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THE BEST ONLINE LEAGUE NEWSLETTER 1.08

Wednesday, February 4th, 2003

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It's now an official site guys. I took the plunge and bought the domain name. So for those of you wondering why the site was "down" for a bit last night, it was simply moved to a new folder. A tiny part of me is planning an NBA and NHL version of the league with the same attention to detail with stats and videos etc., so I had the URL forward point to an overall "BOL" folder leaving room for the other sports. We'll just have to see. I'm also now openly taking donations as the time requirement for this is getting plain stupid. LOL.

Speeding through the regular season the past few days has been quite a rush. Watchin' tickers, taking stats - even getting the privelege to watch and tape other people's games. I still contest that going slower next season will be just as much of a rush. A bigger build-up to the huge matchups will be awesome.

To note, The Jets are now 9-0 after the scare of a lifetime from Oakland. Oakland was within 3 points with 2 seconds to go in the game. Little did those watching the ticker realize that New York would kick one last field goal to go up by 6 at the end. It's still the closest that man has come to losing yet. I do mean "man" by the way. He may be a "kid" at 14, but at 9-0, he's a man in this league. Sure would love to see him play Oakland again in the playoffs.

The #2 seed seems to be in Miami's hands, although you'd never believe his last game. In fact it was our very first overtime game - and the final play...wow. Just wow. There's video of it on the site. Such a big play. Easily the play of the season. Had Marty just held off on the tackle button for 1/2 second - he'd have knocked Miami out of field goal range and gotten the ball back in overtime. It was a brilliant play design by Miami, although he was lucky to even be in the game. Marty fumbled on the GOAL LINE in regulation running Kordell on a QB sneak. It was absolutely heartbreaking. That, along with an incredible loss to Houston, pretty much put the Steelers out of the playoffs. Hell, the Texans have a shot at the #6 seed! The Houston Texans! It's still Philly's spot to lose, and they play each other tonight at 11 CST. Incredible.

Other than all the headaches at the beginning, I've gotta say this season has become a success. More than anything - we ironed out the wrinkles of a league that's this complicated. Looking around the net you'll see a lot of places "trying" to make a league, but we've actually done it. My favorite site says "We'll use the normal NFL schedule for all games, and if there's few than 32 teams we'll change it accordingly." LOL. Any clue how hard scheduling is? Especially if you'd like each team to play each other once? LOL. Good luck to them.

In all honesty, you can't expect to have more than 20 people in one season of a league. There's just no way some of the bottom 12 teams will be picked when there's actual cash on the line. Ideally we'll have 20 people, 2 conferences, a 16 game schedule - and the top 12 making it to the playoffs with an exact replica of the NFL playoff structure. I'm hoping that will happen for Season 2, but we're a good 7-8 people away from that, so talk up the site. Luckily the pages are filled with insane amounts of coolness right now, so there's a lot to check out - the video page especially.

Alright, the next newsletter will be declaring the end of the regular season and previewing the 2 wildcard games. Can't wait. Remember, at this point just get all 10 games done - any order. We'd like to start the playoffs on Friday, and have the Superbowl by Sunday.

League Founder,

Adam Kontras

The Chicago Bears

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				THE BEST ONLINE LEAGUE NEWSLETTER 1.08 Wednesday, February 4th, 2003 BestOnlineLeague.com It's now an official site guys. I took the plunge and bought the domain name. So for those of you wondering why the site was "down" for a bit last night, it was simply moved to a new folder. A tiny part of me is planning an NBA and NHL version of the league with the same attention to detail with stats and videos etc., so I had the URL forward point to an overall "BOL" folder leaving room for the other sports. We'll just have to see. I'm also now openly taking donations as the time requirement for this is getting plain stupid. LOL. Speeding through the regular season the past few days has been quite a rush. Watchin' tickers, taking stats - even getting the privelege to watch and tape other people's games. I still contest that going slower next season will be just as much of a rush. A bigger build-up to the huge matchups will be awesome. To note, The Jets are now 9-0 after the scare of a lifetime from Oakland. Oakland was within 3 points with 2 seconds to go in the game. Little did those watching the ticker realize that New York would kick one last field goal to go up by 6 at the end. It's still the closest that man has come to losing yet. I do mean "man" by the way. He may be a "kid" at 14, but at 9-0, he's a man in this league. Sure would love to see him play Oakland again in the playoffs. The #2 seed seems to be in Miami's hands, although you'd never believe his last game. In fact it was our very first overtime game - and the final play...wow. Just wow. There's video of it on the site. Such a big play. Easily the play of the season. Had Marty just held off on the tackle button for 1/2 second - he'd have knocked Miami out of field goal range and gotten the ball back in overtime. It was a brilliant play design by Miami, although he was lucky to even be in the game. Marty fumbled on the GOAL LINE in regulation running Kordell on a QB sneak. It was absolutely heartbreaking. That, along with an incredible loss to Houston, pretty much put the Steelers out of the playoffs. Hell, the Texans have a shot at the #6 seed! The Houston Texans! It's still Philly's spot to lose, and they play each other tonight at 11 CST. Incredible. Other than all the headaches at the beginning, I've gotta say this season has become a success. More than anything - we ironed out the wrinkles of a league that's this complicated. Looking around the net you'll see a lot of places "trying" to make a league, but we've actually done it. My favorite site says "We'll use the normal NFL schedule for all games, and if there's few than 32 teams we'll change it accordingly." LOL. Any clue how hard scheduling is? Especially if you'd like each team to play each other once? LOL. Good luck to them. In all honesty, you can't expect to have more than 20 people in one season of a league. There's just no way some of the bottom 12 teams will be picked when there's actual cash on the line. Ideally we'll have 20 people, 2 conferences, a 16 game schedule - and the top 12 making it to the playoffs with an exact replica of the NFL playoff structure. I'm hoping that will happen for Season 2, but we're a good 7-8 people away from that, so talk up the site. Luckily the pages are filled with insane amounts of coolness right now, so there's a lot to check out - the video page especially. Alright, the next newsletter will be declaring the end of the regular season and previewing the 2 wildcard games. Can't wait. Remember, at this point just get all 10 games done - any order. We'd like to start the playoffs on Friday, and have the Superbowl by Sunday. League Founder, Adam Kontras The Chicago Bears The Best Online League Newsletter 1.07 The Best Online League Newsletter 1.06 The Best Online League Newsletter 1.05 The Best Online League Newsletter 1.04 The Best Online League Newsletter 1.03 The Best Online League Newsletter 1.02 The Best Online League Newsletter 1.01 The Best Online League is the property of 4tvs.com. All Rights Reserved. 2003