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by Greg Ambrosius » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:25 am
Originally posted by thegambler:
greg, are these just deposit people or are they people that have paid in full?
also when do you guys get the bulk or your singups?
when do draft picks and leagues get placed?
questions from a potential new player... Andy, thanks for the questions. We have always kept a running tally of our signups and we never take down deposits. Everyone who is on this list has signed up to play for those events and provided payment information. They are committed to these events and we'll charge them on Aug. 1st. Right now we just need your commitment, not your money. There's no reason for us to hold onto any of your money -- not even a down deposit -- any longer than we have to.
In the past, we'd probably have 100 signups for the Classic and Primetime by Memorial Day weekend. That was always my benchmark I kept. This year we're obviously a little slower, but it's understandable. If I were any of you guys, I'd probably wait to sign up too until I knew what the NFL lockout situation was going to be. But we do have a July 1st Early Bird Deadline and I trust that many of our NFFC die-hards will take advantage of that. Again, we won't hit credit cards until Aug. 1st and I've already said we won't even hit cards then if there's not a labor agreement, so committing to any of our events by July 1st makes sense if you know you're going to play.
But many of our customers are also knee deep in our baseball event, the NFBC. We don't just have football customers. Many of those guys don't think about football until the All-Star break and they'll sign up soon enough. I don't even solicit those guys who always do both sports with us. They will be back; they're just 100% concentrating on baseball right now and rightly so. There's $100,000 on the line over there.
Most of our signups naturally come in August, but you can look every day at our progress. We're the only contest that is so transparent that we list every owner in every event in every city. There's no hiding game here. You'll know how we're doing just like we'll know. I know that Mike Nazarek posted the other day that he's going to play where the most players are, which is fine. But the shear number doesn't make any sense. Play where that contest is going to sell out and where you know you're going to get paid on time and in full. The NFFC Main Events are shooting for only 322 and 336 teams, respectively, and I feel good about selling out both events.
Drafts picks and leagues don't be announced and determined until signups are done because of KDS/3RR. You'll likely know all of that the week before those live events. I'd say around 7-8 days before Sept. 3rd, whatever date that is.
Thanks for the questions. Keep 'em coming. We'll provide comparisons on the different contests for all to see soon and help you with your decisions. Good luck with whatever game you choose and best of luck getting paid by the WCOFF.
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