Playoffs, Gunner Bowl, and changes next year

The eSFL playoffs start tomorrow with four very nice looking matchups, and the Gunner Bowl tourney seed draw will take place today in about 25 minutes.

Next year the league is considering changing the playoff layout from it's current one division winner / three wild card, to a one division winner / two wild card / one blackjack.
Currently, each division winner and the second, third, and fourth place teams qualify for the playoffs. The change being considered would have each division winner but only the second and third place teams. The fourth team to make the playoffs from each division would not be based on record, but points fielded for the season. So, this years playoff layout compared to next seasons is defined below.

In the Global division there would be no changes to the playoff teams as the fourth place team also had the highest points fielded among the fifth and sixth place teams in that division.

In the Appalachian, there would be a change. This years teams are:
Whitmore (1)
Fields (2)
Big D (3)
Texan (4)

With the new format being considered, the playoff teams and seeds would be as follows:
Whitmore (1)

Fields (2)
Big D (3)
Perdew (Blackjack)

Perdew would be the fourth team in the playoffs because each division has one division winner (Whitmore), two wild cards (Fields and Big D), and one Blackjack (Perdew). The Old Maid is the fourth place or worse team in the division standings who had the highest points fielded for the season, regardless of record. So in this years Appalachian division, Perdew would get the Old Maid over Texan based on points, not record.

Also, even when the season is over all owners are encouraged to visit the commissioner and official webite frequently for announcements and dates. The new official site will have a league calander that you can view to identify the important dates such as restricted free agent signing deadlines, draft date, sign up dates, ect. Also, the commissioner site will have occasional stories, team page updates, and other enhancements. Everyone is encouraged to post articles and info on the site via the message board there or the eSFL insider.

With the new official site next year comes other opportunities to enhance the league.
Changes already in consideration are each starting lineup will consist of a punter.
The unique part of this starter will be he CANNOT score points for your team, he only can LOSE points. His scoring will be based so each week a great game for your punter would be zero, and a poor game would be minus seven. No punter will be able to score positive points UNLESS they score or throw for  a touchdown, in which they will receive the same points as a running back for that category. Any ideas on this are appreciated.

Good luck in the upcoming post season games, I gotta go do the Gunner Bowl seed drawing.