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RB Maurice Jones-Drew had his best season in 2008
finishing third in scoring. His production could
improve even more this season for Lightning, who
will seek a repeat as Prestige Champions.
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Lightning
proved, as six of the past seven Prestige Champions have,
that winning a title has less to do with how you start the
first half of the year and more to do with how you perform
over the second half. Of course Lake Show showed that you
still need to win in the first half to give yourself a shot
in the second half, as a 2-6 start prevented them from a
Prestige Playoffs instead settling for an impressive run
to a Loser Bowl title. By Week 8 last year Lightning was
3-5 before winning 7 of the last 9 games with four wins
in which they scored at least 130 points. In contrast A
II P began the season a dominant 6-0 but they did not win
again until the final regular season to barely squeak into
the Prestige Playoffs where they eventually lost in the
First Round. Of course sometimes you just get unlucky and
such was the case for the O's who won eight straight games
entering the Prestige Playoffs and scored 132 points in
the Semifinals yet lost to a hotter Lightning team that
scored 147 points. More and more the league is proving to
be competitive enough that every team is a Championship
contender at any time as long as they put themselves into
the position to have a chance. Such will again be the case
this season as A2P Fantasy Sports Online takes a closer
look at each team prior to the draft.
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View the 2009 Pre-Draft Outlook here
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All
Tomorrows Parties -- Saturday August 1st 2009
 Our
15th season will continue a new era of our league,
which last year added a significant shift with
the introduction of the 'Flex Rule'. Now we
continue the growth in our 15th Anniversary
Season with the arrival of a newly designed
website and a unique Draft Day celebration.
For our previous 14 seasons, the Draft was held
on a weeknight. The 15th Annual Draft will be
held on a Saturday and for the first time will
not be coordinated by Brad and Kathleen Fisher.
Josh and Lisa Martin will coordinate this years
draft, which promises to be one of celebration
- both for our leagues past success as well
as an exciting future! Events and games will
begin at 12pm with the draft then set to start
around 3pm. The atmosphere of the day will be
carnival-esque as we develop from the leagues
past and celebrate today's new era in anticipation
of a bright future.
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Visit www.15thDraft.com for more information
>> View the Draft Promotion video
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See the 2009 Draft Order
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League
to Honor 15th Year With Legacy Week
 MAs
part of this years 15th Anniversary, the league
will feature a 'Legacy Week' in which all ten
franchises will play on behalf of their original
city and team names. A concept proposed to the
Commissioner by league owner Jake Wallace, Legacy
Week will take place during Week 5 our upcoming
2009 Regular Season (October 6-12). Week 5 is
generally considered the first of two rivalry
weeks, so it sets up as the ideal weekend to
honor our 15th season - with all ten teams in
their traditional franchise representation.
The five home teams will still play their games
in the teams current city, but all ten teams
will be represented by their original franchise
names. Among the matchups for Week 5 include
the time-honored classic meeting between National
League rivals O's and H, the leagues only two
franchises that have never changed home cities
(both have slightly altered or shortened their
original names from Oreos and Hoots respectively).
Two of the other five original owners 69ers
and Lightning (originally Omni Football) will
also meet that week.
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See the Legacy Week matchups
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PLAYER
OF THE WEEK
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MARQUES
COLSTON
Lightning - 17 pts
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