It only takes an hour and change to hash out a 7 game series. Once the regular season is deemed to have reached its conclusion, the playoffs should begin. Each round should be a 1 WEEK deadline. After 4 weeks, a champion is crowned and preparation begins to get things in place for the next GDL. If you do not foresee yourself being able to sit down for 1 hour to play your series (if you make the playoffs unlike me) then you should not be joining this league. It is not like you have to sit down and write a best selling novel. It's a 1 hour + series! I would like to see the next tribunal or commish or whoever is gonna run this league (the best) set and make VERY CLEAR what the playoff deadlines will be at the start of the season (or a general idea...i.e.7 days or whatever). Funny thing is, this answer is simple. Once the deadline is made known and the players KNOW they will be penalized or have to forfeit games, wait and see how quickly playoff games get completed. This league will run smooooooooth. The fact that we are sitting here after this long and the 3rd round is not completed is ridiculous. Summer Shmummer..... the reason isn't summer.... the reason is there is no deadline whatsoever.