much quicker this year.

By positions: 13 Quarterbacks, 23 Running Backs, 24 Wide Receivers, 4 Defensive Units, and 1 Kicker.

Complete List after the break:

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Just a friendly reminder that there is only one more week till the Franchise Player Deadline. If you have not yet officially submitted your keeper list to the Commish…now is the time to start working it out. For those that may have forgotten where it is, the list of potential keepers is located here. Let me know if you have any questions.

Multiple media outlets are reporting that the Arena Football League will be “suspending operations indefinitely” and may also be declaring bankruptcy. Current TBFL owners Shannon Harris and Hunter McGaughey and former TBFL owner Andy Lopusnak have all had ties with the league between the Tampa Bay Storm and Grand Rapids Rampage. No word at press time if Great American Group will have any involvement in liquidating league assets, but if so….you know…helmet stickers….TBFL HQ…say no more…

Story on 4LTR

OK, since it seems to be the worst kept secret in the TBFL, please welcome back Hunter in his return to the Bandit Division. Based out of Columbus, OH, ‘The Crew’ do sport the colors of -THE OTHER- local CBUS team….but I think it is more of a pimp slap at ….I don’t know…. some other owner….than it is any kind of actual homage to the Nut Lovers.

2009 FRANCHISE PLAYER STATUS

I have had some official notifications, and various conversations with some league members where they have stated what they will do and where we have guessed at what other people are thinking.  Just to give everyone a heads up to the current Franchise Player picture and to help people make the final decision with their on the fence players, I’ve compiled the following list of both confirmed, supposed, and rumored franchise players:
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Glad to see so much activity this early in the pre-season – can only believe that is a good sign for the coming season….

As you have probably noticed, I’m working on updating the site appearance and navigation….but I’ve forgotten alot of the CSS I learned when I first put together the current look – so bear with me while I try to piece it back together.
As you may not have noticed – Team Helmets and logos are coming back.  I finally figured out how to properly use Team Icons and Images…at least I think I do……I have a good higher resolution image for the helmets than the old one I used to use and am working to create new ones or imitate the old ones to the best of my ability.  If you are thinking of changing a team name or logo for this year (as the Cows may well be…) then NOW IS THE TIME TO TELL ME !

RULEBOOK CHANGES

I started scouring through last year’s message board posts about suggested rulebook changes and realized we never gave a final say on some issues:

1. Trade Deadline – With the new rules for trading future year draft picks in place, the importance of moving up the trading deadline was discussed.  Ultimately to be more in line with NFL rules we are going with Week 7 being the trading deadline.  It is at the just over mid-point of the season as opposed to the old Week 10 deadline.  This means the rule that does not allow any released players drafted in the first three rounds to be picked back up by any team will change as well and I will have to monitor that a few weeks longer…

2. A ‘Losers Playoff’ – It was suggested we have a seperate playoff for the bottom six teams, and everyone seemed to think it was a good idea, but we never agreed on what the official prize for being ‘Best of the Rest’ should be.  I am in favor of instituting this change with the reward being that team getting their choice of draft position.  This way they can draft the next year from where they see the best opportunity and the worst team in the regular season (if it is not them) will still draft no worse than the #2 slot…

3. Contextual Changes – Questions were presented last year about some verbiage that related to back before everything was automated on the MyFantasyLeague site.  I am re-writing those sections to more accurately reflect the current technology…

4. Warriors made a suggestion that really drew no discussion at all about making changes to Defensive Scoring, specifically stating:

up the points already and allow for negative points too!

Since there was no other real discussion of it, I have no plans to change it.  I’ll give you guys this week to discuss it before I finalize anything….

I have entered in the 2009 Draft order, including the draft pick trades made from last season. You can find the draft report at: REPORTS>>LEAGUE>>DRAFT from the top menu. As always – review for any glaring errors.

The 2009 TBFL Draft takes place Sunday September 6, 2009 at Noon EST
The Franchise Player Deadline is Sunday August 30, 2009 at 9pm EST

Link to the Potential Franchise Player list at the TBFL Blog is here.

Officially 2 Months and 10 days till the Franchise Player Deadline – remember you can check the potential list that I have posted here.

I have officially gotten either verbal/written/or cash verification from all owners except Marauders (You reading this TP?) that they are returning this year.  Everyone be sure to bombard Tod with emails encouraging him to return so we can bring back all twelve teams for the first time in league history….

I am working on the 2009 Rulebook Re-Write – look for some message board posts real soon to clarify some changes we proposed last year but never completely ironed out….

No Arena League this year has left my entire Spring and Early Summer a vast wasteland of football anticipation and I am hungrier than ever to get the season started….

Hope you guys are as geeked as I am

Quick FAQ:
UFA = Undrafted Free Agent
The number shown for 2008 is the round the player was drafted in.
The number shown for 2009 is the lowest round that player can be franchised.
If you want to franchise two players with the same number (ie. 12) one can be held in the 12th round, while the other will have to be held in the 11th or higher round.
The Franchise Player Deadline is Sunday, August 30, 2009.

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