Yearly History of FFL89
History by the year/s
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Internet Host History:
1999 att.net web design
2000 moved to Icom hosting
2006 moved to mysite.com
2010 moved to ipage hosting
Web Program History:
1999 att software
2000 Claris Homepage
2006 mysite software
2010 Web Page Maker
2015 WebEasy added
2016 Xara Web designer added
Stats Software History:
1989 Franchise Football League
(Time Magazine-CSW)
1990 Statsmaster Football
1992 Manually calculated
1993 Statsmaster Football
1995 CouchCoach
2000 Commishware
2003 CBS Sportsline
2013 MyFantasyLeague.com
2014 CBS Sportsline
Stats Software SB History:
1991 Manual scoring input
2009 Manual scoring input -Google site
2012 MFL.com - Live auto scoring
2014 Manual scoring input - FFL89,com
2015 MFL.com - Live auto scoring
FanDuel/DraftKing style rosters
Draft Boards:
1989 Notebook paper
1990 Poster board(12)
1996 Draftboard, Draftkit.com
2006 Draftboard, CBSsports.com
2008 Draftboard w/stand,CBSsports
2012 FanDraft - digital draftboard
w/ FanDraft Web
Projector for digital board
Wood draft display board
2015 Rookie only draft
Draft Order program (rookie draft only)
Season draft - players ADP order
Free standing screen/digital draftboard
HDMI cable/ TV Display/digital draftboard.
2017 PrimeTime Draft w/online drafting
2021 Rookie draft will now be linear, season
draft serpentine and Draft Order
program eliminated in 2022.
2023 Draft Order Program used for season
draft only at year end meeting
Trophy's:
1992 Computer framed awards
1996 Wood awards
2004 Crown awards(NY)
2006 Championship (permanent trophy)
2011 Toilet Bowl (permanent trophy)
2012 Crown trophy's(IL)
2017 Only engraved Champions/Toilet Bowl
League Fee's (per team)
1989 25.00 league fee
1991 125.00 plus transaction fee's
1993 200.00 no transaction fee's
2003 5.00 protect fee over 5 players
2010 220.00 - 20.00 increase
2015 5.00 protect fee over 7 players
2016 10.00 increase for banquet only
2021 10.00 fee for banquet used for
Super Bowl weekly highs
2023 SB Champion payout raised from
110.00 to 150.00
Virtual Meetings
2021 Year end meetings - Virtual
1994
Gridiron Stompers enter the league and take over Randall's Army. Bruise Brothers win their third division in a row. M&M's and Animals take their first division titles. Finally, the Gunslingers have been stopped. Many league forms were added to help run the league.
1995
A new program was purchased, Couch Coach. Smoother running of the league and four awards were started. Couch Coach awards, MVP, Weekly high, Coach and GM. NS Invaders win the tie breaker over the Bruise Brothers who took the wild card. Father & Son take over Damage Inc, Sea Bass takes over the Predators and No Names return to run TnT.
1996
League settled down as for the second time all owners returned.The Draft Board was purchased and was a big plus in recording draft selections. M&M's win for the third time in a row by the tie breaker over the No Names. Animals and B&B Invaders win their second.
1997
Largest owner turn over to date. Five owners from three teams leave to form a new league on the internet. JP Neil takes over for Lisle Flash,ShowMeThe$ for the Gunslingers and Sea Bass split ownership as one takes over FN Maggots. Team name will be the Solar Bears. M&M's win their fourth in a row, JP Neil his first and B&B Invaders a third.
1998
Draft day problems begin as supposedly double bookings were made for the second floor. We won and held our draft but, were those women mad to have their shower in the dinning room. Sea Bass wins their first division and second year owners, ShowMeThe$ wins their division. JP Neil takes the wild card.Bruise Brothers recorded a record thirteen wins and taken their fourth division. All owners once again return.
1999
Near disaster!Owners of the No Names and B&B Invaders drop out at the last minute. Father & Son split with one renaming the team,Warthogs and the other taking over No Names renaming the team the Lynx. Mexican Staring Frogs owner takes another team, B&B Invaders, calling them the Crush. League changed to a 15 week schedule with weeks 16 and 17 used for a league championship.Sea Bass wins a second division, Warthogs and Crush win their first. Lynx wins the wild card and also the true first league champion. Sea Bass sets a new win record of 14 with only one loss. Rookie of the Year and a new FFL Hall of Fame are started. Stats for the year have increased from $30.00(1989)to $120.00 and a $30.00 annual fee. The league has entered the internet. FFL89 is now viewed on the net to allow owners to access league records and information at any time.
2000
One year after the internet site was started it reached 4200 hits. A new program was purchased, Commishware. The Brewhogs enter the league taking over the Mexican Staring Frogs. ShowMeThe$ is renamed Towering Inferno. Starting in the year 2001, the league web site will be moved to a new address, www.ffl89.com. Animals won the championship and Sea Bass wins SB X.
Franchise Football League
est 1989
