The first waiver wire will be this Monday night (Sep. 20). Text, call, or give you picks to someone if you cannot make it.

Here's the order:

1. Glory Holes
2. Black Hole
3. Human Centipede
4. G Practice Unit
5. Brighton Bruisers
6. Whiskey Rebellion
7. Abusement Park
8. Superbowl Bound
9. Mangina
10. Snowballers
11. Stumps
12. US Americans

The draft will be next Sunday, September 5 at 4:30pm. Adam will be smoking ribs, grilling chicken and maybe making pulled pork. Sides will also be available. If interested send $10 to Adam via PayPal.

If you haven't paid for last year, be prepared to do so. This year's dues of $125 must also be paid in advance, so bring your money.

Adam's address is 2425 Brookwood Road.

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In our league all business from the previous year must be settled before the new year begins. If there are debts, those must be paid before the new year can begin. As a league, where we fall short is in the collection of those debts. Ideally, the treasurer collects dues at the beginning of the season and disburses that money to the winners(s) at the end of the season. In actuality, the winner(s) own the responsibility for collecting their winnings. Worst case scenario, they must wait until the next year's draft to collect. But as far as I know, it never goes any farther than that. If you don't pay for last year, you shouldn't be allowed to play this year. Certainly, no one can argue with that logic.

If dues aren't collected at the beginning of the year, then ideally, the treasurer determines who pays who, and keeps tracks of those payments after the season is over. In actuality, when their are multiple winners, they have typically figured out who pays who amongst themselves. As far as I know, that has worked out for the most part. I haven't heard of anyone not paying. We're all friends, right?

Regardless of who is responsible for collecting debts, the key tenet is that all debts must be settled before a new year begins. If those debts are not settled, they cannot carry over to the next but instead MUST become null. It is unfair and unsustainable to saddle future winners with past debts. Not paying this year's dues because you weren't paid for last year is a violation of that rule.

To ensure this issue no longer occurs we have two options:

• Require that everyone pays in full for the upcoming year on or before the draft.
• Require that the treasurer assign and track payments after the season is over. The treasurer is responsible for the collection of those debts.

Asking winners to fend for themselves is not an option.

Your feedback is appreciated.

A couple of rule changes were enacted last night:

• Dues have been changed to $125 per person.
• Playoffs now start Week 15, and the trade deadline is just before Week 15 begins.
• Head to Head gets an extra game due to the lengthened season (18 games). Your Week 18 opponent will be the same as your Week 1 opponent.
• Waiver process is going back to pre-pandemic system with one difference: We're moving the first waiver from Week 4 to Week 3 and adding a 7th waiver. The waiver schedule for the upcoming season looks like this:
  1. Sep 20 (Week 3)
  2. Oct 4 (Week 5)
  3. Oct 18 (Week 7)
  4. Nov 1 (Week 9)
  5. Nov 15 (Week 11)
  6. Nov 29 (Week 13)
  7. Dec 13 (Week 15)

You can use PayPal or Venmo to pay Dave Hess.

The total pot was $1000. Remember, you can't draft this year until you settle all your business from last year.

Here are payment standings so far:

• Hunt: Owes $100 to Dave
• CNN: Paid $75 to Dave, paid $25 to Matt
• Claude: Paid $100 to Matt
• Dean: Paid $100 to Dave
• Adam: Paid $100 to Dave
• Edward: Paid $100 to Dave
• Jon: Paid $100 to Matt
• Gordy: Paid $100 to Dave
• Rob: Paid $100 to Dave
• George: Paid $75 to Dave, paid $25 to Matt

Congratulations to Dave Hess, this year's points champion.

Congratulations to Snowballers, this year's playoff champion.