A note about Add/Drops on the website

First thing: Make sure you clear out last week's picks!!! You can just click "Withdraw" next to the request.

Now, as for the pickups from this point forward. We are going to let the site process the moves. The (1a, 1b, 1c....2a, 2b...) method used from previous years still holds true if making more than one move.

• If making one move, it's cut and dry. Request to add/drop as always and the order in which the players appear in your queue is your order of preference.
• If you're making two moves... your 1st and 2nd moves are distinguished by the player you are dropping.
• There is no more notating 1a, 1b, etc. on the site because there is no comment box... moves are processed in the order in which they are presented, and skipped if the player you requested is not available or the player you are requesting to drop is already dropped.

For example, if you are dropping Favre and picking up a QB as your first move, those selections should be at the top of your list (in the order of your preference). Then for your second pick, you're dropping Barber for whoever you pick up...just list those requests underneath the 1st pickup requests. As seen in the example below...

***1st pickup
1a. Tony Banks (drop Favre)
1b. Jeff Blake (drop Favre)
1c. Kyle Boller (drop Favre)
1d. Koy Detmer (drop Favre)

***2nd pickup
2a. JJ Arrington (drop Barber)
2b. Fred Beasley (drop Barber)
2c. Dee Brown (drop Barber)
2d. Mike Alstott (drop Barber)

It should look like this on your Add/Drop screen (click pic to enlarge).

If you messed up, fear not. You can just click "Move Up" or "Move Down" to re-order your selections, and if you want to get rid of one of your selections completely, just click "Withdraw".

Now let's say you have a list of players, and you just want the top 2 off your list, no matter their position.

You would have to do it in this fashion....the first player dropped (in this case Favre) would represent your 1a, 1b, and the 2nd player dropped would be your 2a, 2b, etc.

1a. Tony Banks (drop Favre)
1b. JJ Arrington (drop Favre)
1c. Fred Beasley (drop Favre)
1d. Mike Alstott (drop Favre)
1e. Dee Brown (drop Favre)
1f. Jason Avant (drop Favre)

Then you would have to basically re-list everyone from 1b down (not 1a because he won't be available at 2a if you didn't get him at 1a), with the 2nd player dropped.

2a. JJ Arrington (drop Barber)
2b. Beasley (drop Barber)
2c. Alstott (drop Barber)
etc...

I know you think it is time-comsuming and tedious, and it is to a degree, but keep these points in mind.

1. This is the way it has to be done for this process to work properly for you.
2. The real time-consuming part is figuring out who you want and the order in which you want them. Make a list, then input them into the site....and the actual inputting part, while somewhat tedious, will then only take a few minutes.

I should also note that unlike previous years, when I did all the moves manually, I DO NOT have the ability to see your requests, so you bear the responsibility of making sure they are accurate.

***MOVES WILL BE PROCESSED BY THE SITE AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 AM Thurs night/Fri morning.

Hopefully I didn't confuse things more. It's really a very simple process, and since most of you have been in the league 14 years, you should have a handle on how our pickup system works. I'm sure there will be a learning curve as far as navigating the site, since this is a new process, but I expect it to go smoothly and hopefully make everyone's life easier, especially mine.

If you have any other questions, please email me , post a message on the IFL web site, or post a comment on the blog after this entry.