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It is with great sadness that I have decided to dissolve the league. We are losing owners and I just can't find the time to do the necessary work. Hopefully in the future we can resurrect and start all over again.
Thanks for your patience and participation. I hope guys had fun.
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'Tis a sad, sad day. :(
Good luck everyone.
Next season our league will be expanding if anyone has the desire.
http://gridironjunkies.net/forums/index.php
well I am happy to go out as the Champ and with a perfect record to boot, thanks for the memories
I'm very sorry to hear it, but I certainly understand.
that blows........ :down:
Damn it. That really sucks. :mad:
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If we do decide to start a new league again, I am in. :up:
Im so glad that I WASTED my time on preparing for the future in this league....I understand people are busy....BUT it was a waste of my time now and a BIG mistake even signing up.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Ebenezer
Seeing I wasn't around when you all started a league before, I was unable to get in...If you all decide to start up another, I'm definitely down.
:mad: Well this stinks! I hate putting all this time and effort and all the sudden its gone. Oh well I guess.
In addition to the league Devlin, Playa and I run (see Devlin's post), I run another league over on Two Bills Drive. We are currently in the process of doing our initial FA (stocking) draft. There have been a few teams that have dropped out, so I could use a couple owners to step in.
For details, check out the following link: http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showforum=52
When first asked about joining this league I thought long and hard about whether I wanted to dedicate the time that it would take with all the drafting.
I decided to and went all out for it. I would get home at 8am and make my first pick in the morning. I would get back up at 2pm or so to make sure I had enough time to examine my next pick or trade the pick by 3pm. I did this for about 2 months(along with everybody else)
I even took some vacation days from work so I wouldn't have to fight sleep for it. Was even going to plan on taking a couple days off this year so I could devote my full attention to it.
I had a great FA draft. Had a pretty good rookie draft. Made some great trades with players I picked up in the FA class to replace players with equal talent that was a higher priced. I built myself up 12 total draft picks along with 6 of them in the first 68 picks and 4 out of the first 48. Was planning on a great draft with all my starters on my team between the ages of 24-27. Took over a crappy team and within one year already had a highly competitive roster going into this year with tons of high draft picks to totally set my team for the future.
All that and now the league ends. What a wasted effort and time that was.
I wish I would have known about Rich's new league starting up. I would like to join but all the good players are already gone now. They are in Round 20 already.
I don't want to devote hours upon hours to a new team when I'm already way behing the 8-Ball. From where they are at now it would take years to even have a chance to try and catch up with them after you already have the Top 500 players in the NFL already gone.
Thanks for ruining a sim league I tried out for the first time in and exceled like crazy at to the point where I loved it because I was good and couldn't wait for the season to start or join up in another new league or even a team that was already built in the stocking draft and had some talent I could work with.
Joining up now would leave you with a bunch of 2nd rate starters and backups. It wouldn't be worth the time. I built my team up in 1 year with at least some players to work with from the start. It would be at least a 3 year task to even catch up to being respectable now.
No matter how many draft picks you had they would have them too and you would've lost out on the Top 20 players you could have built for your team. Basically your entire starting lineup. You would be left with nothing but backups.
If you had doubts about starting this league again and knowing you probably was not going to have it again you should have let all of us know so we could have looked for other plans.
Rich if you're reading this...If any teams drop out through the season or after the stocking draft that was there from the begining that would leave me with some players to work with let me know and I will take over the team.
A great FA class with Phillip Rivers, Javon Walker(which allowed me to trade Chad Johnson for a 1st and 3rd round pick), Scott Wells and many others along with a rookie class with Kiwi, DaBrick, another good Guard from Tampa and other good players and time down the drain. I set myself up with a team full of young already and/or rising stars for dirt cheap in 1 year and a hell of a rookie draft to come all for nothing. Now I'm shut out from starting up another league from brand new. Thanks for nothing.
I'm very upset about this too. It took so much time and effort to do and my team wasn't that great...but it was fun to do and it was something i put together myself with my own time. I understand that Ebenezer wants to fold the league because he just got busy with a lot of stuff with life and work and all that....but what i don't understand is why we can't find some way to convince some of the people who are running their own leagues anyways, even though they were already on here in the first place can't help us keep this alive and maybe help it flourish again. I will donate my time to help the draft flow and help with some other things. I know that by reading the posts here...many people are upset and i feel the same way...but maybe between all us dedicated people, we can find some way to lighten Eb's load so he doesn't have to do it all alone.
You guys are all scared for the rise of the Golden Brewsers was in the works.
I see a lot of guys complaining about the time invested.
Anybody want to take over as commissioner? That would solve everyrthing.
Don't really think thats the point......Quote:
Originally Posted by Dozerdog
But I do know what you are talking about, If I was going to start a league like this I would make sure I had people there to run it as well......So 1 guy didnt have to tke on all of the league....
I will be honest I dont have time at all, I didnt even have time for the drafting and yes I WASTED time off as well just like the other person that posted, WHAT a waste of a day off........I should have known something like this would happen......OH WELL TIME WASTED....
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Originally Posted by Dozerdog
how the hell do you take over as Commissioner when you haven't had an updated sheet in over a year?
Ummm... ask Eb "Hey- if you are quitting- what do I need to do to be commish?"Quote:
Originally Posted by SABURZFAN
That's just me though. I take the direct approach
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Originally Posted by Dozerdog
nobody saw him quitting.all we saw were a bunch of polls.
He's quitting now!Quote:
Originally Posted by SABURZFAN
Step up, *****!
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Originally Posted by Dozerdog
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no thanks.
thanks for the support Dozer.
This whole situation reminds me of our great nation where people have the right to argue about every which way the government does things but nobody ever wants to step up to the plate to change anything. The only thing that seems to bring people together anymore is a tragedy of some sort but even that is only ends up being temporary state.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dozerdog
Everybody complains about wasting their time when a certain cause or thing falls through but forgets about that little thing that we have called free will. Maybe next time before we invest our time into something we should all call Ms. Cleo for the outcome or find where Jesus runs a sim league so everything can go down perfect. Or maybe... just maybe, we could go into things ready to "expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised." and enjoy the ride for what it's worth.
But hey, at least we all voted. :rolleyes:
Sorry, I watched 'Bobby' a couple nights ago and I still have some emotional leftovers to get off my chest. :snicker:
Uh, Dozer, I attempted to take the direct approach. Several times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dozerdog
Franklin and I had NUMEROUS discussions 'bout someone taking over, since I informed him that there were other owners (myself included) who owned the game and would fill in. He could've either turned more responsibility over to us or stepped down. He chose to do neither.
No big deal. If we're done, we had a good 2 year run and I know that even though my team reeked, I had a blast and learned a lot. If the league can be saved, I'd be up for it. It will be tough for me to step in as commissioner now, since I'm involved in running two other leagues.
if eb can give me the last spreadsheet he had I may have some time come later in mid june early july to pick things up if you guys want to keep this going, but since I am moving this week the next month I really dont have the time and would like a couple other people to help out
just let me know 1.) if Eb can get me the last spreadsheet I sent him and 2.) if there is enough interest in continuing lbut at a later date and 3>) if Ican get 2 other owners dedicated to help
I'm willing to keep the league going but we would have to do a count on how many owners would be willing to come back.
I dont understand whats going on here. Is the league done or what!!!!!!!!
I know ebenezer if you can't do it I UNDERSTAND.....YES I am mad becasue I wasted vacation days and alot of valubale time on this. When I joined I planned on being in this for a while or I wouldnt have done the things that I did in drafts or trades....BASICALLY all I DID was a big waste of time....Sorry to put it that way but it is and I know it is like that for many of you........TRUST me I know what it takes to have a league and put your time into it.....Thats why Im not commisioner.....
To be honest we have the league or we don't!!! Lets just put it behind us now and move on!!!!! If the league is still going on...IM IN...IF not I guess Im not in.....
Lets just hope the SABRES WIN TONITE!!!!!!
I would be willing to stick around and help in some capacity but I really am not available till mid June early July until I get moved and get settled in and handdle a few other obligationsQuote:
Originally Posted by Ebenezer
I really think that the league ending is unfair to pin on Eb, in reality the participation in this league is minimal and that is what has drawn owners away, jus tshowing up to see results makes the league kinda boring and to many pointless.
That is not Eb's fault, everyone had the oppurtunity to participate more, post more and make the league more interesting with rivarlies etc.
Sportsuser and I really dont hate eachother we just figured we where natural rivals since we had 2 of the stronger teams and had a public feud to kinda liven things up.
But all in all, being involved in other leagues the owners make the league not the commissioner and the other leagues I am involved in tehre is more owner participation than in this league and really in my opinion and coming from the position of someone who saved and ran this league last year by standing up, its unfair to blame EB for its demise, I tried bringing up threads last year to encourage participation and posting in this league with little to no results.
Though the unfortunate events of EB having a life and little time to devote to the massive opertaion of the leagu led to his decision really until now there has been very little evidence that anyone really cared and really maybe 3 or 4 owners have chimed in with a distaste of the decision.
That still shows that about 75 % of the league doesnt care and if thats the case which I percieved last year while running the league better to just let it die, if yo uare looking for a new league to particpate in go to the DK sports website and in there forums there are leagues who need teams all the time
hate me if you want for this post but I have to call it as I see it and this league really died mid way through last season if not sooner
I have to agree with everyone else as this is a big disappointment. I had such wonderful rookie drafts and plenty of money to deal with this year. My team was progressing beautifully. All the countless hours spent looking at spreadsheets, researching on the internet and things like that are all gone.
I would love to be the Commish but I just don't have the time to do it. A big reason I enjoyed it so much was all the work Eb did to keep it going. Maybe we can all chip in with certain areas to help keep the league functioning? Is that even possible?? I would hate to see the team I have built be completely disbanded. Let's work something out??
Ok, I am willing to get this league up and running again, i have all of the software and have a lot time dedication.