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Epic X Reactivated

Nice little surprise today as ESPN reactivated the Epic X. Somehow this will be the 14th season of this league.

NOTES:
- I have made all of our draft pick trades. Please verify that you have the correct picks in the correct rounds and let me know of any discrepancies.

- I have set the draft for Saturday, July 11 at 6pm MST and the keeper deadline for Thursday, July 9 at 8pm MST. Once again - everyone is invited to come out for the draft. We will be golfing the Evergreen golf course on Saturday morning and then going across the interstate to Ameristar resort and casino for the draft and to gamble. Come for the golf, leave for the gambling or vice versa. I'm planning to get a room and stay the night up there but come for whatever works for you. I would just love to have everyone together for the draft.

- We will discuss any new rules for the 2020 season at the draft while we're together. We will also unveil Chris' new Imo team name and logo.

- Since ESPN got rid of our digital trophies and banners, last year we started a new tradition of letting the reigning division winners name the Divisions for the upcoming season. Kevin and I talked about it and his is going to be the "Tommy Boy Division" and mine is going to be the "Billy Madison Division."

- Speaking of divisions - I made our first realignment change in yearrrrrrrs by swapping Chris and Isai. Chris and I have our annual Week 1 matchup but it limits my schedule generator by having us in opposite divisions, so it feels like we all inevitably play the same schedule over and over. Sai and Chris have almost identical records in "Epic As We Know It" so it didn't seem like an overt advantage/disadvantage to them or anyone in their new/old division.

- I have also updated our league schedule. Week 1 matchups feature:

TOMMY BOY DIVISION
Jonathan vs Frankie
Paul vs Kevin

BILLY MADISION DIVISON
Chad vs Ian
Josh vs Chris

INTERLEAGUE GAME
Tyler vs Isai

- The trade deadline this year will be Wednesday, Nov 11.

- Just like this time last year, you will notice that we don't have any players on our rosters currently. This is because we don't keep our Keepers through ESPN anymore (since we "keep" them in Rounds 3 and 4 of the draft). To track who owns who, go to the "Rosters" tab on the shared spreadsheet, where I have listed our best and most likely keepers on that page.

Think that's it for now. The league is live! If there are any trades before our draft, please swap the picks on the ESPN site and/or update the players on the "Rosters" tab.

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