The 2014 season is nearly upon us but there are still some things to work through.
HOW DO I SELECT MY ORFFL TEAM EACH WEEK?
You need to do so via the tsLeagues tab. Where is that you may ask? Well it doesn't appear until you follow these steps:
1. Visit My Profile (click next to your avatar)

2. Visit My Account (2nd option under your avatar on the next screen)

3. Visit Manage Services tab (furtherest to the right of the 4 tabs)

4. Subscribe to tsLeagues


The tsLeagues tab will now appear alongside the Chat tab at the top of each TS page. It is from this tab that you can submit your weekly ORFFL team.
WILL THERE BE A ROLLING LOCKOUT FOR ROUND 1?
Yes, that is the intention. How will it be implemented? That is not clear. It will probably require manual admin adjustment, can't see any other way to be honest.
Suggestion on how it will work:
Everyone needs to submit a full team of 15 players plus 4/5 emergencies**prior to the start of the first game (7:50pm on Friday 14 March).
Team changes can be made via posting on the blog or email to an admin as long as the players concerned have not commenced their particular AFL match for the round.
WILL THERE BE A ROLLING LOCKOUT FOR OTHER ROUNDS?
Perhaps. It could be very time-consuming to administer however, so I have some reluctance to run with it. For rounds which are split over multiple weekends, an exception (similar to R1) will be made. But my view would be that each 'regular' round should be locked out at the commencement of the first match of that round.
WHERE IS THE FIXTURE?
Lucas sent me one but I haven't been able to work out how to upload it onto TS. Suggestions welcome. Do we want rivalry rounds this year?
Please discuss below.
HOW MANY EMERGENCIES EACH WEEK SHOULD BE BE ABLE TO NAME?
The new team upload function allows for 5 emergencies (one for every line including INT).
**Do we want to have 4 emergencies or 5? Please state your opinion in the comments below.
Also, here is an updated spreadsheet after the completion of the 2014 PSD. Bonus track is that the spreadsheet includes SC stats for NAB1 and NAB2 matches. Take those pre-season scores with a grain of salt however, for what they are worth. The raw data is also included on separate tabs.
ORFFL_2014.xlsx