Welcome to the KRFL., The Knute Rockne Football League was founded in 2001 by Jim Doyle, who served with distinction as our first commissioner thru mid-2003. The KRFL is a 24-team league that simulates the NFL using the Action PC Football game available from Dave Koch Sports (dksports.com). We have our own rookie draft, our own free agency, and our own salary cap.
Our 24 members have many diverse interests, but they share one common bond, the love of NFL football. For further information or to apply for membership, contact the KRFL commissioner.
A final reminder that the Rookie Draft begins Monday at 9am ET.
FINAL CUT DOWN DATE
While we have your attention, the FINAL CUT DOWN date coincides with the end of the Rookie Draft on Friday, May 25th. All cuts, rookie keeps, and contract signings need to be reported by then without exception. It's a busy time for the League Office so it is strongly advised that you post the majority of your decisions by the end of the first week of the rookie draft. That will leave enough time for the league office to process the decisions and release updated files shortly before the deadline so you have one last opportunity to finalize your roster before fines are imposed.
Each owner has until 11:59pm ET on Friday, May 25th to announce the cuts they will make and contracts they will sign to be in compliance with salary rules. This is a rigid deadline.
1. You must have a minimum of 22 salaried players on your roster after posting your cuts. 2. You must not exceed $70m in salary obligations. 3. Owners may cut rookies from the previous year who are due to count against the salary cap. 4. Owners must sign a contract with or cut second year rookies. 5. Owners must sign or cut the previous year's free agent signings. 6. Veteran cuts will be penalized one half of the total due across the length of the contract. 7. Veterans who played no more than 3 games may be cut without penalty. (16.10) 8. Each team may optionally declare one veteran player with an expiring contract (3 years or greater in length) as a franchise player. (16.5)
You've listened to Mel Kiper and Merrill Hoge. You've graded your favorite team's draft. You've decided whether you prefer Andrew Luck or RG3 and rated the top three defensive tackles. Now it's time to put that info to work. The KRFL Rookie Draft starts promptly at 9am ET on Monday.
Shortening the Free Agent Draft I've proposed shortening the usual six week Free Agent Draft. You can read the discussion here. On the main page of the website there is a poll asking for your opinion.
For New Owners and a reminder to everybody:
If you know you'll be unavailable to make your pick at your scheduled time, please arrange a proxy to pick for you (usually the next person in line) and send an ordered list by preference. Alternatively, you can post a list of your preferences in the appropriate draft day thread, prior to your pick, and your top available pick will be honored.
When you post, post like this: TEAM NAME picks LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, POSITION, NFL TEAM Warrington picks Newton, Cam, QB, Carolina.
When you select, please post all the information requested as that is what is needed to add each name to the spreadsheet. If you don't post it, It has to be looked up, which adds even more time to a tedious, time consuming process. People who can't do this will be reminded, and WILL have their picks VOIDED after the first reminder. Also, especially for you NEW OWNERS, we strictly adhere to this schedule. You may post as soon as your time comes up or the team immediately in front of you has already selected. Waukesha, for example, can pick no sooner then 10:00 AM eastern, unless Lakeland picks earlier, say at 9:32. Waukesha is then free to pick once Lakeland has picked. If you MISS YOUR TIME, you can jump in ANYTIME AFTER. Picks made too early will be VOIDED! Duplicate picks willl be voided, and the process continues to move on. At the end of this round, there is a two hour grace period to make your pick prior to the commissioner filling your pick for you with the highest undrafted player. You must draft players selected in the NFL draft.
Gentlemen, The Interim tag has been taken off my title and I am now your new Commissioner. I want to thank Mark Haucke for nominating me and Mark Hackworth for his endorsement. To quote Mr. Hackworth in full, and not to toot my own horn, he said that I am "ok". With that mandate, there are five items of business I'd like to inform you about.
1) The Rookie Draft begins Monday, May 14th and the Final Cut Down Date is Friday, May 25th. All deadlines and scheduling can be found at the website by clicking on CALENDAR at the top of the home page.
2) The new version of the game might have some changes that we want to address. I have set up a thread in the League Business Forum to discuss this.
3) I have made a proposal to shorten the Free Agent Draft. This proposal reduces the time it will take by 40% while adding only 15 minutes on some days. I think I make a strong case that this would be a simple change with little impact if any on the individual time requirements of the membership. Take a look, read my proposal, and indicate your preference on the poll on the home page.
4) I'm making a number of small changes to the website to make things easier for all of us.
A) When posting a trade proposal, you need to also notify the Trade Committee by email. This form allows you to notify all the Trade Committee members with one submission. No need to look up everybody's email address. Submitting Trade Proposals.
C) I'm playing around with a Classified Ad system to centralize the posting of trade offers. I thought it would be convenient to be able to see all the posts about players available for trade and wanted players in one place rather than sifting through yahoo emails that often get lost in the inbox. It will probably need some tweaking and may be more useful next year, but try it out and give me feedback. Have fun since this is only a trial and only members can see Classified Ads.
Click on Classifieds at the top of the home page. Click on Manage My Ads Check New and click Go Fill out the Form, pick a sub-category, DON'T include your phone number, and hit Submit. (You can Edit your ad at any time)
5) Besides the four amendments that were passed, two more changes to the Constitution will be made that will put into writing existing league practices.
ADD - 8.8 Trading Future Draft Picks - Rookie and Free Agent Draft Picks may be traded up to 16 months in advance. This means that trades made during the season can only involve picks in the upcoming rookie and free agent drafts while trades after the opening of trading in the new league business year may involve both the upcoming and next year's drafts.
DELETE 7.19 : Once the free agent draft ends, teams may trade the rights to any drafted rookie if they so choose.
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