GAZERS and SWAPS
Ball Gazer forms are up. You know the rules. If not, check the Constitution (2.1 and 2.2). We may talk later about buying a 4th week like we did last year.
TEAM LOCKS
I attempted to turn the waiver wire off for all non-Vampire teams, but this turned off your ability to propose trades and drop players from over-staffed rosters (looking at you Tua). I’m gonna take your training wheels off so we can still perform these other functions, but fair warning, any non-Vampire team caught using the free agent pool during the first five weeks, regardless of roster status, will be fined one lottery entry and the transaction will be automatically reversed by the League Commissioner.
Following the conclusion of Week 5, waivers will be activated, and non-Vampire teams will have access to free agents.
TIEBREAKERS
My notes from last season included a bullet about clearing up how we determine tiebreakers. At the end of the regular season, when two or more teams have similar
W-L records, tiebreakers will be determined by head-to-head records across the group. Using the three ties from the end of the regular season last year, the following playoff ranks would have been updated accordingly.
One caveat to this – Bench Swap wins do NOT count towards tiebreakers. The Constitution (3.2) has been updated to reflect.
SEASON SCHEDULE
If you haven’t noticed, we fixed the season schedule. Another leftover bullet from last season. We are playing 14 weeks of regular season, with a 3-week playoffs through Week 17. Technically, this is already covered in our own Constitution (1.3).
WEEKLY SCHEDULE and PLAYOFFS
The matchups in Weeks 1-14 have been updated. Similar to the last time we played the Vampire format, the top five draft picks will be the five teams to play the Vampire twice this season. The schedule will be manually set to play those games the first five and last five weeks of the regular season. Please read and understand the Constitution (1.4.3.3) regarding “protection” options for these five teams.
Only the top eight teams make the playoffs this year. The bottom two teams will still play each week through the playoffs as losing teams get folded into the consolation bracket.
THEME
Notice the theme here? You should read the TL3 Constitution. There’s good shit in there. Good luck bozo.
The Lombardi Three 