Welcome to the KRFL website. The Knute Rockne Football League was founded in 2001 by Jim Doyle, who served with distinction as our first commissioner thru mid-2003. The KRFL is a 24-team league that simulates the NFL using the Action PC Football game available from Dave Koch Sports (dksports.com). We have our own rookie draft, our own free agency, and our own salary cap and player retention system. Our 24 members have many diverse interests, but they share one common bond, the love of NFL football. For further information or to apply for membership, contact the KRFL commissioner.
The Rookie Draft website is at http://www.aaroncraneinstitute.com/football/apcfb_rookiedraft/ Everyone EXCEPT TURIN is still registered from last season. If you forgot your password, let me know. I can't reset it, but I can delete it allowing you to re-register for the draft site. No software changes since last season. However, the emailing of picks has been wonky, so be sure to check the draft site regularly.
Once you log in you will be able to set up your Player Priority List.
PLEASE remember to set AutoPick to 15 minutes under GM Options if you are going to use it to pick.
Trading will be allowed during the draft, but....Trades have be announced AND confirmed in the appropriate forum on the league website by 10PM Eastern the day before the round begins. So if you wanted to trade a 4th round draft pick, it would need to be announced and confirmed by 10PM Eastern the day the 3rd round ends.
I will monitor the draft as best I can. Email me if you have any issues. However, be aware that I am at work during the day and not always available. So I may not be able to response to your emails immediately. My mobile phone number is listed on the front page of the draft website.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS
>DECLINE PICK - NEVER, EVER click Decline Pick. If you do it will wipe out other team's picks, stop the draft and cause the Commissioner a lot of work to recreate the draft. So do not ever click on Decline Pick if you see it next to your pick or anyone else's pick.
>AUTOPICK TIME under GM Options. PLEASE log into the draft website, go to the GM Options tab and set "Turn on AutoPick to After" to 15 minutes. Please do this even if you do not intend to use the autopick feature. The software has a tendency to randomly reset it to 10 minutes, so please check it each time you log into the draft website
>UNSKIPPING A PICK when Auto Pick is turned ON. If your pick is skipped, and you click UNSKIP next to the pick to "unskip" it, be aware that if you have Autopick turned On and you have players listed in your player priority list, the software with automatically make your pick IMMEDIATELY when you click Unskip. If that is not your intention, uncheck AutoPick under GM Options (which turns it off) BEFORE you Unskipping the draft pick. That will allow you to manually select a player to pick.
>MOVING PLAYERS ON PLAYER PRIORITY LIST - When clicking the double arrows to move a player to the top of the priority list, there is a lag in the software. Be patient, the screen will refresh in a few seconds.
Schedule: After the first round, the daily draft schedule is two rounds per day. The first round will start at 9am EDT and end at approximately 2:45pm EDT. The second daily round will start at approximately 3pm EDT and end at approximately 9pm EDT.
PLEASE NOTE that other than the 9am EDT start time ALL OTHER TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE. As we found with prior drafts, the draft software tends to run a bit ahead of schedule and if someone has their autopick set for less than 15 minutes, that only makes it run faster. So please be aware of this.
---------------- -------------------- Upcoming League Schedule (Please refer to the Calendar on the league website for more information): June 5-8: KRFL Rookie Draft June 19-July 7 (subject to change, but unlikely): KRFL Free Agent Draft August 27-September 1: Pre-Season Free Agent Signing Week September 5: Deadline to submit Week #1 Coach's File September 6: KRFL Regular Season Kicks Off September 7: NFL Season Kicks Off September 7: Eight week In-Season Trading Period Opens October 31: In-Season Trading Period Closes at 10pm Eastern 11/1: In-season Trading Period Ends
Hopefully you get this message in your email. With Steve Ward's help, a change was made to settings on the website which will hopefully mean the members with GMail email accounts will get this message.
The league file posted last night was not entirely updated. I've removed it and posted a new one. Please download it. Sorry for the hiccup An update salary worksheet was also posted with changes to Des Moines and Edison.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD BOTH and CHECK YOUR ROSTERS ON BOTH FOR ERRORS. If you find any, alert me ASAP.
Three of 24 teams have posted so far. Deadline is Saturday May 27, 2022 at 10pm Eastern. Early compliance is appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trading is now closed until after the Roster Cut-Down process is complete.
The Annual Roster Cut Down period has begun and is a one-time, irrevocable, reporting of your roster and contract decisions. The 2023 Roster Cut-Down forums can be found at http://www.aaroncraneinstitute.com/football/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewforum.php?55 Please note there are sticky threads which include the rule for releasing a player without a salary cap penalty, the Development Roster and Franchise Player Salaries.
Each team has its own page. The instructions are on each team's page and are the same as in the past. The deadline for posting your roster decisions is Saturday May 27, 2022 at 10pm Eastern. This is a firm deadline. Early compliance is appreciated.
I have uploaded a current league file, salary worksheet and draft board to the League Files area on the website. PLEASE REVIEW YOUR ROSTER INFORMATION ON YOUR TEAM PAGE AND IF THERE IS AN ERROR, EMAIL ME IMMEDIATELY.
Any questions, please email me.
Mark Blume
-------------------- Upcoming League Schedule (Please refer to the Calendar on the league website for more information): May 27 10pm EDT: Deadline for posting Roster & Contract Decisions on the league forum June 5-8 (subject to change, but unlikely): KRFL Rookie Draft June 19-July 7 (subject to change, but unlikely): KRFL Free Agent Draft August 27-September 1: Pre-Season Free Agent Signing Week September 5: Deadline to submit Week #1 Coach's File September 6: KRFL Regular Season Kicks Off September 7: NFL Season Kicks Off September 7: Eight week In-Season Trading Period Opens October 31: In-Season Trading Period Closes at 10pm Eastern 11/1: In-season Trading Period Ends
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