Introducing NFFC '60s For 2011

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:09 am

We introduced $50 Satellite Leagues a few years back to get more folks drafting earlier in the off-season and another site even said they loved the idea so much they had to steal the idea and tweak it as their own. I guess that was a compliment. We abandoned that plan the last two years under Fanball, but I want to bring the idea back with a special new twist.

As a former league bowler, I know how accustomed you get to planning to bowl each week. It becomes a regular activity you do with the same guys, drinking the same beers and having the same fun. Smack talk is involved, beer frames are involved, and personal high games are also achieved.

I want to duplicate "Bowling Night In the NFFC" with affordable satellite leagues, deep practice leagues, good prizes and little in-season management. I think they will be great practice drafts for a low price and a good return. So with that in mind we're introducing the "NFFC '60s."

NFFC '60s are NFFC Classic-style Draft Champions Leagues with an entry fee of $60 and 60-second draft time limits. They will be quicker than most satellite leagues and contain optimal scoring lineups during the season. What you draft is what you get. We will schedule these once or twice per week depending on the demand of our members and always host these on those nights. When we get 14 teams, we'll close out bowling night and plan for the next one or next week. Simple enough. You tell me what day of the week (or days of the week) and times work best and I'll set it up starting in late May or early June. We'll host them until demand stops or exceeds expectations.

We can do these as Winner-Take-Alls for $675, or Pay Top 3 with something like $480 for first (8x), $120 for second and $75 for third. We can tweak that as everyone sees fit, but I'm trying to reward first a big chunk for the low entry fee. You get the idea.

We can do some that play out during the season if people want those too, but right now the idea is to draft and go home. Easy and fun for $60 in a 14-team format so that we go deep and give you a lot of players to consider.

As for the time limit, I'm not worried about that because our draft software will allow you to set a default list of YOUR CHOOSING and then copy that into every satellite league after that. It will be an easy copy feature so that the list of players in your draft room will be your list, which means you should be able to find your next choice rather quickly. Plus the draft software had few hiccups in baseball and we are confident that things will run smoothly immediately for football. 60 seconds will be enough time to pick on bowling night.

Let me know what you think and we'll get this set up soon. We are working on the finished draft software now and hope to unveil this soon. Tom is working on the default list of players and we have the software done thanks to baseball. We'll definitely wait until after the NFL Draft to unveil things, but we're not far away from drafting.

Thanks for any feedback you can give us. We're getting excited about the upcoming football season as you can see. Now let's hope for a labor agreement soon. Thanks for considering the NFFC '60s and be ready to draft.

Route Collectors · Post by **Route Collectors** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:27 am

You can sign me up for the 1st one right now!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:31 am

Originally posted by Route C:
You can sign me up for the 1st one right now! You didn't say what night you can bowl!!

Max Factor · Post by **Max Factor** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:15 am

I can only draft on the days that end in "y"

SS · Post by SS » Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:45 pm

Great idea Greg and Tom! Sign me up too, just let me know which dates and times you have available.

pizzatyme · Post by **pizzatyme** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:32 am

Finally!

I'll be sure to hop into these. Any chance of some 12 teamers too? Good prep for those playing in the 12-team formats later on.

boutrous11 · Post by **boutrous11** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:16 am

start em up now!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:26 am

Originally posted by Just Russ:
Finally!

I'll be sure to hop into these. Any chance of some 12 teamers too? Good prep for those playing in the 12-team formats later on. Yes, we'll do 12-teamers too as demand warrants it. STATS is going to get the draft software set for us soon and once the NFL Draft is complete we'll have a list of new players and their Player IDs in the system. We don't want to start drafts until we have those IDs set in stone. Shortly after that we'll get these private $60 satellite leagues going and get some content rolling. The ADPs will be available to our members and we'll discuss how that will happen soon.

Nobody has told me what day of the week to host these on. I can pick a few dates once we get rolling and see if we can fill, but let me know if Sunday nights or Tuesday nights or another night works best. 7 pm ET or 9 pm ET or both? We want to have lots of weekly fun and keep folks coming back here for months before the live drafts begin. Thanks all.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:27 am

Originally posted by Max Factor:
I can only draft on the days that end in "y" I do like this post Jeff!!!

POST OF THE WEEK!!!

pizzatyme · Post by **pizzatyme** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:32 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
quote:Originally posted by Just Russ:
Finally!

I'll be sure to hop into these. Any chance of some 12 teamers too? Good prep for those playing in the 12-team formats later on. Yes, we'll do 12-teamers too as demand warrants it. STATS is going to get the draft software set for us soon and once the NFL Draft is complete we'll have a list of new players and their Player IDs in the system. We don't want to start drafts until we have those IDs set in stone. Shortly after that we'll get these private $60 satellite leagues going and get some content rolling. The ADPs will be available to our members and we'll discuss how that will happen soon.

Nobody has told me what day of the week to host these on. I can pick a few dates once we get rolling and see if we can fill, but let me know if Sunday nights or Tuesday nights or another night works best. 7 pm ET or 9 pm ET or both? We want to have lots of weekly fun and keep folks coming back here for months before the live drafts begin. Thanks all. [/QUOTE]Any night but the weekends for me. I travel weekly, so I'm in a hotel room, so it's either Dancing with the Stars or FF drafts...need I say more? If you're looking for a preference, I'll toss out Tues/Weds nights.