(S43) Offseason Task

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2. I think this is a great draft class to be a part of. My first draft class was the legendary (infamous?) S22 class, which saw not only a massive injection of talent into the league, prompting an expansion to New York and Berlin; but also, future GMs and HO members. I wouldn’t even claim to be a top 25 player from that class. I think S43 is full of potential as well. Not only are there a few great recreates, but some new players I think can be a part of the league for decades (sim football years.)
 
Opera_Phantom’s newest recruit is Jay Cue III, a quarterback; much like the original Jay Cue. In my day (cough), Jay Cue was one of the most elite quarterbacks of his era, winning multiple MVPs in both the DSFL and ISFL, but never was able to bring home an Ultimus title. His son, Jay Cue Jr. was able to win two, and take home plenty of individual hardware. With one Hall of Fame player and another to be inducted soon, Opera_Phantom is an early favorite of the S43 class to make a huge splash. Other “classic” users headline the S43 class with new creates. Jay Cue III is my favorite of this class to make the Hall of Fame.

TheCC has been a longtime GM in the ISFL and knows how to build defensive players. I was teammates with his first player, Tyron Shields, and while TheCC would probably disagree, I thought Shields had a good career. CC’s new player is Sem’ga Nah’sim, a linebacker. “Sim Gonna Sim” is gonna be a big impact player in Chicago, one worthy of a second-round pick.

DeadlyPlayer has been in the league for a while, I remember his return during my playing days was a big deal. Deadly is a great user and no matter how Tha Thu Craicte’s career turns out, Deadly will liven up a locker room. One of Deadly’s greatest accomplishments was founding the London Royals of the DSFL, a branding I have in my top 5 across both the DSFL and ISFL.

UberBJ is a seasoned veteran, who joined not long after I did. Uber already has 3 Ultimus titles under his belt and is a phenomenal Discord user. I have no doubt Uber’s success will continue with Cheecago Boucher. I know I have always had a good time with Uber and hope to see his new create do well in the ISFL.
IHateBobNutting was once a teammate of mine in Minnesota with his first player, Phillip Stein. It’s good to see IHBN still kicking (ha) around in the league. Another shoutout I want to toss out is to Crodyman, who worked all the way up from Minnesota’s War Room to Chicago’s GM. While it was shortlived, I thought Crody filled the role well. Also, Crody sucks lol.

There have
 also been some new users I am impressed with. The cream of that crop, in my opinion, has been Lemonoppy, DoubleDub, 110radio, and Honey.
Lemonoppy has been the wonderkid of this class, a new user who embodies the type of user you can see Head Office potential in. Lemon, if you’re reading this, don’t let it go to your head. Kidding! I love how detail-oriented Lemon is. His mocks have been fantastic, even when they’re made on an airplane. I see not only a Hall of Fame career for Thomas Sutha, but potentially user Hall of Fame for Lemon, and more.

DoubleDub has been my teammate in Kansas City and has been one of the big difference makers for us. Most mocks have his player, Josh Gibson, going second overall in the draft. I tend to agree and I think Gibson can live up to it.

110radio is one user I’ve had the pleasure to actually verbally chat with. His podcast is simply put, elite. I believe Radio has already made a difference in the league with his podcast probably influencing the new podcast payout rules. With TE’s being a position light on users, a Hall of Fame case could possibly be made for Ignatious Cleetington at the end of his career.

Honey has been one of the most active users in both the ISFL and DSFL rookie servers. They’re so active I kind of forget they’re a newer user. I love their personality and hope to see them stick around a long time. Like Radio, Honey’s player is a tight end. One could argue that Cleetington and Dylan Duma will be duking it out for years as the best tight ends of their generation.

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2. Let us talk about the S44 Draft class! This is a huge class and as of this writing here is how the position breaks down:

80 total prospects! Normally when I am told the class is 50-60, this is an amazing hull of a class!
Offense consists of 8 QBs, 6 RBs, 8 WRs, 12 TEs, and 10 OLs. That is 55% of the class on offense!
The defense consists of 3 DEs, 6 DTs, 8 LBs, 7 CBs, 5 Ss which makes up 36.3% of the class.
There are seven kickers/punters in this class. 8.8% of the class.

Now let's compare this number to the rest of the league.
The most over-represented positions in this draft are the QBs, TEs, OLs, and K/Ps.
QBs, OLs and K/Ps especially are more than double the typically ratio.
On the flip side, skill positions players (WR/RB) and defensive players are under represented.
The position in particular are the DE position which only represent 3.7% instead of the typical 8.3%.

Now let's get into the prospects themselves.
The glamor QB position consists of 3 returning vet users and 5 new ones. Key players are Thor Bǫllrsveifla (Field General), Tua TurnDaBallOva (Pocket Passer) and Lenard McRobinson (Scrambler). This seems to be a pick of style between the three and the three look to go in the top picks of the draft.

Running backs who are a bit under-represented. If we break this group down, we have 1 vets, 2 mid-user and 5 new users.
The two player here is Dan Sevin (Speed Back). Look for Dan along with ISFL RookieTutorial (Fullback) and Maple Dogwood (Speed Back) to go early.

Wide Receivers 2 mid-users and 6 rookie users. This is a thin group but the most notable are Lane Frost III (Return Specialist) followed by Diego López de Castilla (Slot Receiver).

Tightends consist of 1 vet, 1 mid-user and 10 new users. A Waffle (Blocking TE) is by far the star here followed by Jelani Avant (Vertical Threat). So compared to the size of the class, there is only one sure fire star.

Offensive lineman consist of 2 mid-users and 8 new users where Gajeel Redfox (Athletic Lineman) and Wario Saturday (Mauler) look to be the most promising.

So to summarize, there are five 5-star prospects on offense as follows:
QB Thor Bǫllrsveifla (Field General), Tua TurnDaBallOva (Pocket Passer) and Lenard McRobinson (Scrambler)
RB Dan Sevin (Speed Back)
TE A Waffle (Blocking TE)

There are seven 4-star prospects are as follows:
RB ISFL RookieTutorial (Fullback), Maple Dogwood (Speed Back)
WR Lane Frost III (Return Specialist), Diego López de Castilla (Slot Receiver)
TE Jelani Avant (Vertical Threat)
OL Gajeel Redfox (Athletic Lineman), Wario Saturday (Mauler)

Now to the defensive side of the ball.
All 3 DEs are rookies.
DTs consist of one vet in Ryan McBean (Interior Rusher) and 5 rookies.
LBs consist of 3 medium users and 4 rookies. The medium users are Pete Moss (Pass Rusher), Billy Ennair (Coverage LB), and Baron Reaves (Coverage LB).
The one rookie that will make you regrest not taking him is Joey Battle (Pass Rusher) but that is for another article.
CBs consists of 7 rookies so even though it is a good size class, there is no sure fire prospect.
Lastly for Safeties, there is one medium user and 4 rookies. The best of this bunch is Felix Waterman (Ball Hawk).

Only one 5-star prospects on defense:
DT Ryan McBean (Interior Rusher)

Four four-star prospects on defense:
LB Pete Moss (Pass Rusher), Billy Ennair (Coverage LB), Baron Reaves (Coverage LB)
S Felix Waterman (Ball Hawk)

Lastly the position I despise the most - the kicker/punter specialists.
Golden Foote (Accurate) is the only mid-user while the 7 other players are rookies.

This makes Golden Foote (Accurate) a four-star prospect.

So let's summarize this class.

There are six can't miss 5-star prospects of which 5 are on the offensive side of the ball.
Half of them are QBs and thus play the most pivitol position of them all.
There are twelve 4-star prospects and they are spread out. LBs with four make the biggest group but you can have some solid prospects early round.
So if you are a minor league team, drafting as many times in the top 18 picks which is 2 rounds + 2 picks is what I really recommend to get some sure fire picks.

And remember, Joey Battle will keep a tab on everyone that passes on him and use that as strong motivation!

[TheHammer43]

```9. There have been many moments in league history where a single decision (e.g., a draft choice, a GM’s promotion or retirement, a trade, a player’s movement in free agency) may have changed the course of a team in the ISFL or DSFL. Describe a decision that was made and the impact that it had. Did you imagine said decision leading to a different conclusion or did you think things would turn out the way they did? Is there anything different you would have done to avoid disaster or make things even better?```

I like to think that I have somewhat of an impact on the Dallas Birddogs during my short stay there. I joined the league in June of 2022, I was drafted by the Dallas Birddogs and when the time came in my second season with the team I applied to become the general manager of the team. Now I'm not saying I'm any different than any of the previous general managers because statically I'm just your average general manager, the team that I had been given the keys to was very well seasoned, I wasn't given the helm with everything a mess and all over the place, I was given the team in a great position and unfortunately I wasn't able to cash in the cheque that was given to me. It was season sixty seven if I remember correctly and I was still currently on the team, it was also my first general manager gig and I was really enjoying the trend of winning, obviously because who enjoys losing? Losers that's who. So the trend of winning continued and the Dallas Birddogs had made the playoffs, in my first season as general manager, what a rush that was, believe me, I almost didn't sleep, now we'll skip ahead and get to the meat of the story. Semi-finals against our biggest rivals at the time, the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, I hate this team, I always have and I always will, I wanted to beat this team so bad, they annihilated us in the regular season, and our quarterback I shit you not probably threw five to seven interceptions in one game against them, so I did what any coach would do...I wanted to run the ball down their throats until they begged for mercy, but unfortunately, I did not own DDSP and no one in my war room at the time was big into testing, I imagine that if one of us had been testing and seeing what worked best for us that maybe just maybe we would have made it to the finals that year but unfortunately that's just the way she goes. I believe that was the farthest the Birddogs had gone in the playoffs since I was the general manager, and like I said I don't claim to be any more significant than the general managers that have won Ultimini's or any of the managers who have taken over since I was at the helm I just like to think that my knowledge of football and the heart I had for that team really helped make the push that season.

```11. Write a short biography or story about your player. This could include background about how they came to the ISFL and how they’ve done so far, a story about their role in an exciting game, or anything else related to their experience in the league.```

Bay Webb is just your average Canadian guy from his average hometown who just wanted to make everyone he knew proud by doing the thing he loved the most, playing football. Hamilton is a city just south of Toronto, and of all the things that Hamilton is known for it's making Steel and football. Bay Webb started playing football as soon as he could put on a helmet and luckily for him it was a family sport so when the time came to start really learning how football worked his family would teach him their generational techniques at defensive line and linebacker. Once high school rolled around Bay moved from Hamilton to a smaller community about an hour's drive away in the small town of Cayuga, he played football for five years in Cayuga before getting his big shot to play for his favourite university in his hometown the MacMaster Mauraders. Webb would ride that wave in MacMaster his entire time of eligibility before he struck gold. Webb declared for the ISFL draft in what he called a "Hail Mary shot" Webb had no expectations for this he just "threw it out there we'll see what happens" Webb would later get a call that would change his life forever, Webb was drafted in the ISFL by the Dallas Birddogs. Webb played four seasons in Dallas and quickly became accustomed to the Birddog's way of life, once a Birddog always a Birddog, Webb would have a successful time in Dallas but unfortunately never won an Ultimini. Bay Webb now plays for the New York Silverbacks at linebacker, still extremely hungry for his first-ever championship, he has been on the Silverbacks roster for about five seasons now and has made the playoffs twice and when asked he said "I can almost taste the victory, there is a lot of great competition in not just our conference but the league as a  whole and it's going to take every bit of effort we have in the tank if we want to win this championship"

[WildfireMicro]

Task 19:

 The Honolulu Hahalua stadium is in a unique situation, considering that it is on an island. So why not capitalize on that if you built a new stadium by having the VIP areas have big swimming pools to beat the heat? They can also include hot tubs if anyone would be interested in those. Another cool thing they can add is a large aquarium going throughout the stadium, and having it be open to the public even outside of game time for extra revenue. The aquarium can include a kind of team mascot in a large manta ray that could do various tricks.

 Another cool addition would be a Team History area full of various memorabilia that the team ether has or that fans can sell to the team directly. A few statues of notable players outside of the stadium would not hurt ether of course. You could even have a beach volleyball area. Basically, just turn this stadium into the ultimate beach stadium experience for fans and tourists alike.

Task 21

 Well this one should be pretty easy all things considered, and don't judge me taking the low hanging fruit and saying that a perfect show for Sailor Moon would be a magical girl show. In this show, she would be a normal high school or college student until she meets a mysterious wizard who gives her an amulet that lets her transform into a magical girl warrior. She would use these powers to fight various monsters and demons sent by an evil warlock trying to take over the universe, and she would eventually team up with various other magical girls and even some other wizards to take the warlock down and save the universe.

 She would voice the protagonist, and she would have some other members of the Honolulu Hahalua do cameo voices. The show would be a big hit in Japan and eventually in the USA, with it's combination of humor and magical combat really striking a cord with audiences. It would even receive a few movies based on it. It would be called Power of Magic (not very creative I know)
Task 32:

 Honestly this might be an odd choice for a team that needs a rebranding, but I will say that the Honolulu Hahalua could use a color change. I am just thinking that the team is constantly I'm danger of being mistaken for the Dallas Birddogs, a problem that the Cape Town Crash has considering the Kansas City Coyotes, but not as severe as Honolulu. It is with this thought that many people in the Honolulu locker room have been spearheading a campaign to turn the Honolulu colors from Blue and Yellow to Pink and light Blue. I also suggest that we use the same logo we had during color rush, or just update our current logo to the new colors.

 Pink is a color that has been sorely missing from the ISFL, and I think a team like Honolulu would be the perfect team to pull it off. The color rush field was gorgeous, and I think that changing to those colors permanently would be perfect for the Hahalua. So let's keep Honolulu Pink!

Task 36:
SHL Affiliate PT

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Tier 1 (600+)
I’ve been thinking about the ISFL (International Sim Football League) and how it's being run, something really stands out, I think that running the league purely through discord, instead of using the forum website, would make it a lot easier for newer users like me to get engaged in the website. Here are reasons why I think streamlining the process and running the league through discord would be beneficial for the league.


I think discords simple interface can be used for announcements and point tasks, and you can utilize Google surveys, and sheets to organize the league, making it easier for league office members to keep track of, while also making it easier for new members. I think the complexity of the website might turn some members off when compared to the simplicity of running it in just one place. You can organize everything from game announcements, team talks, trades, and league updates. It's like having your own little corner for all the important stuff, with no messy clutter to confuse you.
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Also with the real-time messaging and voice chat features on Discord it is easier to inform members of what’s going on the league. You can also talk to your team right away! No waiting around for replies, and you feel like you're right there in the action, cheering on your teammates. It brings the whole ISFL community together in a snap.



Also using discord you potentially won’t even need humans to run the league. Utilizing discord bots, it would be much easier to have them assign TPE, and money you make without the user having to do it themselves. On the website you have to complicatedly insert TPE, and cash yourself which could lead to users lying, making mistakes with how much they earn, and a host of other issues that could be eliminated by just making use of bots on discord.





Now let's talk about that complicated website.  The hassle of figuring out the website isn’t needed with discord. With Discord, all
you really need to make things work is activity. It's simple, it's smooth, and it's a piece of cake to join. New members and pros alike, there’s room for everyone. No need to confuse your head over confusing layouts and complicated interfaces.

1 problem is that data organization on Discord might be a bit tricky. It's great for real-time chats, but when it comes to storing and presenting loads of info, a dedicated website might do a better job. Important league data, like team stats, player profiles, league history, and archives, would feel right at home on a structured website, but  like I said earlier, utilizing bots could make that problem much easier to manage.

And with everything on the forum, it would be easy to miss important announcements with everything there is on the website. On discord you can have a channel dedicated to announcements making it easier for everyone to see, also in general it’s just easier having everything in 1 place instead of everything being scattered in multiple places instead of 1.

While a hybrid approach could work for members experienced in leagues like this, I think that streamline the process and putting things in one place would make it easier for everyone involved to the commissioner or to rookies just joining the league.

To sum it up, I think using only Discord for the ISFL is a great way to endear it to new members Its user-friendly interface, real-time communication, and potential bot use is just what the league needs. Sure, there would be a few challenges, but utilizing discord to streamline the process for the ISFL, I think would be very beneficial to the league

[Jiggly_333]

Task 6

This honestly could work for Task 5 as well, but I'm probably one of the only people around here with a living memory of the Chicago Blues. Like, an intimate knowledge. Hell, I was the one who created them in the first place. At the time, I was one of the three GMs of the Orange County Otters next to Shaka and JBear. I am a Chicagoan before anything else. Other people have their own pride flags hanging in their room, I have mine: A big ol Chicago flag on the wall next to my bed. So whenever I enter a league where a Chicago team does not exist, I'd always feel like that needed to change. Back then, I was a whole lot more overly-excited about wanting to run my own team and in doing so, I could give myself a Chicago team. The problem was that I wasn't good running a team, but we'll get to that in a moment. First, I actually applied with a team a couple of times. In fact, I was originally trying to get a NSFL team (the old name of the league, don't worry about it) named Chicago Sting, after the old NASL team. I had a logo made of it, but it just didn't feel right. Finally, after guiding Engi through it (probably too much), we had a logo that I thought perfectly captured the city of Chicago without being too much. It's the Municipal device of the city, which sounds boring, but when you walk around Chicago and you know to look for it, you'll see it everywhere. It's almost like "Hidden Mickeys" without the capitalist dystopia feel.
So, I didn't get an NSFL team, but this was when they were planning on creating the DSFL as essentially a holding pen for new prospects so that the top league didn't get too many teams. I was basically told "You're not getting an expansion team, but you're the first DSFL GM". So that's a fun fact for you. The Blues weren't just the first DSFL franchise, but I was the first DSFL GM. We don't talk about the first DSFL Commissioner. So I had a team and the first thing that I do is hamstring myself by drafting with my first pick, the first female character in NSFL history: Jazzy J. Turns out, J would be outed as an Er multi and was already inactive cause J wasn't playing for the Outlaws at the time. So that was a yikes. Then I somehow dodged every active player? I don't even know how. I had Muford as my Co-GM, but he already had his eye on an available NSFL Co spot and was gone before kickoff of our first game. I had no clue how to do strats, didn't bother to learn, and was stuck with an entire room of inactives. Okay, that last part was technically an overreaction, but it was just me, OwlStrike (I don't even know what happened to him), and a guy named DustyAtters that had some sort of relation to that first DSFL Commissioner. He didn't speak much. We did eventually get another active player, Haruki Ishigawa. Between his career and my Tegan Atwell's career, that was really the only success the team ever saw. Except for our first season.
I just said I had no clue how to do strats. But somehow, the Blues made the playoffs off the back of a nearly entirely inactive LR and a negative point differential. As a writer, I love stupid things happening. Especially in sports. And to have something like that happen to me in a beneficial way was beautiful. The other GMs were so angry and it was so funny. Unfortunately, that may have started their slow resentment of me and with more seasons of me being a dumbass with the team, I'd not only lose the team, but I'd be forced to resign in my next job. So that's kinda the beginnings of why no one trusts me in this league.

[CementHands]

12. Write about your team’s biggest rivalry and what makes it so fierce. Is the competition founded in statistics and the team’s recent performance, or is it a rivalry that developed over time during the team’s history that would exist regardless of statistics?

I think Arizona’s largest rival has to be none other than Honalulu. I think some very key similarities are very important for this and should be taken into account. During Arizona’s rise to dominance, there was one other team holding the same place atop the league. That was the Dynasty of Honalulu. That was the main team that Arizona had to defeat on their way to their first championship of the current run. Honalulu were repeat champions, and favorited for a third that season, and finally defeating them Arizona has successfully went on to make the finals each season since. They even endured seasons of an aggressive rebuilding Honalulu team all the way back to prominence. In fact, last season Honalulu looked to be back in top tier form and it looks to me as if this clash of the titans are back on, and we are going to be seeing a lot of these two teams going off against each other in the playoffs for the next several seasons.
Another similarity in my mind is the reputation of these teams during their dynasties from the rest of the league. There appears to be some very clear hatred, or at least strong dislike from the other teams. Now it is understandable to be jealous of winning teams, after all you want to win, and if one team gets perceived as winning too much, you want to take them down. I think Honalulu could be the ones completing that circle, and being the dagger to the Arizona dynasty.
The final similarity are these two teams are the only teams that Hall of Fame snub, All Star Tight End Ragnar Krashwagen played on. Both teams were unable to win anything with him on their rosters, but I think it is pretty clear cut that he was good luck, because directly after his tenure within a few seasons, both of these teams went on game breaking runs of success.

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SHL PT Claim
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My thoughts on the sim engine are this: It could use work, and I will go on to list areas I think need improvement, but I think it could easily be a lot worse. The specific logic areas of improvement that I can think of are clock management later in the game or half, decision making given the score and potential time remaining, and 4th down choices. One thing that comes to mind is even if you are playing very conservatively, if you are down by 7 with 30 seconds left and 4th and goal you will be 100% going for the touchdown. The engine seems to like kicking a fg in that situation. There are more like it.

Graphically I think the dots are fine. I worry about putting too much resources into a graphics engine can lead to worse performance in other aspects. Take SHL as a direct example of this. I think the diamonds were fine for graphics, but they moved to the skating 2d engine and it looks weird. It does clearly strange things and I think their viewership has tanked in part of that. Give me moving dots!

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1. The Season 42 Ultimus and Ultimini have officially come to an end. Congratulations to the the Norfolk Seawolves and Arizona Outlaws for each winning their respective championships. How did each of the finalists in either the Ultimus or Ultimini arrive at the playoffs? Were there any teams that surprised or disappointed during the playoffs? Did the outcome of either championship game surprise you at all?

The Ultimini between the Seawolves and Grey Ducks was a clash of the titans with the Seawolves deservingly coming out on top. This season mirrored last year's season in many ways with the North having a single team above .500 and the South having 3, including one team that matched the Grey Ducks record and ended up missing the playoffs entirely. On paper, the Seawolves had a bit of an advantage as they scored only one point less than Minnesota while giving up 15 points less. In fact, these were the top two teams by Points For and Points Allowed. Let's dive into how they got there!

The Seawolves were starting a rookie quarterback, Maximus Boudreaux, who had quite the debut. He was fifth in pass attempts and tied for the league lead in touchdowns. Overall he was 4th or 5th in most individual statistics in the league it was an impressive display of game management overall and avoiding mistakes and capitalizing on your team's strengths is to your benefit. He had two mega targets in returning WR, Stetson David who somehow improved from a 1367 yards and 8 TD performance last year to 1480 yards and 16 TDs. Starting opposite Stetson was a super rookie receiver in Tyler Hunt who put up numbers eerily similar to Stetson's last year with 1357 yards and 8 TDs to cap off what is undoubtedly the most unguardable duo in the league. On the ground the results were more mixed with 2 rookie running backs in a roughly 55/45 split, with Oskar Clark getting more yardage and being slightly more efficient, even he was only middlingly efficient. Overall this offense was dangerously efficient as even though their yardage actually lagged behind their opponent they lead the league in scoring.

As I said they were actually outgained by their opponent so if you are wondering about how they wound up with the defense with this it's because they eschew the common bend don't break philosophy in favor of highlight set in an absolutely ferocious defense that aims to create game-changing plays every drive to strip the opposition of morale. As a team they were first or second in the league in Tackles for Loss , Fumble Recovery, Sacks, and Interceptions. They absolutely blew out the competition getting turnovers via the air as their 21 interceptions was 6 more than the next closest team, and more than any 2 of the bottom half of the teams combined. Sticky Hands was the star of the show and a very probable DPOTY in my estimation with 6 interceptions, and 4 Fumble Recovers on 6 Forced Fumbles. A truly devastating weapon any team would love to have. Rossi also would be a #1 corner on most any team as he tied for second with 5 interceptions. A truly special group of CBs here for Norfolk.

Moving on to Minnesota, you see their offense seems to be based around short passes with Zisia Ojeisndiwoseodj taking the second most attempts per game, in a devastatingly effective ball control offense. They feature 4 Wide Recievers that saw at least 400 yards with Thomas Sutha being the only one to reach 1000 yards, just barely at 1018 and end zone distribution being fairly even, making them dangerous to predict around the end zone. On top of that they have the leading rusher in the league, Reginald Shrubbery, who was more efficient than his counterparts in Norfolk and managed to be more involved in the passing game as well. Overall it's an impressive ball control offense and they managed to grind their way to 9 wins and the most points in  the league with it.

On the defensive end they lead the league in fewest yards allowed and outgained their opponent by 8 yards a game. Hardly a landslide but like their opponent they had a sound strategy. They lead the league in Sacks by a large margin and also lead it in Passes Deflected, despite the fact that they often controlled the ball for large swathes of their game. The standouts for the Ducks were their star defensive ends who tried to one up each other all season as they combined for 21 Sacks, 5 more than the next closest pair of Defensive Ends and only 2 less than the entire Bondi Beach team.

In the semi-finals both teams posted dominating statement wins against their lesser competition, with the Ducks beating last years representative, the Coyotes by 20. 2 Fumbles cost the Coyotes dearly as despite outgaining the Ducks they never won a quarter or even scored after the first. Similarly the Seawolves disposed of last years Ultimini winners by 19 in the Semis. Just like the other semi matchup the Luchadors outgained their opposition, but this time the efficiency of the Seawolves was simply unmatched by their opposition. Maximus Boudreaux threw for 302 yards and 4 TDs with a single interception and Hunt and David tying for 110 yards and a touchdown each as the Seawolves doubled up their opponent 38-19.

In the Ultimini, we saw the dominance of Maximus Boudreaux continue as he threw for a crazy efficient 258 yards on 22 attempts with 3 TDs and no interceptions with again Hunt and David going for over a 100 yards each. The Seawolves seemed to put the clamps on the Ducks in the second half as despite being out to a 10 point halftime lead they never got much going in the second half of the game and it felt over once the game was tied to be quite honest. If the Ducks can see a true star emerge next year among their young receiver crop next year maybe they can take the next step and win an Ultimini but I think the playmakers for the Sea Wolves were just too much for them to overcome this year.

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[TheRake]

10. Since we had a conversation about it on the ISFL discord, I think if I were the league’s commissioner for a day I would tackle the issue of Free Agency. It’s not a particularly easy problem to solve but one that certainly needs addressing. For those that are new to the league, there’s one team in particular, although I’m sure there are others who try, that seems to be able to draft former players’ new recreates and/or attract them in Free Agency at a much higher rate than other teams do. This team has seen considerable success in the league as of late, making multiple Ultimus appearances and winning several. Now, whatever they are doing is not cheating and is technically allowed. However, in order to promote parity in the league, there should be some tweaks made to the Free Agent system. While I do not have the perfect solution, I think among the GMs and several other forward thinkers in the league, we could come up with a system that both allows the movement of players who truly do get better offers from other teams and also allows a team to make the best contract offers on the market to players they draft. Something akin to Bird Rights in the NBA could be a possible solution, where teams can offer players they draft more than any other team. Due to the hard salary cap of the ISFL, I think we’d need to do something where players you draft’s next contract only counts so much against the cap, with the rest of the contract being waived against the cap. For a hypothetical example, the highest contract in the ISFL currently sits at $8mil per season. Let’s make an arbitrary number like 25% of the cap spent on drafted players isn’t counted against your team’s cap. That would allow a team to offer their own player $10mil/year instead of $8mil. This would incentivize players to stay with their current teams while also making them sacrifice a little something if they did want to leave to play for another team for reasons outside of contract. This is just one of several possible solutions but one the ISFL should be looking to address sooner rather than later.

12. Since Rico Savage has joined the ISFL, there has been one team that has seen more success than the Chicago Butchers yet can’t seem to sweep them during their two regular season matchups every year and that team is the Cape Town Crash. In S41, Rico’s first as a Butcher, Cape Town ended up being the number one overall seed after a 13 and 3 regular season record and went on to win the S41 Ultimus. If you look closer at their record that season you’ll see that two thirds of their losses came at the hands of the Butchers, a team that ultimately missed playoffs. In the first meeting, Cape Town led by 6 with 1:28 to play in the 4th when Rookie RB Nakiri Ayame fumbled and Rico Savage recovered. A few plays later, Painted Penguin found Austin Morley in the endzone on 4th down for the go ahead score. A missed 50 yard field goal sealed the victory for Chicago. In the second meeting of the season, Chicago scored 23 unanswered points in the 4th quarter, stifling CTC’s offense with 3 turnovers including an INT by Rico Savage. In S42, the Crash were able to secure the victory in the first meeting between the teams but in week 13 of the season, with Cape Town needing every victory they could get in order to make the playoffs, they fell to the home team 48 to 42 in overtime. Rico Savage had another INT in that game which led to a short field go ahead touchdown for the Butchers. So even in the midst of a lost season due to tanking, Chicago was able to split the series versus Cape Town and stay a thorn in their side. The two games against CTC are always circled on the calendar in the Chicago locker room and I don’t see why that would change any time soon.

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18. Felix Waterman is a speedy and versatile safety. He is one of the quick players on either side of the field with the speed and acceleration to match most wide receivers. Additionally being a ball hawk safety allows Felix to play both at both the set and free positions, thus giving more options to the general manager who selected him. Felix is also a good listener and will take all the coaching that is given to him. Felix is also hard working and willing to do whatever it takes to get the TPE nessary for growth He is aware that he should work on his hands and his tackles to become the player he wants. As a user, I have something to prove, coming back from going inactive for a time. I believe that I can turn Felix Waterman into an absolute nightmare that unleashes devastation against all opposition offensives.

27. Felix Waterman doesn't have to imagine having the position he wanted be unavailable. He originally was a quarterback in college. It was a smaller college in Connecticut. He was a skilled dual threat quarterback who started all four years and was set to join the  DSFL as a quarterback. However He learned how hard it is for quarterbacks to prosper given the sheer number of quarterbacks that apply for the league. That made Felix realize that as fun as it would have been, the struggle to carve out a place in this league would hecve been too much, thus making his original position practically unavailable.  He would return home with a list of position needs quite dejected. That night Felix would have a bizarre dream about playing defense in a variety of sports. Upon walking uphe remarried that he played safety in high school. He say that there were openings in that position and hasn't looked back.

26. There are many jobs Felix Waterman could have if he didn't decide to play football. He played multiple sports as a kid and could have easily tried to go pro in hockey, baseball, or the sport his school is known for, basketball. Felix could have followed his father and became a ferry captain, helping connect the people of Stamford with Long Island. Maybe he could have followed his mother and worked as a nurse in the college run hospital. He considered joining the Coast Guard or Navy when he was in high school. Perhaps Felix could have pursued any one of his childhood dreams which included jobs such as airplane pilot, musician, lawyer, engineer, street artist, security guard, writer, mixed martial artist, streamer, actor, police officer, doctor, and many, many more. But out of all of those options, he chose to play football.