Chicago Venue apology/stance

chris456 · Post by **chris456** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:53 pm

Fellas, 1st I'd (chris) like to wish everyone good luck this year. Have some competitive teams and a lot of parity out there!

Second, Fanball did a great job in Chicago. For ANYONE to sit and say that Fanball was "egging on our team" is just flat-out full of crap. And for those who don't agree w/ them asking to interview us after the 2nd draft, they did it for the right reason. As Greg pointed out, we have won Championships the last 2 seasons. The interview wasn't done to "boast and/or brag." We were approached with the idea of getting our feedback on the drafts, so we delivered. AGAIN, fanball didn't approach us looking to "add fuel to the fire."

Now, with regards to the noise, I will be the 1st to agree that we were prolly too loud. And NO, it wasn't because of the alcohol. Those who guessed us to be 30 are correct, and we can hold our liquor as we aren't in high school. The truth is this: we do these LIVE drafts to have a blast, see the other owners, and to talk some FUN smack.

As a few posters have pointed out, had people asked us to quiet down, we absolutely would have. Our goal is to have fun and compete as well as network and make new friends. In no way, shape, or form were we loud or disrespectful to ANYONE on purpose. Jerks are the worst!

I want to clarify for EVERYONE as to what happened with the other owner asking to be moved. When I first sat down, I nicely asked the gentleman how he was doing and if he was ready for the draft. The response I got was, "Bro, not to be a dick, but please don't talk to me." Sorry fellas, but that just didn't seem like good "Sportsmanship" to me. And before his 2nd pick, he asked to switch sides because of "noise." The funny thing is that 3 or 4 teams approached us and said they couldn't even hear us talking. Regardless, we apologize .... Blame us, but do NOT blame Fanball. Even the Fanball guys said we weren't even that loud at the beginning (when the guy asked to be moved).

Yes, we have 3 owners. And yes, there was PLENTY of room for everyone at the tables. There wasn't ONE team that had to sacrifice "comfortable space" to accomodate us. Lets put that to rest right now.

To sum it up, we want to apologize to any team that was truly upset w/ the level of noise that we brought to the drafts. As I think most of you know, we only want to make it a fun day w/ some good razzin'.

Next year we'll be sure to make it up to everyone and make a conscious effort to hold down ANY/ALL extra outside noise.

And for what its worth, Mike did ask us to keep it down during the 2nd draft at one point.

Good luck to all, and again fellas, please accept our apologies if we were too disruptive to the point where your "good time" was compromised.

Sincerely,

Chris, Dan, Brett

Coltsfan · Post by **Coltsfan** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:45 pm

Very nice post Chris!

Wayne

Raiders · Post by **Raiders** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:03 am

There's always two sides to a story. From what I heard, I wish I was in that League. The way players slid.

Good Luck,

John

mikeybok · Post by **mikeybok** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:10 am

Nicely Done Chris.

Some people might want a serious (quiet) draft.

Most don't (I don't). It's more fun with some noise as long as it doesn't mess up others ... it just needs to be kept in check sometimes (maybe a good chop block to the knees would have done the trick )

Big Mike (#4 Favre!)

pizzatyme · Post by **pizzatyme** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:12 am

It's all good. Let's move on.

Raiders · Post by **Raiders** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:13 am

Originally posted by Ugly Yellow Tomatoes:
Nicely Done Chris.

Some people might want a serious (quiet) draft.

Most don't (I don't). It's more fun with some noise as long as it doesn't mess up others ... it just needs to be kept in check sometimes (maybe a good chop block to the knees would have done the trick )

Big Mike (#4 Favre!) Some down time would be nice, the guy next to me in League 4(Prome Time) NYC seat 5, would not shut up. But it was all in Good Fun.

John

joetreff · Post by **joetreff** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:25 am

[/QUOTE]Some down time would be nice, the guy next to me in League 4(Prome Time) NYC seat 5, would not shut up. But it was all in Good Fun.

John [/QB][/quote]

Did the loudest guy I've ever met at NFFC actually just say this?

KOTRAX · Post by **KOTRAX** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:10 am

NICELY DONE CHRIS AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU GUYS THIS YEAR!!!

LETS ALL HAVE SOME FUN AND LETS KEEP CHICAGO AND GREAT DRAFTING VENUE!!!

danimal10 · Post by **danimal10** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:58 am

My partner Chris couldn't have said it any better....

We come to draft well, and play hard, fast, fair and fun....While we are midwestern boys, we probably run a little hotter than most of the other drafters....and if we are a little intense it's cause we are confident in our abilities but certainly don't ever intend to ruin anyone else's good time. And we don't intend to give out any more razzin than we can't take back all in good fun!

In fact we went around to quite a few of the folks we know from previous drafts (and even some we didn't know yet to try and make sure we were't going over the line in anybody's opinion) and the consensus that we got was that everything was cool. However that said, for anyone who was really and truly offended, I will second my partners's apology as well as ask that if you really have an issue to discuss further you send us a private message and we'd be happy to carry on a civil convo that way to make sure there are no hard feelings.

I know the FanBall guys and the NFFC guys put a ton of time into setting up and administrating these drafts and not only do we want to give a great shout out to the guys for hosting an excellent event we also want to make sure there are no hard feelings, either from NFFC/Fanball staff or players/participants/co owners.

Good luck this year to everyone and I would simply ask that at next years draft take the time to come up and get to know us and say hey! We are always down to chat football, baseball, girls, politics, current events or whatever else and have a great laugh and would much rather prefer that everyone in the room is having fun and that we are only a part of the fun, not a detraction from the fun. Hey if nothing else you guys all have a great story to tell right?!!

Good luck in 2009 and see you in 2010!

Dan

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:56 am

Wow. How can you argue with that. I never read the part about the owner asking NOT to talk to him...Let sleeping dogs lie...Now play ball!