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Don't Forget Your Card at the Bar

Congrats, you did it. Daddy's very proud of you. Everyone has paid on time. We'll be going PLUS later this week.

Updated as of 9:47 am EST, September 8th

Below is a small running tab of who has paid and who has not. This will be updated when payments are received.

If you have any questions about payment, please refer to the outline about this year's dues provided here.

Bramlett

Brooks

Jam. Davis

Jar. Davis

Edfedlt

Ham

Henderson

Kandler

Norfolk

Salley

Trice

Whitney

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Apparently everyone has paid (I've been told D. Whit's check is in the mail).

We gave people a little grace period. Really, our Treasurer's aims were to get all payments before the season started so well done, Mr. Trice.

The Home Stretch

Final Draft Order

As a reminder, this year's draft is straight up and down, not snaking. This is why you had the option of claiming as many as three players from your roster from last year. The top four draft picks were based on the final standings from last year's regular season. The remaining eight were based on last year's finish in the playoffs. Please check the league page, Draft, and then Draft Results to make sure you players were entered correctly.

1. Hen Pen (3)
2. HesAKeeper (?)
3. The Kolber Kissers (3)
4. Whos Ochocinco (?)
5. Norfolk State (0)
6. Coco's All-Stars (3)
7. jared sucks (1)
8. He Hate Me (2)
9. Tinea Cruris (2)
10. Huron Heartbreakers (3)
11. Fighting Gobblers (3)
12. NL Supremacy (3)

Due to a clerical error on my part, HesAKeeper and Whos Ochocinco have been given an extended period (8/26) to decide on the players they want to tag.

What Can You Do Now Until the Draft?

Wheel and Deal

This was explained earlier, probably in better detail, but I'm going to remind you. You have three options:

1) Sit pretty. Map out your big board. Sweat out the possibility that a Top 30 player might fall into your lap in Round 4.

2) Make a trade for a tagged player. 1 for 1, 1 for 2, 2 for 3 ... It does not matter. What happens if you acquire a tagged player so that you have more than three keepers? Well, the additional players go into your subsequent rounds (4, 5, and so on).

3) Trade a draft pick position for a draft pick position. Unfortunately, after testing the system, Yahoo! does not allow you to have an unequal amount of picks. Everyone has to have 15. So, the only point in trading a draft pick is to flip flop positions for a round or two. Essentially, I don't really seeing this as adding much leverage if you are going down in position. I don't mind if you want to trade a draft pick position and a player for a higher position in a different round.

As an aside, all trades must be submitted to me before the draft. I must get two separate e-mails from each party (or three, or four if it turns out to be a blockbuster).

Pay Your Dues

I checked in with our Treasurer, Mr. Trice, and there have only been two payments thus far. Please send a check to Ben (e-mail him if you need his address ... bwtrice [at] gmail.com) or ask me how you can pay through PayPal. Using PayPal will bump your fee up to $8 since PayPal likes to take about $1 for a service charge.

If you are mailing your check, please make sure it is postmarked by August 31. If it has not been mailed out by that day, you will incur a small late fee and your team will be frozen until payment is received. For more details, check out this post.

Is There Something I Can't Do?

This issue was raised and I just want to clear things up. With the exceptions of Ben B. and Jamie, until tomorrow, the players you did not keep are now free agents. Meaning, you forfeited your rights to them and can not use them in a trade or any other transaction.

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