| RULE CHANGES THAT WILL COME IN TO EFFECT IN THE FOLLOWING SEASON, THE 2008 CARD SET AND GITOMER'S FIRST SEASON 1. A FIELD GOAL CHART THAT WILL MAKE THE GOAL TO ALWAYS MOVE FORWARD # YARDLINE 3- 38 GOOD 5- 29 GOOD 7- 25 GOOD 9- 19 GOOD 11- 13 GOOD 13- 8 GOOD 18- 39 GOOD 19- 31 GOOD 20- 25 GOOD 21- 19 GOOD 22- 13 GOOD 23- 8 GOOD 2. A PLAYERS RECEIVING GRADE WILL NOW MATTER. IF A PLAYER IS AN "A" PASS RECEIVING, HE CAN GO MEDIUM AND LONG AND NOT AFFECT YOUR PASSING GRADE. IF HE IS A "B" RECEIVING IT WILL DROP YOUR PASS OFFENSE BY 1 GRADE. IF A PLAYER HAS A DUAL RECEIVING GRADE "A/B", THE SECOND GRADE IS HIS MEDIUM AND LONG GRADE. AT NO TIME WILL A SHORT PASS BE DROPPED DUE TO A RECEIVERS' GRADE. 3. THE RUNNING BACK RULE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS. ANY BACK BETWEEN 120-219 CARRIES WILL BE LIMITED IN THIER USE FOR THIS SEASON. THEY WILL BE BE ABLE TO BE USED 150% OF THE CARRIES THEY GOT IN THE REGULAR SEASON IN THE NFL. THE EXTRA 50 PERCENT IS BASED ON INJURIES, THAT NFL TEAM'S PHILOSIPHY AND THE FACT THAT ON OUR TEAMS WE HAVE NO "EMERGENCY" PLAYERS, ONLY GUYS WHO QUALIFY AND THOSE WHO DON'T. ON A REAL NFL TEAM THE COACH COULD PUT ANYONE IN THE BACKFIELD TO RUN THE BALL, WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY.. THE NUMBER OF CARRIES WILL BE PER GAME AND CANNOT BE CARRIED OVER FROM GAME TO GAME. HERE'S HOW THE MATH WORKS. TAKE THE PLAYERS CARRIES, LETS SAY 160,AND MULTIPLY IT BY 1.5(150%). THE NUMBER NOW IS 240. THAT'S THE NUMBER OF CARRIES THIS PLAYER CAN CARRY THE BALL IN OUR LEAGUE. YOU THEN TAKE THAT NUMBER AND DIVIDE IT BY 16(THE NUMBER OF GAMES IN OUR SEASON). THE NUMBER YOU COME UP WITH IS THE NUMBER OF CARRIES PER GAME THAT PLAYER CAN BE USED FOR, IN THIS CASE IT'S 15. THE PLAYER CAN STAY IN THE GAME IF HE RUNS OUT OF CARRIES BUT HE CANNOT RUSH THE BALL. HE CAN CATCH PASSES. THIS NEXT SEASON WE WILL "EASE" INTO THIS RULE ALLOWING EVERY TEAM TO HAVE A "WORKHORSE" IF NO BACK ON THE ROSTER HAS 220 CARRIES. THE TEAM'S WORKHORSE WILL BE THAT TEAM'S BACK WHO IS CLOSEST TO 220 CARRIES. ANY "OBVIOUS" ATTEMPTS TO TRADE AWAY BACKS SO A ROSTER IS LEFT WITH A HIGH AVERAGE, LOW CARRY BACK WILL BE NIXED BY THE LEAGUE OFFICE. 4. DUE TO APBA'S RELATIVE TEAM STRENGTH WAY OF ASSIGNING PLAYERS A NUMBER BETWEEN 1-5, WE WILL BE CHANGING THE WAY QB'S AND RB'S ACHIEVE A 4. STARTING IN OUR 2008 SEASON ANY PLAYER WITH A 1000 YARDS RUSHING OR A PASSER RATING OVER 85(WITH 300 PASS ATTEMPTS) WILL NOW AUTOMATICALLY BE A FOUR(4). OTHER POSITIONS ARE STILL BEING ANALYZED AND HOPEFULLY AN EASY WAY TO ASSIGN OTHER POSITIONS A MORE REALISTIC GRADE WILL BE ACHIEVED BUT FOR NOW, THESE ARE OUR KEY POSITIONS AND A CHANGE WAS NECESSARY. |
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