Season 10.5 - Private : 50 mil Leather Helmet Progressive Draft League starting in 1941 thru 1943 ... If you look at that talent pool, its really slim to start your base team/s from, note only 28 units are available OL, D, ST 1941-43 ... The number of exclusive players/units will be limited as the draft pool is smaller to start but allow for a solid base team....

This will be our 1st 50 mil Draft Pool for Players & Units and exclusive as long you want them as keepers ... We will move forward and have team upgrade League Drafts at 53,56, 59 mil. while drafting thru the 1940's and early 50's

Draft 1 - 50 mil Team Stocking draft pool years 1941-43 ... Designate your 1st exclusives in this 1941-43 Draft and think about the future of your team as we add more exclusives and cash during each Draft period
Draft 2 - Build - add money 53 mil ... Team Upgrades draft pool years 1941-46
Draft 3 - Build - add money 56 mil ... Team Upgrades draft pool years 1941-49
Draft 4 - Build - add money 59 mil ... Team Upgrades draft pool years 1941-52

a 50 mil League and Series, for our more adventurous Outside the Box thinking Coaches in 2025 ... Posting the first 1941-43 Mock Draft results real soon, to help with this 50 mil 2025 Launch ...
* Mock draft is a term used by sports websites and magazines in reference to a simulation of a sports league draft

Highlighting this 1st 50 mil Mock Draft Class for 1941-43, all unofficial and just a sample draft...
Final results Coming Soon 5.22.2025
Note: If a player is designated as a keeper in this draft, they will come off the Draft Board at that position only ...

This was a two way/duel position player Era of NFL football, so QB/RB - Lou Brock can be shared along with many other players. A little more info on duel position players like Lou Brock, note : Crazy Legs from 1946-49 is a RB, So, after that he returns to the draft pool in 1950 and can be drafted as WR in our 1950-52 draft. Over the course of this Series a team can contain players from 1941-52 ... Keep your eyes open for late bloomers in this draft you may want to designate one like QB Frankie Filchock ...

Quarterbacks 1941-43 available- 83 ... the 1941-46 add money draft contains over 200 Quarterbacks

																		Salary
					Pass Stm	Pass Acc	INT	Run Stm	Run	Att	Cmp	%	Yds	TD	INT	Att	Yds
1	Sammy Baugh	1943 Washington Redskins			76	72	54	11	1	239	133	55.6	1754	23	19	19	-42	$6,891,664
2	Sid Luckman	1943 Chicago Bears			64	86	61	13	1	202	110	54.5	2194	28	12	22	-40	$6,811,271
3	Bud Schwenk	1942 Chicago Cardinals			88	43	48	61	37	295	126	42.7	1360	6	27	111	313	$6,709,254
4	Cecil Isbell	1941 Green Bay Packers			61	68	65	39	56	206	117	56.8	1479	15	11	72	317	$6,660,850
5	Cecil Isbell	1942 Green Bay Packers			74	69	62	20	30	268	146	54.5	2021	24	14	36	83	$6,206,234
6	Sammy Baugh	1942 Washington Redskins			63	66	63	11	40	225	132	58.7	1524	16	11	20	61	$5,361,898
7	Tony Canadeo	1943 Green Bay Packers			41	59	49	54	64	129	56	43.4	875	9	12	94	489	$5,149,782
8	Sid Luckman	1941 Chicago Bears			36	85	67	10	19	119	68	57.1	1181	9	6	18	18	$4,074,769
9	Sammy Baugh	1941 Washington Redskins			57	62	37	15	13	193	106	54.9	1236	10	19	27	12	$3,964,896
10	Parker Hall	1941 Cleveland Rams			62	47	36	34	53	190	84	44.2	883	7	19	57	232	$3,904,911
11	Bill Dudley	1942 Pittsburgh Steelers			27	43	61	76	56	94	35	37.2	438	2	5	162	696	$3,794,148
12	Tommy Thompson	1942 Philadelphia Eagles			57	63	52	50	1	203	95	46.8	1410	8	16	92	9	$3,307,824
13	Ace Parker	1941 Brooklyn Dodgers			37	61	50	55	47	102	51	50.0	642	2	8	85	301	$3,236,352
14	Sid Luckman	1942 Chicago Bears			30	86	37	7	24	105	57	54.3	1023	10	13	13	24	$2,946,872
15	Irv Comp	1943 Green Bay Packers			33	66	67	51	33	92	46	50.0	662	7	4	77	182	$2,910,786
16	Ray Mallouf	1941 Chicago Cardinals			40	69	72	32	35	96	48	50.0	725	2	4	43	104	$2,629,692
17	Tommy Thompson	1941 Philadelphia Eagles			49	59	45	29	14	162	86	53.1	974	8	14	54	28	$2,480,135
18	Tuffy Leemans	1941 New York Giants			20	67	51	53	45	66	31	47.0	475	4	5	100	332	$2,468,293

Running Backs 1941-43 available- 156 ... the 1941-46 add money draft contains over 200 Running Backs

																Salary
				Run Stam	Run	Rec Stam	Rec	Att	Yds	Avg		Rec	Yds	Avg
1	Harry Clarke	1943 Chicago Bears		62	58	51	70	120	556	4.6		23	535	23.3		$5,998,434
2	Meri Condit	1942 Brooklyn Dodgers		64	65	18	44	129	647	5.0		9	111	12.3		$5,452,930
3	Ward Cuff	1943 New York Giants		48	78	16	27	80	523	6.5		7	52	7.4		$4,868,964
4	Marshall Goldberg	1941 Chicago Cardinals		60	48	34	68	117	427	3.6		16	313	19.6		$4,620,148
5	Jack Hinkle	1943 Phil./Pitts. Eagles		61	61	2	14	116	571	4.9		1	3	3.0		$4,514,692
6	Bill Paschal	1943 New York Giants		91	50	29	29	147	572	3.9		9	74	8.2		$4,346,220
7	Ernie Steele	1943 Phil./Pitts. Eagles		51	60	20	58	85	409	4.8		9	168	18.7		$4,327,762
8	Dante Magnani	1942 Cleveland Rams		32	75	49	41	59	344	5.8		24	276	11.5		$4,265,695
9	George McAfee	1941 Chicago Bears		35	88	15	71	65	474	7.3		7	144	20.6		$4,244,096
10	Pug Manders	1941 Brooklyn Dodgers		57	56	13	45	111	486	4.4		6	67	11.2		$4,229,193
11	Andy Farkas	1942 Washington Redskins		67	48	25	45	125	468	3.7		11	143	13.0		$4,193,456
12	John Grigas	1943 Chicago Cardinals		57	42	43	39	105	333	3.2		19	225	11.8		$4,082,705
13	Andy Farkas	1943 Washington Redskins		59	40	43	35	110	331	3.0		19	202	10.6		$4,005,883
14	Gary Famiglietti	1942 Chicago Bears		64	55	2	43	118	503	4.3		1	12	12.0		$3,938,491
15	Wilbur Moore	1943 Washington Redskins		27	70	65	56	40	231	5.8		30	537	17.9		$3,921,558
16	Dick Riffle	1942 Pittsburgh Steelers		60	51	6	55	118	467	4.0		3	50	16.7		$3,904,215

Wide Receivers 1941-43 available- 97 ... the 1941-46 add money draft contains over 200 Wide Receivers

																Salary
						Rec Stam	Rec					Rec	Yds	Avg
1	Don Hutson	1942 Green Bay Packers				100	54					74	1211	16.4		$2,907,170
2	Don Hutson	1941 Green Bay Packers				92	49					58	738	12.7		$2,571,763
3	Don Hutson	1943 Green Bay Packers				83	52					47	776	16.5		$2,375,841
4	Harry Jacunski	1943 Green Bay Packers				53	67					24	528	22.0		$1,694,826
5	Eddie Rucinski	1943 Chicago Cardinals				55	48					26	398	15.3		$1,525,172
6	Perry Schwartz	1941 Brooklyn Dodgers				51	53					24	343	14.3		$1,471,255
7	Red Hickey	1941 Cleveland Rams				50	53					21	294	14.0		$1,312,590
8	Tony Bova	1943 Phil./Pitts. Eagles				39	74					17	419	24.6		$1,308,165
9	Hamp Pool	1943 Chicago Bears				41	62					18	363	20.2		$1,265,264
10	Bob Masterson	1942 Washington Redskins				45	48					22	308	14.0		$1,247,868
11	Jim Benton	1942 Cleveland Rams				54	50					23	345	15.0		$1,247,699
12	Wayne Milner	1941 Washington Redskins				43	50					20	262	13.1		$1,211,632
13	Ben Hightower	1942 Cleveland Rams				43	54					19	312	16.4		$1,137,575
14	Bob Krieger	1941 Philadelphia Eagles				41	47					19	232	12.2		$1,127,780
15	Bob McChesney	1941 Washington Redskins				41	45					19	213	11.2		$1,109,449
16	Al Coppage	1942 Chicago Cardinals				41	37					20	196	9.8		$1,036,125
17	Eddie Rucinski	1941 Brooklyn Dodgers				36	47					17	204	12.0		$1,036,125
18	Bob Masterson	1943 Washington Redskins				40	41					16	200	12.5		$941,959
19	Will Walls	1943 New York Giants				40	52					14	231	16.5		$915,987
20	Ken Kavanaugh	1941 Chicago Bears				24	94					11	314	28.5		$912,328
21	Larry Cabrelli	1942 Philadelphia Eagles				31	54					15	249	16.6		$901,222
22	Jim Benton	1943 Chicago Bears				33	56					13	235	18.1		$876,708
23	Paul McDonough	1941 Cleveland Rams				30	53					14	198	14.1		$865,444
24	John Siegel	1942 Chicago Bears				27	63					13	263	20.2		$839,258
25	Walt Kichefski	1942 Pittsburgh Steelers				31	44					15	189	12.6		$831,922

Tight Ends 1941-43 available- 72 ... the 1941-46 add money draft contains 169 Tight Ends

																Salary
						Rec Stam	Rec					Rec	Yds	Avg
1	Joe Aguirre	1943 Washington Redskins				70	37					37	420	11.4		$1,768,994
2	Bill Dewell	1941 Chicago Cardinals				56	49					28	352	12.6		$1,565,421
3	Dick Humbert	1941 Philadelphia Eagles				57	45					29	332	11.4		$1,542,405
4	Pop Ivy	1942 Chicago Cardinals				53	37					27	259	9.6		$1,339,381
5	George Wilson	1943 Chicago Bears				48	45					21	293	14.0		$1,298,868
6	Pop Ivy	1941 Chicago Cardinals				47	39					20	183	9.2		$1,099,978
7	Fred Meyer	1942 Philadelphia Eagles				33	60					16	304	19.0		$1,003,629
8	Dick Plasman	1941 Chicago Bears				33	70					14	283	20.2		$980,434
9	Ed Cifers	1942 Washington Redskins				37	40					18	196	10.9		$959,854
10	Maury Patt	1941 Cleveland Rams				36	40					17	163	9.6		$933,912
11	Bill Fisk	1942 Detroit Lions				31	42					15	177	11.8		$818,062
12	Jack Matheson	1943 Detroit Lions				33	39					13	156	12.0		$763,837
13	Herman Hodges	1941 Brooklyn Dodgers				26	43					12	128	10.7		$691,928
14	Moose Mulleneaux	1941 Green Bay Packers				21	81					9	216	24.0		$670,905
15	Bill Fisk	1943 Detroit Lions				25	41					11	137	12.5		$654,138
16	John Kovatch	1942 Washington Redskins				34	31					12	90	7.5		$593,943
17	Bill Daddio	1942 Chicago Cardinals				23	37					11	108	9.8		$581,241

One very interesting Note on OL's and D's in this Era 1941-43, is all sack ratings are 50 for all OL's and D's

OL's 1941-43 available- 28 ... the 1941-46 add money draft contains 66 OL's
best to cheaper

1	1941 Chicago Bears										$5,194,250
2	1943 Chicago Bears										$4,657,500
3	1942 Chicago Bears										$4,441,750
4	1942 Washington Redskins										$4,210,000
5	1943 Green Bay Packers										$4,167,750
6	1941 Brooklyn Dodgers										$4,063,250
7	1943 New York Giants										$4,063,250
8	1941 Green Bay Packers										$4,031,750
9	1943 Phil. /Pitts. Eagles/Steelers										$4,023,250
10	1943 Washington Redskins										$3,989,500
11	1942 Pittsburgh Steelers										$3,885,250
12	1942 Green Bay Packers										$3,664,250
13	1942 Cleveland Rams										$3,624,500
14	1941 New York Giants										$3,611,000
15	1942 Detroit Lions										$3,520,250
16	1941 Chicago Cardinals										$3,486,250
17	1942 New York Giants										$3,421,750
18	1942 Brooklyn Dodgers										$3,391,000
19	1941 Washington Redskins										$3,274,750
20	1941 Pittsburgh Steelers										$3,221,750

D's 1941-43 available- 28 ... the 1941-46 add money draft contains 66 D's
better to cheapest
ST's 1941-43 available- 28 ... the 1941-46 add money draft contains 66 ST's
better to cheapest

9	1942 Philadelphia Eagles									$2,881,000
8	1941 Cleveland Rams									$2,776,000
7	1941 Brooklyn Dodgers									$2,776,000
6	1941 Green Bay Packers									$2,623,000
5	1942 Cleveland Rams									$2,596,000
4	1943 Phil. /Pitts. Eagles/Steelers									$2,551,000
3	1942 Brooklyn Dodgers									$2,482,000
2	1942 Detroit Lions									$2,476,000
1	1943 Chicago Cardinals									$1,873,000

Kickers 1941-43 available- 35 ... the 1941-46 add money draft contains 67 Kickers
Punters 1941-43 available- 46 ... the 1941-46 add money draft contains 103 Punters

im in

Sure, I'm in. And I can commish one league.
I really like the original idea that the tournament runs for 6 leagues, so everyone buys a 6-pack of teams. And a different themes for each, including one draft league
Here is what I propose to both reward good results during the tournament *and* to keep suspense all the way to the final game:
Results of first 5 leagues are tallied and all owners are ranked 1-24 by whatever method is agreed to.
The last league is a handicap league, with varying salary cap for each team, depending on their ranking above. For example:
owner rank salary cap for last league
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72,000,000
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,000,000
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,000,000
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000,000
5 half a million less than #4; $64,500,000
6 ditto above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,000,000
24 etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000,000

The Champ of the last league is THE CHAMP

Thanks Tom, I think creative ideas are what we will need to make this 1st 50 mil Draft League happen ... I think seay00's Core 5 League would have worked, along with danpsull's 65 mil Complementary Football Theme League ... those are leagues and ideas to revive in this 50 mil Series

Thanks for the mention. I'm not interested in being a commissioner at the current time. I scratched that itch with the 4 seasons of the draft league, and then the current efforts on the 70 mil league and Time capsule core 5 creation. I strangely find myself back in the open leagues here and there.

If any of you want to take over the draft league or time capsule core 5 (within this 6 league thing or standalone), you are welcome to take the foundation already there and move it forward. You guys could co-commish it, or sort out the duties between each other. It could use a new voice and energy to continue on. Happy to answer any questions via sitemail if this interests you.

Potential types and orders for such a tournament

Lg# day start/end . . . . type
1 . . . . 000 - 030 salary cap $90m
2 . . . . 035 - 065 draft league, salary cap $60m ; draft begins about day 20 while lg#1 is in action. Snake draft random order
3 . . . . 070 - 100 salary cap $50m
4 . . . . 105 - 135 salary cap $70m
5 . . . . 150 - 180 draft league, salary cap $75m ; draft begins about day 140. Draft position based on total points after rd4
6 . . . . 190 - 220 salary cap, handicapped as per post above based on total points after rd5

For anyone interested—-

0 spots left in the current open league- FILLED.

4 spots left for the 70 mil theme. Allowing 2 teams per owner now.

I like simple!
One Q:
teams A and B, in same division, both finish 12-4. Team A gets division title and a "bye" based on head-to-head.
Team B wins a wild card game. Now B has 14 pts. Then they play each other, with team A winning. Later A loses to someone else. Now they both have 14 pts.
It seems A should have more.
Maybe you get 2 extra pts for being one of the top 2 teams to get a "bye"?

During this 50 mil Draft series, we will have Stat related challenges each season ...

and for the really rare case of two ties in a season, you get 1 more pt :)

I’m interested in a 2 team 6 season league.

It really should be 12 guys that are into WIS enough not to quit after a losing season or two.

I like the idea of random team salaries or parameters much more than progressively smaller salaries. All players from a city(team) or from chosen year(s) or cap on some position or….. Shrinking salaries feels like falling into an abyss. Mixing it up feels more like a coaching challenge.

I think coaching points might be awarded based on something other than W/L records to keep coaching point totals closer. The teams that don’t get into playoffs get 1 point, wildcard teams get an extra point, conference teams get a point, conference champs get a point, SB teams get a point and champ gets a point. Yearly totals range from 1-6 for coaching. That would score an 8-8 division runner up that’s not in the playoffs the same as the 2-14 teams. It also rewards the #3 seed with an 8-8 record the same as another #3 seed with a 12-4 record. Every playoff game won puts you further ahead of non playoff teams, but not exponentially. I worry that if coaching points are based on records that after 2-3 seasons someone will be eliminated and drop out if they’re 50 points out. Coaching points ranked 1-24 each season could have the same exponential cumulative effect.

I don’t know why to work in a draft, that really works best for keeper leagues.

Posted by tomhanrahan on 1/18/2024 4:50:00 PM (view original):
Potential types and orders for such a tournament

Lg# day start/end . . . . type
1 . . . . 000 - 030 salary cap $90m
2 . . . . 035 - 065 draft league, salary cap $60m ; draft begins about day 20 while lg#1 is in action. Snake draft random order
3 . . . . 070 - 100 salary cap $50m
4 . . . . 105 - 135 salary cap $70m
5 . . . . 150 - 180 draft league, salary cap $75m ; draft begins about day 140. Draft position based on total points after rd4
6 . . . . 190 - 220 salary cap, handicapped as per post above based on total points after rd5

If you’re trying to manage 2 teams that are playing, it would be tough to research and draft 2 more teams at the same time. Im retired and have the time, but it would be all consuming. You working stiffs would suffer, especially if it’s on the clock.

Posted by DCarden34 on 1/23/2024 9:37:00 PM (view original):
Coaching Points will be a running total for a 12-member, 2-team leagues tournament.
A Reg. Season win is worth 1 pt. and a Playoff win worth 2 pts, this Scoring System will be simple. I want it to keep things close and our 12 members fully involved down to the final league.

Example: League 1

Member # 1 Coach OleDC

Team 1 ...12-4...12pts plus Playoff points, 2 wins 4 pts, Season total 16 pts
Team 2 ...9-7... 9 pts non playoff team, Season total 9 pts

Member # 1 Coach OleDC has a total of 25 pts.

The coach that has 5-11 and 3-13 records end up with 8 points, which is less than the 9-7 #6 seed. A 14-2 SB champ gets 22 points alone as a #3 seed. A couple of good or bad seasons to start could lead to insurmountable lead/deficit.

Simple is good. I mostly like it.
You could consider
1 pt for an >=8-win regular season
1 pt for a >=12-win regular season
and maybe
an extra pt or two for the final season, just to ensure we don't have the champ wrapped up too early?

I’m in! And you don’t need to offer me anything but I really appreciate it. And I’ll commish the 60 mil league.