Friday, March 30, 2007. Arrive after 6:00 PM, as we figure to be set for Big O to call out the first name at about 6:30 PM (unless he defers on that first pick).
DRAFT LOCATION:
Here's where we have some breaking news!! John Frissora has informed me that unfortunately the Sewickley American Legion had to close its doors for financial reasons. There is talk about a future merger with the Sewickley VFW, but this meant for 2007 we needed to find a new draft home. Hey Harv!!! We're baaaaaccccckkkkk!!! Yes, you may know that for a period of time, the Harvey's were undergoing a family legal battle for control of the company. I'm happy to report that Harv took matters into his own hands and settled all family business.
And as the bad guys have been dispatched and our boy Harv is back in control, the draft returns to this location.
2007 DRAFT SELECTION ORDER:
1. Big O
2. Dave
3. Al
4. John S.
5. Piffy
6. Bob
7. John F.
8. Tony & Ed
9. Harv
10. Big Daddy
POSITION ELIGIBILITY CHANGES & VERIFICATIONS FOR 2007:
We'll get into that about the 2nd week of March.
RULES CHANGES:
I only have one thing in mind. With the situations we ran into last season (Cole Hamels / Roger Clemens), I would like to avoid that same kind of problem for myself or anyone filling in for me in 2007. The question was...... When is a player eligible to be added to our active NPL roster? I would like to remove the current rule that a player must be on a MLB team's active roster before he can be added to the NPL. Open it so you can add any player at any time, even if he isn't yet on a MLB team. The annual example seems to be Roger Clemens. It would be wide open, and on any given Wednesday you can choose to pull the trigger on Clemens or a hot shot minor leaguer expected to be called up. First come, first serve. But of course, the player then has to be placed on your active NPL roster and if he's not playing yet you have to suffer with zero points and you cannot reserve him, although you can give up on him and drop him.
I would like to implement this change and not worry about a vote. Like we see in our other fantasy leagues, if something is going to make the Commissioners life easier for league administration purposes, then we just do it. And it is often problematic in trying to confirm the exact date/time of a MLB roster move while at the same time having more than one NPL team angling for a player. So, if there's no great outcry against this, I'll consider it as good to go.
2007 COST:
Once again $100.00 entry for the league. With ancillary costs that we share, it will probably be $115. to $120. total for draft night. But I'll have more on that later after the name stickers are ordered. The CBS Sportsline NPL site has already been purchased for 2007 at the early bird discount price and I obtained a 10% off promotional code as well. Total cost is $116.95 this season, or $11.00 per team. This breaks down to each team paying approximately 6 cents per day for 6 months worth of excitement!! Or maybe agony.
There will be more actual NPL related updates as we move forward towards the season, but for now, here comes the miscellaneous crap I previously mentioned.
