Greetings Coaches

Phil's Phantasy Phootball Primer

Greetings Coaches. Welcome to Fantasy Football 2001 and the Gulf Coast All Pro League (so what if you're not on the Gulf Coast, it's fantasy, so you can wish you were).

I thought I'd take a moment to share a couple of bits of info and reminders about the league. Even if you've played in the Sandbox before some of this may be helpful.

Educate yourself on the draft. From the main site, under Game Assistance, click Help/Draft/Fast Live Draft. This info sheet will explain the draft procedure completely, but I will be happy to answer any questions if you have any. I strongly advise participating in the Live Draft because if you don't the Automatic Draft rules will apply. I recently drafted a team via the Automatic Draft and it selected Shawn King as my first QB! It definitely has it's flaws. Unless you spend a lot of time modifying your draft I would recommend taking an hour or two on Tuesday 9/4 for the Live Draft. It starts at 8:00PM CST but I would be logged on by at least 7:45 to load you queue (the info sheet will explain this).

Use the Rumor Mill. It shows participation and is a good place for communication.

Update your roster at least once a week. It's not fair to the rest of the league if a team continually leaves injured players on the starting roster and loses games as a result; and it's anti-competitive. It only takes a couple of minutes per week...really.

Yes, there is a trading deadline, and it's Dec 12 1:00PM EST. Trading is fun but let's keep it fair. Here's a little info on trading:

After you propose a trade, the other owner must accept the trade. There is no time limit for this. It's cordial to accept or decline the trade, or make a counter-offer. It's not protocol to let them hang out there, because an owner might need to start working other deals if you are going to decline, and vice versa. If an offer is accepted, everyone will (hopefully) get an email from the commish, and there is a 48-hr review period. During this period the league owners have the opportunity to contest (protest) the trade, but you must post a comment as to why. Basically you have to convince the commish that the trade is not fair in some way. A minimum of three owners must contest a trade before it will be even reviewed by the commish (whether it's a fair trade or not). Remember, if you want a trade to take effect for the coming week's games, you should have a deal in agreement probably by Thursday (except for weeks with Thursday games, which would need to be sooner). After (and if) the trade passes, you need to check your roster to make sure the right players are starting, etc. Sandbox will not automatically do it for you unless the trade specifies that a player will move to a starting position (if that is confusing, I can go into more detail later). If you read the Help/Trades text, it should be clear.

I am not the commish, that is a Sandbox entity. I just created the league. But you can send me money anyway.

If you do not update your roster for 4 weeks in a row, Sandbox will list your team as a "dead" team and you will lose it. There is no way to get it back.

I will email more tidbits as I think of them. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel feel to send them on. Here's one...in case you

didn't notice there are some wacky team names this year. I am encouraging wacky team names, and you CAN change your team name at

ANY time (View Roster/Edit Team).

Good luck,

Phil, the Phantasy Phootball Phellow

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