Dateline: September 3, 1999 - AFT Vol. 3, Iss. Pre-season 2

Rating: PG

Ready. . . Set. . . Touchdown!
(Please forward to Kevin. . . I don't have her email)

Coaches and fans gather nationwide to be a part of the AFT 1999 Draft with great expectations.

"Well, we got everybody rounded up." Commented Coach Robertson owner of the retired Rougher's nemesis, the Papa's. He added, "It looks like it will be me, Ms. Lori, Christine, Ms. Kevin, and [Kristopher] . . . including Scott, Ms. Rachel, and [Coach Wagner]."

That's eight coaches sportsfans with three newcomers from Oklahoma, Ms. Kevin, Kristopher, and Ms. Lori. The rest of the coaches are returning from last years heated battle of the sexes where the women have repeatedly shown who control the [foot]balls when it comes to this sport.

Earlier this evening while gathering up his final weapons to take into Friday's draft, Coach Wagner stated, "This year we add 2 new women coaches, Ms. Lori and Ms. Kevin, with red in their eyes looking straight at the AFT Championship."

This will also add two more coaches who will narrow the number of players to chose from the following years. "As you may remember the last two years, when I was with the Reddog Roughers, I tend to change players in midstream." Commented Coach Wagner, "Not going to be as easy this year."

These two extra coaches will most definitely draw out the 1999 Friday Night Draft (4PST/6CST/7EST) and leave many of last years coaches with slim pickin's (for all you rookies and newbies, Slim Pickens is not a valid draft choice).

It is rumored that Coach Robertson and Coach Christine have already met prior to plan a rushed strategy for the Friday Night Draft. Coach Robertson stated to a reliable source, "We should probably have like a 30 to 60 second time limit. this would speed things up."

He was later heard defending his words by stating that he just wanted to make sure everyone got to start their Labor Day weekend festivities as early as possible.

"[Coach Robertson's] reasoning seems sound to me. I am also off this coming Monday and can't wait to start exploring the sites of Washington, D.C. I have been here three weeks and have only gotten to places around the Capitol Hill area. However, I did take a quick detour to the Columbia Heights area of the Metro where the new subway stop is about complete. I later found out that a couple of weeks ago there had been two murders in that same area."

With the newly redesigned AFT Website: http://www.ionet.net/~warwick/sports/ This draft should go pretty smooth and quickly depending on how prepared the all the coaches come to the table. Each coach should have an ordered list from best to least from which to pick no less than 16 players listed for each position (2QB, 2TE, 2K) and at least twice that many for running backs (RB) and wide receivers (WR). That way coaches can cross off draft picks as they are chosen and take the next player on the list.

The reserved players and new divisions are as follows:

Eastern Division (determined by workplace):

Mr. Wagner, Washington, D.C. - None reserved
Ms.Lori, Stillwater, OK - Newbie
Ms. Johnson, Stillwater, OK - RB-Moss & QB-Cunningham (Minn)
Mr. Kristopher, Stillwater, OK - Newbie

Western Division (determined by workplace):

Prof. Plunkett, LA, CA - None reserved
Ms. Rachel, LA, CA - QB-Farve (GB) & RB-Taylor (Jck)
Mr. Robertson, Stillwater, OK - RB-T. Davis (Den)
Ms. Kevin, Stillwater, OK - Newbie

As many returning coaches can plainly see, Coach Wagner's sudden relocation to the East Coast has displaced Coach Robertson from the eastern division and placed him in the AFT Western Division where he may find better luck and player consistency this year.

Coach Robertson is also keeping only one running back, T. Davis of Denver. No kidding!

This year and the division decision by workplace (except Coach Kristopher because I did not know where he worked) also evenly distributes men and women in both divisions, which also share a coupling (Coach Johnson & Kristopher and Coach Plunkett & Ms. Rachel).

Again the Draft is scheduled online in three places and way to connect by coaches and fans at promptly 4:00 p.m. PST (6:00 p.m. CST) 7:00 p.m. EST Friday, Sept. 3, 1999.

1. The AFT Website (Please bookmark!) and the chatroom link http://www.ionet.net/~warwick/sports
2. AOL Instant Messenger through the Screen name, JockReport
3. ICQ (downloadable at www.icq.com) # 9252516

You may notice a regrettable absence of our former and lovable Commish and Coach Muske, owner of 1997-98 Glenn's Gorillas. After the news of the untimely demise of our esteemed Western correspondent, Johnny B. Goode, it is rumored that Coach Glenn - formerly known as Commish - packed up and headed toward the devastated South Carolina coastline to begin an all out search. They will both be missed this season and hope Coach Glenn will continue to cheer on the league and stay in touch.

Coach Wagner commented, "I don't know what I am going to do if my new team drops to the bottom of the rankings without Glenn's Gorillas their to keep me company."

Coach Robertson of the Papas stated, "We have decided to exclude Coach Glenn becuase that would make an odd number [of teams]. So we will have 8 coaches. . ."

The quotes are starting to come and more are always welcome. It is going to be another great season to find out who walks away with the AFT Championship. It has been held jointly by the western division and eastern division in 1997 by Coach Wagner and Ms. Johnson. Last year it was won by the western division's rookie, Coach Rachel and her Rebel Rousers.

With new divisions and rivals, it is hard to say if the Pack and the Rebels can keep up their dominance of the league with high scores like last year or if the rookies and the new Federalies can lock these two team at the bottom of the league.

Stay tuned for the Live NetCast of the 1999 AFT Friday Night Draft, keep emailing me great quotes AND. . . Let's play!

~Jock Reporter (JockReport@aol.com)