Proposed Changes for SFFL 2001

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Last Update: July 23, 2001

The following articles are proposed for the upcoming SFFL Season.  Please review these articles so you will be well versed in there intended purpose when it comes time to vote on them.
 

Article I.

1. 12:00pm Saturday August 25, 2001
2. 5:30pm Friday August 24, 2001
3. 5:30pm Friday August 31, 2001
4. 12:00pm Saturday September 1, 2001 PASSED (6-3, 1 ANY)
5. 12:00pm Saturday August 18, 2001

Article II. - PASSED (7-1)

This expansion will require the following changes to the current division make up and associated scheduling:

The existing North and South Divisions would become the North and South Conferences with 6 teams each.  Some realignment would be required as detailed below.

The Conferences would be split into two (2) Divisions with three (3) teams each thus forming the four (4) divisions:  Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest.

The makeup of the Conferences and Divisions would be:

Northern Conference

Northwest Division

Eager Beavers
SQUONK
-Larry Guidi-

Northeast Division

Elephants
Hackers
Rough Riders

Southern Conference

Southwest Division

Fighting Lounge Chairs
Invaders
THRAK

Southeast Division

Private's Parts
Young Guns
-TBD-
 

These are what seemed to be a "semi-logical" distribution of the existing teams.  These are based on approximate geographical locations of the original teams, traditional alignments, and current rivalries.  The hardest decision was breaking off the Parts from FLC, Invaders, and THRAK as these are original founding teams that have always played one another.  In the Southern Conference, other suggestions within reason will be entertained. The Northern Conference seems reasonable and logical, but is also open (some) to discussion.

A 13 game regular season would be maintained with every team playing each divisional teams twice (4 games) and all other teams once (9 games).  See the scheduling sub-section at the end of this article.

A 3 week playoff system would be maintained with the following scenario employed: *

• The Playoff System:
• The top two teams in each Division play in round one;
• The Divisional Champions will play for the Conference Championship;
• The Conference Champions would play for the Cross-Dressed Championship.
• Wildcard Conference Playoff (Second, less preferred option) :
• The best Conference team (East or West Divisional team) in the Conference would receive a first round bye;
• The other Divisional "winner" in the Conference would play the best runner-up of the Conference in a wildcard game.  potentially from the other Division.)
• The wildcard winner would play the best Divisional team (the bye team) for the Conference Championship;
• The two Conference Champions would play for the Cross-Dressed Championship.

* The big difference between these two are whether there are 8 or 6 teams which make the playoffs.
 

The Regular Season Schedule

The exact schedule will be finalized later as it will be such that the Cross-Dressed Championship teams will meet again in week #1.  As in the past the first week of the season would be a non-Conference week (North-South).  In week #7 we would now have an Inter-Divisional week (NWest-NEast, SWest-SEast).  In generic terms for this demonstration assume that teams 1-3 are the NorthWest Division, 4-6 the NorthEast Division, 7-9 the SouthWest Division, and 10-12 the SouthEast Division.  The schedule is arranged such that you never play more than two (2) Divisional games in a row, yet there are many key games in the final two weeks of the season. The Lord Almighty Commish likes this critial mass scheduling, as it will keep the races tight to the very end of the season and thus keep all teams interested, involved, and (hopefully) in contention.

KEY:

	Divisional Game
	Inter-Divisional
	Non-Conference

Article III. - PASSED (9-0)

• Passing TD's scored as 4 points each. (Currently 3pts)
• Pass interceptions scored as -1 points each. (Currently -2pts)

Article IV. - PASSED (9-0)