Free Agent Signings

Well with Free Agent signing over here are the signings. If you need to release a player you should comment on who you want to release. If you dont comment int he next day or two, I'll just release the last player on the depth chart.

WEST CONFERENCE
Albuquerque:
None
CAP: 160

Boise:
Signings:
WR Justin McCariens/ 79-4
TE Leonard Pope/ 77-1

Needs to Release:
WR and TE
CAP before:161; CAP Now:166

Las Vegas:
Signings:
WR Eric Parker/ 79-3

Released:
WR Billy McMullen/ 72-3

CAP(stayed the same):164

Pearl City:
Signings:
HB Ian Johnson/ 80-3
WR Eron Riley/ 79-2

Needs to Release
HB and WR
CAP Before: 151; CAP Now: 156

San Antonio:
None
CAP: 166

EAST CONFERENCE
Alabama:
Signings:
QB Brian Johnson/ 81-4
HB P.J. Daniels/ 80-2

Released:
QB Chad Hutchinson/ 70-3
HB Thomas Jones/ 73-3
CAP(stayed the same): 169

Connecticut:
None
CAP: 160

Louisville:
None
CAP: 158

Mempis:
Signings:
WR Darrel Jackson/80-3

Released:
WR Paul Hubbard/67-1
CAP Before: 164; Cap Now: 166

Quebec:
Signings:
DE Earl Cochran/ 71-3

Needs to release:
DE
CAP Before: 153; CAP Now: 156

Now we do have a free agent pool, but you will not be allowed to sign Free Agents until All-Star Week, which we will hold another Free Agent Week and that will also be the Trade Deadline Week. If a player is injured and he is injured for over 2 weeks then you my sign an "emergency" player. The reason for all of this is because when you edit created team's rosters on Madden, you have to fill in the whole roster all over again, which takes a long time.

I also thought about how many years we are allowed to keep players, and I think I have come up with a good system.
10 point Salary players - 10 seasons (2 and half years)
5 points - 5 seasons (1 1/4 years)
4 points - 4 seasons (1 year)
3 points - 3 seasons (3/4 year)
1 point - 2 seasons (1/2 year)

This system takes place this year, meaning if you have a player you are paying 1 point to this season, you get to keep him for the next 2 seasons instead of him becoming a free agent. Also we can talk about lowering the kickers salarys as well.

Standings for sidebar

How's that?


Also me and mike were discussing an exhibition game between the Navy, and 47s. When are you all free?

Free Agent Signing Period

Okay so with all the rosters out, we can now begin Free Agent Signing. This will last until Tuesday night 12 midnight EST/ 11 cnt. This thread will be the FA post, if you have any news or something you want to post on the site during this time, post it on MLF Network or wait till after the deadline, I will add everybody as authors since Im getting all the emails now. Okay I will now go over the rules.

Rules:

1 Only owners are allowed to sign for their team unless they can are too busy to tune in between now and tuesday, if so they need to comment and ask me or Mykl or anyone else who is available to sign for them.

2. You are only Allowed to sign 3 players

3. You may place a bid on any player starting at 1, and if more people bid you may counter, make sure you do not place bids so expensive that they will put you over, if they do, you will have to withdraw the bid from the player.

4. Bidding will end June 30th at midnight eastern time, the team that has placed the highest bid on a player at that time may add the player to their roster.

5. If you add a player to your roster you must release antoher from that postion so you don't go over the Depth Chart limit. EX. I have 3 QBs if I sign a QB, I would now have 4 so I would have to release one.

Okay I think I covered all the rules. You may start your bids now and counter your bids until Tuesday when FA signing ends.

Free Agents (OL can play any Offensive Line position)
QB
1. Brian Johnson/ 81
2. Timmy Chang/ 80
3. Patrick Ramsey/ 79
4. Rex Grossman/ 79
5. Koy Detmer/ 79
6. Rudy Carpenter/ 78
7. Todd Boeckman/ 78
8. Charlie Batch/ 78
9. Kyle Boller/ 78
10. Hunter Cantwell/ 77
11. Sean Glennon/ 76

HB
1. Correl Buckhalter/ 82
2. DeShaun Foster/ 82
3. Michael Pittman/ 81
4. Ian Johnson / 80
5. P.J. Daniels/ 80
6. T.J. Duckett/ 79
7. Brad Lester/ 79
8. Kestahn Moore/ 78
9 Shun White/ 78

FB
1. Brannan Southerland/ 78
2. Zack Crockett/78
3. Owen Schmitt/ 76
4. Jason Cook/ 75
5. Justin Green/ 74

WR
1. Darrel Jackson/ 80
2. Eron Riley/ 79
3. Justin McCareins/ 79
4. Eric Parker/ 79
5. Antonio Chatman/ 76

TE
1. Leonard Pope/ 77
2. Jeb Putzier/ 73
3. Richard Angulo/ 72

OT
1. Trai Essex/ 77
2. Ryan O’Callaghan/ 76
3. Charles Spencer/ 75
4. Kyle Cook/ 74
5. Justin Geisinger/ 72
6. King Dunlap/ 60

DE
1. Earl Cochran/ 71

DT
1. DeMario Pressley/ 72

FS
1. Anthony Smith/ 75

SS
1. Pat Watkins/ 76
2. Reed Doughty/ 73

P
1. Paul Ernster/ 69
2. B.J. Sander/ 68

Begin!

New Rosters

I sent them to all of the people I have in my MSN contacts. I need CofReds, and throwbacks.

Also I just sent a email to everyone else, and it has all the rosters except San Antonio, so I will send another one, it should be the 2nd one you get.

Everyone needs the rosters, because we will start Free Agent singing tonight and end it this tuesday.

Connecticut Navy Roster

OFFENSE

QB
1. Jon Kitna/ 83
2. J.P. Losman/ 79
3. Tim Couch/ 77

RB
1. Rudi Johnson/ 87
2. Ahman Green/ 82
3. Travis Minor/ 77
4. Jesse Chatman/ 77

FB
1. Payton Hillis/ 80

WR
1. Bobby Engram/ 86
2. Ashley Lelie/ 83
3. Quan Cosby/ 80
4. Maurice Stovall/ 78
5. David Grimes/ 76

TE
1. Steve Heiden/ 78
2, Jim Kleinsasser/ 76

LT
1. Max Starks/ 80
2. Jonathan Scott/ 73

LG
1. Scott Kooistra/ 73
2. Joe Toledo/ 70

C
1. Jeff Saturday/ 90
2. Nick Leckey/ 75

RG
1. Justin Britt/ 78
2. Tyler Reed/ 68

RT
1. Adam Goldberg/ 78
2. Will Svitek/ 75

DEFENSE

LE
1. Angelo Craig/ 74
2. Derrick Jones/ 70

DT
1. Nick Hayden/ 76
2. Amon Gordon/ 74
3. Dre Moore/ 72

RE
1. Bryan Robinson/ 74
2. Charles Bennett/ 66

LOLB
1, Carlos Polk/ 77
2. Pierre Woods/ 71

MLB
1. D.D. Lewis/ 75
2. Rod Wilson/ 69
3. Andy Studebaker/ 63

ROLB
1. Shawn Crable/ 74
2. Gilbert Gardner/ 72

CB
1. Adam “Pacman” Jones/ 84
2. Keith Smith/ 78
3. Daven Holly/ 78
4. Eric King/ 71

FS
1. Hamza Abullah/ 79
2. Matt Ware/ 73

SS
1. Michael Boulware/ 80
2. Tank Williams/ 78

K
1. Mike Nugent/ 86

P
1. Mark Bucholtz/ 78

Albuquerque 47s Roster

QB
1. Chase Daniel/ 83
2. Joey Harrington/ 79
3. Cullen Harper/ 77

RB
1. Edgerrin James/ 89
2. Dominic Rhodes/ 83
3. Chris Brown/78
4. Noah Herron/75

FB
1. Thomas Tapeh/ 80

WR
1. Shaun McDonald/ 83
2. Brandon Lloyd/ 82
3. Brandon Jones/ 81
4. Joe Jurevicius/ 79
5. Rod Smith/ 77

TE
1. Jerramy Stevens/ 78
2, Tom Santi/ 75

LT
1. Stephon Heyer/ 80
2. Frank Omiyale/ 73

LG
1. Robert Felton/ 77
2. Stefan Rodgers/ 64

C
1. Matt Birk/ 86
2. Steve McKinney/ 77

RG
1. Andrew Crummy/ 75
2. Junius Coston/ 70

RT
1. Oliver Ross/ 79
2. Daniel Loper/ 75

DEFENSE
LE
1. Wallace Gilberry/ 75
2. Andre Coleman/ 62

DT
1. Brandon Mebane/ 80
2. Jeff Zgonia/ 76
3. Jimmy Kennedy/ 73

RE
1. Chris Harrington/ 73
2. Dan Bazuin/ 72

LOLB
1, Kevin Burnett/ 82
2. Eric Alexander/ 70

MLB
1. Jonathan Goff/ 73
2. Brad Kassell/ 72
3. David McMillan/ 62

ROLB
1. Robert James/ 74
2. Mike Humpal/ 73
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CB
1, Phillip Buchanon/ 82
2. Michael Lehan/ 80
3, R.W. McQuarters/ 74
4, T.J. Rushing/ 73

FS
1. Marvin White/ 76
2. Pierson Prioleah/ 74

SS
1. Brandon McGowan/ 83
2. C.C. Brown/ 78

K
1. Colt David/ 81

P
1. Sam Koch/ 80

Stars and Stripes Patches

This was TC's idea...
Since the Summer season starts on the July 4th Weekend, we thought it would be cool to have patriotic flag patches for each team. The logos below are what the team will wear instead of the coloured MLF logo on the jerseys. Since Canada Day is July 1st, Quebec will join in the festivities.

Pearl City and Boise's New Uniforms

www.mlfnetwork.blogspot.com

I'm posting them there so we can get the MLF Network kicked off.

Leaf Post Bail! Suspended for Season and Playoffs!

Well I forgot to post this a while back but Las Vegas QB Ryan Leaf turned himself in and got out on Bail, so he is not in jail and his suspension could be reduced depending on whether or not he can stay out of the news. He will be suspended the full season and it could be reduced to 6 games.
His suspension could be voted on.

Heres the story

6-24-09

Alright the poll is preety set in stone, 11 votes say Ryan Leaf will be suspeneded the full season and playoffs, he will be eligible to play again next season.

Louisville's new logo?

A logo possibility has been leaked from Louisville's mini-camp. It was found on the cover of a playbook, with the confirmation of golden yellow and electric blue. It is not 100% confirmed that this is the new logo, but it was an interesting find by the local sports reporters.

New Season

What about trying to get game one played on Saturday July 4th? We could sim the rest of the games on that day, or Sunday. Or we could just do it Saturday, then the next Thursday we could continue the week the same as we did as last season.

So Mike, what are you doing the weekend after this one.

So that would bring up the matter on who would like to play. Las Vegas would like to host Albuquerque. I'd accept a Memphis at Louisville game also. The other games are SA @BOI, ALA @CON, PC @QUE. I think that the games I want would be primetime games. Vegas would raise the championship banner, vs. an expansion team. Memphis, and Louisville would be the best matchup of the week.

Boise Jersey Concepts

Okay Beast Mode said he likes the Option A better so that will be the new Boise Grizzlies Uniform set this year, Ill post a presentation in a little while.

Well me and Mykl were talking about jerseys and everything, and we decided to try some more options for some teams. He did a Memphis Concept that looks great, I was goingn to post it but AOL kept screwing up and wouldnt let me save the file so I'll wait till he gets back from his baseball game. I made some new Boise options, after me and Mykl talked about the ones he made halfway through the season and the tweaks we could make too it. So I did one almost exactly like his and I made one with the same cut just filled in differently. I also did claw marks on the pants to mimick the Alternate Logo. We liked these two options alot better then their current uniforms but I guess its up to Beast Mode on which one he likes. I didnt do a helmet because I like theirs the way it is.

New Style guide template

This is for mike.


UPDATE

Memphis Concept

So like mike said we were talking about jerseys, and I wanted to try Memphis's again. I changed the script parts of the logos to an actual font. I might just put the script under Elvis on the style guide, and make the king a secondary.I like the classic look that they had last season, but I cleaned it up a lot. Its shoulder stripes, but the 2 stripes are different colours, and the middle is a different colour. I used the Memphis Grizzlies numbers too. Lookie.

Will that do Burmy?

Leaf suspension extented

After some breaking news on Sportscenter, Ryan Leaf who is in Canada eh!? is wanted for arrest. Leaf has failed to turn himself in. So due to the possible arrest Leaf may face. His suspension has extended from 5 games to the season and indefinitely, he is suspended without pay until his possible re induction. Former Alabama Crimson Tide QB John Parker Wilson who was drafted 40th Overall in the 2009 Summer Draft by the Aces will likely become the Full-time starter for the Aces this season. Las Vegas Owner Mykl Taylor had this to say about Leaf.

"Well he had an MVP season last year, and if he didn't make stupid decisions, the Aces would've been even better. But I think J.P. Wilson will have a Matt Ryan esque season, and hopefully we can do it again."

Obviously some high expectations for Wilson and some big shoes to fill in his rookie season and transition from the College level to the Professional level.

Ryan Leaf is suspened with no pay meaning Las Vegas will not be required to pay him during the 2009 Summer Season, he has been moved off the roster as well. He has been moved to the Suspended Players List, making him uneligible for pay until the end of the Summer Season. His Contract with the Aces will be terminated after the Summer Season making him a free agent under suspension, in which any team is allowed to sign him but will have to keep him on their roster and pay him while he is under suspension.

At this point it looks like Leaf will never play another down in the MLF.

MLF Network

Okay TC mentioned this the other night in a chat we had, and think it is a really nice idea, it would make a good place for interviews, player of the week news, polls, and more. I may start a blog today with the title, and I would for anyone who is intrested to be authors, possibly every owner here, we could still post press conf. and polls, and p.o.w links here, but we could give a full story on a MLF Network blog, we could also have concepts posted there too. I plan to do Style guides for each team from last season and this season as well. So I figure that will be the first line of buisness I do on the blog. Again anyone who think's its a good idea just tell us what you think about it and if you wanna join feel free to, I give TC credit for "greenlighting" this site.

Alright sounds like everbody likes the idea so far, but I wanted to give a Sneak Peek to what the Style Guides look like, Mykl gets credit for preety much coming up with the idea and creating one for the Aces llast season, but I thought I would play around and make a new template, I used a different Football template, it is Bucco's and I think Cab from the boards made it paint compaitable. I decided I would only fit 2 uniform sets on each because I want to document ALL the uniform's that have beeen worn so there will be a "Special" Style Guide Template that will feature the Alternate Uniform and the Promotional Uniform (Retro Week, TAtC). Anyways Starting with the Reigning Champs.



Also I decided not to post numbers with the different backgrounds just to keep it less clutered and since the numbers/names are all paint compaitable, they are very easy to change. If you want to save these, you should probably let me e-mail them too you so they will be clean images and work in paint.

Down on the Farm

Started a new blog with TC, that's all about Minor League Baseball. The header says it all.
Linkage.

Haappy MLF Birthday

Goes to Elvi- I mean MBurmy.

I seriously you have a shot at Alabama in the East this year.

Expansion Team Rosters

Will be announced tonight. I'm waiting for me and Mike to be on at the same time. I also want to add LaVarr, and JJ Arrington to the player list. Are they related? Not sure.

When's the season gonna start?

Also join the MLF facebook group if you havn't
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51633759774&ref=ts

Polaires Release Prototype Uniforms

So here is the prototypes for the Polaires. Basically, it is the same cut as the one Mike used, but tweaked, since there are no cut restrictions now. I wanted to keep a modern feel, without overdoing it. Since jerseys don't allow for one dominant color, I kept the away as light as possible. So here they are:

---HELMET---


---HOME---


---AWAY---


---ALTERNATE (PRIME TIME AND "SPECIAL OCCASIONS")---


Also, these uniforms don't allow for swapping pants or any of that. Gotta keep is matching. Monochrome only! Still deciding on a "Prime Time Game" away uniform and working on the TAtC. Thoughts?

San Antonio Uniform Changes

So as you all know we have a new primary this year, but the other logos haven't changed. Here I have the updated uniforms. There are new pants, featuring a gray pair and a navy pair. Other than that not much has changed. The new logos are on the helmet, and a new away alternate has been introduced.

Here are the two options for home games.
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Here are the two options for away games.
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2
Here are the two options for Thursday home games.
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2
Here are the two options for Thursday away games.
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2
So what do you guys think? Which ones do you think I should use most often? Let me know. By the way, saving in jpeg really grinds my gears.

Well that failed.

Heard ya'll didn't draft.
My dad told me we'd get home from batting at 8, but that's when we started. Damn.

When can we do it again? Or can we just auto draft? Since it's really just picking the best available.

Espansion Draft tonight

Alright, I'm free pertty much after 8. So when can Throwback, and NEP/C of Red do it?

I know NEP needs to make an AIM account, and Throwback needs to use normal AIM, not his iPod, or express.

Also anyone can drop by and chat.

Lastly Mike, and I are doing salaries. Everyone in the west is clear, so don't worry.

Uniform Changes???

Well I figure we out to have a Uniform Preview for the Season, There are actually allot of changes rumored for the season.

Pearl City = New Primary Logo?, New Uniforms Confirmed and are in the making
Louisville = Could be in the process of an overhaul, the other night we talked about making a request on the boards, dont know when BJ might want to do that but anyone can make logos/jerseys concepts for the Shockers if you like, main colors are black and gold and they are looking for a 3rd.
Alabama = Tweaked Uniforms have been Unveiled.
Las Vegas = Same
Boise = Same, I was thinking maybe add a Orange Alt. this year?
Memphis = I think they should switch to Throwback's concept which kicks ass.
South Carolina = Moved to Quebec, TalkToChuck confirmed my concept as the new uniforms, but I think TC talked about switching.
San Antonio = Everything's the same except a new Primary logo that will also be feat. on the Helmets.
Connecticut = Unveiled Uniforms
Albuquerque = Unveiled Home/Away, I forgot to show the Alternate but I will do that later.

Any more Rumors you can add by comment, I can do uniforms for anyone who would like, but feel free to do them on your own if you like, and I know almost everyone here can do them just as good or better than me.