2008 Draft Round 1

1)Rogues==================F. Gore (SF RB)
2)Gladiators==============L. Johnson (KC RB)
3)Fresh Fish==============W. McGahee (BAL RB)
4)Fogduckers==============C. Portis (WAS RB)
5)Tenacious Tanuki========R. Grant (GB RB)
6)Sappy Sap Suckers=======(J. Addai signed)
7)Pick Rabbits============(S. Jackson signed)
8)Blue Heelers============(B. Westbrook signed)
9)Coonhounds==============(L. Tomlinson signed)
10)Cybertron Decepticons=============(P. Manning signed)


I'll update this post as the picks come in.

Complete Rules For Contracts After May And More

Time for voting is pretty much over so here is the rules that have been changed this year.

1)We will have 1 starting QB instead of 2. (roster will still remain at 15 players)

2)We will go to 6 playoff teams next season instead of 8

3)Complete contract rules. These are permanent and can't have major changes made to them. All small issues that come up during the middle of the season will be ruled on by me and voted on before next year. Here we go

----You can only sign draft picks from the most current draft. They can be players you drafted yourself or traded for but must be a draft pick. IMPORTANT: if you release a draft pick that player loses all contract rights, meaning he can't be signed anymore by anyone, it doesn't matter if someone picks him up, he still can't be signed anymore.

----You will only be able to sign players that are drafted and on your roster at the end of the season

----Traded players can be traded more then once and still be signed as long as they weren't released.

----If you trade/release a player that is under contract already, that player loses his current contract. IMPORTANT: players that are under contract and go to their contract team are not "drafted" players and can't be signed by a new owner if they trade for them. EXP: I have A. Peterson signed to a contract so he fills in my 13th round draft choice but doesn't count as a drafted player. If I trade him away to Joe, Peterson loses his current contract. Joe can't sign Peterson because he wasn't really "drafted" he was drafted last year.

----If you drop/trade a player away with a contract, since they lose it you then get it back. EXP. I signed Peterson to a 3 year deal, if I drop or trade him, I will get my 3 year contract back.

4)You can't trade with an owner more then twice. This should open up the trading with everyone more. Also remember if you trade someone away, you can't trade for that player again until 5 games has passed, this rule was to block any "borrowing" trades to avoid byes.

If you have any contract questions post them in comments, I'm sure there are some bugs to work out with this system but we have worked on it all month. I'll handle any issues during the season.

Voting

This is voting for the below contract issue.

1) Get a new contract in place of the one on the dropped/traded player?

2) Get new contract when the old one expires

3) Get some type of 1 year contract or something

Last Contract Stuff...............I Think

Last issue to vote and discuss with contracts is, when someone drops/trades a signed player............do they.......


1) Get a new contract in place of the one on the dropped/traded player?

2) Get new contract when the old one expires

3) Get some type of 1 year contract or something

Since contracts don't carry with the players that are moved around I think any one of these could work.

Team Names

Post your team name for this year in the comments area, I'll update this post as the names come in.

Format is (team last year === owner name === team this year)

1.Pink Rabbits === Nick N === Pink Rabbits
2.Bebop Cola === Kevin === Cybertron Decepticons
3.Blue Heelers === Angie === Blue Heelers
4.Rogues === Dan === Rogues
5.Fresh Fish === Woody === Fresh Fish
6.Coonhounds === Joe === Coonhounds
7.Sappy Sap Suckers === Steve === Sappy Sap Suckers
8.Tenacious Tanuki === Branden === Tenacious Tanuki
9.---------------- === Charles === Fogduckers
10.--------------- === Amy === Gladiators

Contractssssssss again and again

Ok, while the last topic finishes up voting we have to decide what happens when a contracted player is traded or dropped. We already know that if you drop a unsigned player he loses all rights to be signed at all but what about players that are under contract already? Ideas

1) All dropped players lose current contract and become a normal FA and all traded players lose current contracts and become a normal player.

2)Contracts on players stay with that player until it expires no matter what.

3)Only traded players keep contracts they were signed too.

I think it would be easier if we did the first one. That way everyone knows what happens no matter what. Also it keeps owners from trying to get a bunch of signed players on their team, no one should get more then 2 signed players.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

Ok so our contract talks for part 2 are done. This is the offical vote on it.

1)You can only sign drafted players that we kept on your roster or you got through a trade. All players that were drafted and released will lose all signing rights. If a player is placed on IR you can drop him and still have the option to sign him at the end of the year. This vote will also keep our rosters to 15 players

2)You can sign drafted players regardless if you keep them or not.

3)Draft picks/traded can be dropped safe if under contract already and will go back to owner at start of next season