It was hard work, but someone had to do it. Now that we're back in the office, we'd like to update everyone on the status of our NFFC leagues. Interest has been great so far, but it's time to sell this baby out. We're getting there. Here's the progress report.
1. Our absolute signup deadline is midnight on Sunday, Aug. 26th. However, if we sell out all 364 spots before then, we could stop taking applications. Thus, it's first-come, first-serve on all of the leagues, so don't wait until the final minute to secure your entry. If you snooze, you lose.
2. We will announce the draft picks for the main event after we sell out or on Monday, Aug. 27th at the very latest. We'll announce the KDS deadline as we get closer to the deadline, but right now I'd say to have your preferences set by Aug. 20th and we'll go from there. For some of the Friday events that are sold out, we will pick draft orders in the next few weeks.
3. We are hitting the credit cards this week, starting today. It will take a few days to run all of these through, so don't panic if you don't see a charge right away. We'll get it done. If we still need a valid credit card from you, expect an e-mail and/or call from Tom this week.
4. We currently have over 270 paid signups for the main event, which means we have just over 90 available spots left. I have several signups on my desk that just need a credit card to make them official, so in reality we have less than 90 spots left. We had 322 teams last year, so there's no question this will be a record year for us.
5. The main event looks like this right now:
Las Vegas -- 101 teams, working on the 8th league there
New York -- 81 teams (we had 126 last year and will get late signups)
Chicago -- 60 teams, working on our 5th league
Tampa -- 29 teams, three more signups coming on Wednesday, should get three leagues there
6. There is good response for the auction leagues as we're working on three leagues in Las Vegas, two in New York and one in Chicago and Tampa. We will get two full Draft Champions Leagues in Las Vegas, we have one already in New York and we'll get a full one in Chicago, too.
7. We already have one full Ultimate League and we have five signups for a second Ultimate League. I'd even run a 12-team Ultimate League if we could fill that second one that way, so stay in touch if you have interest in that. I don't need money for this one right now, just commitments.
8. Our Satellite Leagues are picking up more interest each day as we get a dozen or so signups each day for the 30+ leagues being offered. We're also going to add another $500 league on Thursday, Aug. 23rd and we may add a few satellite leagues during the week of Sept. 4-6. Stay tuned for that. But check out the signup thread if you want to know how many owners are in each league and get in a league that will fill soon.
Remember that all NFFC draft leagues -- live events and satellites -- are using 3RR/KDS. That means that you set your draft preferences after you sign up and then the draft reverses in the third round. We go 1-14 in Round 1, 14-1 in Round 2 and back to 14-1 in Round 3. From there it continues in serpentine fashion (1-14, 14-1). This format is working fine for the satellite leagues and should work great for the live events as well.
All of the magazines have been mailed to those who requested them. If you want the six magazines we offered right now, just e-mail me at [email protected] and we'll get them out to you as long as you're willing to pay the $10 shipping charge. Enjoy.
Okay, that's the update and I'll likely e-mail this to all past competitors too. Tom and I will be very active on the message boards these next three weeks and were grounded here until the Aug. 24-25 ESPN Fantasy Football Championship in Chicago. See ya there.