SFL sets off-season calendar

The Simulation Football League will hit the signing trail soon enough as the league prepares for Season 26.

The following is a timeline of events to occur leading up to kickoff on Friday January 23 - 

• Signing Period Opens: 11 am ET, Saturday December 13
• Free Agency Frenzy: 6 pm ET, Monday December 15
• Schedule Release Show: Saturday December 20
• Signing Window Closes: 11:59 pm CT, Monday December 22

The league will be on holiday break from Tuesday December 23-Thursday January 1 and will not be available to process any tickets or transactions.

League staff will begin assembling the updated roster file on Friday January 2 and will continue work on it through Friday January 9.

• Week 1 Official Roster Release - Saturday January 10
• Week 1 Playbooks Due - 11:59 pm CT, Thursday January 22, regardless of when you play Week 1. Teams who have a bye week 1 will not have to turn in a playbook until Week 2.

The regular season will consist of 12 games over 15 weeks, with a universal bye week at the midway point of the season. 18 of the 21 teams will play in each of the other 14 weeks with four games on Fridays and Saturdays and one game on Mondays - part of the Virtual Football Network's new Monday Night Spectacular doubleheaders.

The Rookie Draft, presented by SFLm Staff, and the SFL All-Star Game events will be announced at a later date.