It is just before the season's halfway point, so I decided to look at a few things happening around the league thus far.
This week, the Simon T simulator had to be updated. In season's past it has created some significant issues with doing an upgrade during the season but I'm happy to report it was an easy upgrade. With that being said, if you submit your lineups using the downloadable client, you will need to upgrade your software in order to submit lineups. Several of you have already done this successfully, but if you haven't noticed yet - you probably are playing with invalid lineups and should upgrade soon.
Speaking of invalid lineups, I did a review of participation on Saturday morning prior to games being played.
Thus far, 858 lineups have been submitted this season which when reviewed over an entire season, puts us right on track for the average number submitted. Last year's 1790 was such a massive increase over the normal number (by 500), so it appears we have reverted back to our normal numbers. That's not a bad thing as long as lineups are being monitored.
In terms of invalid lineups, we have had 98 so far, which is about an 11% invalid lineup rate. It seems a bit high but when you factor out the three teams that have already forfeited lineup bonus money this season, it's sitting around three percent which is a very solid number.
One solid number I will point out is that 11 teams at this point are perfect when it comes to lineups being valid. I don't think we've ever had half of our teams perfect at this point in the season so those GMs are doing a great job at staying current and engaged. I cannot thank you enough for that, as it means we do the work running the league for people who care.
An early look at the Christmas time schedule shows me looking at doing early mid-morning games on December 23rd, December 28th and December 29th. Please be aware of the change and it will be noted on the website.
At this point, the plan is to not run games on Christmas - December 25th - but the 24th and 26th will be business as normal. December 24th will probably be sometime around 1:00PM but there will be games.
I think that's it for now. I hope everyone has a great holiday season.
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