I need to push the Free Agent Draft back one week. Revised Schedule is:
Upcoming League Schedule (subject to change) Refer to the league website for the complete calendar 4/5/24 - Release of 2023 player ratings by ActionPC Football 4/24/24: Expected release of the 2024 game update and player ratings 4/25/24 - 4/27/24: NFL Draft 5/3/24: Deadline to confirm your roster 4/29/24 - 5/18/24: Trading is Open 5/19/24 - 5/25/24: Roster Cut-Down and Player Contracting Week 6/3/24 - 6/7/24: Rookie Draft 6/24/24 - 7/12/24: Free Agent Draft 7/21/24 - 8/23/24: Trading Open 8/25/24 - 8/31/24: Pres-season Free Agent Signing Period 9/1/24 : Deadline to submit week #1 coach's file 9/4/24 : KRFL Regular Season Kick-off 9/4/24 - 10/29/24 : In-season Trading Period
The results of the voting on the proposed rule changes was as follows. Proposal require a 2/3's majority approval to pass.
Proposal to use "NBA style" draft lottery for the first four picks in round #1 only. PASSED by a vote of 17 for and 7 against (71%) This change will go into effect for the 2025 season.
Proposal to end trading with the start of the regular season. FAILED by a vote 8 for and 16 against (33%)
Proposal for specific salaries for each draft position in the Free Agent Draft. FAILED by a vote of 8 for and 16 against (33%)
An updated league rule book can be found at the "League Rules" link in the "League Info" box in the upper left hand corner of the league home page.
------------------------ With the draft lottery complete, Moline needs to decide if it wants the first pick in the 2024 Rookie Draft or the 2024 Free Agent Draft.
----------------------- Upcoming League Schedule (subject to change) Refer to the league website for the complete calendar 4/5/24 - Release of 2023 player ratings by ActionPC Football 4/24/24: Expected release of the 2024 game update and player ratings 4/25/24 - 4/27/24: NFL Draft 5/3/24: Deadline to confirm your roster 4/29/24 - 5/18/24: Trading is Open 5/19/24 - 5/25/24: Roster Cut-Down and Player Contracting Week 6/3/24 - 6/7/24: Rookie Draft 6/18/24 - 7/12/24: Free Agent Draft 7/21/24 - 8/23/24: Trading Open 8/25/24 - 8/31/24: Pres-season Free Agent Signing Period 9/1/24 : Deadline to submit week #1 coach's file 9/4/24 : KRFL Regular Season Kick-off 9/4/24 - 10/29/24 : In-season Trading Period
Based on last season's results and the tie breaker process, the four teams eligible for the lottery picks and the numbers they have been assigned are: Moline: 000-249 W. Seattle: 250-499 Warrington: 500-749 Pittsburgh: 750-999
The lottery results are: 1. Maryland Midday Pick 3 - 128: MOLINE 2. Georgia Midday Pick 3 - 276: W. SEATTLE 3. New Jersey Midday Pick 3 - 117: Moline. So ignored. 4. South Carolina Midday Pick 3 - 304: W. Seattle. So ignored 5. Maine Day Pick 3 - 330: W. Seattle. So ignored 6. Texas Day Pick 3 - 924: PITTSBURGH So WARRINGTON picks 4
Moline needs to decide if it wants the first pick in the Rookie Draft or the first pick in the Free Agent Draft. The order of the first four picks will be reversed for the draft not chosen.
A reminder of the Mandatory voting on this seasons rule change proposals.
Voting on ALL proposed rule changes is MANDATORY. Failure to vote will result in a $1.0 million penalty applied to your Free Agent Draft Salary Cap. Your vote must be cast by Saturday March 30, 10pm EDT. The following teams have not voted: Allentown Appalachian Des Moines Moline Vancouver Warrington
Under Rule 5, the first four picks in the rookie and free agent drafts are determined by a draft lottery. The lottery will be held Saturday, March 30 and this year includes Moline, W. Seattle, Warrington and Pittsburgh.
The determination of the draft order of the first four picks in each round of the draft will use a lottery system using the following state lotteries in the order listed below. The Commissioner will go down the list and match-up the pre-determined lottery number for each team with the corresponding range of winning lottery numbers to determine the order of the draft. If we get to the bottom of the state lottery list below and do not have the draft order set, we will continue the lottery the following day with the same state lotteries. Once a team has been assigned a spot in the lottery if their number comes up again, they will be skipped.
The Commissioner will go down the list and match-up the pre-determined lottery number for each team with the corresponding range of winning lottery numbers to determine the order of the draft. If we get to the bottom of the state lottery list below and do not have the draft order set, we will continue the lottery the following day with the same state lotteries. Once a team has been assigned a spot in the lottery if their number comes up again, they will be skipped.
1. Maryland Midday Pick 3 approx 12:30pm EDT 2. Georgia Midday Pick 3 approx 12:30pm EDT 3. New Jersey Midday Pick 3 approx 1pm EDT 4. South Carolina Midday Pick 3 approx 1pm EDT 5. Maine Day Pick 3 approx 1pm EDT 6. Texas Day Pick 3 (Morning drawing is ignored) approx. 1:30pm EDT 7. Florida Midday Pick 3 approx 1:30pm EDT 8. Connecticut Day Play 3 approx. 2pm EDT 9. Virginia Day Pick 3 approx 2pm EDT 10. Wisconsin Midday Pick 3 approx 2:30pm EDT 11. Maine Evening Pick 3 approx 7pm EDT 12. South Carolina Evening Pick 3 approx 7pm EDT 13. Georgia Evening Pick 3 approx 7pm EDT 14. Texas Evening Pick 3 approx 7pm EDT 15. Maryland Evening Pick 3 approx 8pm EDT 16. Florida Evening Pick 3 approx 9:45pm EDT 17. Wisconsin Evening Pick 3 approx 10pm EDT 18. Connecticut Night Play 3 approx 10:30pm EDT 19. New Jersey Evening Pick 3 approx 11pm EDT 20. Virginia Night Pick 3 approx 11pm EDT 21. Texas Night Pick 3 approx 11:15 EDT 22. Georgia Night Pick 3 approx 11:30pm EDT
Each team will be assigned every fourth number from 000-999 based on their seeded position, and the lottery drawings on a date to be announced in advance will determine the draft order. For example, let's assume Newark is the poorest team. Newark would be assigned the numbers 000-249... Hedonic might be assigned the numbers 250-499... Manchester might be assigned the numbers 500-749...Kendall might be assigned the numbers 750-999.
Now let's assume on the lottery date chosen, the numbers of the actual lottery drawing results for the first four lotteries above were: 773, 113, 919, 632. Thus, the team assigned the number 773 would draft first in this example (Manchester). The team assigned the number 113 (Newark) would draft second. The team assigned the numbers 919 (Manchester) is already drafting first, so we skip those numbers. The team assigned the number 632 is Kendall, so they would draft 3rd. The team drafting 4th must then be Hedonic, under this example.
Based on last season's results and the tie breaker process, the four teams eligible for the lottery picks and the numbers they have been assigned are: Moline: 000-249 W. Seattle: 250-499 Warrington: 500-749 Pittsburgh: 750-999
Good luck to all!
The rest of the draft order is: 5 Baltimore 4 wins 6 Salem 5 wins, strength of victories .300 7 Appalachian 5 wins, strength of victories .284 8 Rolling Green 6 wins 9 Las Vegas 7 wins, strength of victories .269 10 Boca Raton 7 wins, strength of victories .210 11 Turin 8 wins, strength of victories .441 12 Edison 8 wins, strength of victories .371 13 Allentown 9 wins Wild Card Loss 14 Penn St 10 wins, strength of victories .450, Wild Card Loss 15 Kentucky 10 wins, strength of victories .447, Wild Card Loss 16 Bensalem 11wins Wild Card Loss 17 SW Florida 10 wins, Divisional Loss 18 Bay City 11 wins, Divisional Loss 19 Tampa Bay 12 wins, Divisional Loss 20 Iowa 13 wins, Divisional Loss 21 Des Moines 13 wins, Conf. Champ Loss 22 Cleveland 15 wins, Conf. Champ Loss 23 Vancouver 15 wins, Runner-Up 24 Atlanta 14 wins, Champion
Upcoming League Schedule (subject to change) Refer to the league website for the complete calendar 3/30/24: Lottery to determine the order of the first four picks in the draft. 4/24/24: Expected release of the 2024 game update and player ratings 4/25/24 - 4/27/24: NFL Draft 5/3/24: Deadline to confirm your roster 4/29/24 - 5/18/24: Trading is Open 5/19/24 - 5/25/24: Roster Cut-Down and Player Contracting Week 6/3/24 - 6/7/24: Rookie Draft 6/18/24 - 7/12/24: Free Agent Draft 7/21/24 - 8/23/24: Trading Open 8/25/24 - 8/31/24: Pres-season Free Agent Signing Period 9/1/24 : Deadline to submit week #1 coach's file 9/4/24 : KRFL Regular Season Kick-off 9/4/24 - 10/29/24 : In-season Trading Period