Dear Mr. Fantasy
I know is only the end of June. I know that meaningless pre-season games don't start for another 2 months and that September is still a long ways off. But, a couple days ago, 2008 Fantasy Football Leagues on ESPN were allowed to be re-activated!
As commissioner and reigning league champ, this news put a little pep in my step. It was refreshing and downright rewarding to see that all my off season research and preparation last year allowed me to claim first place by demolishing the rest of the guys in the league. I've already done a considerable amount of preparation already (in fact my initial research took place some several months ago, possibly when there was still snow on the ground.) This game has become a borderline obsession for me, and for the others in the league as well.
This year, like pretty much every year, there has been a few shakeups. I booted out two people from the league to make room for some better ones, and as always, I continue to tweak the rules in an effort to make the scoring system and everything as fair as possible.
As previously discussed with some of the league members, I'm looking to make this years draft more of an extended event than a dine and dash scenario. I think also, I might need some one to be my assistant. Not for my fantasy squad, but as a commissioner's assistant for draft day. Its very difficult to announce all the picks and keep track of who's on the clock/how much time they have left while managing my own drafting process by keeping track of who's still available and so forth. Ideally, I'd love to get my hand on a projector to hook up to a lap top and have some one there to type out all the picks as they happen which would hopefully reduce the number of instances of repeat picks. Also my assistant would be in charge of the round timer and would most likely announce picks after the 2nd round, allowing me to concentrate more on building an unstoppable dynasty.
On that note I must go cut the grass then get ready for the Sloan concert tonight. Surely, this will not be the only or last entry I make regarding fantasy, so be forewarned. If you're not in the league but want to be, too bad. However, I'm all for creating one or more other leagues. I have the time/money.
