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Making a Donation to the League
The costs for running the league have certainly increased over the last couple of years. For the 1998-2001 seasons, the cost for running the league was just $35/year (the cost of the FanStar software). In 2002, in order to improve the league by making it more efficient, streamlined, and flexible, we abandoned FanStar in favor of raw stats and a custom-built Perl/CGI system created by yours truly. The cost thereby increased to $50 dollars for the 2002 season.
In 2003, we again made another major improvement by redesigning the website to make it more integrated, removing the last vestiges of the 1998-2001 seasons where the website was half created by the FanStar software/half created by me. And, by moving away from the free servers of VirtualAvenue.net to a paid shared-server host, we have a private, easy-to-remember domain name for the league. Add to that... no more of those damned pop-up ads!
But the improvements have not come without a cost. The current host provides a great deal on it's hosting package, which is the primary reason I chose it. Because this year the league renewed its hosting services, the priced dropped from $65 last season to $50 for 2004. However, at $50/year it is still much more expensive than the 1998-2002 expenditure of $0 for hosting.
The total cost for the Carolina and Atlantic leagues for 2005 is estimated to be $100. Because the expenditure budget has swelled considerably over the last couple of years, I have decided to allow league owners to make donations to help cover the cost.
Costs and Donations to Date
The following have already made donations to the league. Their contributions are appreciated...
| COSTS |
| ICDSoft Web Hosting (March '09) | $62 |
| QuickStats Stats (August '09) | $55 |
| Total | $117 |
| DONATIONS |
| Kevin Watts, Carolina Storm | $10 |
| Kenny Kelly, Carolina Bucks | $10 |
| Steve Ahrens, Hotheads | $10 |
| Brandon Fowler, War Town Bombers | $10 |
| Bob & George Bell, SCOREpions & 'Horns | $23 |
| David Williams, Virtual Dynasty | 10 |
| Todd Nafus, Mean Machine | $10 |
| Total |
$83 |
| DONATIONS IN 2008 |
| Gregg Anderson, Silverbacks | $10 |
| Todd Nafus, Mean Machine | $10 |
| Brandon Fowler, War Town Bombers | $10 |
| Kevin Watts, Carolina Storm | $10 |
| David Williams, Virtual Dynasty | $10 |
| Kelly Dutchak, Tide | $10 |
| Bob & George Bell, SCOREpions & 'Horns | $20 |
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| Total |
$80 |
| Total Expenditures | $117 |
| DONATIONS IN 2007 |
| Kenny Kelly, Carolina Bucks | $10 |
| Kelly Dutchak, Tide | $10 |
| Kevin Watts, Carolina Storm | $10 |
| Bob Bell, SCOREpions | $10 |
| Brandon Fowler, War Town Bombers | $10 |
| David Williams, Virtual Dynasty | $10 |
| Robert Ritter, Indy Zombies | $10 |
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| Total |
$70 |
| Total Expenditures |
$117 |
| DONATIONS IN 2006 |
| Kevin Watts, Carolina Storm | $10 |
| Bob Bell, SCOREpions | $10 |
| Kelly Dutchak, Tide | $10 |
| Dick Bennett, Coventry Rattlers | $10 |
| Bill Baker, Slimey Salamanders | $10 |
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| Total |
$50 |
| Total Expenditures |
$100 |
| DONATIONS IN 2005 |
| Kevin Watts, Carolina Storm | $10 |
| Bob Bell, SCOREpions | $10 |
| Kelly Dutchak, Tide | $10 |
| Kevin Orsinger, Speed Racers | $10 |
| Dick Bennett, Coventry Rattlers | $10 |
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| Total |
$50 |
| Total Expenditures |
$100 |
| DONATIONS IN 2004 |
| Bob Bell, SCOREpions | $10 |
| George Bell, 'Horns | $10 |
| Dick Bennett, Coventry Rattlers | $10 |
| Kevin Watts, Carolina Storm | $10 |
| David Williams, Virtual Dynasty | $10 |
| Kevin Orsinger, Speed Racers | $10 |
| Robert Ritter, Indy Zombies | $10 |
| Kelly Dutchak, Tide | $10 |
| Rossie Manning, Repeat Offenders | $10 |
| Steve Chisholm, Stingrays | $10 |
| Ben Turner, Alpha Males | $10 |
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| Total |
$110 |
| Total Expenditures |
$105 |
| DONATIONS IN 2003 |
| Rossie Manning, Repeat Offenders | $10 |
| George Bell, 'Horns | $10 |
| Bob Bell, SCOREpions | $10 |
| Kevin Orsinger, Speed Racers | $10 |
| Kevin Watts, Carolina Storm | $10 |
| Dick Bennett, Coventry Rattlers | $10 |
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| Total |
$60 |
| Total Expenditures |
$120 |
Rules for Making Donations
- Only team owners in the CFFL and AFFL may make a contribution. Contributions by anyone else will not be accepted, and will be returned.
- The maximum contribution a team owner may make in a season is $10.
- Contributions are not required, but greatly appreciated.
- Contributions will be solely used to offset league costs; they will not be used for an end-of-season reward or pot.
- Making a contribution does not entitle a team owner to have more say in league affairs. Likewise, not making a contribution does not mean a team owner will have less say in league affairs.
- No further contributions will be accepted once all costs have been accounted for.
Submit Your Donation
To make a contribution, please use the button below. You will be taken to Paypal.com's secure server to make your contribution by credit/debit card.
If you are not comfortable making a donation over the Internet, drop me an email and for an alternative arrangement.
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