The survey results are in…
First things first, we only received nine responses to our survey. One of our FNGs from last season has bowed out of future play. Admittedly, it was a bit of a stretch bringing a guy with only one year of faux football under his belt into our tangled labyrinth. He needs a few more seasons in the wild to cut his teeth before reenlisting in to our hermetic hodgepodge of hired guns. He has a lifetime pass at our pool parties though, so don’t fuck with him at the door. More to come on the TL3 rolodex and his replacement.
Working backwards…
Q3: Dues will be raised to $125 this season. Seemed to be somewhat of a consensus. Additionally, per the responses below, the last week of the Regular Season was modified to Week 14, with the Playoffs starting in Week 15. Responses below.
Q2: Results of this question were pretty lopsided. However, per the results of next season’s format, we will not implement this option. It would not work under the 2024 format.
Q1: I’m proud of you guys.
We are playing our 13th season under the Vampire format!
This means each of us will have to declare which half of the Draft Lottery we are participating in. Per the Constitution, the Draft Lottery will be split into two (2) separate drafts – one for the 1st overall pick (Top Half Draft), and one for the 10th overall pick, or Vampire position (Bottom Half Draft). Each team owner will declare which half of the draft order they want to participate in when they pay their dues.
Scenario 1: Those of you who do not want to risk being the Vampire can declare for the Top Half Draft. We will take all of your earned lottery entries and conduct a typical drawing for first overall pick, second overall pick, and so on.
Scenario 2: Those teams that want to be the Vampire can declare for the Bottom Half Draft. We will take all of your earned lottery entries and conduct a typical drawing. The very first pick will be the Vampire. Therefore, if you want to apply your draft capital to earn the role of Vampire, this is a strategy. The remaining picks will fall in line behind the Top Half Draft Results.
Scenario 3: If only one team declares for the Bottom Half Draft, they are automatically the Vampire.
Scenario 4: If no teams declare for the Bottom Half Draft, we are all at risk. We will conduct the Draft Lottery like normal and the last (10th) team drafted will be the Vampire.
Reminder on your Draft Lottery entries below. This will be adjusted slightly prior to the lotteries to account for the loss/gain of league member. This year’s FNG will draft last (9th) and not participate in the lottery.
Read the Constitution on how the Draft and Regular Season are conducted under the Vampire format.
Survey results below, to include ranked choice value.
Q0: This decision was the result of unsolicited responses. We are getting rid of the LB position. Commish is still toying with if/what we replace the position with – and leaning towards just removing the slot. We need to make sure we take this year’s Vampire format in to consideration. We are right in that sweet spot with the Vampire format, and adding an additional WR, RB, TE, or FLEX to the draft/rosters could hinder their ability to compete.
The Lombardi Three 