2024 DFFL AOM
March 12,
2024
Attending
Owners: The Chad, Mike, Clay, Jeff, Wayne, Mini, Garts, Fred, Rhonda, Susan
& Carl
Non-Attending
Owners: n/a
Commissioner
stated that there were no re-tabled issues from the 2023 AOM and opened the
floor for new business and also advised that he would also include all the
things from the message board that were put on from the past season.
1 – As per
the 2023 AOM, a decision was made to replace the annual trophy with a wrestling
belt. Good ones are very expensive and the Commissioner advised that we could
stick with a wrestling belt if we wanted to, but since the Darcman site
currently tracks all past champions and suggested maybe we continue to use the
site, pass on the wrestling belt, retire the annual trophy and use the money
that had been put aside for it as a 1-year reduction in fees:
Stick with
the belt: Chad, Wayne
Just use the
site: Jeff, Fred, Garts, Mike, Rhonda
Non-Voters: Mini,
Clay
Exclusively
use the Darcman site, no more belt, no more trophy (for now) and have lowered
fees next season passes
2 – The
Commissioner advised that he has always allowed a small grace period for owners
who wait until the last minute to make their lineup changes but ultimately get
locked out by the site right at kickoff, and has made the appropriate changes
for them. The Commissioner proposes that we use the site as the lock down
guardian. If the site locks you out, too bad for you. No exceptions:
Yes, use the
site: Wayne, Jeff, Garts, Fred, Rhonda, Mike, Chad
No, keep it
the same:
Non-Voters: Mini,
Clay
Site
will determine lockout period passes
3 – Should
there be any extra action or penalty for excessive or unwarranted trash
talking? Currently the Commissioner just deals with anything like this on his
own:
Yes:
No, continue
to let Commissioner handle it: Wayne, Jeff, Garts, Fred, Mike, Rhonda, Chad
Non-Voters: Mini,
Clay
Commissioner
will continue to deal with any over the top trash talking passes
4 – The
subject of removing kickers was brought up again. A very lengthy and
complicated conversation ensued with all the different option. Eventually the
votes ended as follows: (LU = lineup, PL = protected list)
Remove
Kickers from LU & PL and add a regular flex position: Chad
Remove Kickers
from PL and add an 11th round to draft in order to draft a kicker (the
Commissioner pointed out that this was a very labor intensive and really didn’t
make any sense at all): Wayne, Fred
No changes
at all to Kickers: Mike, Rhonda, Clay, Jeff, Mini, Garts
Non-Voters:
n/a
Kickers
will remain as part of the LU & PL as they always have
5 – Chad
brought up the HPPR scoring option of .5/rec for a 1-year trial basis:
Yes: Chad,
Garts, Jeff, Mike, Mini, Clay
No: Rhonda,
Fred
Non-Voters:
Wayne
Proposal
passes for immediate implementation and will reassess at next AOM
6 – The Commissioner
proposes the new scoring feature (on a 1-year trial basis) that has been
implemented in a lot of leagues lately (PPFD, points per first down) and
suggests that we implement it to pair nicely with the new HPPR that has been
voted in and proposes that we award .5 or 1 for a player that gets a first down
in order to increase the scores for backups a little:
Yes .5/FD:
Garts, Jeff, Mini
Yes 1/FD:
No: Rhonda,
Fred, Mike, Chad, Wayne, Clay
Non-Voters:
n/a
Proposal
does not pass
7 – A
proposal is made to move annual drafts back to Saturday afternoons to make them
more of a social event like the old days. The Commissioner advised that he didn’t
feel that was going to work very well as that puts some pretty extreme limits
on available dates considering last season the draft had to be moved 3 times
and eventually ended up on a date that was not good for one owner to attend in
person:
Yes: Rhonda,
Jeff, Fred, Mini
No: Garts,
Mike, Chad, Wayne
Abstain: Clay
Non-Voters:
n/a
Proposal did not pass, but the Commissioner pointed out
that 3 out of the last 6 years, the draft has been on a Friday night to try and
make it a social event. He promised to try and ensure that Saturday afternoons
are included in the date options going forward.
8 – Further
to the kicker conversation, a proposal was made to add a regular flex position
to our starting lineup. The regular flex can only be a
RB, WR or TE.
Yes: Garts,
Jeff, Fred, Chad, Mini
No: Rhonda,
Mike
Non-Voters: Clay,
Wayne
Passes
for immediate implementation
9 – Now with
a flex position included for the upcoming season a decision needed to be made
regarding the protected list:
Down to 9:
Keep at 10:
Wayne, Chad, Clay, Jeff, Garts
Increase to
11: Fred
Keeping
at 10 passes
Unbeknownst
to anyone other than the Commissioner, this was at this time that Mini confided
in the Commissioner that he was going to step away from all his Fantasy
Football teams including both of his DFFL & DFFL3 teams. The Commissioner conducted
the remainder of the AOM without his votes and also added new owners Susan
& Carl to the AOM so that they could familiarize themselves with how things
were progressing. They did NOT have the ability to vote in this AOM. They were
announced as owners in the Commissioner’s Report later in the AOM.
10 – A
proposal was brought forward to award QBs .5/completed pass. The Commissioner explained
that this is already a QB heavy scoring league and that most of the top 20 scoring
players were already QBs and that this proposal would skew the scoring even
more.
Yes:
No: Wayne,
Chad, Clay, Fred, Garts, Jeff
Non-voters:
Rhonda, Mike
Proposal
does not pass
11 – The
Commissioner proposed that not only BOTH owners are to confirm ALL trades on
the message board, but also proposed that a rule be instated that ensures that
the Commissioner also confirms the trade on the message board when the trade is
put into the bible. This will act as another layer of protection against some
trades being missed going forward:
Yes: Wayne,
Chad, Clay, Fred, Garts, Jeff
No:
Non-voters:
Rhonda, Mike
Proposal
passes for immediate implementation
12 – Mike proposes
that teams not only get a win for their head-to-head win, but also receive a
win for scoring higher than the weekly average score.
Yes: Mike
No: Wayne,
Chad, Fred, Garts, Jeff
Non-Voters:
Clay, Rhonda
Proposal
does not pass
13 – Chad proposed
that the new scoring grid that was voted in last season get tweaked slightly.
He proposed that the new scoring grid looked like:
1-40 yards =
3 points
41-49 yards
= 4 points
50-55 yards
= 5 points
56+ yards =
6 points
This was to help
offset the -1 points awarded for any missed FGs from 1-49 yds as well as -1 for
all PATs:
Yes: Chad,
Jeff, Clay, Garts, Wayne
No: Fred,
Mike
Non-Voter:
Rhonda
Proposal
passes for immediate implementation
13 – Chad decided
to take another kick at the annual draft date and suggested that despite it
still being 5-6 months away that we lock down a draft date now during the AOM.
He put forward 2 dates, both on the long Labor Day weekend. The Commissioner
also asked for any other dates to be brought forward as well:
Sat. Aug 31,
6pm (assuming he could have the CFFL draft moved to the afternoon from the
night of the same day): Chad, Jeff,
Garts, Wayne, Clay
Mon. Sept 2,
2 or 3pm start: Fred, Mike
No other
dates were suggested
Non-Voter:
Rhonda
The Commissioner pointed out that he has always tried
to ensure that the draft date is a date that EVERYONE can make it and asked
what do we do about the 3 owners (technically 4 if you include the new
ownership) that didn’t vote the same as the other 5 and recommended that the
group finish discussing the draft date situation while he closes the AOM. This
is something that needs to be a unanimous decision. To this point, not another
word was spoken about this in that or any other email thread, so here it sits
in limbo for now.
The Commissioner
closed the floor for new business and presented his Commissioner’s Report:
1 –
Finances:
The
Commissioner advised that all prize money was paid out the morning after the
completion of the Championship game.
Back in the
2022 AOM it was agreed that I could tweak the finances/payouts slightly as
there was a small loss on the bottom line in the previous year. Because I was
planning on buying a belt and was trying to nickel and dime some money for that
somewhere, I never really did tweak the finances. Now that we will no longer be
getting a belt, I will be looking at the finances after the website gets paid
and before the start of the season and will advise at some point what the
payouts this season will be.
As mentioned
in the 2024 AOM, whatever money I had put aside for the belt will be given back
as a rebate/reduction of league fees for the 2024 season only. If you have
already paid for your ’24 fees, please know that the reduction will go to your
account as a credit. I will advise when all is done.
I think I
just attached the financial statement to the AOM recap last year, while I
didn’t get the financial statement done in time for the AOM’s If anyone wants
to see the financial statement after it is done, please feel free to let me
know and I will provide it (or, I may just send it out to you all once it's
done, regardless, but if I forget, please feel free to remind me lol).
Otherwise,
everything is fine financially and there are no pressing financial issues at
this time. However, as of March 22/24, I have been informed that the cost of
the website is going up this season and beyond. That may have an impact on all
future league fees. I plan on purchasing the leagues early this season so that
I can get a discount for this year, but please be prepared for a fee increase
next season (we will discuss at the AOM of course). I will be waiting until
after I pay for the sites and will see how much that costs before I finalize
any of the finances or financial statements.
2 – New
Owner announcement!!!
Mini has
decided to leave most of his fantasy football leagues and has left the DFFL. I
did convey thanks to him regarding his past tenure with the DFFL, DFFL2 &
DFFL3 and wish him all the best in his future endeavours.
This year
his replacement in the DFFL will be (familiar to most all of you I think): Two
Time DFFL 2 Champion, Susan Husum (along with her Husband Carl who will serve
as her co-owner for the team). I trust that she will be welcomed into the
league as you would anyone else. She comes from the trade barren wasteland
otherwise known as the DFFL2, so please feel free to send her lots of trade
offers. I was going to make a joke here and say "But not the kind of
offers that 'blank' makes lol", but honestly, I couldn't think of a single
owner in this league who has skewed values of players in their head. So that is
a HUGE compliment to all of you!
3 - Draft
Order:
Here is the
2024 DFFL Draft Order as per a previous email that I had sent out.
1 - Wayne,
4-10, lost H2H w/Snipers by 24 points
2 - Darcman,
4-10, won H2H w/Warriors by 24 points
3 - Jeff,
5-9, lost H2H w/Ministry of Pain by 20 points
4 - Garts,
5-9, won H2H w/Steel Dogs by 20 points
5 - Chad,
6-8
6 –
Susan/Carl, 8-6 (was Mini)
7 - Clay,
9-5
8 - Mike,
11-3
9 - Fred,
2023 runner up
10 - Rhonda,
2023 DFFL Champion
The draft
board on the Darcman site is in the correct draft order as posted above. Also,
the above draft order is on the MFL site.
4 - New 2024
Divisions:
In this
league, divisions are realigned annually. The Champion (this year Rhonda) and
runner up (this year your hero and all-around good guy Fred) did a school yard
pick and the divisions ended up like this:
Neanderthal:
Rhonda,
Wayne, Jeff, Chad, Susan
Asinine:
Fred,
Darcman, Mike, Clay, Garts
The
divisions have NOT been set up yet. I was planning on doing that with all the
other changes that we voted in. I will make the necessary changes to the site,
put the teams into their proper divisions and will reset the schedule probably
next week if not this weekend.
5 –
Miscellaneous:
The trading
freeze was lifted at the conclusion of the NFL Super Bowl.
Just a
reminder that there are no roster limits during the off season.
Thank you to
everyone for diligently posting your lineups and submitting your picks for the
Supplemental Drafts.
Thanks again
for all your efforts!
2024 DFFL
AOM Closed