Friday Night Lights Fantasy Football League Live Draft Date, Time and Location Set

Owners and GMs of the twelve team league will descend upon the Bennett Sports Bar (Plano Location) in an effort to lay claim to the greatest talents available in the NFL, all in the hopes of amassing the greatest team ever to compete in the FNLFFL. All essential team personnel will be arriving at 5:00 in order to discuss and possibly vote on outstanding issues for the upcoming season. There seem to be plenty of hot issues surrounding the start of this year’s draft. The first being whether or not this league is a keeper league. I am aware of at least two owners that were under the impression that the league was currently operating under a keeper league policy. Since there weren’t any rules created adding restrictions and limitations on the league in the scope of keeping players, the commissioner should have no problem stating that this year will be the first keeper draft. If this is the will of all of the owners, an official statement should come from the office of the commissioner stating the beginning of the keeper league and that players should be drafted accordingly. Another point of contention amongst owners is whether to allow slot positions in the starting lineup. While two slot positions may seem a little too excessive, many owners would like to see the addition of at least one flex position which will make late round picks even more important. The ruling on the slot position will mostly affect beer drinking owners who will more than likely be under the influence by the late rounds of the draft, which will be critical picks with the slot position in the starting lineup. There have also been calls to combine both divisions creating a single league of twelve teams fighting for six playoff spots. All in all this will take away from character of the league and create more meaningless games late in the season. Last years season was by all accounts a great season with an abundance of playoff races. While it is true there could be just as many teams battling for a playoff spot. You have to remember that with a balanced schedule late in the season there is a greater opportunity of playing against a team that doesn’t have playoff hopes or has already locked up a spot. When this happens there is always the possibility of collusion. Combining the leagues could be one of the worst things to ever happen to the league if the vote goes through. Again, the two leagues option adds a nuance to the league that promotes competition. This is a major factor in some of the calls by owners to simplify the scoring removing the special team points, defensive points, etc. If the league falls into this trap it will become a cookie cutter league without uniqueness that currently draws in the fans. It will be interesting to see what issues go to a vote and what the outcomes of those votes will be, but all in all I think everyone is just excited to be getting closer to the start of the season.