Main Event Draft Slots Will Be Announced Saturday, Aug. 27th At 1 PM ET

[Greg Ambrosius]

Good luck everyone today. Tom and I are up bright and early to make sure we get these announced on time. Everything is falling into place pretty nicely for the first weekend, so enjoy. The two Draft Champions leagues will lead off and then I'll let Tom decide which cities roll out first. He's in charge today!! I'm coaching 9 and 10 year olds on Game Day today!!

Thanks all again. You came through just like I expected and we'll have a very good 2011 season. We will NEVER have an off-season like this again. I think a lot of folks had trouble getting revved up this year and travel plans finalized after the NFL lockout and even money issues, but at the end of the day we have a solid contest all around and more than $1 million to give away in prizes. Good luck all and THANKS from all of us at the NFFC.

[kentucky]

Thanks Greg, this is going to be a fun day... the anticipation is like Xmas eve when we were kids...hell, not sure we ever grew up.

[ August 27, 2011, 05:55 AM: Message edited by: KyThunder ]

[Greg Ambrosius]

Just a heads up -- and I don't mean to rain on Christmas Day -- but we are just closing out two Classic leagues and might not be able to post those results at 1 pm ET. They are Las Vegas 4 and Chicago 3. We are finalizing those last available spots and still need confirmations and KDS and payment. I hope to have at least one of those done and announced later today, but as I stated earlier this damn lockout hurt all of us and I might need an extra day, no more than that. Sorry.

Primetime LV 4 and and Online Primetime League might also need a slight delay. But the rest of the Mains and the Draft Champions are good to go. Tomorrow we will do the Sept. 4th Super League.

Thanks all.

[Greg Ambrosius]

I think we all wish we had live event numbers like we did in 2007 before the recession and before many owners had to draft Online to stay involved with the NFFC. It's also my fault for splitting up the two live event weekends in Las Vegas, but I think next year we'll all have a more specific and better plan for our multi-city events. I can see us hosting in New York, Chicago and Las Vegas on the opening weekend of the NFL season in 2012 and possibly doing something unique on Labor Day weekend in Las Vegas and Online. Stay tuned for that but the picture of the future is actually more clearer than the picture of today!!

That being said, we'll have four full Classic Leagues in Las Vegas and New York, two in Chicago and a combined league in Chicago. More details on Chicago 3 to come, but we'll make that work easily and get everyone as one. The Primetimes will also have four leagues in NY and LV and two in Chicago, with that second one almost completely full. Again, it's not perfect, but at the end of the day we already have 19 full Classic Leagues and we are on pace for 25 or so Primetime Leagues. That would be almost 600 Main Event teams, a record for the NFFC.

Not bad in down times. Not bad for an industry that just took a kick to the middle section by its own peers. Not bad after a 137-day lockout that ended in time to host drafts but not quickly enough for everyone to draft live.

Thanks all for the continued support. We still have a ways to go, but we're almost there. I can hardly wait for the drafts to begin and remember there are still plenty of second weekend drafts available and plenty of Online Championship leagues with openings. We have more than 624 Online Championship teams signed up and ready to go, so look for that grand prize to grow past our advertised $40,000 total. Someone is going to win a real nice prize for a $350 entry fee. Can't beat it. Thanks all and good luck today.

[Tom Kessenich]

I will post each league individually in the League Forum and then post all of the leagues by city and Online in this forum. Look for the first league to be announced in a little more than 20 minutes.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Sorry guys, this was my fault for the late start. I'm glad Tom picked up for me. My son's Junior Pee Wee League team took longer to lose this week than I had anticipated!! A few too many penalties and injuries this morning. Carry on Tom and I'll jump in where I can. Thanks all.

[Glenneration X]

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
Sorry guys, this was my fault for the late start. I'm glad Tom picked up for me. My son's Junior Pee Wee League team took longer to lose this week than I had anticipated!! A few too many penalties and injuries this morning. Carry on Tom and I'll jump in where I can. Thanks all. Is it too late to adjust my KDS?

[Sack]

Glenn:

You look like you did just fine. Darn Larry drawing that #1 spot in both baseball and football!

Hope he remembers that it is 3RR for football.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
Sorry guys, this was my fault for the late start. I'm glad Tom picked up for me. My son's Junior Pee Wee League team took longer to lose this week than I had anticipated!! A few too many penalties and injuries this morning. Carry on Tom and I'll jump in where I can. Thanks all. Is it too late to adjust my KDS? [/QUOTE]Is it too late to start that Junior Pee Wee game over again? Wow, we got smoked 21-0 even though we moved the ball a lot. At this level, NEVER let a fast opposing back get outside. That's too big of a field for 9-year-olds to cover!!

[Glenneration X]

Originally posted by Sack:
Glenn:

You look like you did just fine. Darn Larry drawing that #1 spot in both baseball and football!

Hope he remembers that it is 3RR for football. LOL Ken, that was a classic moment.