- Aug 24, 2017
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Alright jailbirds here we go for the 3rd season of the Jailhouse Football League! A big congratulations to...*checks notes*...myself, for winning the 2019 Championship! It was another competitive season though and I look forward to the challenge of going around again. It's still a while before the new season kicks off but seeing as there isn't a whole lot going on right now I thought it would be a good time to get the ball rolling.
I was hoping to start the rookie draft next weekend. This will follow the previous years format and be a slow paced offline draft on a separate thread I will start up. Obviously with time on our side no time limits will be placed so don't feel pressured. I have real faith we can get through 6 rounds within 5 months.
That being said before we start the draft each team will need to cull their rosters in preparation for the upcoming draft. We rolled with an expanded 30 man roster last season, up from 24 the season before. There will be no increases in roster size for this season but as always it's something we can look at for forthcoming years. As most teams had several players on IR by the end of the regular season a lot of you will have well over 30 players in your franchise right now. So there will be some difficult choices to make.
I am now going to go through each team and tag the owner of how many cuts they must make and the draft picks they currently own. I'll just tag 4 teams per post as I know there is a limit on how many and I don't want anyone not receiving a notification.
FYI each team must be at 24 rostered players prior to the draft regardless of whether you have 10 draft picks or 3. Any teams then over the limit must make additional cuts to their roster prior to Week 1. Any teams under the 30 man limit will then be required to add players off waivers as per usual season rules.
I noticed a few of you have set keepers already. If you could also cut the players that you aren't keeping that would make my job easier but I am happy to just cut the players who you haven't designated before the draft.
I was hoping to start the rookie draft next weekend. This will follow the previous years format and be a slow paced offline draft on a separate thread I will start up. Obviously with time on our side no time limits will be placed so don't feel pressured. I have real faith we can get through 6 rounds within 5 months.
That being said before we start the draft each team will need to cull their rosters in preparation for the upcoming draft. We rolled with an expanded 30 man roster last season, up from 24 the season before. There will be no increases in roster size for this season but as always it's something we can look at for forthcoming years. As most teams had several players on IR by the end of the regular season a lot of you will have well over 30 players in your franchise right now. So there will be some difficult choices to make.
I am now going to go through each team and tag the owner of how many cuts they must make and the draft picks they currently own. I'll just tag 4 teams per post as I know there is a limit on how many and I don't want anyone not receiving a notification.
FYI each team must be at 24 rostered players prior to the draft regardless of whether you have 10 draft picks or 3. Any teams then over the limit must make additional cuts to their roster prior to Week 1. Any teams under the 30 man limit will then be required to add players off waivers as per usual season rules.
I noticed a few of you have set keepers already. If you could also cut the players that you aren't keeping that would make my job easier but I am happy to just cut the players who you haven't designated before the draft.