2020 FFL season

The 2020 FFL season will be the third season of the Florian Football League. The season will begin on the 9th August 2020 and will conclude with President Bowl III which is scheduled for 7th February 2020, at the Northcliff Stadium, Northcliff. The league will be expanded to 24 teams from 18 and the league will introduce divisions for the first time. Also, both conferences will be renamed. All teams in the league will play 17 regular-season games. President Bowl III will be held at Thunder Park,Oldhaven.

New Collective Bargaining Agreement

When the 2020 season concludes the league's new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) will come into effect. Among the major changes in the new CBA include:

• Expansion of the playoffs to 14 teams.
• Reducing the number of regular-season games from 17 to 16 from 2021 and introduction of a bye week.
• Team roster increase from 53 to 55.

Rule changes

The following rule changes have been enforced:

• The rule requiring players to touch the ball the down in the endzone for a touchdown has been removed.
• An additional PAT (Point after Touchdown) option, a ten-yard scrimmage attempt for three points, has been added.

Draft

The 2020 FFL Draft took place on April 23-24,2020 in Vice City and it had a total of three rounds. Expansion team Longsight Lions was chosen to pick first by a one-off draft lottery with other expansion franchises. The Lions would go on to select Quarterback, Patrick Thomas from Kingsland State University.

Regular season standings

Division

Apollonia East

Team	GP	W	L	Pct.	PF	PA	PD
Victoria Buccaneers	17	12	5	0.706	467	323	+144
Longsight Lions	17	10	7	0.588	433	336	+97
Las Andreas Redhawks	17	10	7	0.588	439	347	+92
Birmingham Bears	17	10	7	0.588	396	380	+16

Apollonia Central

Team	GP	W	L	Pct.	PF	PA	PD
Westlake Patriots	17	13	4	0.765	435	344	+91
Newmarsh Broncos	17	8	9	0.471	408	453	−45
Northcliff Falcons	17	5	12	0.294	379	422	−43
Newmarsh Jets	17	3	14	0.176	324	530	−206

Apollonia West

Team	GP	W	L	Pct.	PF	PA	PD
Coldley Cowboys	17	11	6	0.647	486	384	+102
Meadowedge Colts	17	10	7	0.588	452	394	+58
Northcliff Brownbears	17	9	8	0.529	431	392	+39
Havenbarrow Dolphins	17	4	13	0.235	350	495	−145

National East

Team	GP	W	L	Pct.	PF	PA	PD
Dragonmoor Raiders	17	9	8	0.529	406	460	−54
Oldhaven Ravens	17	8	9	0.471	385	410	−25
Oldhaven Titans	17	7	10	0.412	375	392	−17
Dragonmoor Chargers	17	7	10	0.412	393	422	−29

National Central

Team	GP	W	L	Pct.	PF	PA	PD
Blackoak Buffalo	17	9	8	0.529	418	414	+4
Stonehall Rams	17	9	8	0.529	401	422	−21
Blackoak Tigers	17	8	9	0.471	452	401	+51
Bridgemoor Cardinals	17	6	11	0.353	378	479	−101

National West

Team	GP	W	L	Pct.	PF	PA	PD
Echo City Chiefs	17	11	6	0.647	423	341	+82
Vice City Superhawks	17	9	8	0.529	409	394	+15
Northsilver Jaguars	17	9	8	0.529	405	436	−31
Newhedge Steelers	17	7	10	0.412	352	426	−74

Post season

Wildcard Round

Apollonia

1 2 3 4 Total Newmarsh Broncos 3 0 0 14 17 • Victoria Buccaneers 0 14 3 3 20 Location: Victoria Stadium Game attendance: 64,867 Game weather: Windy, 12°C

1 2 3 4 Total • Meadowedge Colts 10 7 3 17 37 Coldley Cowboys 10 10 0 0 20 Location: Florian Telecom Stadium Game attendance: 79,413

1 2 3 4 Total • Las Andreas Redhawks 14 10 7 10 41 Longsight Lions 0 10 7 6 23 Location: Steinfield Game attendance: 52,591

National

1 2 3 4 Total Oldhaven Ravens 3 3 0 9 15 • Vice City Superhawks 0 7 3 8 18

1 2 3 4 Total Dragonmoor Raiders 0 7 0 15 22 • Blackoak Buffalo 3 9 10 14 36

1 2 3 4 Total • Northsilver Jaguars 14 7 3 6 30 Stonehall Rams 0 14 7 7 28

Conference semi finals

Apollonia

1 2 3 4 Total Las Andreas Redhawks 7 14 0 3 24 • Victoria Buccaneers 0 14 3 14 31

1 2 3 4 Total Meadowedge Colts 6 14 0 14 34 • Westlake Patriots 10 14 14 6 44

National

1 2 3 4 Total Blackoak Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 • Vice City Superhawks 7 6 0 7 20

1 2 3 4 Total Northsilver Jaguars 0 14 6 8 28 • Echo City Chiefs 7 10 19 9 45

Conference Championships

Apollonia

1 2 3 4 Total Victoria Buccaneers 6 10 3 13 32 • Westlake Patriots 6 14 0 13 33

National

1 2 3 4 Total Vice City Superhawks 7 3 7 8 25 • Echo City Chiefs 13 7 6 10 36

President Bowl III: TBD vs TBD

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