Welcome to the KRFL., The Knute Rockne Football League was founded in 2001 by Jim Doyle, who served with distinction as our first commissioner thru mid-2003. The KRFL is a 24-team league that simulates the NFL using the Action PC Football game available from Dave Koch Sports (dksports.com). We have our own rookie draft, our own free agency, and our own salary cap.
Our 24 members have many diverse interests, but they share one common bond, the love of NFL football. For further information or to apply for membership, contact the KRFL commissioner.
With the conclusion of the FA draft, you are now free to trade. At this point, trades must be 1-for-1 in players as to maintain roster size. Also, don't forget your roster requirements. The trading period will close Sunday, August 29, a week prior to the start of the season. All trades must be posted AND verified in the trade forum prior to that date.
Each team's salary cap is now increased by $10M dollars. So it is now $93M (less penalties).
The season will start Monday, September 6 . You have the week of 9/6-9/13 to play your first game. The first week of waivers will then have a deadline of 9/13 at noon eastern time.
The end-of-draft game file is on the website. You will have a spreadsheet shortly. Please check these over carefully for errors and report them to Jerry, Jason, and I. A few owners chose to count uncarded players towards their roster count. These players must remain as such for the duration of the season.
In the coming weeks I will be posting a variety of polls. They are merely for your interest and I encourage you to participate to add to the enjoyment of the league. We still have the Carolina team available and need to fill it prior to the start of the season. Please ask around in your leagues. You guys did a great job of this last spring. I would really like to start the season (and end!) with 24 owners.
Lastly, I will be on vacation from July 29 - Aug. 9. I may or may not have internet access during those days.
With the rookie draft behind us we now have the FA draft to tackle. New game and contract files have been posted on both this web site and the yahoo group. Please check them over carefully ASAP and send appropriate fixes to Jerry (game file) and Jason (spreadsheet). Please CC me a copy as well so I stay informed.
As stated previously, the draft will start on Wednesday, June 2. The time slots will be the same as we had with the rookie draft (initially, some rounds we draft twice in a day). The protocol is basically the same but there are a few minor differences. The biggest one involves the "tender" process. This is also a matter that usually invovles quite a few questions. I will post a thread in the draft forum detailing the process and then people can ask their questions there. That way, others can see the responses. Hopefully, this will help clarify things better then back and forth emails. You are certainly welcome to send me an email as well with your questions.
Please understand that due to the tenders, the time in which each round is closed will be adhered to more closely. Also, if you own the first pick, you must allow people the chance to tender their players prior to the start of the round. So, no starting your picks the night before, or even before the scheduled 9 AM EST time slot.
For the benefit of the new owners here is a brief description of how the FA draft works. We begin with the first round, which is a $10M round (the only $10M round). When it comes to your turn to select, you can select any player available in the FA pool. That player will join your team at the cost of $10M for the current year. Next year, you will then decide whether to sign them to a contract or cut them. The DK in-game salaries are meaningless to our league. Each player's salary is determined by when they are drafted (that includes players that are successfully tendered as well. Their old salaries are meaningless). The second and third rounds are $7.5M rounds, followed be three $5M rounds, etc. At $2M we go to five rounds at each pay level, then unlimited $100K rounds.
If you are wondering about how much a player might go for, I suggest you look at past season's FA drafts (which can be downloaded off the web site). It will change from year to year based on the money and talent available, as well as how aggresively owners draft. It really can be a very strategic process, which for me makes it one of the most enjoyable aspect of this league (well, except for how long it goes on).
You need to watch your cap, and keep in mind the roster requirements which have been mentioned a number of times previously. At the conclusion of the draft, you must have 52 players on your roster. Trading will resume after the conclusion of the FA draft up until a week prior to the start of the season. 2010 rookies may be traded at this time, but not during the season. Also, trades need to have a 1-1 ratio so that all teams maintain 52 players.
One of the trickiest things for Jason and I to do is monitor the spending of each team. As an owner, you can't spend to within $1M of your cap if you still need to fill 12 more spots on your roster, as that would cost a minimum of $1.2M. If any of you are following the draft closely and see a team in a position where they must pass a few rounds, please notify us. We will both be looking but a mistake here can cause big problems if we have to go back and negate a pick.
Please ask if you have any questions. Also, if you have a time conflict, a good resolution is to talk to the person drafting after you and see if you can send them a list. They then post yours and then theirs. If you can't work anything out, you can send me a list. This can become quite troublesome for me, however, if I start receiving a number of them.
I should have the first rounds up in the next few days but again, the one-round days will have the same time slots (un-traded) as before.
I would like to welcome both Mark and Michael to our league and say great job by you all in getting the word out so that we could fill our last spots. I would also like to thank Jerry and Jason for all their hard work this past week in prepping the game file and contracts sheet. They should be avialable shortly as we finish up with the new owners and a few compliance issues. When you do receive them it is your responsibility to check them for inaccuracies and report those to Jerry, Jason, and I.
Please double check your draft picks to make sure that they are correct. There was a frenzy of trading this last weekend as so I might have missed something. Regarding trading, the trading period has closed until the end of the FA draft. Teams may still strike deals to be executed at that time. Be aware, however, that the trade isn't official until is is then posted, verified, and confirmed. There is no limit to the number of rookies you can draft, but at the conclusion of the KRFL season, you must cut to 10. Also, there is no trading of 2011 rookies during the KRFL season.
Instructions for posting and selecting in the draft are in each round's thread. I recommend you frequent the draft rounds often so that if you happen to make an invalid pick, you can fix it before too many other teams pick. I will be monitoring each round, but I cannot do so continuously each. If you happen to see an invalid pick by another owner, please post that (ex. Jimmy Johnson was selected by Bay City at 3.5). If for some reason you can't access the draft during your time slot, you can try shooting me an email to pick for you. Or may arrangements with another owner (like the one you selects after you) to select for you.
Rookie's salaries are determined by where they are selected in the draft. I have it here for easy reference: Round 1 - Selection 1 - 4 === $1.5m Round 1 - Selection 5 - 8 === $1.25m Round 1 - Selection 9 - 12 === $1.0m Round 1 - Selection 13 - 18 === $800k Round 1 - Selection 19 - 24 === $700k Round 2 - Selection 25 - 36 === $600k Round 2 - Selection 37 - 48 === $500k Round 3 === $400k Round 4 === $300k Round 5 === $200k Rounds 6-10 === $100k
We have no cause to wait further as the game file and spreadsheet really don't bear upon the rookie draft. If you have any questions at all please don't hesitate to ask.
Good luck to all of you. I hope you have a bountiful draft. With that, CAROLINA IS ON THE CLOCK!
The 2010 Ratings are out and the game should be out in about a week. With that, we can move forward with some dates.
Sunday, May 2 - END OF TRADING PERIOD, FINAL ROSTER CUTS (12 midnight, pacific time)
Monday, May 10 - ROOKIE DRAFT BEGINS (concludes Friday, 5/21)
Wednesday, June 2 - FA DRAFT BEGINS (continues forever, at least it seems. We're starting on Wednesday to accomodate Memorial Day in the US)
When posting your cuts and contracts, post them in the new thread. You will find instructions there. You need to be aware of team restrictions/requirements of which I've listed many below. Additionally, you must protect (keep) a minimum of 22 players at a maximum of $70M in salaries (this doesn't include fines) entering into the 2010 FA draft. Also, we will have 52 man rosters this year. Owners who don't comply with the date and/or requirement face penalties. No trades will be accepted after the cutoff period. For a trade to be accepted for review by the trade committee, it must be posted and confirmed by both parties in the trade forum. Email exchanges are not official trades. No modifications to trades will be allowed after May 2.
While we're talking about trades, I am looking for a volunteer to be a part of the trade committee as Walt has left the league. Send me an email if interested. Also, when you post a trade, make sure to send an email to the committee members alerting them (currently Jerry, Cliff, and Mike Stein (alternate).
You have one more week to petition for a new stadium or change of team name. This opportunity will close Sunday, April 11th.
As always, if you have any questions, please ask. It's much better than the frustrations that come with misunderstandings. Also, we are still in need of two more owners.
Here are the roster requirements I mentioned earlier:
6.2 - At the start of each season, each owner must have at least the following number of attempts by skilled players on their rosters:
a. 400 pass attempts b. 300 rushes c. 200 receptions d. 20 field goal attempts e. 40 punts f. 20 kick off returns g. 20 punt returns
6.3 - At the start of each game, each roster must include 52 players including the following minimum number of players at the following positions:
2 QBs 3 RBs 6 Rec (minimum of 1 TE) 7 OL (minimum 1C, 2OTs and 2OGs) 1 PK 1 Punter 6 Def Linemen (min of 2DTs and 2DEs) 6 LBs (minimum 1 ILB and 2 OLBs) 7 DBS (minimum 2CBs and 2Ss) 1 KR 1 PR H backs can be used as TEs or RBs and LB/S can be used for either position.
6.5 - Teams which do not comply with Rule 6 roster requirements will be penalized $500K at the end of the draft period for next season's draft for each infraction, and the league office will assign players to team rosters that are not in compliance with rule requirements. Players will be assigned by alphabetical listing of free agents at the given position and players will be cut on the basis of the lowest salaried player and then by alphabetical order. Teams which make no reasonable attempt to comply with the roster requirements will risk expulsion from the league.
The ammendment process has concluded with all eight proposals passing (a first?). All but one of the proposals will go into effect for the coming season. The Franchise Player rule will go into effect at the conclusion of NEXT SEASON. We do this with all rules that effect players currently under contract. It is both to mitigate changes to recent trades and to keep owners from trying to push through rule changes simply to benefit their current situation.
I would imagine many of you are like me and dying to get your hands on the ratings. Jason Ley heard from DK this past week and he says they are coming out this upcoming week. While trading is currently allowed for those under the $83M cap, I would again encourage owners to refrain from trading players whose ratings are unknown. In addition, let me remind all to check the salary spreadsheet each time you get a new copy for errors. Errors are inevitable with the many entries.
We will now allow owners who are new to the league select a stadium. This would be owners who joined the league after last year's stadium draft or were precluded from drafting last year because they were off-cycle. This is a new rule, this year is a unique implementation of the rule, and the new rule did not stipulate who gets preference should two owners choose the same stadium. I am attempt to keep this simple, I am going to create a thread for you to post your stadium picks. Should two or more owners wish to choose the same stadium, it will go to the owner who has been in the league the longest. As your stadium no longer dictates your division, I don't anticipate many owners making duplicate requests. You may select any stadium in the 2010 game that isn't already used be another team. You can check that through the 2009 game file.
Owners that have played in the league a year may now rename their teams. Please keep it fairly simple. If you joined the league after the conclusion of this past season, you must play in the KRFL for a year prior to renaming your team.
We still have two teams available (Kutztown and Hamden) if you know of anyone who would like to join.
One last thing. I opening up the role of commissioner. Should any of you like to be commish, please send me email. This is a role I take on for my love of this league. I would actually enjoy the league more if someone else were commissioner. I am not quitting as commish, just seeing if someone else is interested in the posiition.
