DFFL AOM 2022
January 16,
2022 to February 9, 2022
Attending
Owners: The Chad, Mike, Clay, Jeff, Wayne, Mini, Garts,
Fred
Non-Attending
Owners: Rhonda (holiday in Mexico)
Commissioner
stated that there were no re-tabled issues from the 2021 AOM and opened the
floor to new business:
1 – Clay had
concerns about the number of players on IR on some teams’ rosters. Wanted to
start a discussion about how many should be on an IR list, if we should cut
down the rosters to 22 now and possibly even have a one-time 4th
supplemental draft in order to balance out the rosters. This discussion turned
into a complete dumpster fire and got all confusing with regards to off season
rosters, altering the rounds per supplemental draft, creating an entire new
regular supplemental draft just to add 1 player overall, and also to remove
Covid “free parking” spots from everyone’s rosters. It ended with the Commissioner
having an uncharacteristic hissy fit/rant about everything. From the
Commissioner’s rant, the following items were voted on:
1 –
Commissioner advised you could vote on the following options for the IR & Covid
“free parking” spots on your roster for the upcoming season and beyond:
a) Kill all spots completely:
b) 1 spot only no matter what: Garts, Mike, Mini, Wayne, Fred
c) 2 spots only no matter what: Jeff,
Clay, Chad
d) Leave everything as it is (unlimited
use)
Option
B was voted in and passed for immediate implementation, from now on all Covid
positive players (except for 1 if you have no IR players) will take up a spot
on your team’s roster
2 – cutdown to
22 players immediately (before the end of the AOM):
Yes: Garts, Mike, Mini, Clay, Wayne, Fred
No: Jeff,
Chad
Proposal
passes unanimously for immediate implementation. All rosters were immediately
cut down to 22 players by all owners
3 – Clay proposed
that we have a 1 time only 4th supplemental draft to balance out
rosters:
Yes: Jeff,
Chad
No: Wayne,
Fred, Garts, Mike, Mini, Clay (changed vote)
Proposal
is voted down and does not pass
4 – Jeff
proposed that we add a permanent 4th supplemental draft, but reduce
ALL supplemental drafts to 2 rounds:
Yes: Jeff,
Chad
No: Garts, Mike, Mini, Clay, Wayne, Fred
Proposal
is voted down and does not pass
5 – rosters
to remain unlimited throughout the off season or capped at 22 throughout the
off season:
Leave unlimited:
Jeff, Wayne, Fred, Clay, Chad
Cap at 22: Garts, Mike, Mini
Rosters
will continue to stay as unlimited rosters throughout the off season
Commissioner
Rant/Options over…
6 – Chad
double checked to ensure that we are giving 2 points for 4th down
turnovers. Commissioner advised that we have been doing that for years before
the website ever offered that as an option for scoring.
7 – Chad started
the 4th supplemental draft discussion again. He and Clay led the
discussion on it. Eventually a proposal was made to add a permanent 4th
supplemental 3 round draft at the end of Week 12 and before kickoff of Week 13:
Yes: Chad,
Mike, Wayne, Garts, Jeff, Mini
No: Fred,
Clay (*note* I MAY have gotten Clay’s vote wrong here, he said he was letting
his previous vote stand, but I know that it got really weird in the first
discussion and the only reason why Clay voted against a 4th supp draft
was because there had already been supp picks traded (when guys were toying
with making some supp drafts 2 rounds and others at 3). Either way he voted on
this issue had no bearing on if this passed or not.)
Proposal
passes for immediate implementation
8 – Chad proposes
that in addition to the 2 bonus points that kickers get for 50+ field goals,
that we also add a 1-point bonus to all successful field goals between 40 – 49 yards:
Yes: Chad,
Jeff, Garts
No: Fred,
Wayne, Mike, Clay, Mini
Proposal
is voted down and does not pass
9 – Chad went
on to restart a discussion about the 4th supplemental draft that was
discussed earlier and furthermore, which supplemental drafts to make how many
rounds. The Commissioner (while trying not to be a dick like he was earlier),
tried to explain why making the drafts different rounds instead of leaving it
simple at all supplemental drafts being 3 rounds each would be confusing and
would add to illegal trades. After further discussion and some efforts at voting,
a final agreement could not be made. The Commissioner ruled that for the 2022
season all supplemental drafts will be 3 rounds each and that we could revisit
this discussion at the next AOM. No one argued with that.
*Proposal/discussion re-tabled to 2023 AOM
No one else had
anything new to bring up so the floor was closed for new business. The Commissioner
had no rule changes to go through so he went on to do his annual Commissioner’s
Report:
DFFL 2022
AOM - Commissioner's Report
1 -
Finances:
I am pleased
to announce that ALL prize money in ALL leagues were settled/paid out the day
after the season ended. This was due to the fact that I did not procrastinate
as I have done in the past and had everything ready to go. My goal is to keep
that time frame going forward in all my leagues.
On a side
note, an owner in one of my leagues asked why we don't just use LeagueSafe or something like that. The problem with that is
that out of the money that I collect, I do way more than just pay the winners.
I also have to go through and pay each owner who gets a weekly high score as
well as any owners who hold or break any records, and in the leagues that still
have supp drafts, the owners pay for those optional picks and that supp draft
money is used to pay for the website. So to throw all
the money into LeagueSafe is not as easy for me as
you would think. And as I have proven this season, I CAN pay people out the day
after the season just like LeagueSafe does. This way
just works way better for everyone.
Despite the
season being 1 week longer now (which means more money is paid out for the
weekly high scores), the finances for the 2022 season will not change. League
fees will remain at $70 and an additional $5 for anyone who wants to play
Pick'em. And there will be no charge for trades effective immediately and going
forward and all optional supplemental draft picks will still cost $1/pick (this
continues to pay for the website). The bottom line for 2021 was that the DFFL
ended up at $0 (as per previous AOM decisions), with that said, everything will
stay the same for now and I will reassess next season.
As always, a
financial statement of the past year is available to anyone who requests it.
2 - Draft
Order:
Here is the
2022 Draft Order (based on regular season record, who won and was runner up in
the Championship)
1 - Rhonda,
5 - 9
2 - Wayne, 5
- 8 - 1
3 - Garts, 6 - 8
4 - Fred, 6
- 7 - 1, lost H2H vs. Snipers
5 - Darcman,
6 - 7 - 1, won H2H vs. Training Day
6 - The
Chad, 7 - 7, lost H2H vs. Damage Inc.
7 - Clay, 7
- 7, won H2H vs. Master of Puppets
8 - Mini, 7
- 6 - 1
9 - Jeff,
2021 DFFL Runner Up
10 - Mike,
2021 DFFL Back-to-Back Champion
I will
update the draft order on the draft boards on the Darcman site on the next
update.
3 -
Divisions:
In this
league divisions are broken down yearly. The Champion (Mike...again) and the
runner up (this year it was Jeff) get to be "Captains" and they do a
schoolyard pick of the other owners as to who gets placed into which division.
In no particular order, here is how the Divisions ended up looking:
Asinine Division:
Jeff, Darcman, Mini, Rhonda, Fred
Neanderthal
Division:
Mike, Clay, Garts, Wayne, Chad
Commissioner
will set up the divisions once the 2022 version of the website is up
4 -
Miscellaneous:
some of this
stuff can be found here: http://www.darcman.com/dffl1.html
a) There
were no league records broken this season, all league records continue to be
listed on the above site.
b) on the
above site, I posted the entire history of the DFFL Champions as well as a few
little tidbits of info that I will continue to add to from time to time.
c) I would
like to thank everyone for their patience and dedication to this league
especially through these odd covid times. Looks like covid is going to continue
to be a thing for quite awhile so your patience is appreciated.
d) I did
have some proposals to make, but I cannot find my list, so I guess they will
have to wait until next season.
Thanks again
to everyone involved in this league, it may be run decently by me, but it is
ultimately the owners who make the league great! There is a reason why this is
truly the flagship league of the DFFL Franchise. Thank you everyone!
2022 DFFL
AOM Closed