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As everyone knows, I'm indebted to the original NFFC members who gave me access to their credit cards when the NFFC was nothing more than a pipedream. Their loyalty to the high-stakes fantasy football concept and trust in us here allowed the NFFC to go forward as planned in 2004 and to lose a good chunk of money!! Without those original 224 teams, we wouldn't be here today.

This year is our fifth year of the NFFC and we will honor our original members who have been with us all five years by providing a special NFFC hat for them. We'll hand them out on Draft Day and let those folks stand out from the crowd. You can even have your team name inscripted on the side of the hat, free of charge. Just e-mail me at [email protected] what you want inscripted and I'll provide that for you. Thanks everyone.

If you want additional hats, the cost is $20 per hat. I'll spring for the first one and if you want more just let me know and we'll add it to your bill at the end of the year.

I haven't picked out a color for the hats yet and will gladly take suggestions on this thread. We used black for the NFBC with gold lettering and had the NFBC logo on the front with CHARTER MEMBER inscribed below and a nice NFBC logo on the back with 2004-2008 stitched below that. We'll do a similar format for our NFFC members. Rick Gromek of The Maine Thread is doing this for us and he may have images of the NFBC hats at www.themainethread.com.

I'll keep an updated list of our returning 5-year members as they sign up, so all can see who was there first and who is coming back for NFFC V. If I somehow missed your name, just post here and I'll add you to the list. Thanks all.

NFFC ORIGINAL MEMBERS 2004-2008
1. Rick Thomas, Lewes, Delaware (LV)
2. Shawn Childs, Forestdale, Massachusetts (LV)
3. Matthew Bauler, Memphis, Tennessee (LV)
4. Billy Wasosky, Richmond, Virginia (LV)
5. Mark Moyer, Laurel, Maryland (LV)
6. Robert Zarzycki, Hewitt, New Jersey (LV)
7. Randy Barbour, Cockeysville, Maryland (LV)
8. Jim Pieper, Longmont, Colorado (LV)
9. Kyle Pope, Shelby Township, Michigan (LV)
10. Will Tyrer, Beverly Hills, California (LV)
11. Matthew Bayley, Urbana, Maryland (NY)
12. Frank Ferreira, Nashua, New Hampshire (phone)
13. Michael Edelman, Elmwood, New Jersey (NY)
14. Salvatore Vella, Staten Island, New York (NY)
15. Jeff Clampitt, Plainfield, Indiana (CHI)
16. Donald Thompson, Sterling Heights, Michigan (CHI)
17. George Kleemann, Palatine, Illinois (CHI)
18. Chris Schinker, West Allis, Wisconsin (CHI)
19. Glenn Karant, Plantation, Florida (ORL)
20. Rick Hart, Jupiter, Florida (ORL)
21. William Hare, Cumming, Georgia (ORL)
22. Jonathan Lueth, Modesto, California (LV)
23. Mike Valdora, Brick, New Jersey (LV)
24. Andy Langwald, West Bloomfield, Michigan (LV)
25. Kevin Dukesherer, San Diego, California (LV)
26. Scott Stauffer, Duluth, Minnesota (CHI)
27. Kenrol Paynter & Stan McLaren, McDonough, Georgia (LV)
28. Carlos Perez, Ontario, California (LV)
29. Stanley Agbulos, Riverside, California (LV)
30. Mike Ferre, Peoria, Illinois (CHI)
31. James Mack, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania (NY)
32. Thomas Greenwald, Hoffman Estates, Illinois (CHI)
33. Scott Newman, Princeton, New Jersey (NY)
34. John Zaleski, Mission Viejo, California (LV)
35. Dave Cushard, Jackson, Michigan (LV)
36. Glenn Schroter, Whitestone, New York (LV)
37. Ken St. George, Cortland Manor, New York (NY)
38. Ted Kasten, Chicago, Illinois (CHI)
39. Marty Bedell, Poughkeepsie, New York (NY)
40. Richard Duewel, Moline, Illinois (CHI)
41. Darren Eliason, Beulah, North Dakota (LV)
42. David Fisher, Smithtown, New York (LV)
43. Ken Magner, Freehold, New Jersey (ORL)
44. Bill Ezzell, Bedford, Texas (LV)
45. Jay O'Neill, Temecula, California (LV)
46. Bill Opiola, Mosinee, Wisconsin (CHI)
47. Marc Quitsch, Staten Island, New York (NY)
48. Johnny Frisella, Exeter, Rhode Island (LV)
49. Mark Griffith, Powhatan, Virginia (NY)
50. Mark Lally, Sanger, California (LV)
51. Jason Emma, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (ORL)
52. Joe Fitzpatrick, Sterling Heights, Michigan (CHI)
53. Greg Morgan, Westerville, Ohio (LV)
54. James Tracy, Batavia, Illinois (CHI)
55. Michael Ambicki, Middlesex, New Jersey (NY)
56. Eric Lundquist, Elk River, Minnesota (CHI)
57. Anthony Gambuzza, Wayne, New Jersey (NY)
58. Bret & Nancy Borg, Mesa, Arizona (LV)
59. Frank Mammola, North White Plains, New York (NY)
60. Jon Clift, Lees Summitt, Missouri (LV)
61. Lonny Graves, Columbia, Missouri (LV)
62. Michael Newbert, College Point, New York (NY)
63. Henry Cantrell, Raleigh, North Carolina (phone)
64. Kevin Cummings, New York City (NY)
65. Mike Cameron, Encinitas, California (LV)
66. Jim Jensen, Fairchild, Wisconsin (CHI)
67. Erik Newman, St. Paul, Minnesota (LV)
68. Paul LeMarbre, Waukesha, Wisconsin (CHI)
69. John Piontek, Orlando, Florida (ORL)
70. Joseph Jefferson, Denver, Colorado (LV)
71. Pete Wakely, Downers Grove, Illinois (CHI)
72. Eddie Gillis, Jamestown, Rhode Island (NY)
73. Ken Norred, Ashland, Alabama (LV)
74. Adam Miller, New York City (NY)
75. Julian Curry, New York City (NY)
76. Mark Srebro, York, Pennsylvania (LV)
77. Harold Goodman, Tarzana, California (LV)
78. Karch Adonis, Scottsdale, Arizona (LV)
79. Philip McDonald, Huntsville, Alabama (LV)
80. David Zwickel, New York City (NY)
81. Don Ezzell, North Richland Hills, Texas (LV)
82. Drew Masse, Illinois (CHI)
83. Sean Brinlee, Monrovia, California (LV)
84. Robert Liewald, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (NY)
85. Gary Winner, Buffalo Grove, Illinois (CHI)
86. Don Jagoda, Sterling Heights, Michigan (phone)
87. Jeff Dobies, Farmingville, New York (phone)
88. Mike Ward, Samford, Florida (ORL)
89. Alan Narz, Casselberry, Florida (ORL)
90. Barry Harcus, Scottsdale, Arizona (LV)
91. Scott Keikoan, Las Vegas, Nevada (LV)
92. Jack Lyons, Phoenix, Arizona (LV)
93. Pete Lukowicz, Manalapan, New Jersey (LV)
94. Stephen Jupinka, Waldwick, New Jersey (NY)
95. Jeff Bartkowiak, Phoenix, Arizona (LV)
96. Kamel Haddad, Bakersfield, California (phone)
97. Kevin LaCour, Prairieville, Louisiana (phone)
98. Tom Spinoso, Madison, Wisconsin (CHI)
99. Richie Primo, Sewell, New Jersey (NY)
100. William del Pilar, Escondido, California (ORL)
101. Steven Nover, Henderson, Nevada (LV)
102. Will Robertson, Sparta, New Jersey (phone)

That's 102 out of our original 224 members who are back for a fifth straight season of competition. If I've missed anyone who has signed up already, let me know. You'll need to sign up by August 1st for us to get the inscriptions on your hat. Thanks all and good luck in NFFC V.

[ August 19, 2008, 07:51 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

We're glad to add our 24th original NFFC member back for the 2008 event as Andy Langwald will be joining us in Las Vegas for the first time after four years in the Windy City. Welcome to Sin City Andy!!!

Welcome back Scott Stauffer and Carlos Perez for NFBC V. We're glad to have two more loyal members back for a fifth straight season of action.

that's really cool

thanks Greg

We're up to 30 original members now returning for the 2008 NFFC. Welcome back: Kenrol Paynter & Stan McLaren of McDonough, Georgia (LV), Stanley and Alfred Agbulos of Riverside, California (LV); and Mike Ferre and Darryl Lechniak of Peoria, Illinois. Welcome back guys!!!

We now have 31 original NFFC members back for 2008 as we welcome back James Mack of Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania. James is a former NFFC champ who has made the Championship Round a few times during our first four years. Good stuff and welcome back James.

We welcome our 32nd original member back to the NFFC for 2008 as Thomas Greenwald of Hoffman Estates, Illinois will be returning to the Windy City this year. Thomas just signed up last night for two live events. Welcome back Thomas and good luck!!

Three more NFFC original members signed up today for a fifth straight season of competition, earning a nice hat!! Welcome back guys as we now have 35 five-year members back in 2008 with more to come.

My good buddy Glenn Schroter -- King of Queens -- is back in a big way for a fifth season of competition, but more importantly he's returning as a first-time member of our Las Vegas fraternity!! Glenn has done nine straight NFBC and NFFC main events in New York, but the Fisher Party is luring him to Sin City this year!! We're glad to have Glenn with us in Las Vegas as he will compete in both $1,300 NFFC events in Las Vegas, and the ultimate doubleheader on Saturday with the NFFC and NBC Sports main events. Man, this is going to be some fun this season!!! Welcome to my twice-annual home, homey!!! See ya there.

Please remind me of the prerequisites/requirements to attend the Fisher Party...thanks.