Hi Everyone.
Are you getting ready for another exciting football season? Now that I've had my first draft (yes, I realize it's only June), I will soon be blogging on a regular basis again. I have the rough draft of my first article done, so it should be ready to post shortly.
Welcome back! I hope to keep you entertained and informed throughout the fantasy football season.
Scooter
Monday, June 28
Changing Contests
For those of you who enjoyed following my blogs from the FFOC contest, they will be no more. Instead, I will be participating in a brand new fantasy football contest called the PFFWC (Progress Fantasy Football World Championship).
Before informing you about the PFFWC, I want to take time to thank Poised to Stomp for running the FFOC the past two years. It's sad to see a good contest go away, but that just means new opportunities for smaller contests to grow. Although the million dollar grand prize attracted most players, I think the uniqueness of the FFOC cut line and live scoring is what made it so great.
When it seemed obvious that the FFOC was not going to have a 3rd year, one of the loyal participants decided to use his knowledge and business savvy to try his own hand at running a fantasy football contest. The PFFWC is smartly mirroring much of the format the FFOC had. The two main differences are the payouts and the business structure.
The PFFWC does not have the capital to guarantee such a large grand prize. However, as the contest grows, so will the prize fund. This "progressive" pot is unique and assures the business that the contest can run for many years regardless of the number of entries they receive. I hope that in 5 years, the contest is one of the more popular national contests resulting in top prizes in the hundreds of thousand dollar range.
The main reason I support this contest is because of the personal contact and communication. The owner is heavily active in the chat rooms looking for ways to make the contest better. He is also forthright about timelines and any issues they are working to debug. Because they are developing the software from scratch, the technical issues and look and feel will be a work in progress. I just hope the growing pains aren't so bad that they lose customers over this.
The overhead is low since it's just a few people doing all of the work right now. That means more of your entry fee is going towards prizes rather than administrative costs. With guaranteed league and overall prize money, I'm confident that this contest will give fantasy owners the best value for their money. With entries @ $100 per team and a chance to win over $3000, I think it's pretty good odds (based on roughly 120 entries). If the number of entries grows, your odds at winning the grand prize will shrink, but the ratio of the top prizes compared to your entry fee will go up considerably with the progressive pot format.
I like to see small businesses succeed, especially when they are more about making relationships and happy customers more than they are about making money. If you think you have what it takes to win at fantasy football, I strongly suggest you check out the PFFWC (www.pffwc.com)!
Before informing you about the PFFWC, I want to take time to thank Poised to Stomp for running the FFOC the past two years. It's sad to see a good contest go away, but that just means new opportunities for smaller contests to grow. Although the million dollar grand prize attracted most players, I think the uniqueness of the FFOC cut line and live scoring is what made it so great.
When it seemed obvious that the FFOC was not going to have a 3rd year, one of the loyal participants decided to use his knowledge and business savvy to try his own hand at running a fantasy football contest. The PFFWC is smartly mirroring much of the format the FFOC had. The two main differences are the payouts and the business structure.
The PFFWC does not have the capital to guarantee such a large grand prize. However, as the contest grows, so will the prize fund. This "progressive" pot is unique and assures the business that the contest can run for many years regardless of the number of entries they receive. I hope that in 5 years, the contest is one of the more popular national contests resulting in top prizes in the hundreds of thousand dollar range.
The main reason I support this contest is because of the personal contact and communication. The owner is heavily active in the chat rooms looking for ways to make the contest better. He is also forthright about timelines and any issues they are working to debug. Because they are developing the software from scratch, the technical issues and look and feel will be a work in progress. I just hope the growing pains aren't so bad that they lose customers over this.
The overhead is low since it's just a few people doing all of the work right now. That means more of your entry fee is going towards prizes rather than administrative costs. With guaranteed league and overall prize money, I'm confident that this contest will give fantasy owners the best value for their money. With entries @ $100 per team and a chance to win over $3000, I think it's pretty good odds (based on roughly 120 entries). If the number of entries grows, your odds at winning the grand prize will shrink, but the ratio of the top prizes compared to your entry fee will go up considerably with the progressive pot format.
I like to see small businesses succeed, especially when they are more about making relationships and happy customers more than they are about making money. If you think you have what it takes to win at fantasy football, I strongly suggest you check out the PFFWC (www.pffwc.com)!
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