Schedule of Website Updates - JFF 2003 Fall Season I
Here will be my "normal" routine for updating JFF Website sections:

- Game Summary Pages/Game Stats: Usually, within 6 - 12 hours after the completion of each contest

- Team Statistical Leaders: Once every 7 - 14 days, usually on a Tuesday or Wednesday

- Individual Statistical Leaders: Once every 10 - 14 days

- Website Manager's "Power Rankings": Every Monday or Tuesday on the JFF Message Board

- JFF Main Page (listing of The Games Of The Week): Every Tuesday or Wednesday

- "News & Notes" (this section): Whenever necessary

- JFF 2003 Fall Season I League Standings: Generally, every Tuesday or Wednesday until the end of the Regular Season

- Individual and/or Team Game Records (broken): At the end of the Regular Season

That's about it!!

Alan

JFF Prize Pot & Expenses
After discussions with Maurice Taylor, League Treasurer, we have decided that this will be the Prize Pot for the end of the JFF 2003 Fall Season I:

(1) Super Bowl Champion will receive a total of $200.00 ($40.00 for advancing to the Conference Championship; $80.00 for advancing to the League Championship Game; and $80.00 for winning the League Championship Game)

(1) Super Bowl Runner-Up will receive a total of $120.00 ($40.00 for advancing to the Conference Championship; $80.00 for advancing to the League Championship Game)

(2) Conference Runner-Ups will receive a total of $40.00 each (for advancing to the Conference Championship)

(1) League Coach will receive $10.00 as a reward for having one of his players being named Offensive MVP for the season

(1) League Coach will receive $10.00 as a reward for having one of his players being named Defensive MVP for the season

Total Prize Pot Payout: $420.00

Other Expenses:
$100.00 goes to the League Commissioner & Website Manager for time & effort invested during the season

Whatever is remaining from league revenues will be placed in a "slush fund" for use in future seasons.

Alan
JFF League Commissioner

Opening Day is Monday, September 15, 2003!!!!
You can begin scheduling your games with your Week One & Week Two opponents A.S.A.P.

All Week One games and Week Two games are to be played sometime between Monday, September 15, 2003 and Sunday, September 21, 2003.

Let's get this season rockin'!!!

Saturday, September 13, 2003 is the $20.00 Entry Fee DEADLINE!!!
Get those personal checks and/or money orders in to Maurice "Mo-Ice" Taylor! Saturday, September 13, 2003 is the last to submit $20.00 League Entry Fees.

Beginning with Sunday, September 14, 2003, the league entry fee increases to $25.00 . . .

Alan

I still need phone numbers from JFF League Members!!!
I have a home phone number and/or cell phone number for roughly 2/3 of the membership, but I need a handful of more numbers!!

- Tim "Bigg Badd Bevv" Beverly
- Mike Kowal

Thank You!!

Remember: Save ONE User Name on your Madden NFL 2004 Online Account
When you play Madden NFL 2004 Online, your EA Sports account provides you with FOUR possible User Profiles; Save ONE of those for your JFF 2003 Fall Season I league games. This way, it will help me keep track of team statistics, such as team passing, team rushing, team rushing yards allowed, and team passing yards allowed.

Thank You!!

Alan
JFF League Commmissioner

Sixteen (16) Confirmed Members and counting!!
There are sixteen Madden Ballers that have committed to participate in JFF 2003 Fall Season I so far . . . thirteen (13) members will be returning from JFF 2003 Spring Season II, and three (3) new members.

The last day to confirm is Friday, August 29, 2003.

League Commissioner Alan "Air Attack" Currie will be capping off the league at twenty-four (24) active members.

All-Pro OR All-Madden??
At least 4-5 JFF Online members have made the suggestion to me that Fall Season I should be played on All-Pro instead of All-Madden . . .

What does everyone else think??

For those JFF Members using DSL, Cable Modems, and/or Routers
Here is a message I received from an EA Sports Technical Support rep
Discussion Thread
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Response (Box Wallace B.) - 08/14/2003 08:31 PM Hello, Thank you for your e-mail to EA Technical Support.

I understand you're having a little trouble with Madden 2004 today. From my understanding of the e-mail you are unable to connect to a friend. Let's see what we can do to assist you with this issue.

The internet port information is as follows. Make sure that these ports are open if a router is being used with the title.

Ports 10500-10519 are TCP and are outgoing ports for connecting to the Madden 2004 server. Port 13505 is TCP and is an outgoing port for connecting to the EA Messenger (buddy list) server.

Port 3658 is UDP and is an incoming/outgoing port for connecting to another user to play a game. Port 7777 is UDP and is an incoming/outgoing port for connecting to another user for headset use during a game.

Ports 10500-10519 and 13505 are TCP and only for outgoing connections. If a user can connect to the servers and enter the Online Menu and lobby, they do not need to do anything with these ports. If they cannot, they need to be open for TCP.

Ports 3658 and 7777 are UDP and used for connecting to other users and playing games. Port 3658 must be open for UDP for a game to be played.
Port 7777 should be open for UDP if the user wished to use the Voice over IP headsets.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

If this still does not help please let me know so I can further assist you in finding a resolution to this.

Thank you for your time. Wallace B. EA TechSupport

Now ... Send Your Own Stats to the Commish!!!
Now, once your league games are completed, you can go to http://www.geocities.com/jff_online/submit_stats.html, and your Game Summary Stats will be submitted directly to the Commish!!!!