Keepers, Trades, and Dues

Keepers
As everyone should know by now, each franchise will have the option of keeping a small core of last year's team. Each team has the option to keep up to three players from last year's final roster.

Each team has up until Saturday, August 22nd to declare (this has been changed from the previous post), in the comment section on this blog (which has been fixed) whom they intend to tag as a keeper. If you still have trouble with the comments, please let me know through e-mail (wbramlett@gmail.com).

Each kept player will be chosen in the first through third rounds. For instance, if you decide to keep Tom Brady and Joseph Addai, then they would be your first and second round picks. Once you declare, your humble Commissioner will then add them as your draft picks. It is as simple as that.

Final Rosters ’08
The following are the final rosters from last year. I'm not including Kickers or Defenses as they are not eligible to be tagged (this is the only stipulation).

Bramlett
Donnie Avery
Marion Barber
Antonio Bryant
Plaxico Burress
Chris Cooley
Warrick Dunn
Lee Evans
Matt Forte
Jeff Garcia
Vincent Jackson
Donovan McNabb
Benjamin Watson

Kandler
Mark Bradley
Steve Breaston
Matt Cassel
Owen Daniels
Braylon "Butterfingers" Edwards
Tim Hightower
Marshawn Lynch
Lance Moore
Dominic Rhodes
Ray Rice
Jonathan Stewart
Tyler Thigpen
Michael Turner

Trice
Dwayne Bowe
Issac Bruce
Alge Crumpler
Ike Hilliard
Maurice Jones-Drew
Darren "Bust" McFadden
Kyle "Who Am I Going to Throw To?" Orton
Terrell Owens
Matty "Ice" Ryan
Wes Welker
Roddy White
DeAngelo Williams

Jam. Davis
Reggie Brown
Laveranues Coles
Marvin "Six-Shooter" Harrison
DeSean Jackson
Chris Johnson
Larry Johnson
Donald Lee
Carson Palmer
Eddie Royal
Kurt Warner
Brian Westbrook
Roy Williams

Salley
Jason Campbell
Chris Chambers
Joe Flacco
Justin Gage
Matt "Credit Card" Jones
Le'Ron McClain
Willis McGahee
Tony "Say No to Jessica" Romo
Kevin Walter
Derrick Ward
Kellen Winslow
Jason Witten

Norfolk
Drew Brees
Reggie Bush
Brett "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" Favre
Ted Ginn Jr. (Not To Be Confused with Ted Ginn Sr.)
Frank Gore
T.J. Houshyourmamazadeh
Michael Jenkins
Santana Moss
Antwaan Randle El
Visanthe "Public Peter" Shiancoe
Kevin Smith
Amani Toomer

Henderson (Absorbs Marx Madness)
Bernard Berrian
Anquan Boldin
Kevin Boss
David Garrard
Ahman Green
Deuce McAllister
Sammy Morris
David Patten
Clinton Portis
Ben Roethlisberger
Jeremy Shockey
Steve Smith

Jar. Davis
Marc Bulger
Dallas Clark
Marques Colston
Kenneth Darby
Justin Fargas
Kevin Faulk
Larry Fitzgerald
Anthony Gonzalez
Thomas Jones
Mushin Muhammad
Greg Olsen
Willie Parker
Philip Rivers

Brooks
Joseph Addai
Jerrich Cotchery
Kevin Curtis
Trent Edwards
Calvin Johnson
Dustin Keller
Jamal Lewis
Eli Manning
Aaron Rodgers
Robert Royal
L.J. Smith
Brandon Stokely
Pierre Thomas

Ham
Kerry Colins
Jake Delhomme
Joey Galloway
Tony Gonzalez
Santonio Holmes
Torry Holt
Greg Jennings
Derrick Mason
Matt Schaub
Steve Slaton
LaDainian Tomlinson
Carnell Williams
Reggie Williams

Whitney
Ronnie Brown
John Carlson
Jay Cutler
Donald Driver
Devery Henderson
Steven Jackson
Brandon Jacobs
Andre Johnson
Brandon Marshall
Mewelde Moore
Chad Pennington
Bo Scaife
Hines Ward

Edfledt
Deion Branch
Antonio Gates
Ryan Grant
Todd Heap
Peyton Manning
Randy Moss
Chad Ochocinco
Adrian Peterson
Reggie Wayne
LenDale White


Trades
Each franchise is allowed to trade players after they have been tagged. Franchises may also trade draft picks.

Some examples ...

Team A tags Andre Johnson and Ryan Grant. Team B tags Tom Brady. Team A trades Johnson + Grant for Brady to Team B. Team A can tag one more player while Team B still has two tags despite having the capability to have up to four core players (granted he/she doesn't do any further maneuvering).

Team A tags Drew Brees and trades him outright for Team B's second round pick (Team B optioned to tag one player).

Trades must be sent to the Commissioner before the draft. Essentially there will be no review process from the Front Office on any trades conducted.

The Front Office is not opposed to more than two teams involved in a transaction, the involved parties might have to develop a graphic to help the Commissioner "get it".

One more option a franchise may do is send a portion of their Waiver Allowance ($100) in a trade.

If you come up with an option not listed here (we have no power over mortgages, liens, loans, etc.), let us know and we'll mull it over.

League Dues
It's still going to be $7 (in honor of Mikey Vick). I haven't check with the "Man Behind the Curtain", your Vice-Commissioner Cooper, but I don't think he would mind being Treasurer again (unless anyone else wants to do it?).

Dan, get in touch with Cooper, I think you never claimed your winnings from last season.

This year, it's winner take all (a cool $54 after $30 goes towards buying a PLUS league).

If you got anything else, drop a line in the comments.

– The Commish

Preseason Issues

The Minutiae
The coming weeks the font office is going to have to make several critical decisions that will effect the upcoming 2009 season for Southern Charm Football. The creation of this blog is to create a more transparent process and more open discussion for the league.

We welcome back all of the ownerships from last year. As you might have already seen, there are going to be some structural changes for our league. We would like you to voice your opinion on any or all of the points. Your stance will be taken into careful consideration and then a final decision will be made by the front office. We can begin with the most obvious of changes ...

Divisions
The league will be split into two divisions. The split will be made on real geographical locations, East and West. Part of this will be like splitting hairs as a majority of the league lives in a very close proximity to each other.

The advantage of divisions is to create a better opportunity for teams to make the playoffs. Not to mention, the ability to function like a real league or conference.

Waiver Budgets
Each team will be allotted a budget to wager on Free Agents. I am considering slightly increasing waiver moves (there was a limit of 11 last year).

Essentially, each team will have the ability to wager on players floating on the waiver wire. The highest bidder wins.

From Yahoo...

If waivers are enabled, all players dropped from a team's roster are immediately placed on a waiting period from zero to seven days to give all managers a chance to claim those players. Choose the waiver processing option best suited for your league.

In a Free Agents Acquisition Budgets (FAAB) waivers system, each manager receives a dollar amount to place blind bids on waived players. The manager with the highest bid at the end of the waiver period claims that player and that bid amount is deducted from the team's acquisition budget. If multiple managers place an equal bid on a player, tiebreak options are available as described above.

• FAAB w/ Continual rolling list tiebreak
• FAAB w/ Reverse order of standings tiebreak
• FAAB w/ Weekly rolling list based on standings tiebreak

In addition, trades can include money (with approval by the league office). I don't believe you can add this on your trade offer sheets but both parties can notify the league to reflect on monetary transactions.

Another thing to consider is the addition of performance bonuses. The league office is considering awarding the Gloat of the Week a bounce in their budget.

The Gloat of the Week
Each week, team ownerships will vote on the Gloat of the Week. The rules are simple. You can not vote for yourself. If you are voted the Gloat of the Week and did not cast a vote, you will not be awarded the distinction.

As it was mentioned before, the Gloat of the Week will receive a Waiver Budget increase.

Keepers
It has not been decided what to do about this. Yahoo has just added the ability to notate keepers.

There was much discussion this past off-season on the number of keepers, the placement or acquisition logistics, and the ability to trade keepers.

As far as the league is concerned, this is still an open subject. Here are some options that are being considered ...

1. No keepers until after this season. Period.
2. One keeper. Essentially a "franchise player" designation. Players can elect to keep their player with their first draft pick. Each player "franchised" must be tagged two days before the draft.
3. Multiple keepers. Endless possibilities.

The league does suggest that this idea be tabled until the ’10 season but is open to an option that is agreeable to most parties.

Trades
Trades are now subject to league review instead of ownership referendum. No more league or ownership meddling. Pretty much, any trade that is agreed upon will go through (unless you're trading Wes Welker for DeAngelo Williams, of course).

Rivalry Week
Yahoo has added the ability to designate one week in the season as Rivalry Week. Thanks to custom schedules, the league will designate rivalry games for all teams. Unfortunately, the Commissioner can't play everyone at once, so rivalries will have to be achieved through other ways. For example ...

Burger King Chicken Fries Present the Brother Davis Backyard Brawl
Jar. Davis v. Jam. Davis

Dollar Tree Battle of the Brothers (In-Law)
Edfelt v. Kandler

The Charmin Jewish Hair Bowl
Trice v. Norfolk

League Dues
Yahoo has "graciously" lowered the League PLUS rate from a coll $100 to doable $30.

A portion of the league dues will go towards upgrading to a PLUS league where everyone gets the awesome features and tools.

The other portion of the dues will go towards the grand prize (I hope last year's winner didn't spend that all in one place).

Until everyone has paid their dues, the league will not update to PLUS.

In Closing ...
The league requests that you do a few things...

First, comment on this post and let me know what city and state (or city/state) you live in.

Second, voice your opinion. If you don't do it now, you won't get a chance later.

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