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Our first accepted trade (pending) this season is on the voting block, so this is the best time to go over the new trade approval process. This will be done by League Votes this year. This is the default NFL.com setting and is defined as follows. With League Votes, if more than half of the league’s owners vote against an accepted trade, it will be reversed.

From your team page (MY TEAM) you will see a notification of an ‘Accepted Trade’ in the Team Notes section above your lineup. Click [View Trade]. From here you will be able to vote against this trade only. Your vote is anonymous and is not viewable by anyone in the league, including the League Manager. If you approve of the trade between the two teams in question, you simply do nothing.

If the 2-day deadline is reached and not enough teams voted to overturn the trade, the trade will process automatically. If the trade is vetoed by a majority of team owners, the trade will be automatically rejected once majority is reached. I assume majority is 7 in our 12-team league, but I do not have visibility of that setting to be 100%.

Either way, keep an eye out for trades in your Team Notes section if you want to have an opinion in how these transactions go down.

That’s right…pay your dues! Three (3) teams still owe their League Dues (see below). Pay up suckas.

And, as a 12-team league, that First Place payout takes the cut. This shouldnt be a surprise as this is how I advertised it previously under a 12-team setup.

Week 1 was all over the place so I’m gonna reserve some analysis for post Week 2. Hit that waiver wire tonight – do your thing. And no one on mother earth picked 14 out of 16 games so we are down to 13 out of 16 in Week 2. Have your picks in to me before Thursday night’s Steelers – Ravens matchup to try and earn that Bench Swap. Let me know if you have any questions.

Air Jordy

Here ye, here ye, three veteran teams from the Lombardi Three have convened and set in to motion two amendments to the Constitution. In an effort to better the chances to earn a Bench  Swap in Weeks 1 through 3 we have incorporated the following amendments to 13.5 Ball Gazers.

13.5.1 – Shrinking Balls:  If no team predicts 14 out of 16 wins in Week 1, Week 2’s minimum prediction requirement will shrink to 13 out of 16. Subsequently, if no team predicts 13 out of 16 wins in Week 2, Week 3’s minimum prediction requirement will shrink to 12 out of 16.

13.5.2 – Buddy Fucker:  If any team meets the minimum prediction requirement in any week, that minimum prediction requirement is locked for the remaining weeks and Shrinking Balls does not take affect.

DRAFT LOCATION – We are holding the live draft in San Diego, California this year keeping up with the custom thus far of hosting at an unsullied, fresh location. Be advised: (1) it is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a streetcar in San Diego and, (2) according to local 6.05.440, one may not allow his or her dog to chase a squirrel in the summer. Just sayin.

Veteran franchise Regal Beagles will be this year’s MC. A Holy Cross ‘98 grad, team manager Scott “Copper Pipe” Larson has promised a Crusaders-worthy event, themed Judge Smail’s Jetlags and Fresca Jell-O Shots.

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As usual, all teams are invited to attend. There will be post-draft golfing at the notorious Torrey Pines. The draft party is the premier event of the season so I am hoping that we can get together as many teams as possible. The first 2 seasons saw west coast teams take the trophy. Looks like the Beagles are next in line to take the ring.

DRAFT DATE / TIME – I have gone ahead and chosen Labor Day weekend again this year. We can hold the draft either Friday evening the 29th, or early Saturday morning the 30th. Being that this will be hosted on the west coast, the earliest we will start on the east coast is 11am. This was our time slot last year and worked out well. We will keep the 2 minutes per pick timeline unless anyone thinks we need to extend it. Please reply/comment on this blog post with your choice for draft day and we will go with consensus.

There’s a lot going on, so quit procrastinating. We are 19 days out. Pay your League Dues so we can have the lottery and set the draft order. As soon as all teams commit you will know where you stand. Any and all new teams will be placed at the bottom of the draft order per Amendment of the Constitution.

Please direct any of your comments or questions directly to this blog post. As always, I’m looking forward to everyone’s feedback.
-Air Jordy

NFL preseason is here. Get your shit together. Over the last month I’ve made the rounds with most of our franchise teams. Three weeks ago 3 teams rolled to Vegas and lit that bitch up, and the nation’s capital just hosted 5 teams this past weekend. With the fantasy draft location in San Diego at the end of this month, this will round out most of the remaining franchise teams.

Two things you need to do:
1) Sign up for this blog. This will be the center of operations for all activity and communications related to the league. I will not be emailing anyone anymore. You can earn Bench Swaps now and this is the site to do so.

2) Pay your League Dues. These are due sooner rather than later. I am an impatient autocrat and I will arm the resistance. Seriously, this is a pay-to-play league now and there are at least 4 new franchises (that actually want to play each week) that I want to join our league. I want to replace some of the deadbeat franchises from last season with these new teams. Peak of impatience estimated to reach irreparable levels two weeks prior to the draft. Not to mention, we need to have the lottery and set the Draft Order prior to that, so I need to know who is exercising Amendment 13.1.1 ‘Balls Of Steel’ per the Constitution.

I have received Dues from:
Air Jordy (formerly The Stepdads)
Schoolya’gain
Regal Beagles

Please direct any of your comments or questions directly to this blog post. As always, I’m looking forward to everyone’s feedback.