LOC Qualifier League #3 Site News

According to our records, your 2007 league home page at http://football.myfantasyleague.com/2007/home/29550 has not yet been renewed for 2008. If that's not the case, and you've already set up your 2008 league, you can safely ignore the rest of this message.

In order to save $10 on your 2008 league purchase, please renew your league before August 4th!

To renew your 2007 league for 2008, simply go to your 2007 league home page at http://football.myfantasyleague.com/2007/home/29550 , log in as the league commissioner, and follow the instructions displayed at the top of that page. With one mouse click, you'll be up and running for 2008. Now that the NFL has released the 2008 schedule, and the 2008 draft is over, all 2008 leagues (but not 2007 leagues) will have the updated NFL schedule and NFL draftees listed.

Once you've renewed for 2008, you can use the "For Commissioners > $$ Purchase League $$" option to place your order for 2008. Full pricing details can be found at http://www.myfantasyleague.com/purchase.php , but be sure to order before August 4th, 2008, to take advantage of our $10 early bird discount offer.

Also, after you've renewed, be sure to check out the "For Commissioners > Commissioner News" menu item from your 2008 league, which details the many enhancements we've made to the site since the end of the 2007 season.

If you prefer not to receive these site news email messages, you can use the For Commissioners > Setup > Commissioner Email Setup screen to turn this option off. Just remove the checkbox for the "MyFantasyLeague.com Site News" email option.

As always, please let us know if you have any comments, questions or suggestions for the site!

Sincerely, MyFantasyLeague.com

According to our records, your 2007 league home page at http://football.myfantasyleague.com/2007/home/29550 has not yet been renewed for 2008. If that's not the case, and you've already set up your 2008 league, you can safely ignore the rest of this message.

In order to save $20 on your 2008 league purchase, please renew your league before June 10th!

To renew your 2007 league for 2008, simply go to your 2007 league home page at http://football.myfantasyleague.com/2007/home/29550 , log in as the league commissioner, and follow the instructions displayed at the top of that page. With one mouse click, you'll be up and running for 2008. Now that the NFL has released the 2008 schedule, and the 2008 draft is over, all 2008 leagues (but not 2007 leagues) will have the updated NFL schedule and NFL draftees listed.

Once you've renewed for 2008, you can use the "For Commissioners > $$ Purchase League $$" option to place your order for 2008. Full pricing details can be found at http://www.myfantasyleague.com/purchase.php , but be sure to order before June 10th, 2008, to take advantage of our $20 early bird discount offer.

Also, after you've renewed, be sure to check out the "For Commissioners > Commissioner News" menu item from your 2008 league, which details the many enhancements we've made to the site since the end of the 2007 season.

If you prefer not to receive these site news email messages, you can use the For Commissioners > Setup > Commissioner Email Setup screen to turn this option off. Just remove the checkbox for the "MyFantasyLeague.com Site News" email option.

As always, please let us know if you have any comments, questions or suggestions for the site!

Sincerely, MyFantasyLeague.com

All of us at MyFantasyLeague.com wish you and your family a happy holiday season!

With sixteen weeks of football in the books, most leagues are tying up their fantasy football playoffs, and starting to think about the off-season and next year. The following are a few miscellaneous notes for your league during the offseason:

• Free NFL Playoffs Leagues. Just because the NFL regular season is almost over doesn't mean that your fantasy football season needs to be over! We're offering free NFL Playoffs leagues again this year to help with those who are looking for a few more weeks of fantasy football action.
• Testing New Rules. To ensure that you don't corrupt your 2007 league, please avoid making any changes to your recently-completed league scoring rules or other league rules.  Instead, use the My Leagues > Set Up A New League option to create and test as needed.  When finished, use the Setup > Schedule This League For Removal page to schedule the league for removal.
• Using Your League In The Offseason.  Your league will be available for the entire offseason.  While all owners can use it to review league history, dynasty league owners can also continue to perform waivers and trades during the offseason.
• Keeping Your Email Current. This Spring we'll once again send an email out to all our commissioners to let you know about our early-bird league discounts. If your email address changes in the next few months, please remember to update it on your For Commissioners > Setup > General League Setup page so you can be sure to receive any announcements.
• 2008 Leagues. In 2007, we started offering leagues in late February - our goal is to match, or possibly even beat, that timeframe for this year. If you need to start a new league before then, use the My Leagues > Set Up A New League to create a new 2007 league that can be upgraded later to a 2008 league without losing any of your setup information.
• Data Retention Policy. As we grow, and more data accumulates on our servers, we've found the need to eliminate some old, less frequently accessed data from our historical leagues. To that end, in February, 2008, when we start offering 2008 leagues, we will be deleting the following league data from our servers for 2006 and prior seasons:
  • Message Board Posts
  • League Polls
  • Pool Picks
  • Transaction Histories
  If you have the need to keep any of the above data for historical reasons, please use your web browser's "File > Save As..." option to save the web page in question to your local hard drive. Note that this does not in any way affect your recently-completed 2007 league, and does not in any way affect key league data (standings, franchise scores, matchup results, player scores, etc.) from 2006 and prior year leagues. Please see this page for all MyFantasyLeague.com policies.

If you have any follow-up questions based on this newsletter, please contact us via the Help > How To Get Additional Help page.

If you have follow-up questions or suggestions based on this newsletter, please be sure to submit a support ticket to us via your Help > How To Get Additional Help page, rather than replying via email.

With the end of the fantasy season drawing nearer, many leagues are already thinking about tweaks to their existing rules for 2008. Others are considering running a free NFL playoff league (more on this in next week's message). Whatever the reason, the site's league polling feature offers commissioners a way to query for owner input.

By default both owners and the commissioner can create a league poll. Use the For Commissioners > Setup > Abilities Setup screen to remove this ability from the owners.

To define a new poll:

1. Go to the Communications > League Polls page.
2. Click on the link to [Create/Edit League Polls] and fill in the following information.
   • Poll Question. Use this initial field to specify your question.
   • Answer #1-10. List each poll answer or use the franchise name checkbox to make each name appear as one of the available poll answers.
   • Voting Time. Choose a date/time for the poll to end.
   • Multiple Answers. Only one poll answer is allowed by default. Check this box to allow for each franchise to choose more than one answer.
   • Hidden Results. Hide poll answers until poll is over.  If left unchecked, owners can see the current count for each poll answers after they place their individual vote.
   • Public/Private. Check this box to reveal how each franchise owner voted.  If enabled, mouse-over the value for each poll answer and hold briefly. A tool-tip will appear with the names of each franchise that voted for the corresponding poll answer.
   • Required. Check this box to force owners to answer the poll. Owners who do not answer a poll will not be able to submit their weekly lineup until they do.
3. Click on the 'Save Poll' button. At this point, the poll will be accessible using the Communications > League Polls screen.
4. To add the poll to your league's home page, go to the For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Home Page Setup screen and add/position either the Newest League Poll or the 5 Newest League Polls home page modules. When using the Newest League Poll module, each new poll will push the previous poll off the home page thereby making it only accessible via the League Polls screen.

In addition to viewing all historical polls in the League Polls screen, this is also the place to go to edit any existing polls.

Don't forget, more information about running free NFL playoff leagues will be announced in next week's newsletter!

If you have follow-up questions or suggestions based on this newsletter, please be sure to submit a support ticket to us via your Help > How To Get Additional Help page, rather than replying via email.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of fantasy football is the trash talking with your league-mates, and "League Articles" are one of the many ways to trash-talk on MyFantasyLeague.com.

By default, both commissioners and owners are able to write league articles.  If you prefer to keep this feature only to yourself, go to the For Commissioners > Setup > Abilities Setup screen to uncheck this ability for all owners.

Writing a league article is a relatively simple process:

1. Go to the Communications > League Articles page.
2. Click on the link to Write A New Article and fill in the following information.
   1. Article Headline.  Specify a title for your article (up to 50 characters).
   2. Article Picture URL or Upload Article Picture.  Either specify the web address of an existing images on another web site (URL, starting with "http://") or upload an existing image from your local hard drive (must be less than 75 Kb) to accompany the article.
   3. Picture Caption.  Optionally write a brief caption for any defined article picture.
   4. Article Body.  Use the default WYSIWYG editor to define your article text here.
3. Click on the 'Save Article' button.  At this point, the article will be readable using the Communications > League Articles page.
4. To add the article to your league's home page, go to the For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Home Page Setup screen and add/position either the Newest League Article or the Headlines For 5 Newest League Articles home page modules.  When using the Newest League Article module, each new article will push the previous article off the home page and into the League Articles page.

In addition to viewing all historical articles in the League Articles screen, this is also the place to go to edit any existing article.

Using the site's league article feature along with a little commissioner creativity, you can really add to the enjoyment of your league for all of your owners.

If you have follow-up questions or suggestions based on this newsletter, please be sure to submit a support ticket to us via your Help > How To Get Additional Help page, rather than replying via email.

We're happy to announce several mid-season site enhancements, including:

1. Gameday Updates - if you are a current user of the Gameday Live Scoring program, be sure to update your copy (by visiting Gameday's "Options" tab, and clicking on the "Check for Gameday Program Updates Now" button) to experience the latest audio enhancements. And if you've never used it before, see this page for all of the details. Some recent enhancements include:
   • Audio options for announcing First Downs and Fourth Downs to help track the progress of games.
   • Audio option for announcing NFL Scores after each TD or Field Goal.
   • Audio option for announcing your team's fantasy score anytime it changes.
   • "News" tab to keep track of changes and updates to Gameday.
   • Time Zone selection so NFL games show up in your local time.
   • Weekly History option, so you can now go back to a previous week to view stats even if you weren't using Gameday at the time.
   • Leagues that use Team QBs and Team Kickers will now have those players show up on the Top Performers view.
2. Web-based Live Scoring Updates - the live scoring web pages now display custom player position changes, as well as home field advantage points where appropriate.
3. Projected Scores Report - a new report is available at Reports > Franchise > Projected Scores which displays the projected point totals expected for each player and franchise in your league, based on projected statistics from our friends at FantasySharks.com.
4. Facebook - To embed a MyFantasyLeague.com home page module into your facebook.com profile, simply go to the Reports > League > Embed League Data page, and choose the "On my Facebook profile. (Beta)" option. Note that this is considered beta-quality, meaning you may well find problems with it - if you do, please let us know!
5. Plain Text Email - for people having problems viewing the HTML-formatted email from the site, the "For Owners > Franchise Setup > Advanced" page now has the ability to indicate that you want "plain text" email from the site.
6. Waiver Wire Order Standings Column - the For Commissioners > Setup > Standings Columns Setup page has a new standings column on it called "Waiver Wire Order".
7. "Tropical Getaway" Skin - There is a new skin available on the For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Select A Skin page called "Tropical Getaway".
8. Set Player Salaries Based On Blind Bidding Amounts - for leagues that are both salary cap leagues and use blind bidding, but have a fixed dollar amount to spend on bids throughout the season (rather than an amount that's a function of their current available cap space), there is a new option on the "For Commissioners > Setup > Transactions Setup > Blind Bidding Setup" page called "Do Winning Blind Bid Waiver Amounts Get Assigned As Player Salaries? Yes No".

Sincerely, The MyFantasyLeague.com Support Staff

Don't forget to nominate your league for our Page Design Contest - you can turn your creativity and hard work into cold, hard cash!

Please be sure to review all of the contest details here before entering, but once you have, if you'd like to enter, simply submit a support ticket to us by choosing the "Setup & Appearance" Category, and the "Advanced Customization" subcategory. All entries must be received before Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007.

MyFantasyLeague.com prides itself on the options we offer for league customization. Whether you are an Internet/computer novice or HTML/CSS programming guru, there are a number of ways to personalize your league.

If you have follow-up questions or suggestions based on this newsletter, please be sure to submit a support ticket to us via your Help > How To Get Additional Help page, rather than replying via email. Our support ticketing system allows us to respond to your questions and suggestions much faster than email does.

1. Skins.  MFL has more than three dozen color/graphics schemes for the 2007 season which contain everything you need for a professional looking league home page as a complete package.  You can choose one skin for the entire season or switch as needed.  We've even included a number of holiday skins for various times of the year.  To preview and/or choose a skin, just go to the For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Select A Skin page.
2. Templates. New for 2007 are four templates, available on your For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Select A Template page. Templates are packaged appearance options, like skins, plus custom vertical and horizontal menus, making it easier for your owners to get access to key league reports and options.
3. Home Page Modules.  Working in conjunction with skins and templates are more than 50 (and growing) home page modules.   This wide variety of modules range from standings to message board posts to calendars to league chat rooms and are a excellent way for commissioners to include/exclude only the content useful for their own league.  Go to the For Commissioners > Setup > Home Page Setup screen to decide what home page modules to include and exclude. Also new for 2007 is the idea of a "tabbed" home page setup, where instead of having one long home page, you can create multiple tabs for organizing your league home page better. Also, check out the Reports > League > Embed League Data option which allows you to embed league home page modules on another web site, or right into your Google home page!
4. Images.  Commissioners have the ability to define league logos (For Commissioners > Setup > Images & Other URLs), divisional logos (For Commissioners > Setup > Division/Conference Setup), as well as icons for each franchise (For Owners > Advanced Franchise Setup).   NOTE: Owners may define large franchise icons that appear on the league standings report.  You can use the For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Icons Setup screen to define a maximum width or height (try 100 as a starting point for either value) to scale these images down.
5. Menus.  Commissioners (and owners when allowed) can choose between the horizontal or vertical "modern" menus or the "classic" pull-down menus on the For Commissioners > Setup > Menu Setup screen.
6. Custom HTML.  Through the use of 12 home page messages, owners can also place snippets of HTML code into various places on the home page to add everything from a simple applet to much more advanced page layouts.
7. CSS. Using industry-standard CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), you have literally unlimited control over your league page appearance. See our Advanced Customization Guide on how to get started with this sometimes complex topic.
8. XML. Another industry-standard, XML, allows you to get access to "raw" MyFantasyLeague.com data so that if you are a computer programmer, you can write your own programs to massage and display your league data in any way you'd like. See our export program documentation for more details.

One note of caution: With all the flexibility available, it's not uncommon for commissioners to add third party sports tickers or chat rooms or even league sounds.  While all of these can certainly dress up a league's home page, they also can adversely affect page load times (especially on live scoring days).   In general, any time your home page includes links to content outside of the MFL domain, your league also increases the risk of problem whenever that third-party site has problems.

Which brings us to another new for 2007 piece of news - if you've done a ton of customization work on your MyFantasyLeague.com site (more than just out-of-the-box skins and templates!), you should check out our Page Design Contest. In a nutshell, you can earn cold, hard cash for your creative designs! See this page for all of the details, including prizes, limitations, and how to enter.

The single most common question we get from customers in week one of the season is "Why is the site scoring players wrong for my league?" And the single most common cause of that problem is an incorrectly defined league scoring system.

To help make sure week 1 scores are accurate for you and your league-mates, the site offers a number of reports that you can use to verify that your scoring rules are properly defined before the season even starts. A little extra work now can save a lot of last-minute headaches later.

1. The first place to look when verifying your scoring rules is the Reports > Rules > League Scoring report. Not only can you view the rules in a single, concise report, but you can also click on the "Test" link for most rules to get a detailed description of the rule along with a complete range of values and corresponding points. The "Test" link is important, because it automatically identifies when it sees gaps or overlaps in your league scoring rules, and it "knows" about special rules, like the fact that a kickoff return TD can be more than 100 yards long, so it's important that you click on the "Test" link for each rule you've got set up.
2. Once you feel comfortable that your rules are properly defined, you should use the Reports > Player > Top Performers/Player Stats report to verify individual scores. During the preseason, this report will default to using the 2006 stats computed against your 2007 scoring rules (all 2005 scores will be displayed, too). Just click on any player's score for a given week to view a detailed description of his fantasy points. For example, click on Ladainian Tomlinson's week 11 score to see his 2006 week 11 Detailed Results. Notice that depending on your league scoring system, he should receive points for 3 rushing TDs and 105 rushing yards, 1 receiving TD, and 74 receiving yards. This should all check out with your League Scoring report.
3. On occasion a unique play will occur that isn't covered in your league scoring rules. While the site offers each league the ability to always manually account for these, we've also developed a couple of documents to assist in better understanding exactly how the stats and scoring work:
   1. The Statistics Lifecycle page includes information about live scoring results, preliminary & final weekly results, official NFL stat changes, and an overview of special plays.
   2. The Special Plays page details how MyFantasyLeague.com scores unique plays that occur from time to time (some only occur once every five or more years).

For more details on verifying your scoring rules, go to the Scoring Setup How To document and scroll down to the "Testing Your Scoring System" section of that page.

In summary, if you spend a few extra minutes now making sure your league scoring system is set up exactly like you want it to be, you'll save lot of last-second headaches this coming Thursday and Sunday!

Sincerely, The MyFantasyLeague.com Support Staff

Thanks again for taking the time to set up a 2007 league on MyFantasyLeague.com. This newsletter will keep you informed of off-season activities on the site. With less than two weeks until kickoff of the 2007 season, this will be the last batch of pre-season enhancements we announce.

If you have follow-up questions or suggestions based on this newsletter, please be sure to submit a support ticket to us via your Help > How To Get Additional Help page, rather than replying via email. Our support ticketing system allows us to respond to your questions and suggestions much faster than email does.

We're happy to announce even more site enhancements have been completed in the first few weeks of August:

1. 75kb File Upload Limit - all logos, icons and sound clips uploaded to the MyFantasyLeague.com site can now be up to 75kb in size. Previously, our limit was 50kb each.
2. "Missed Field Goal Returned For A TD" Rule - To account for plays like Devin Hester's 108 yard TD in week 10 last year, we have two new league rules we support, and a change in the definition of two more, including:
   1. Number of Missed Field Goal Return TDs - This is the number of missed field goals in a game that are returned all the way for a TD.
   2. Length of Missed Field Goal Return TD - This is the length in yards of a missed field goal return TD. This rule is evaluated for EACH missed field goal return TD.
   3. Number of Defensive & Special Teams TDs - This is the number of Defensive and Special Teams TDs scored. It includes Interception Return TDs, Opponent Fumble Recovery TDs, Blocked Punt TDs, Blocked FG TDs, Punt Return TDs, Kickoff Return TDs, and Missed FG Return TDs.
   4. Length of Defensive/Special Teams TDs - This is the length in yards of a Defensive or Special Teams TD. It includes Interception Return TDs, Opponent Fumble Recovery TDs, Blocked Punt TDs, Blocked FG TDs, Punt Return TDs, Kickoff Return TDs, and Missed FG Return TDs.
   You can add these rules to your exisiting league scoring rules via the For Commissioners > Setup > Scoring Setup > Custom Scoring Setup page.
3. Live Draft Room Enhancements - Several live draft room enhancements, including:
   1. When a player is picked, he will be immediately removed from the list of available players. Previously, even though that player was no longer draftable, he remained in the list for a short time, causing some concerns.
   2. When a commissioner does an "Undo Pick", the player in question will immediately be added back to the list of available players.
   3. A clearer indication in the "Draft Picks" section of what franchise has pre-drafted, indicating that his pick will be made for him immediately when he gets on the clock.
   4. A clearer indication in the "Draft Picks" section of what franchise has been set up by the commissioner to be automatically picked for as soon as they get on the clock.
4. More Home Page Messages - Commissioners can now enter up to 12 home page messages on the "For Commissioners > Setup > Home Page Message Setup" option. Previously, the limit was 10 messages.
5. 2 New Skins - your For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Select A Skin page has been updated to include two new skins, called "Retro Rockstar" and "Fantasy Football?". Note that the "Fantasy Football?" skin might be politely referred to as "not workplace friendly", so keep that in mind before selecting or previewing that skin.
6. Pre-Draft Pick Page - the "For Owners > Draft" page, when doing pre-draft picks, will default to show players sorted by the owner's "My Draft List" listing, or the owner can change to the old default of the alphabetical player listing.
7. For Owners > Waivers - the "For Owners > Waivers" page (for first come, first served waivers, and free agent moves) has been updated to show rostered player bye weeks, as well as salaries (for salary cap leagues).
8. For Owners > Trades - the "For Owners > Trades" page has been updated to show player salaries for both franchises for salary cap leagues.
9. Per-Player Waivers - if you've come to MyFantasyLeague.com from another site like Yahoo!, CBS Sportsline, or ESPN, you've probably already noticed that we handle waivers differently than they do. To try to allow you to mimic your waiver rules from your previous host on our site, we're now offering the ability to process waivers on a "per-player" basis. This means that all waiver requests for "locked" players that are due to be unlocked can be processed on a per-player basis (versus all at once) nightly at 3am ET. The easiest way to turn this option on is by going to the For Commissioners > Setup > Transactions Setup > Select Packaged Waiver Rules page, and choose the "Yahoo!" packaged waiver rule option. More advanced customers who understand the current waiver setup pages can go directly to the "For Commissioners > Setup > Transactions Setup > Waiver Request Setup page to turn this option on. As always, please let us know if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions regarding this new way of processing waivers.

In addition, to address several concerns with the three original templates on the "Select A Template Page" ("Blue", "All-American", and "SuperLeague"), on Saturday, August 25th, we'll be "retiring" those templates, and replacing them with newer templates that should not have some of the constraints and problems that the original version of these templates had, most notably a fixed-width third column for league content. However, if you would rather revert your league back to the original template, you may do so by going to the For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Select A Template page, and selecting one of the "X-Retired" templates that will be listed on that page on Saturday.

Don't forget about our new Page Design Contest, where you can showcase your design skills, and turn your efforts into cold, hard cash! See this page for more details on this contest.

If you have any questions about the above enhancements, feel free to send us a Support Ticket.

Sincerely, MyFantasyLeague.com

Thanks again for taking the time to set up a 2007 league on MyFantasyLeague.com. This newsletter will keep you informed of off-season activities on the site.

If you have follow-up questions or suggestions based on this newsletter, please be sure to submit a support ticket to us via your Help > How To Get Additional Help page, rather than replying via email. Our support ticketing system allows us to respond to your questions and suggestions much faster than email does.

We're happy to announce even more site enhancements have been completed in July:

1. Additional Sorting/Stats On Top Performers Report - the Reports > Player > Top Performers/Player Stats page has been updated to include new ways to slice and dice data, including:
   1. Sortable Columns - most column headers on this report are now "clickable", allowing you to sort the data by clicking on almost any column header.
   2. Additional NFL Stats - the Reports > Player > Top Performers/Player Stats > Advanced Search page has been updated to include additional fantasy and NFL stats - for example, when selecting the Rushers category, you'll see receiving stats, when selecting the Passers category, you'll also see rushing stats, and so on. In addition, fantasy points are displayed in the first column of these reports.
2. My Draft List - the "For Owners > My Draft List" option has been updated to include many new options, including:
   1. The "source" list can be filtered based on position, NFL team and rookie status.
   2. Both the "source" and "destintion" lists are now mulit-select, meaning that you can now add and remove multiple players at a time using the "control-click" method.
   3. There are new "Move 20 Up" and "Move 20 Down" buttons to make shuffling players around on the destination list easier.
3. Integration With Screaming Sports - We're happy to announce a partnership with ScreamingSports.com. ScreamingSports.com allows fantasy players to manage all their fantasy teams from different web sites, including Yahoo, ESPN, CBSSportsline and now MyFantasyLeague, all in one place. You can also add automation you can't get on many of those sites like automatic roster substitutions and then have it all available over any wireless device! Please contact ScreamingSports.com directly for any follow-up questions regarding this integration.
4. One New Template - a new template called Huddle is available on your For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Select A Template page.
5. 2 New Skins - your For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Select A Skin page has been updated to include two new skins, called "Motocross" and "The Huddle 2007". Note that the skin that used to be called "The Huddle" is now called "The Huddle 2006".
6. Trade Poll Options - the For Commissioners > Setup > Transactions Setup > Trades Setup page has been updated to include a new option titled "When A Trade Poll Is Created:", allowing the league commissioner to apply certain poll options to trade polls when they are created (if they are hidden, public and/or required).
7. Draft Order Setup - All Rounds Options - the For Commissioners > Setup > Draft Setup > Draft Order Setup - All Rounds page has a few new options on it:
   1. The Draft Type setting now allows you to set up 3rd Round Reverse Serpentine drafts.
   2. There is a new Send Email To Owners Regarding How Draft Order Was Generated? option, allowing you to have the system automatically email owners when the draft order is generated, including the first round of the draft. If one of the "random" draft order settings is selected, the email will include a note to owners about how the system has completely randomly selected the draft order, ensuring no bias on the part of the league commissioner.
8. Refer A Friend - Save $10 - there is a new option available at For Commissioners > Refer A Friend to allow you to quickly and easily send an email to anyone you wish regarding our Referral Program. Also, the top of that page summarizes the referrals that you've made so far.
9. Additional Packaged Schedules For Large Leagues - despite the fact that we currently offer over 600 packaged schedules sometimes bigger leagues couldn't find a packaged schedule that meets their needs. Now, the For Commissioners > Setup > Fantasy Schedule Setup > Select A Packaged Schedule page will make some additional efforts to search through our packaged schedules to try to apply one of the simpler schedules to your larger league multiple times.
10. Edit Your "Raw" Fantasy Schedule - for more advanced customers who may generate their own schedule via another application, and want to be able to edit (or share) your schedule in it's "raw" format, there is a new For Commissioners > Setup > Fantasy Schedule Setup > Import Fantasy Schedule option. Be sure to click on the "Need help?" link in the upper right-hand corner of that page before using this advanced option for details on exactly how it works!

In addition, we're happy to announce a new Page Design Contest, where you can showcase your design skills, and turn your efforts into cold, hard cash! See this page for more details on this contest.

If you have any questions about the above enhancements, feel free to send us a Support Ticket.

Sincerely, MyFantasyLeague.com

If you haven't already, be sure to purchase all of your 2007 leagues with us by July 31st, 2007 to save $10. All details regarding our site pricing can be found on our purchase page.

If you're not certain if your league is currently paid for or not, check out the "For Commissioners" menu. If you see a Purchase League option, that means we have not yet received payment for your league, but if you see a League Invoice option, that confirms details of your order with us.

Also, to make it even easier for you to earn money off of your 2008 league purchase, check out the new For Commissioners > Refer A Friend option - encourage your friends to sign up with us, and you can earn big discounts on your 2008 league purchase! Check out our referral program page for more details on this exciting new program.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions for the site.

Sincerely, MyFantasyLeague.com

Thanks again for taking the time to set up a 2007 league on MyFantasyLeague.com. This newsletter will keep you informed of off-season activities on the site.

If you haven't already, be sure to purchase your 2007 league by July 31st to save $10. Full purchase details are available on this page. To double-check if your league has been paid for, check the "For Commisssioners" menu - if it has a "League Invoice" menu option, that means you're all set for the 2007 season (and that page will contain all of the relevant information regarding your purchase), otherwise, you can use the "Purchase League" option to pay for your league.

We're happy to announce even more site enhancements have been completed in June:

1. Templates - we've licensed three "templates" from the mfladdons.com site. Templates are basically pre-packaged appearance options, allowing you to have a clean league page appearance, plus custom menus, available with one mouse click - check out your For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Select A Template page for this new option.
2. 2 New Skins - your For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Select A Skin page has been updated to include two new skins, called "Poker" and "Nightclub".
3. Email When A New League Article Is Written - the For Owners > Franchise Setup > Advanced page has been updated to include a new option in the "Send Email For:" section called "New League Article Written", allowing owners in your league to be notified when another owner writes a new league article.

With two months to go until the start of the NFL season, you can expect even more site enhancements from us before the start of the season.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions about the above enhancements.

Sincerely, MyFantasyLeague.com

If you haven't already, be sure to purchase your 2007 league before June 10th, 2007 to save $20! Full pricing details are available on our Purchase page.

As always, we're busy adding new features to the site to make sure your 2007 season is better than ever before. This month, this list includes:

1. Tabbed Home Page Setup - The For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Home Page Setup page (as well as the "For Owners > Franchise Setup > Home Page Setup" page) will now allow people to create additional tabs for their league home page. Tabs are basically a way of allowing someone to have a lot more content on their league home page without having to scroll down to see that content. Instead, you can simply click on the appropriate tab to see the content. Each tab can have a customized module layout, just like the main home page tab, and each tab can be named however you'd like, and then later deleted if necessary.
2. More Live Draft Audio Voices and Sounds - The For Commissioners > Setup > Draft Setup > Draft Timer Setup page has a new option on it called "Voice To Use For Audio Clips In Live Draft:" with the voice options called: David, Callie and Shouty, as well as "None", if you'd rather not hear audio in your live draft. The default voice is David. With this change, you'll also notice several changes to our live draft audio, including:
   1. All rookies now have an audio clip associated with them, where previously it was much later in the off-season before we were able to record rookie player names.
   2. All players in our player database, including second and third tier players, IDPs, etc. have an audio clip associated with them, where previously only a fraction of the players in our player database had audio clips.
   3. Several events that happen in your live draft will be announced via these audio clips, including: Welcome to your MyFantasyLeague live draft (when you go into your live draft room), Invalid Draft Pick (when anyone attempts to make an invalid draft pick), It's Your Turn To Pick, You're On Deck (when you're the next pick up after the current pick), and Timer Is About To Expire (when there is 10 seconds left on the timer).
3. New Default Skin - With our web site design, we've updated our default skin accordingly. This new default skin will apply to any newly created leagues, as well as to any past leagues with us that have used the old default MFL skin. For those who are a fan of the old skin, you can still select that via the For Commissioners > Setup > Appearance Setup > Select A Skin page, where it's now called the "MFL Classic" skin.
4. Better Handling Of Uneven/Invalid Trades - To better handle the situation where a trade would cause an invalid roster, the For Commissioners > Setup > Transactions Setup > Trades Setup page has two new options on it:
   1. Allow Trades That Would Create Invalid Rosters To Go Through? Yes No
   2. When A Trade Causes An Invalid Roster, Allow Owner To Submit Lineups? Yes No
   Changing the first option from it's default of "No", to "Yes" will allow 2-for-1 trades (as well as any other type of trade that would otherwise cause an invalid roster) to go through. In conjunction with this, the second option allows a commissioner to prevent an owner from submitting a lineup when they have an invalid roster.
5. Required Polls - When creating a new poll (or editing an existing poll), there is a new checkbox (displayed only to league commissioners) titled "Poll is required - owners must vote before submitting lineups:" - if the commissioner check that checkbox, owners cannot submit lineups until they have voted in that poll. A commissioner can have as many of the "required" polls as they'd like at any one time.
6. 3rd Place Playoff Games & Bracket Crossover - The For Commissioners > Setup > Playoff Setup > General Playoff Setup page has a new column on it titled "Set Up 3rd Place Game?" which, when selected, will automatically create a new, separate third place bracket (2 teams, 1 game) which happens in the same week as the championship game happens in the "parent" bracket. In addition, the Playoff Schedule Setup page now has "bracket crossover", whereby a loser (or winner, for that matter) of a game in one bracket can be automatically put into another bracket, making it much easier to set up 5th place games, 7th place games, etc.
7. Reset Player Salaries/Contracts - the For Commissioners > Setup > Salary Cap Setup > General Salary Cap Setup page has a new input field on it called: Reset Player Salary/Contract To League Default - valid options are: "Never" (which is the default, and the way that the site has worked at all times up until now), "When a player is dropped" or "When a player is unlocked". At the approrpriate time, the system will automatically reset the player's salary and all contract information to the league default.
8. Last Week's Point Total Standings/Waivers Sort - The For Commissioners > Setup > Standings Setup, For Commissioners > Setup > Transactions Setup > Waiver Request Setup and "Blind Bidding Setup" pages all have a new sort criteria listed called "Last Week's Point Total" to allow commissioners to sort those items by the last completed weekly point total.
9. Standings Legend - There is a new set of fields on the For Commissioners > Setup > Standings Setup page called "Standings Legend" to allow commissioners to put a legend on the bottom of their full league standings report.

In addition, we've recently re-organized our MyFantasyLeague.com Community Forums, adding some new sub-forums.

• Support Questions - Customers helping customers
where you'll find fellow MyFantasyLeague.com customers who may be willing to help you out with questions you might have about the site. Note that the official place to get support from the MyFantasyLeague.com support staff is your "Help > How To Get Additional Help" page.
• New League Rule/Site Feature Ideas if you'd like to toss around ideas for new fantasy football league rules with other customers for their ideas/feedback. Note that the official means to submit a feature request to us via your "Help > How To Get Additional Help" page, and selecting the "Feature Request" category.
• Leagues looking for owners, owners looking for leagues which is a place to look if you've got an opening or two in your league, or if you'd like to join an additional league.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions about the above enhancements. With three months until the start of the 2007 season, we've still got lots more planned for future site enhancements.

Sincerely, MyFantasyLeague.com

Thanks again for taking the time to set up a 2007 league on MyFantasyLeague.com. This newsletter will keep you informed of off-season activities on the site.

Now that the NFL draft is over, and the NFL has announced their 2007 schedule, you'll notice that your 2007 league pages have been updated to include this schedule information, as well as all 2007 NFL draftees.

In addition to the enhancements we announced last month, here are a couple of additional site upgrades we've completed in April:

1. Salary Cap Setup - For salary cap leagues, there is a new For Commissioners > Setup > Salary Cap Setup > Select Packaged Player Salaries option which allows the league commissioner to:
   1. Copy salaries from another league to this league.
   2. Use the pre-packaged MyFantasyLeague.com default player salaries - which will be available in mid-July, as in the past.
   3. For deluxe leagues, copy player salaries from one division/conference to another division/conference.
2. Contract Year Cap - The For Commissioners > Setup > Salary Cap Setup > General Salary Cap Setup page has a new input field on it called "Per-Franchise Contract Year Cap" for leagues that want the system to enforce a cap of the total of all contract years on a franchise.
3. Roster Minimum Enforcement - The For Commissioners > Setup > Players And Rosters > Roster Position Limits Setup has a new input field on it called "Total Across All Positions: Min On Roster" to force owners to have a minimum number of players on their roster. Note that this minimum is not enforced during a pre-season draft or an auction.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions about the above enhancements. With four months until the start of the 2007 season, we've got lots more planned for future site enhancements.

Don't forget, to take advantage of our $20 discount, be sure to purchase your league (if you haven't already done so) before our June 10, 2007 deadline.

Also, if are you a computer programmer or web designer, and you're looking to take your fantasy football league to the next level, check out our Advanced Customization Guide, which details how you can write your own CSS to control your league page appearance, and get access to "raw" league data in an industry-standard XML format, or "embed" league home page modules into other web pages - three options that you'll only find here at MyFantasyLeague.com!

Finally, we've just released a new home page at http://www.myfantasyleague.com/ - check it out, and let us know what you think!

Sincerely, MyFantasyLeague.com