Guidelines

As the title rightly suggests, the following are guidelines which would be greatly appreciated if followed.



1. Dropping of players into Waivers

In our league, a player, when dropped, stays in the Waiver Wire for 2 days before anyone can pick him up and start him. If a player is dropped on Friday or Saturday, it becomes close or impossible for another owner to start him.

Dropping a player at a time to stop anyone from getting him is perhaps gamesmanship, but it should apply only when said player had been in on the roster of the owner for at least one game day before being dropped or if said player was a game-time decision. In summary, the guide line is

A player can be dropped on Friday or Saturday only if
a. said player was on the game day roster the previous sunday
b. or said player is injured or a game-time decision in the coming week

In case a manager really wants to drop him, please intimate the commish so that his waiver date can be set to Saturday or Sunday so that other teams have a chance to pick up the player.

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2008 Draft Order & Timings

The 2008 Draft Order and Draft timings are available below.

Draft Order:

1. Pravin
2. Rishi
3. Ram
4. Siva
5. Kesavan
6. Tejus
7. Arun
8. Bak
9. G
10. Lil



1. Draft begins 25th August, 2008 5pm PST, 8PM EST, 26th Aug 5:30am IST. All times given below in PST due to bias, convenience, lack of skills etc.

2. 30 minutes per pick.

3. Pravin, Rishi, Ram and Siva will make their picks on Monday 25th Aug 2008 by 5,6,7,8 pms PST respectively. The draft will then proceed based on the below given timings.

4. Your times start 30 minutes _before_ the slot timings given below. Your time ends based on the slots given below.

5. You are free to make the choice anytime after the previous person had made the pick. You do not have to wait till your time begins. For example: if your slot is at 8pm in the night, and you see the previous pick at 7am in the morning, go ahead and make your pick.

6. If you have not made your pick on time, I will try and call you on the number I have. In case am not able to reach you, an auto pick will be made based on Yahoo's top available list and your current roster. The priority of picks is RBs, WRs and QBs. If you already have more than 4 RBs/WRs and 2 QBs, then TEs, Ds and K's will be picked.

7. If you are not sure you can make your pick at the right time, send me a personal email with your top 3 picks and I will pick them in that order as available. If all the three are not available, an autopick will be done. You can send me more than 3 picks if you choose to.

25th August : 4 picks
26th August onwards: 2 Rounds each.

Timings in PST

Pravin: 8:30pm (11:30pm EST)
Rishi: 8pm, 9pm
Ram: 7:30pm, 9:30pm
Siva: 7pm, 10pm
Kesavan: 6:30pm, 10:30pm (7am IST, 11am IST)
Tejus: 10:30am, 6:30am (11pm IST, 7pm IST)
Arun: 10:00am, 7am
Bak: 9:30am, 7:30am (10pm IST, 8pm IST)
G:9am, 8am
Lil:8:30am (9pm IST)

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Kickoff

And that is how it usually starts :-).

Welcome to 'Line of Scrimmage' - the megaphone for our Fantasy Football League. "Our" in here indicates a bunch of people who have an interest in the game that ranges from casual ("So, Is there a match this weekend ??") to interested ("Would Ladainian Tomlinson be able to repeat his 2006 effort ??") to quite over the top ("Houston has invested two of its first round choices in developing the defensive line, could that be because they play against a high-powered offense like the Colts and a dual threat QB like Vince Young twice a year ??").

You can start of by looking at the "Index" table on the right hand side of this entry. It gives you a fair idea of the league, its managers and the rules. It also contains links to various Fantasy Football sites that give in-depth coverage of player value, suggested starting line-ups and potential sleeper candidates.



For most of us, this is our first time in a Fantasy Football league. For a few, it is their first time with Football itself. But that is no reason to worry because the rest aren't far ahead either. To let you in on a little secret, we have people in this group who are so dated that they are
a) raring to take Brett Favre with their first pick.
b) cannot believe that Drew Bledsoe, a former No. 1 draft pick, is not in the league anymore.
c) still calling the Saints, The 'Aints.

All that this League requires is a few minutes (or hours, for the slightly seriously ones) of your time every week to diligently set the starting line up and some consideration for the other members who are here to have fun playing in a competitive league. Feel free to smack talk (knowing that there are Black Belts in Karate amidst us), make unreasonable trade demands, fight over waiver rights and have fun.

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