The only hard deadline is to have new combos selected by official practice which takes place on the Thursday before the Sunday night races.
There are many things going on behind the scenes during this two week break. Most of the spreadsheets that are used to keep the league running are getting a complete overhaul or are being replaced all together. There are IR's pending against potential prize winners which will add time to the process as well. That doesn't even take into consideration the regular monthly changeover that has to take place.
With the relatively small (about a dozen)
volunteers working on all of these projects, it's going to take some time so be patient. The new combos will be announced in plenty of time to be ready for official practice which is scheduled to take place on Feb. 5. That will give everyone at least 3 days to practice the combos which is 3 more days than I, and a couple of others, get to practice due to the amount of work it takes to keep SNAIL going on a weekly basis.
I'd like to have 2 hours to practice.