SOLD OUT: 2014 14-Team NFFC Kickoff Gridiron
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 1:02 pm
One of the coolest events we host in Las Vegas on the Second Weekend is the NFFC Kickoff Gridiron, a contest brought to us by KJ Duke. It's a 30-Round, 14-Team Draft Champions League with a $1,000 entry fee and a payout to the Top 3 teams. However, there's a unique twist to it that pays off handsomely for the weekly winners.
Actual money is used to bid for spots in Round 1. Actual money is also used to bid for spots in Round 2 and the draft order remains in that order from Round 2 on. So basically you are bidding for the top player you want on your team and then bidding again for your 2nd pick and your draft spot the rest of the way in this 30-round draft. All of that money is then used to pay off the weekly high scoring teams, 100 percent of it.
This league will be hosted by us in a Bellagio Penthouse Suite just before the Thursday Night NFL Opener between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks. Food and drink will be served during the Kickoff Gridiron and during the game. It should be a great, great way to kick off the season.
Anyway, here are the details. The 14 owners who participated last year get first dibs on spots, but if someone doesn't return the first to sign up gets in. Here's the details of the rules that KJ posted last year and the current signup list:
OVERVIEW
♦ Draft Champions format
♦ $1,000 entry fee to regular prize pool, $500 entry fee to side pool
♦ Sep 4, 1pm pacific time, Bellagio suite (prior to the NFL kickoff party)
♦ Bidding real money for draft slots during first two rounds.
♦ Top 3 season winners will be paid ($6500/3500/1500, based on 14 teams)
♦ Side pool ($7,000) plus all draft slot bidding money gets paid out 100% over 16 weeks to weekly winners
SLOT BIDDING
Bidding for slots (real money) in the first two rounds will go into the private pool ($0 min, $10 increments). We'll auction off pick #1, the winner will sit down and pick his player, then we'll auction pick #2, he'll make his pick, and so on for the first 2 rounds of the draft. You can have only one pick per round. Starting in round 3, it will become like a normal 3RR snake draft (backend starts round 3). Your round 2 slot at the table is where you'll stay for the rest of the draft.
The entire private pool is paid out incrementally to each week's high scoring team. It's like a skins game in golf. If we have a 14-team league there will be $7,000 in the private pool to begin, plus all bid amounts. Last season bidding totalled $5,400, so the side pool was $12,400, with a weekly high score payout (each week for NFL weeks 1-16) of $775. With a higher main prize pool this season, bidding is likely to go higher.
Register for the league and pay NFFC $1,000 for regular entry. Bring a check or cash to the draft for the private pool portion (or paypal). I'll collect private pool funds at the end of the draft, get everyone's mailing address and send checks out weekly.
NFFC GRIDIRON KICKOFF LEAGUE
Thursday, Sept. 4 1 pm PT
Bellagio, Las Vegas
1. Mark Moyer, Laurel, Maryland
2. JJ Stratton, Fort Collins, Colorado
3. KJ Duke, San Diego, California
4. Scott Stauffer, Naperville, Illinois
5. Scott Keikoan, Las Vegas, Nevada
6. Matthew Shepherd, Napa, California
7. Mark Srebro, York, Pennsylvania
8. Marc Meltzer, Jupiter, Florida
9. Reed Kasaoka, Amherst, New York
10. Steven Lucinski, Bilwin, Missouri
11. Bryan Steimetz, Las Vegas, Nevada
12. John Pausma, Tinley Park, Illinois
13. George Melbrod, Rancho Santa Fe, California
If you have interest in this league, contact me at [email protected]. Let's fill this league up early and plan for the perfect kickoff to the Las Vegas weekend. Thanks all and good luck.
Actual money is used to bid for spots in Round 1. Actual money is also used to bid for spots in Round 2 and the draft order remains in that order from Round 2 on. So basically you are bidding for the top player you want on your team and then bidding again for your 2nd pick and your draft spot the rest of the way in this 30-round draft. All of that money is then used to pay off the weekly high scoring teams, 100 percent of it.
This league will be hosted by us in a Bellagio Penthouse Suite just before the Thursday Night NFL Opener between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks. Food and drink will be served during the Kickoff Gridiron and during the game. It should be a great, great way to kick off the season.
Anyway, here are the details. The 14 owners who participated last year get first dibs on spots, but if someone doesn't return the first to sign up gets in. Here's the details of the rules that KJ posted last year and the current signup list:
OVERVIEW
♦ Draft Champions format
♦ $1,000 entry fee to regular prize pool, $500 entry fee to side pool
♦ Sep 4, 1pm pacific time, Bellagio suite (prior to the NFL kickoff party)
♦ Bidding real money for draft slots during first two rounds.
♦ Top 3 season winners will be paid ($6500/3500/1500, based on 14 teams)
♦ Side pool ($7,000) plus all draft slot bidding money gets paid out 100% over 16 weeks to weekly winners
SLOT BIDDING
Bidding for slots (real money) in the first two rounds will go into the private pool ($0 min, $10 increments). We'll auction off pick #1, the winner will sit down and pick his player, then we'll auction pick #2, he'll make his pick, and so on for the first 2 rounds of the draft. You can have only one pick per round. Starting in round 3, it will become like a normal 3RR snake draft (backend starts round 3). Your round 2 slot at the table is where you'll stay for the rest of the draft.
The entire private pool is paid out incrementally to each week's high scoring team. It's like a skins game in golf. If we have a 14-team league there will be $7,000 in the private pool to begin, plus all bid amounts. Last season bidding totalled $5,400, so the side pool was $12,400, with a weekly high score payout (each week for NFL weeks 1-16) of $775. With a higher main prize pool this season, bidding is likely to go higher.
Register for the league and pay NFFC $1,000 for regular entry. Bring a check or cash to the draft for the private pool portion (or paypal). I'll collect private pool funds at the end of the draft, get everyone's mailing address and send checks out weekly.
NFFC GRIDIRON KICKOFF LEAGUE
Thursday, Sept. 4 1 pm PT
Bellagio, Las Vegas
1. Mark Moyer, Laurel, Maryland
2. JJ Stratton, Fort Collins, Colorado
3. KJ Duke, San Diego, California
4. Scott Stauffer, Naperville, Illinois
5. Scott Keikoan, Las Vegas, Nevada
6. Matthew Shepherd, Napa, California
7. Mark Srebro, York, Pennsylvania
8. Marc Meltzer, Jupiter, Florida
9. Reed Kasaoka, Amherst, New York
10. Steven Lucinski, Bilwin, Missouri
11. Bryan Steimetz, Las Vegas, Nevada
12. John Pausma, Tinley Park, Illinois
13. George Melbrod, Rancho Santa Fe, California
If you have interest in this league, contact me at [email protected]. Let's fill this league up early and plan for the perfect kickoff to the Las Vegas weekend. Thanks all and good luck.
We could make this a $500 entry, $750, or more or less. Your call and we have the room if needed. 