Division 3 features a play-in game with the #8 seed vs the #9 seed, and whoever wins that game will play the Wanderers immediately afterwards.  The winner of the D3 play-in game will be the ONLY team with two playoff games on Saturday, as all other playoff games will be held on October 26th.  Wet Bandits, Eyes Downtown, Sticky Bandits, Mavericks and Can't Touch This all have a bye this weekend.

 

The schedule was chosen very deliberately to avoid all conflicts with players on two teams, and that was the main driver for why teams are playing at the time slots they're playing.  There are ZERO conflicts for players on more than one team, so that should not be an issue for anyone this weekend.  And there are no more games on Field 5 this session!

 

Please remember there are NO SUBS ALLOWED for playoffs, so make sure your own people are available.  We gave teams 15 roster spots at the beginning of the season to plan for this, so hopefully you took advantage of that and used them all!  There will be no exceptions for any reason (outside of Breakfast Club) and any team caught using a non-rostered player will be given an immediate forfeit.

 

We don't know the schedule for October 26th championships yet, and we won't know that until we know which teams survived the first round.  The League will not be able to accommodate schedule requests next week either (there's no fair way to prioritize who gets what time slots if everyone requests the same times) so please ensure your teams are prepared to play at any time of day that week.

Registration for TSL's 2024 Fall Football season is officially CLOSED! 

 

See the schedule below:

 

 

 

 

 

Many players have reached out to us over the past few sessions wanting to play in the Main League (ie not Breakfast Club) but without a team.  If you'd like us to try to set you up with a team looking for players, please fill out the link below and we'll do our best to find you a match!

 

 

 

1. All players must be 21 years of age and over to play.
2. All players must have a signed waiver on file for this year (if you signed one for Spring 2024 or Winter 2024, you don't need to fill out another) so please fill this out yourself if you need to, and then send it to the players on your team to fill out as well.  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NqaQgYi1a2Sr-vlV_Nab-G7gIJhM3fE0O_xWzK0s5P0/edit
3. The Rules will be reviewed over the next month or so, posted to our website, and emailed to captains before the start of the season.  
4. The sub list will be provided to captains prior to the first week instructing them which players are eligible to sub in their division throughout the season. Details on when sub requests are due (and what happens if a request is received after that deadline) will be provided in that same email to captains before the season starts.  But you will NOT be allowed to request subs for the playoff weeks of October 19th or October 26th.
5. If you must forfeit a game, your team is responsible for notifying the League before 5 pm on the Friday before your game.  Any forfeit after that time will incur a $50 forfeit fee.

Last year we announced that the League would be strongly pulling back on allowing people to play on more than one team.  The logic behind this is that teams stop bringing new people into the League when we allow them to recruit from other teams instead (why would you ask a new person to play when you can just recruit a great player from another team instead?).  Over time this leads to the League stagnating with fewer and fewer people playing on multiple teams.  Our goal is to grow the TSL (or at least add people at the same rate that our older players retire!) and that can only be done by forcing teams to bring in new people when they need athletes to fill out their rosters.  Players are only allowed to play on ONE team, unless they meet one of the following exceptions:

 

• Anyone is allowed (and encouraged) to play on a Breakfast Club team, which doesn't count as a "second" team
• Anyone who reffed four or more games LAST Spring session will be allowed to play on a second team this session.  Yes, we already know who meets this criteria, and no, you cannot "promise" to ref games THIS session to be eligible for a second team this Fall (though you can ref four games this session to become eligible for next Spring).  The League is not possible without committed refs, so we're willing to make an exception for them.
• Anyone who wants to play on a gender team will be allowed to - we strongly encourage gender teams, so they don't count as a "second" team
• If a person who already plays on one team wants to start a brand new team that will bring new people into the League, we may make an exception for these situations on a case by case basis.  This isn't an exact science, so if you have questions about what will/won't be accepted as a "new team" just reply to this email and ask!
• Topper will be allowed a special exception to the "playing on two teams" rule for HIS team.  Yes, the founder and owner of this League for over a decade gets special treatment!

 

We understand that this policy will negatively impact some players who are forced to decide between two teams... but this was communicated exhaustively via emails, website posts, podcasts, etc.  In other words, ignorance of this rule is not grounds for an exception, and everyone had the chance to ref if they really wanted to keep playing on two teams.

 

If you have any questions about Fall registration, payments, scheduling, roster rules, etc please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

And finally, the results of the first round of playoff games below: