Yes, it’s that time of year again when the Commish gets woken with air horns, prodded out of bed with sharp sticks, and led to the computer with the scent of pop-tarts so he can check countless forgotten email accounts and text messages asking ‘When is the draft ?’, ‘Where is the Keeper List ?’, ‘Are you still alive ?’, etc…
I am alive, and have been working sleepless nights learning more css, php, rss, mysql, and other silly acronyms than anyone should know, in an attempt to update our home on the internet. This new site will serve as a permanent base of operations and is where TBFL news is likely to be posted before anywhere else. By now the classic http://www.tbfl.net web address should be pointing here [crosses fingers]. For those of us that use RSS news readers [and if you don’t – time to learn], be sure to subscribe to the feed by clicking on the pretty 
RSS logo in the right sidebar to receive updates as they are posted. The actual weekly processing of transactions, line-ups, and stat tracking will once again be done on the MyFantasyLeague.com website. Now for some changes…
Out with the old…
The league has lost two of its original franchises in the off-season. Both Morning Wood and Dookie have decided to retire after ten years of going head-to-head as the winningest teams in league history. Dookie leads regular season wins by one victory, while Morning Wood leads the overall wins by one game. I have also heard that Brewmasters will not be returning after their three sesons of competition.
In with the new…
The Commish of course has kept the lines open for interested new ownership and has all three teams ready to taken over for the season – I just don’t know which new owner is going to get which old team yet – actual CA$H being received in the TBFL coffers will determine who picks which open team first.
Communication is the key to success…
Well that and avoiding the injury bug. The Commish realized when he started putting all the tools together for the 2008 season that alot (read MOST) of the layout files needed are trapped on his Roadrunner account that he no longer has access to because he switched the TBFL hedaquarters over to Verizon FiOS in the off season. Thus, this new blog was born.
Calendar Dates
Important dates coming up:
Franchise Player Deadline – As always, one week before the draft – Sunday, August 24, 2008.
The Draft – As always, the last Sunday before the first regular season NFL game is played – Sunday, August 31, 2008 at the usual Noon EST start time.
Stay Tuned…
The potential franchise player list has been compiled showing each team’s current roster, the round those players were drafted in 2007, and the lowest postion they can be kept in 2008. I’ll put that up in a new post later today. Also coming up is a review of the draft order and other reminders, so stay tuned to the TBFL Network for updates as they occur.