Richard Townsley Wins 2021 NFFC Diamond & $62,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Richard Townsley of Argyle, Texas had a super run in the Championship Round to win the NFFC Diamond League title from Friday, Sept. 11th, 8 pm PT and the $62,000 league prize. Richard had finished second during the regular season, but he jumped into the lead after Week 15 and never looked back. He finished 27.27 points ahead of Steve Lucinski for the title, with Glenn Schroter finishing third.

Oren Katz won $10,000 during the regular season for best h2h record and Glenn Schroter won $10,000 for most points. But Richard's team scored 180.30 points in Week 15, 127.25 points in Week 16 and 162.55 points in Week 17 for the title. Steve won $21,000 for his runner-up finish, while Glenn won $8,000. Chad Schroeder won the Consolation Round and $2,000.

Here's the final standings:

2021 NFFC Diamond League, Sept. 11th, 8 pm PT Final Standings:
1 Richard Townsley Townsley 621.69
2 Steven Lucinski 4th and Drunk 594.42
3 Glenn Schroter King of Queens 560.29
4 Oren Katz RunHotSports 482.91

Consolation Round Final Standings:
1 Chad Schroeder Cocktails & Dreams 622.03
2 Lawrence Schechter Air Lar 576.10

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here's the prize payout for the NFFC Diamond League:

NFFC Diamond League
League Prizes
1 $62,000
2 $21,000
3 $8,000
Most Points $10,000
Best Record (total points tie-breaker) $10,000

Consolation Prizes
1 $2,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Richard had the 8th pick in this Live/Online Diamond League as he drafted live with us from the Bellagio. Here were his draft results:

Kelce, Travis 1 8 TE Townsley
Taylor, Jonathan 2 17 RB Townsley
Allen, Keenan 3 29 WR Townsley
Montgomery, David 4 44 RB Townsley
Jacobs, Josh 5 53 FLEX Townsley
Henderson, Darrell 6 68 RB Townsley
Chark, D.J. 7 77 WR Townsley
Stafford, Matthew 8 92 QB Townsley
Fuller, Will 9 101 WR Townsley
Gage, Russell 10 116 WR Townsley
Reagor, Jalen 11 125 WR Townsley
Shepard, Sterling 12 140 WR Townsley
Agholor, Nelson 13 149 WR Townsley
Samuel, Curtis 14 164 WR Townsley
St. Brown, Amon-Ra 15 173 WR Townsley
Buccaneers, Tampa Bay 16 188 TDSP Townsley
Mayfield, Baker 17 197 QB Townsley
Bills, Buffalo 18 212 TK Townsley
Evans, Chris 19 221 RB Townsley
Jaguars, Jacksonville 20 236 TDSP Townsley

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here were Richard's winning FAAB bids throughout the year:

Week 2 Jeff Wilson 2
Week 2 Cordarrelle Patterson 23
Week 3 Las Vegas Raiders TK 31
Week 4 Dallas Cowboys TDSP 22
Week 5 Khalil Herbert 41
Week 6 David Njoku 211
Week 6 Amon-Ra St. Brown 211
Week 7 New England Patriots TK 31
Week 8 C.J. Uzomah 87
Week 9 Tajae Sharpe 31
Week 10 Amon-Ra St. Brown 5
Week 11 Jimmy Garoppolo 52
Week 11 Cedrick Wilson 51
Week 12 Josh Gordon 1
Week 13 Josh Reynolds 3
Week 13 Zay Jones 1
Week 14 New England Patriots TK 17
Week 14 Jalen Guyton 17
Week 14 David Johnson 55

[Greg Ambrosius]

This is Richard Townsley's first NFFC Diamond League title as he joins a prestigious list of champions in this contest. Here is that list of champions:

NFFC Diamond League Champions:
2021 - Chad Schroeder
2021 - Richard Townsley
2020 - Glenn Schroter
2020 - Steve Lucinski
2019 - Frank Mammola
2019 - Chad Schroeder
2018 - Mike Santos & Kurt Kuekes
2018 - Chad Schroeder
2017 - Larry Schechter
2016 - Larry Schechter
2015 - Chad Schroeder
2014 - Kyle Johnson
2013 - Chad Schroeder
2012 - Paul Clein
2011 - Chad Schroeder
2010 - Peter Berall