THE FIRST JIU JITSU LEAGUE IS HERE!!! Starting June 25th, the Professional Grappling Federation will have a draft, five weeks of regular season matches, and a playoff tournament. Fans will get to know the athletes, following them through their three month journey in their hopes of winning the PGF Season 8 Championship belt. This article will cover the basics of how this season’s schedule will work, including the Draft, the Season, and the Finale/Playoffs. Now, more than ever before, the PGF is proving they are “everything you love about sports, plus jiu jitsu!”
THE DRAFT: On June 25th, the Coaches of the four teams will meet at an undisclosed location and select their teams. The PGF draft follows an auction draft format many will be familiar with from fantasy sports. The roster will be randomly ordered and one-by-one, each competitor will come to the front of the stage. Phenomenal PGF Announcer Stephen Eakin will run the auction where each of the coaches will try to win their favorite competitors by outbidding their opponent coaches. This season, each team has a salary cap/allotment and the winning bid for each competitor will represent their base pay for the season (more about bonuses later). If all four coaches/teams decide they do not want to bid on a competitor (reserving cash for competitors coming up later in the draft), it’s called an “intentional walk” and the competitor up for auction will move to the back of the draft line (“no soup for them!” – please tell me you got the Seinfeld reference). At the end of the Draft on June 25th, we will all know which players are on which teams, including their bench players.
THE SEASON: PGF officials will announce the regular season schedule shortly after the teams are picked on June 25th. Starting almost exactly one month after the PGF Draft, he PGF Season will include FIVE weeks of matches (matches occurring every Wednesday night). Every competitor will have three matches a night. By the end of the season, every competitor will have faced every member of the opposing teams. Players will only have the potential to face their teammates if the Playoff Finale Tournament. Players will fight for submissions to earn points towards their individual playoff standings and towards their team’s total score, hoping to win the PGF Season 8 Team Championship. The members of the Season Championship Team will share in the Team prize money. The top eight individual scorers from the season (regardless of team affiliation) will move on to the PGF Season 8 Finale/Playoffs.
PGF Season 8 Finale/Playoffs: The top eight individual point leaders from the regular season will have three weeks to heal up and strategize for the PGF Season 8 Finale. The PGF Season 8 Finale has multiple components. The eight-competitor single-elimination tournament to crown the PGF 155lb Champion is the main event. However, the Commissioner, Brandon Mccaghren, has some other treats for viewers. In between the rounds of the PGF 155lb Championship bracket, there will also be a PGF Women’s Championship bracket (weight class unconfirmed at the moment) and a Super Fight between two Jiu Jitsu World Champions (I’m not spilling the beans and being put on double-secret probation again…no matter how many times you ask me their names).
Get buckled up folks, it’s going to be an amazing season. We have awesome grapplers with an unprecedented level of parity. PGF Fantasy is BACK!!! Now we’ll have a week break to analyze the next round of matches and pick our fantasy rosters. Of course, I’ll provide you my fantasy analysis every week in time for you to use it to pick your teams. We have a great roster of coaches, including returning championship coaches and two returning PGF veterans! There’s so much to talk about and we will cover it all. It’s going to be the best PGF Season ever! As a former colleague of mine loved to say, GET EXCITED!!!
After a hiatus during the offseason which included moving cross-country and starting a new job, the Editorial Board at Eggheadwarrior.com has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to informing you fans about all the latest PGF news. We promise to start pushing out all the news at a rapid pace, just as the PGF Season 8 Draft is rapidly approaching.
Keep following PGF World and Brandon Mccaghren on Instagram and keep tuning in to the PGF Insiders on PGF World’s YouTube page. We normally go live at 7pm Eastern on Sundays. We’ll definitely have a mock draft before the PGF Season 8 Draft on June 25th.
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