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