Just so you know... As soon as I get a team, I'll pony up the $23 bucks and join the CPF federation

Ooooh nice, another opportunity for initiation rites [whipped]

what are the benefeits of paying for hattrick?

None, except you can post press announcements. And you get to bugger mistfit for a club logo.

don't forget the warm fuzzy feeling.....

Ah k and just what the point is press announcements, they actually do anything?

Sure, you can annoy your opponents with them.

I think the bookmark functions that come with paying are quite nice. Saves a lot of time.

how do you mean? bookmarking what?

You can bookmark players, teams/users, matches and leagues so that you can quickly find things.