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.
Well the regular season has come to an end and the playoffs are set to begin this week with the wildcard round.
In the NFC, NFC West runner-up Crown City (10-6) will travel to NFC Central runner-up Cleveland. Cleveland won the earlier match up between these two team in week 11, 37-24, with Phillip Rivers completing 3 touchdowns for the Rocks while Eli Manning threw three interceptions for the Cougars. The winner of this game will play top seeded Penn St. on the road.
In the AFC, East runner-up Turin (10-6) travels to West runner up Bay City (12-4). Turin defeated Bay City 24-19 early in the season at home. The winner of this game draws top seeded and undefeated Salem.
On another note, I would like to thank all for completing a remarkably smooth season. I know that for some of you, it wasn't easy to complete the season due to circumstances that arose this past few months and I do appreciate the effort put in to play your games.
Those of you that have been in the league know that I'm usually more involved in publishing season updates and providing other information. I do apologize for not doing more in that area. It's come to a point where the role of commissioner has taken it's toll and this season will be my last as commissioner of this league. I will continue my duties until the culmination of the playoffs.
There are a lot of quality people in this league and I know that someone will step up to take on this responsibility. One thing is that whoever does has a number of good people in place to assist in the running of the league so it's not all on the commissioner. Jerry does a great job with the weekly game files, as does Steve with the web site and Mike with the contracts.
In closing, thanks for all those that have helped in numerous ways. And just to give both the veterans and the new owners a little heads up on what's in store in the next few months, following the conclusion of the playoffs (near the end of January), we take on new amendment proposals in February, make team and stadium changes in March, as well as do some preliminary cutting of the rosters then.
Good luck to those in the playoffs, and all need to stay tuned for more info in the coming weeks.
Just a reminder (and for those new to the league), the week of the American Holiday of Thanksgiving is a double-week. You have two weeks to play your week 12 game (to accommodate the many people who travel over this holiday).
One last reminder; this Monday, Oct. 17th at noon eastern time is the end of trading. All trades must be posted and confirmed in the trade forum no later then this time. If a trade needs to be ammended, do so without editing your original post. An ammended trade needs to be reconfirmed. Please make sure you meet all roster and cap requirements and make sure that your email Jerry, Cliff, and myself with the trade details for a fast reponse.
Additionally, this coming Monday marks the end of permanent waiver FAs. FAs picked up after this Monday are temporary only and return to the FA pool at the end of the season.
Also, let me remind all owners to check both the game file and the spreadsheet for errors and report any inaccuracies.
This week starts the waivers process. Each team is allowed to pick up up to two players via waivers weekly. You must get Jerry the names of your players (include position and NFL team) AND you must include who you will drop for that player. Make sure you maintain all roster requirements, including the salary cap requirement (which is now $93M minus penalties). Jerry must receive your email no later then 12 noon EST, Monday 9/14.
Players picked up via waivers are signed as 500K FAs, unless they started the year as a salaried player. In that case, you pick them up at their 2010 salary. More on waivers: 1-you can list more than 2 claims, as some players you want may be taken by others; you will only be awarded a max of 2 2-waiver order in week 1 is based on last year’s records; week 2 and beyond will be based on the previous KRFL week. 3-list the players in order of preference…. Just because you pick first, you will not necessarily get your top two choices; in reality you have the 1st and 25th picks…. The waiver process is two rounds with each team having an opportunity before you get a second choice 4-designate your cuts in order of preference; either say drop player A first, player B second; or drop player A if I get a RB, player B if I get a WR, etc 5-waiver deadline is noon on Mondays, there is no pressure to get them in early…. However, if they are received early enough it allows time to correct faulty requests. 6- Waiver FAs picked up after week 6 are temp players. They serve out the season but return to the FA pool at the conclusion of the season. ****Waiver claims are to be sent to Jerry by e-mail, not posted on the website…. Jerry will send out a ‘received’ note when he gets a file; if you don’t see one after you send a claim in, follow up to be sure he got the original****
Lastly, if you have questions, please ask either Jerry or I. If you haven't contacted your opponent yet, get on it!
If you aren't aware, we have two new owners. Rick Tharp has taken over the Canton franchise, and Dennis Heskett is the new owner of the Vancouver franchise. Please join me in welcoming them to the league.
It's been a quite trading period as we've only had one post-draft trade. You have until this Sunday to make any trades prior to the start of the season. We will halt trading for one week as the final game file is sent out.
We have two new polls out, please visit the league web site to cast your vote on who you believe will win each division. I will put up two new ones each week, so move quick or you will miss your chance.
Please make sure you have the latest version of the game downloaded (8/15) and have Hamachi installed as many of us will be using that to host. The waivers process doesn't start until the start of the season and I will give you more detailed information as the first week approaches.
