MWS Commissioner The Swammi will head the newly formed MWS Online

With plans in the making for over two months now, The Swammi has finally unveiled to the Madden community plans to head the newly formed MWS Online division of the MWS. The primary goal of the MWS Online will be to create standardize game play for alll MWS leagues, as it does for MWS national and regional tournaments. The Swammi announced commitments from the MNL (Quick 6/Afro), The HMFL (Houston), the PFL, and Gametime Philly to become a part of the new super MWS. The MWS itself will not be a league, but more of a governing body of the sub-leagues underneath its umbrella. At the seasons end, each league will send its top players to compete in a 32 man Super Tournament, to determine who is the best in the world.

"We are currently assembling our online team for the competition committee, stats department, and other important areas that will need to be addressed," the Swammi stated. "Obviously there are more details to be worked out, but for the most part, the foundation and direction of the league is in place."

The MWS will sponsor two pre season events in August. Before the game drops in early August, the league will sponsor the MWS Draft Lottery Week. Each league will have a specific night to conduct their own draft lottery to determine selection order to their respective league's online draft. The lottery will be filmed and presented as a quick time file to be viewed on the Internet to guarantee its authenticity.

After the 2002 game ships, ballers can expect to have one to two weeks to review the teams prior to MWS Draft Week. Each respective MWS league will select a league night to conducts is draft. The drafts will be held live on Internet via webcast/MWS chatroom. Picks will be sent into the Swammi via Email/IM or chat, and the draft choices will be read over the Internet LIVE. The draft will be conducted similar to the NFL, with each selection having a required time limit before selections must be submitted.

Once team selections have been confirmed, league play will begin following the NFL 2002 schedule.

We have so many more details to come, because obviously we are in the early stages of planning," the Swammi noted. Stay tuned to thepfl.com for more information.