"I think both of us are glad that it's over with. Postseason is one thing, but I don't think I'll make it to the next regular season (meeting in four years). I think this'll be the end of it.In American drafts, the least successful team in a league gets first choice of player during a draft, but as the SLPL is a startup, what will work best is a "lottery draft". In a lottery draft, a transparent mechanism decides, well in advance of draft day, the sequence in which the teams get to make their picks. The sequence is machinegenerated, takes place in front of all the teams' managements, and is on live television.

The Falcons will send a leaguehigh seven players to the Pro Bowl, which will be played in Honolulu on Jan. 30, a week prior to Super Bowl XLV. Roddy White, who has a leaguebest (and careerhigh) 109 receptions, will start at wideout for the NFC alongside the Detroit Lions' Calvin Johnson.Amendola is sidelined with a groin injury so three of Brady top fo