How could we pull off a ...

[RavennaAl]

What I'm seeing here is very similar to the postal league that Lynn had talked about doing last year. Here's my proposal bases on the assumption that we will have 6 coaches participating:

First of all. we all have teams at the same weight limit. We have discussed this many times before on the chat board. At last count, we had about 75% wanting 4.0 as the official weight limit for MF, so let's go with that. All 6 coaches make their teams at a 4.0 limit, players glued to the base so that the figures and bases can't get mixed up. No face masks or chin straps as you don't want to lose any of them in transit. Any type base and figure allowed, so long as the combination is at 4.0 or less. Coaches provide rosters as to who is offense and defense and who is starter and who is second string.

As for the length of games, we can either leave it up to each person, or we can compromise. Let's say that 1 person likes to play with 10 plays per quarter, 2 guys like 12 plays, 1 likes 15, one likes 20 and the last likes 25. Adding up the plays = 94 plays. Divided by 6 coaches averages out to 15.6 plays per quarter, or 16 plays rounded off. So, we all play 16 plays per quarter so that the stats will be consistent for each game.

Now, since there are 6 teams, one for each coach, we will have a 10 game 'season'. Each team gets to play 10 games, 2 games against each other team. Each coach will get to play 5 games of this season. At least one game will be with their own team, possibly 2 games.

Example for week 1: Coach 1, Coach 2 and Coach 3 get to play the first games. Coach 1 has teams A & B, Coach 2 teams C & D, Coach 3 teams E & F. Each coach plays the game according to their solitaire rules. We can allow 10 days to play your game, then you must send the teams to the next coach. Allowing 4 days for shipping, each 'week' will actually take 2 weeks. So, therefore, the season will actually take 20 weeks to play out.

When the game is over, they mail the teams to whichever coaches are playing next. In this case Coach 1 mails team A to Coach 4 and team B to Coach 5. Coach 2 mails team C to Coach 4 and team D to Coach 6. Coach 3 mails team E to Coach 5 and team F to Coach 6

Week 2 starts with Coach 4 playing teams A & C, Coach 5 playing teams B & E and Coach 6 playing teams D & F. We repeat this cycle until all 6 teams have played their 10 game schedule. When the season is over, the team with the best record is crowned the champion. Or, we can have the coach whose team had the worst record play a championship game with the 2 teams that had the best records, or something like that.

Using the USPS flat rate box as an example, you can send a team, packed in tissue to prevent damage, for $5 anywhere in the US. Figuring mailing 2 teams every other week 5 times will be about $50. So, if you can afford $50 and want to play, then you're set.

It's not a perfect plan, but it will allow anyone to play the games using their own rules with teams that should be compatable to each other. Plus, you will get 2 packages in the mail every 4 weeks. It's like getting presents even though it's not your birthday!