2017 Season Postmortem

[Jonah Parker]

Gentlemen,

Hope all is well and you all had a wonderful holiday.  For those of you north of the Mason-Dixon line, hope you are staying warm.  One of my New Year's resolutions is to bug you all less so I'm hoping to knock some things out here, then leave you alone for a few months.  So this one's going to contain some stuff and I apologize now for the length.  Here we go.

Winnings

In case you missed it (it was right at Christmas so it's legitimately possible I suppose), the playoffs concluded and we have some people making money (again).  Here's a breakdown of who won what and how much money they are due.

1st Place: Pop Warner Pros - $300 

2nd Place: Franklin's Finest - $150 

3rd Place: Great pre-Scott! - $50 

Division Champ: Pop Warner Pros - $25 

Division Champ: Great pre-Scott! - $25 

Best Regular Season Record: Great pre-Scott! - $10 

Most Regular Season Points: Boats and Hoes - $10 

Weekly Highest Point Totals 

Week 1: Pop Warner Pros - $10 

Week 2: Team Bradford - $10 

Week 3: Sticky Bandits - $10 

Week 4: All About the Benjamins - $10 

Week 5: Boats and Hoes - $10 

Week 6: Great pre-Scott! - $10 

Week 7: Pop Warner Pros - $10 

Week 8: Melrose Maniacs - $10 

Week 9: Tie between All About the Benjamins & Sticky Bandits - $5 each 

Week 10: Pop Warner Pros - $10 

Week 11: Great pre-Scott! - $10 

Week 12: Franklin's Finest - $10 

Week 13: Pop Warner Pros - $10 

Payout by Owner 

Pop Warner Pros - $365 

Franklin's Finest - $160 

Great pre-Scott! - $105 

Boats and Hoes - $20 

All About the Benjamins - $15 

Sticky Bandits - $15 

Team Bradford - $10 

Melrose Maniacs - $10 

Total Payout - $700

Rule Changes

As we look ahead to next year, I wanted to just remind everyone that you all voted to make this a PPR league starting next season.  As of now, there are not enough votes to make it half PPR so it will be a full PPR unless that is changed before the rookie draft.  

I also posted a note on the league site as many of you may have missed it.  We ended up with enough votes to change the flex spot from RB/WR only to RB/WR/TE beginning this season.

There were a number of proposals to change the rookie draft a bit but none got more than 6 votes so it will remain unchanged this year.  This is a topic I'd love to get some feedback on.  It seems like an area to improve and everyone seems interested in increasing the talent in the actual draft so throw some ideas out there.

On that note, I want to again propose we implement some form of a salary cap or luxury tax for acquiring too many high-salary players.  I have obviously benefited from the arms race recently and I don't want to either take away from the trade activity in the league or limit owners from improving their future situations, but I think things have gotten a bit out of hand.  The final few teams this season would have easily won most 10 team leagues and the disparity between the top few and everyone else is stark.  I'd like to find a way to still incorporate all the things we love about the league while putting some limit on the talent acquired by a single team.  As an example, my final roster would have cost $475 to draft.  That seems egregious.  I'd like to see a cap set somewhere around $350 or $400.  Whether that's a hard cap or a tax sets in above that level, I don't have a strong feeling (though increasing the pot for our annual draft fund would be nice for the locals).  Thoughts?

Any other thoughts on rule changes?  I know you guys have things you'd like to see different, this is the time of year to get those ideas out there.

Moving Forward

As we look to next year, the first thing we need to get out of the way is confirming who is and is not planning to play.  I know you may not have a decision yet, but if you're considering leaving it would be great to know (and know why) so we can start thinking about potential replacements or whether we would want to shrink the league (in the event we have an even number of departures).  Knowing whether we may need a supplemental draft will also dictate when we can begin the rookie draft.

Speaking of the rookie draft, start thinking about how soon you'd like to do that.  I kind of like doing it mid-summer to get the juices flowing a bit and then give everyone some time to make any last minute changes before the keeper deadline on August 1.

Finally, I know Josh is itching for a Super Bowl Party.  I kind of doubt I can host one, but may be able to attend for a bit.  A kid-friendly setup would be ideal in terms of my availability, but I could probably escape for the first half if you guys just wanted to get together at BWW or something.

That's all I got.  Go forth and prosper.

[Justin Thornburg]

I would recommend moving up the trade deadline by 2 weeks instead of informing a trade deadline. 

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[Jonah Parker]

I would be Ok with this. My one concern would be it leads to fewer trades and hurts teams who are on the fence rather than doing anything to top teams. I think a cap would still allow plenty of trading late but would spread it among more of the teams. It’s tough to know all the unintended consequences prior to implementation but that’s my gut feel.

Also forgot to mention earlier that I still need to update all the keeper pricing sheets. The 2017 one is accurate for guys who were kept last year, but anyone drafted new or dropped and picked up will not be accurately reflected there. Busy time at work right now but hoping to get that updated for 2018 shortly.

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