JasoninMT

No buys yesterday, so no changes in prices.

We have room for more players! don't be shy. As you can see, things change daily, so you want to catch on to a rising stock - and see how far it will take you.

I prefer the Joe Cocker version.... but she's easy on the eyes.... As for the tribute site... well, I think that guy might be about as disturbed as pixyland boy....

I absolutely hate that.... I feel for you brother... In years when my team actually did something, I had the same problems... In a perfect world... You have 12 Teams, play each team once, then have a 6 team playoff (with a bye week for the top 2)... then, you are done before all the benchings.... The free sites don't give you that much control though... you can't pick your # of games... You're done before week 16 when the benchings start...

As today's "business day" is over.... here are the prices for Tomorrow. Team - Price - Shares Owned - Change in Price Carolina $15 0 -1 Chicago $16 3 0 Cincinnati $17 9 1 Denver $20 4 0 Indianapolis $21 2 -1 Jacksonville $17 0 -1 New England $17 22 3 NY Giants $15 0 -1 Pittsburgh $16 5 0 Seattle $20 7 0 Tampa Bay $15 0 -1 Washington $15 12 1 The change in price is based entirely on orders - heavilly sought after shares like NE are rising quickly, while those not getting any or little action are falling... The formula is consistent and is based on the number of standard deviations off from the average the activity is/was. Next year, this is how I'll be running the regular season game too. Rather than doing that seperate one to gauge interest... I lost a few players from that confusion...

No, but the beauty is you can buy them all over again... and with $150... the prices did jump up though... I figured it was better to make them all more "standard"... If I'd have started every team off at $10 and had no trades, that would have been their values... (assuming no trades which alter values otherwise) Tomorrow, there will be some adjustments to prices, based on activity from today. I didn't get a whole lot of action, but I did pick up some users from the other board... And, since there are no ***trades*** between players, I will only be posting the # of shares owned with prices, and not include the owners of shares. EDIT - After posting this, I wanted to compare final prices to the new prices - and they actually fell - due to heavy overvaluation on NE... at least based on how they fared w/l wise.... comparing the prices - 1 share of each would have been $220 at seasons end, and for the playoffs only $204... they did level off a lot though... mostly the Giants which were still a bargain at seasons end for only $9 and Wash was only $7...

Got the Axe - M Martz (St Louis) N Turner (Oakland) M Tice (Minnesota) M Sherman (Green Bay) S Marriucci (Detroit) J Haslett (New Orleans) D Capers (Houston) Retired (depending on who you ask) D Vermeil (Kansas City) Pending.... M Mularkey (Buffalo) H Edwards (NY Jets) (Rumored to move to KC)

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2279219

Marv didn't exactly "retire"... he was shown the door. I think if it were up to him he'd have stayed HC.

I posted them earlier... probably on page 2 by now... As far as my cut... I don't get a cut... this is all fake $.... I think some folks think I am really running an exchange...

I would like to see Jim Kelly as QB coach. And while it is morbid, with Hunter's passing, I believe he now has the time to do it. I think it would do wonders for JP to learn from Kelly. JP has the same swagger... which is something we've been starving for as fans... As far as Marv becoming something in the Front Office, I don't doubt that at all. He wants to be involved in football, I think that time has probably healed some of the minor wounds between him and Ralph. I could totally see him being President/advisor - with someone else as GM. I would love to see the return of Dwight Adams who has stated his interest in returning to the team in a scout/talent front office position...

I think his team gave up on him, they didn't respect him. McGahee was "Tired"? Moulds had a phantom Injury and was suspended? Sitting players for no apparent reason? I think he gave up on his team. After shocking the NFL by beating a good Cincinati team, on the road no less... they can't manage a win vs the hapless Jets? I don't care about draft order - you need a friggin' GM who can pick to make that matter, and clearly we don't have one of those... But I digress. I think he is hindering the program, rather than helping it. Perhaps Losman is not the answer at QB... but it is far better to learn that sooner rather than later - and when Holcomb wasn't getting it done vs the Jets in the last game of the season - he is left to languish on the bench, despite asking to play. Sure, you shouldn't bow to every players desires... but he is the heir apparent QB, we invested our 1st round pick in him. You HAVE to determine if he's worth the future now, rather than having him wither on the bench vine. He will be in his 3rd year next year, and we still don't know what we have... because he's spent much of his time on the bench due to his inexperienced inconsistency on the field (normal for young QB's). He wasn't Todd Collins for pete's sake. His job is to guide the team to winning games, and he has not effectively been able to do it, and the flaws I see aren't due to massive amounts of injuries. He can't even figure out who his starting personnel is. And that, is why I think MM has to go imnsho.

As an fyi... I'm opening up this game to members of another board I frequent... a gaming board www.casualplayers.org... I'm hoping to get more players for this than the regular season. Also, I am participating again, but I can't win my own prize - it's just for fun.

This is a game to buy and sell shares of NFL stock, with the goal of making the most money.... Whose stock are you buying? Rules: Each team has a price set for it - based on their performance over the regular season. You may purchase as many shares as you'd like - we won't be doing "trades" per se like we did in the regular season. Each Player will have $150 to spend on shares. Anyone may join, whether you played in the regular season or not. You can get into the market with your $150 at any time by sending me a PM. Prices will fluctuate based on teams performances in the Playoffs. Because we don't have "trading", I will adjust each shares price each weekday based on it's activity - so that shares getting bought will go up in price while those not getting bought will go down. Because this is the playoffs, and winning is everything... Wild Card games are worth $5 (+5 for win, -5 for loss), Division Games are worth $10, Championship games will be worth $15, and the superbowl will be worth $20 a share. So, this will obviously get to be all about picking good teams. There will be no selling of shares once bought, but if you have reserves, you may additional shares - once the initial buy period is over, there will be 1/2 share per player available for each team in additional buys. Other Rules: No partial shares will be allowed. All share prices will be whole dollars (I will round up any fractions). Any money not spent on shares is held in your "reserves". Reserves do not get interest. There are no taxes. There are no capital gains. Just like Wall Street, the prices I list for teams will be the last traded price. If a teams shares aren't all owned their prices will fluctuate based on performance. A win by a team generates a dividend/share going to your reserves. A loss by a team nets a loss/share from your reserves - if you have negative reserves you will have to sell a share of something to pay on Monday. Dividends and losses are only paid/charged for shares owned prior to the game. Data Updates: Each Monday, before opening, I will post what each share last traded for. Each Monday, I will show how much $ each player has, and their shares owned. We'll see who has the most money at the end of the playoffs. Any Questions? PM me your orders for actual shares by Friday. As I stated, there are initially no limits on shares available - unlike the regular season - next Monday there will only be shares available = 1/2 of the # of players. Opening Prices: I based these prices on $10/share + w/l ratio (i.e. Indy was 14-2, so they get +12 and cost $22) Team - Price Team Price Carolina $16 Chicago $16 Cincinnati $16 Denver $20 Indianapolis $22 Jacksonville $18 New England $14 NY Giants $16 Pittsburgh $16 Seattle $20 Tampa Bay $16 Washington $14 Good Luck! I am be offering a $25 prize to the victor. PS: If you played the regular season game, read the rules - they have changed for the playoffs.

After the Season... Oakland Loses and vaporizes... Here are the last prices etc... Team Price Shares Remaining Arizona $1 12 Atlanta $11 9 Baltimore $7 7 Buffalo $7 7 Carolina $19 0 Chicago $11 5 Cincinnati $19 9 Dallas $8 6 Denver $16 10 Detroit $2 12 Indianapolis $28 0 Jacksonville $15 1 Kansas City $8 0 Miami $8 12 Minnesota $9 12 New England $33 11 NY Giants $9 0 Philadelphia $13 12 Pittsburgh $21 6 San Diego $10 6 Seattle $17 3 Tampa Bay $25 9 Washington $7 12 Shares Owned: JoeSixPack - Dallas (1), Indy (1), KC (3), NE (1), NYG (3), Pitt (1), Seattle (1) sfladave1 - Carolina (3), Dallas (2), Indy (2), KC (5), Seattle (3) KD in CT - Baltimore (2), Carolina (2), Indy (1), Tampa Bay (1) Nick in England - Carolina (4), Cincy (1), Indy(1), Kansas City (4), San Diego (6), Seattle (2) 30dive - Buffalo (1), Pittsburgh (2), Tampa Bay (2) pkwwjd - Baltimore (3), Buffalo (2), Chicago (2), Jax (2), NY Giants (1) dave_b - Atlanta (3), Indy (1), Pittsburgh (3) ramius - Carolina (2), Cincy (1), Indy (4), Jacksonville (5), NY Giants (2) Post Modern Era - Cincy (1), Indy (1) mead107 - Dallas(3), Jacksonville(4), NY Giants (6) JasoninMT - Buffalo (2), Carolina(1), Chicago (5), Denver(2), Indy (1), Seattle (3) And with all those teams resting players or playing to lose etc... The final scores reflect it - ramius $180 $18 Nick in England $162 $13 sfladave1 $156 $36 mead107 $96 $58 JoeSixPack $72 $14 dave_b $46 $22 Post Modern Age $28 $81 pkwwjd $16 $20 30dive $14 $15 KD in CT $7 $2 JasonInMT ** $9 (My score would be $108) Congratulations Ramius! I will start a new thread for the playoff game momentarilly...

As Nick did not respond to me during this holiday week, the exchange will revoke 1 share of Seattle at $18 which brings his reserves to +13. And, I see now that I somehow forgot to post the scores... so here are the scores... Nick in England $162 $13 ramius $156 $6 sfladave1 $146 $31 mead107 $82 $51 JoeSixPack $64 $11 dave_b $44 $21 Post Modern Age $28 $81 pkwwjd $24 $24 30dive $8 $12 KD in CT $6 $3 JasonInMT ** $15 (My score would be $120)

Down to the final Week... Arizona staved off elimination with a win, St Louis on the other hand lost - and is gone from the stock list... Oakland also lost, and will be eliminated next week if they take another loss - due to their being owned... Not that it will matter too much with next week being the end of the regular season. Here are the latest prices.. Team Price Shares Remaining Arizona $2 12 Atlanta $12 9 Baltimore $8 7 Buffalo $8 7 Carolina $18 0 Chicago $12 5 Cincinnati $20 9 Dallas $9 6 Denver $15 10 Detroit $3 12 Indianapolis $27 0 Jacksonville $14 1 Kansas City $7 0 Miami $7 12 Minnesota $8 12 New England $34 11 NY Giants $8 0 Oakland $0 7 Philadelphia $14 12 Pittsburgh $20 6 San Diego $11 6 Seattle $18 2 Tampa Bay $24 9 Washington $6 12 Here are the League Owners: JoeSixPack - Dallas (1), Indy (1), KC (3), NE (1), NYG (3), Pitt (1), Oakland (2), Seattle (1) sfladave1 - Carolina (3), Dallas (2), Indy (2), KC (5), Seattle (3) KD in CT - Baltimore (2), Carolina (2), Indy (1), New Orleans (2), Oakland (3), Tampa Bay (1) Nick in E.ngland - Carolina (4), Cincy (1), Indy(1), Kansas City (4), San Diego (6), Seattle (3) 30dive - Buffalo (1), Pittsburgh (2), Tampa Bay (2) pkwwjd - Baltimore (3), Buffalo (2), Chicago (2), Jax (2), NY Giants (1) dave_b - Atlanta (3), Indy (1), Pittsburgh (3) ramius - Carolina (2), Cincy (1), Indy (4), Jacksonville (5), NY Giants (2) Post Modern Era - Cincy (1), Indy (1) mead107 - Dallas(3), Jacksonville(4), NY Giants (6) JasoninMT - Buffalo (2), Carolina(1), Chicago (5), Denver(2), Indy (1), Seattle (3) And finally here are the latest scores. Nick In England will have to sell a share of something today to bring his reserves positive. (If no one buys one from him, the exchange will take one of them at market price) Any other buys? With one final week to go, it's a pretty close race.

OK, it's yours. For the Playoffs.... Any suggestions or ideas? Of course it will all boil down to a victory or die... so you won't want to put much stock in teams you don't expect to win.... One thing I am going to do is double the dividends each week (so, 1st week is $1 per share for a win, -1 for a loss.. second week will be $2 for a win, -$2 for a loss, 3rd week is $4 for a win -$4 for a loss, and finally the Superbowl will be $8 per share for the win, -$8 for the loss) I have been hemming and hawing over how much to charge for shares.... part of me wants to charge the prices as they end at the regular season, but another part of me knows those are too high... it wouldn't be "fair" I don't think to charge the same for all the teams, because we all know some have better chances than others... What I may do is start each price at $10 and adjust for season record (so 10-6 would be $14 a share, 11-5 would be $16, etc) I also will offer up to 20 shares of each... instead of just 12... the idea of the game was to have more trading than actually took place... but we just didn't get enough players for that I don't think.

Indy Lost finally.... As did Kansas City... So that was a huge downer on what could have been a big week in dividends. Oakland, St Louis, and Arizona are playing for their Stock lives this weekend. Latest Stock Prices and shares remaining. Team Price Shares Remaining Arizona $1 12 Atlanta $13 9 Baltimore $7 7 Buffalo $7 7 Carolina $19 0 Chicago $11 5 Cincinnati $21 9 Dallas $8 6 Denver $14 10 Detroit $2 12 Indianapolis $28 0 Jacksonville $13 1 Kansas City $6 0 Miami $6 12 Minnesota $9 12 New England $33 11 NY Giants $9 0 Oakland $1 7 Philadelphia $15 12 Pittsburgh $19 6 San Diego $12 6 Seattle $17 3 St Louis $1 12 Tampa Bay $23 9 Washington $5 12 Shares Owned: JoeSixPack - Dallas (1), Indy (1), KC (3), NE (1), NYG (3), Pitt (1), Oakland (2), Seattle (1) sfladave1 - Carolina (3), Dallas (2), Indy (2), KC (5), Seattle (3) KD in CT - Baltimore (2), Carolina (2), Indy (1), New Orleans (2), Oakland (3), Tampa Bay (1) Nick in E.ngland - Carolina (4), Cincy (1), Indy(1), Kansas City (4), San Diego (6), Seattle (2) 30dive - Buffalo (1), Pittsburgh (2), Tampa Bay (2) pkwwjd - Baltimore (3), Buffalo (2), Chicago (2), Jax (2), NY Giants (1) dave_b - Atlanta (3), Indy (1), Pittsburgh (3) ramius - Carolina (2), Cincy (1), Indy (4), Jacksonville (5), NY Giants (2) Post Modern Era - Cincy (1), Indy (1) mead107 - Dallas(3), Jacksonville(4), NY Giants (6) JasoninMT - Buffalo (2), Carolina(1), Chicago (5), Denver(2), Indy (1), Seattle (3) And finally the Scores (Name, Score, Reserve Amount): Nick in England $172 $17 ramius $164 $10 sfladave1 $136 $26 mead107 $80 $50 JoeSixPack $62 $10 dave_b $46 $22 Post Modern Age $32 $83 KD in CT $12 $6 pkwwjd $8 $16 30dive -$2 $7 JasonInMT ** $5 (My score would be $100) I'm going to buy one more share of Chicago at $11.

Ramius is looking to sell 1 share of Carolina... Any Offers? He also is buying 5 shares of Jacksonville.

First off.... My most sincere apologies for not getting an update last week or yet this week (I have it now)... I have been swamped at work and don't have the Internet at home anymore... I placed both the Seattle Orders - JoeSixPack, I only got you 1 share since your reserves were not enough to buy 2... Week 14, the exchange bought back one of 30dives Buffalo shares as his reserves fell below zero. Here are the current stats... NE and Cleveland vanished due to failure (if the bills hadn't been so inflated here, they would surely be gone too...) Current Stock Prices and Shares available: Team Price Shares Remaining Arizona $2 12 Atlanta $14 9 Baltimore $6 7 Buffalo $8 7 Carolina $18 0 Chicago $10 6 Cincinnati $20 9 Dallas $9 6 Denver $13 10 Detroit $3 12 Indianapolis $29 0 Jacksonville $12 6 Kansas City $7 0 Miami $5 12 Minnesota $10 12 New England $32 11 NY Giants $8 0 Oakland $2 7 Philadelphia $14 12 Pittsburgh $18 6 San Diego $11 6 Seattle $16 3 St Louis $2 12 Tampa Bay $24 9 Washington $4 12 Current Shareholders: JoeSixPack - Dallas (1), Indy (1), KC (3), NE (1), NYG (3), Pitt (1), Oakland (2), Seattle (1) sfladave1 - Carolina (3), Dallas (2), Indy (2), KC (5), Seattle (3) KD in CT - Baltimore (2), Carolina (2), Indy (1), New Orleans (2), Oakland (3), Tampa Bay (1) Nick in E.ngland - Carolina (4), Cincy (1), Indy(1), Kansas City (4), San Diego (6), Seattle (2) 30dive - Buffalo (1), Pittsburgh (2), Tampa Bay (2) pkwwjd - Baltimore (3), Buffalo (2), Chicago (2), Jax (2), NY Giants (1) dave_b - Atlanta (3), Indy (1), Pittsburgh (3) ramius - Carolina (2), Cincy (1), Indy (4), NY Giants (2) Post Modern Era - Cincy (1), Indy (1) mead107 - Dallas(3), Jacksonville(4), NY Giants (6) JasoninMT - Buffalo (2), Carolina(1), Chicago (4), Denver(2), Indy (1), Seattle (3) And finally, the most current scores. Nick in England $156 $9 ramius $152 $64 sfladave1 $142 $29 mead107 $66 $43 JoeSixPack $64 $11 dave_b $48 $23 Post Modern Age $32 $83 KD in CT $14 $7 30dive $0 $8 pkwwjd ($4) $10 JasonInMT ** $9 (I would have a score of $86)

And $10 if they can't drool.... (ouch!)

As there were no shares of Indy to be had, Nick bought 2 shares of Seattle and one share of San Diego. He now has $1 in reserves.

A lot of losses by good teams meant a somewhat weak dividend payout this week. The Loss by Green Bay took them off the books as they hit $0. The victory by New Orleans kept them around for at least 2 weeks... Arizona $2 12 Atlanta $14 9 Baltimore $6 7 Buffalo $10 6 Carolina $18 0 Chicago $10 6 Cincinnati $18 9 Cleveland $2 12 Dallas $9 6 Denver $13 10 Detroit $5 12 Houston $1 12 Indianapolis $27 0 Jacksonville $12 6 Kansas City $7 0 Miami $3 12 Minnesota $8 12 New England $30 11 New Orleans $1 10 NY Giants $6 0 Oakland $4 7 Philadelphia $16 12 Pittsburgh $18 6 San Diego $11 7 Seattle $14 7 St Louis $4 12 Tampa Bay $22 9 Washington $2 12 Shares Owned didn't change last week. I am buying one more Chicago at $10. Shares owned: JoeSixPack - Dallas (1), Indy (1), KC (3), NE (1), NYG (3), Pitt (1), Oakland (2) sfladave1 - Carolina (3), Dallas (2), Indy (2), KC (5), Seattle (2) KD in CT - Baltimore (2), Carolina (2), Indy (1), New Orleans (2), Oakland (3), Tampa Bay (1) Nick in E.ngland - Carolina (4), Cincy (1), Indy(1), Kansas City (4), San Diego (5) 30dive - Buffalo (2), Pittsburgh (2), Tampa Bay (2) pkwwjd - Baltimore (3), Buffalo (2), Chicago (2), Jax (2), NY Giants (1) dave_b - Atlanta (3), Indy (1), Pittsburgh (3) ramius - Carolina (2), Cincy (1), Indy (4), NY Giants (2) Post Modern Era - Cincy (1), Indy (1) mead107 - Dallas(3), Jacksonville(4), NY Giants (6) JasoninMT - Buffalo (2), Carolina(1), Chicago (4), Denver(2), Indy (1), Seattle (3) And finally.... We have a new leader this week... Nick in England $140 $40 ramius $124 $50 sfladave1 $122 $33 JoeSixPack $48 $17 dave_b $44 $21 mead107 $42 $31 Post Modern Age $24 $79 KD in CT $24 $13 pkwwjd $0 $12 30dive $0 $0 JasonInMT ** $5 (I can't win, I would have a score of $78) Any Buys? Offers?

Latest Updates.... Looks like some wise buys were made last week... San Francisco folded (their shares fell to -1 with their loss...) (New Orleans at $0 with an owner and Green Bay at $1 are on the brink of folding) Team Price Shares Remaining Arizona $3 12 Atlanta $13 9 Baltimore $7 7 Buffalo $11 6 Carolina $17 0 Chicago $9 7 Cincinnati $17 9 Cleveland $3 12 Dallas $10 6 Denver $12 10 Detroit $6 12 Green Bay $1 12 Houston $2 12 Indianapolis $26 0 Jacksonville $11 6 Kansas City $6 0 Miami $2 12 Minnesota $7 12 New England $31 11 New Orleans $0 10 NY Giants $7 0 Oakland $5 7 Philadelphia $15 12 Pittsburgh $19 6 San Diego $10 7 Seattle $13 7 St Louis $3 12 Tampa Bay $23 9 Washington $3 12 Shares owned: JoeSixPack - Dallas (1), Indy (1), KC (3), NE (1), NYG (3), Pitt (1), Oakland (2) sfladave1 - Carolina (3), Dallas (2), Indy (2), KC (5), Seattle (2) KD in CT - Baltimore (2), Carolina (2), Indy (1), New Orleans (2), Oakland (3), Tampa Bay (1) Nick in E.ngland - Carolina (4), Cincy (1), Indy(1), Kansas City (4), San Diego (5) 30dive - Buffalo (2), Pittsburgh (2), Tampa Bay (2) pkwwjd - Baltimore (3), Buffalo (2), Chicago (2), Jax (2), NY Giants (1) dave_b - Atlanta (3), Indy (1), Pittsburgh (3) ramius - Carolina (2), Cincy (1), Indy (4), NY Giants (2) Post Modern Era - Cincy (1), Indy (1) mead107 - Dallas(3), Jacksonville(4), NY Giants (6) JasoninMT - Buffalo (2), Carolina(1), Chicago (3), Denver(2), Indy (1), Seattle (3) And finally, the most current scores: ramius $114 $45 Nick in England $110 $25 sfladave1 $102 $23 JoeSixPack $56 $21 mead107 $52 $36 dave_b $42 $20 KD in CT $26 $14 Post Modern Age $20 $77 30dive $12 $6 pkwwjd $4 $14 JasonInMT ** $7 (I can't win, I would have a score of $62) A good week by pkwwjd - and he's out of the negatives. Plus his bleeder of SF is gone... Congratulations. Any more buys this week? 5 weeks to go, still time to make a move with the right buys... I think there are still some good shares available...