OK, now that we got Football out of the Way . .

BorderBrat · Post by **BorderBrat** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:30 pm

What about some Hoops drafts ?

Will you have any live or Satellite Hoops leagues this year?

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:44 pm

LOL, I was thinking the same thing today, but didn't dare bring it up yet. Give these folks a well deserved break for AT LEAST this week.

After that, let's bother Greg about this on a daily basis.

Dave Clum · Post by **Dave Clum** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:43 am

Do not forget the frozen pond.

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:24 am

Originally posted by DiamondKing:
Do not forget the frozen pond. How could he not forget? The rest of America already has!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:01 am

Originally posted by BorderBrat:
What about some Hoops drafts ?

Will you have any live or Satellite Hoops leagues this year? I met with STATS, Inc. this week in Las Vegas and we already have to ball rolling for basketball, no pun intended. I will only do it with STATS and I will only do it with a license from the NBA. As you guys know, last year the NBA denied me a license because they don't like the high-stakes idea. The CDM decision would seem to show us that you don't need a license, but STATS is the NBA's statistical partner and they can't run an unlicensed game and Krause Publications would just as soon have the NBA's best graces, too. So we're trying to nail down Step 1 and then get the game going.

Cost would be $600 again and we'd shoot for around 96 teams (8 leagues of 12 teams each). The grand prize wouldn't be huge, but the framework would be set and in subsequent years we'd grow from this. It would be an online draft this year and in future years we may go with a combination of live and online as I don't see us going just live in the very near future for basketball. Sound good?

Hockey is a possibility in 2007. I am already having talks with a Canadian media company as there's no way I could promote this alone. The goal there is to get a plan and game in place for next year (and maybe even this year's playoffs) and do it right.

I have not forgotten the other sports and I am talking with other companies to help me. Tom and I are getting a little thin with our time, but the goal is still to be the high-stakes leader in all of the major sports.

BorderBrat · Post by **BorderBrat** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:49 pm

Any chance of one cheaper league for us cheapskate satellite types?