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Yoni Bornstein of Thornhill, Ontario, Canada is one of 15 members competing in the NFBC Ultimate Auction League on Sunday, March 20th and now he's added the Mixed Auction League on Friday, March 18th at the New York Hilton to his weekend of fun. Yoni becomes the eighth owner to sign up for that even...

The interest continues in New York as we welcome our newest member to the growing NFBC family. Let's give it up for the tag team of Stephen Ranaghan and Geoff Sullivan of Winchester, Massachusetts, who will be drafting in the NFBC's main event at the New York Hilton on Saturday, March 19th. Stephen ...

Okay, I'm back from Phoenix and ready to fill up the NFBC's main event early this week. Let's get right to the signups as we're close to the light at the end of the tunnel. Let's welcome back our 153rd owner from the 2004 NFBC main event to our 2005 contest as Brant Goldsmith of New York City will c...

12 SPOTS LEFT!!! 6 in Las Vegas 4 in Chicago 2 in New York Our goal is to have full leagues in each city, but it's still first-come, first-serve. Keep 'em coming as we're at 288 officially signed owners, with a few tentative owners already on a list. Don't wait much longer if you want to get in.

Let's welcome another new member to our growing NFBC family as Tim Miller of Chicago, Illinois has just signed up for the NFBC's NL Auction League ($650 entry) in Chicago. We now have five owners for that event in Chicago and have room for eight more. Tim is new to our family of high-stakes events a...

We begin our 20th league in the NFBC's main event with the online signup of Sean Brinlee of Monrovia, California. Sean is new to our family of high-stakes events as he will be drafting at the Rio Hotel & Casino on Saturday, March 19th. That gives us 129 official owners in Las Vegas and 286 overall. ...

We have officially filled up our 19th NFBC league thanks to the return of our 152nd team from the 2004 event. Rob Conti of New York will return again to the NFBC's main event at the New York Hilton on Saturday, March 19th, giving us 101 owners in New York and 285 overall. We now have room for four m...

14 SPOTS LEFT IN THE MAIN EVENT!!!

6 in Las Vegas

4 in Chicago

4 in New York



I have three tentative signups in hand, so we're getting close. Again, with each city coming down perfectly, we'll stop at 300 and hopefully land on perfect numbers.

We've added another new auction league participant to our Las Vegas event as Roy T. Davis of Council Grove, Kansas has agreed to participate in the $650 Mixed Auction League at the Rio on Friday, March 18th. We now have 24 owners for that Mixed Auction League, leavingus with six open spots in that s...

We will not be mixing AL and NL leagues or AL and Mixed Leagues. People who signed up for each particular auction obviously have been preparing for those and if we don't reach full leagues in each city we'll: 1) Try to do a two-city teleconference auction if the participants agree to that. Anyone wh...

Okay, we now have 26 owners who have stated they are willing to compete in the $1,250 NL Auction League in Las Vegas on Friday morning, March 18th at the Rio. Tom will try to call the following owners to make sure they are making the switch: Dave Cushard Todd Zola John Crane Henry Cantrell Wayne Bar...

Okay, with Dave Cushard moving over to the $1,250 NL Auction League, we now have 26 owners for that event in Las Vegas. Let me contact all of those $650 guys who said they'd move over to $1,250 soon and finalize those two leagues. We now have 26 for the Friday 9 a.m. $1,250 NL Auction Leagues and se...

We now have an even 100 owners in the NFBC's main event in New York thanks to the arrival of our 151st returning member from 2004. Let's give it up for Justin Esposito, who teamed with Dave Cushard last year to win New York League 5. Justin's dad, Joe, and brother, Daniel, also had a team in Chicago...

Scott Tilley of Georgia has also decided to switch his entry in the NL Auction League in Las Vegas from $650 to $1,250. We now have 25 owners who would be willing to compete in the $1,250 NL Auction League, leaving us with one open spot there. However, I feel bad right now because our $650 NL Auctio...

Okay, I have a little juggling to do this morning, but it's all good. Anthony Powell and Mike Matthews of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had originally signed up for the $1,250 NL Auction League in New York, but they remained the only team entry for that one and they could see the handwriting on the wal...

Originally posted by Nevadaman: Tom, This year the NFBC took a great leap forward by expanding from 195 to 300 teams (we'll get there in a week or so) - not to mention the huge increase in the auctions. What will next year's goal be, 450 teams? That's a good question and one we probably won't be abl...

Okay, the Eagle has landed in Phoenix and I'm just now going through all of my e-mails and phone messages. I don't have any online signups to add to the list at this point, but we should be down to 17 open spots for the main event as Justin Esposito has said he will be returning this year to the New...

Herb Eroh is already signed up for the NFBC's main event in Las Vegas, but today he decided to add to his weekend of fun by including an entry in the $1,250 NL Auction League at the Rio Hotel & Casino on Friday, March 18th. Herb becomes the 23rd owner to show an interest in that league, so we're on ...

I'm going to be flying to Phoenix today to participate in the USA Today LABR Auction Leagues, so trying to contact me at the office is going to be impossible over the next four days. If you definitely need to get a hold of me, call my cell phone at 702-239-9449. I definitely don't want to miss anyon...

Just to clarify, we will not pick draft spots for any individual city before the others. We will pick all 300 draft spots by city at the same time once we've reached 300 and finalized payment for everyone. I'm sure it will be about a day after the signups are in before we announce the draft position...

Okay, we're making a little progress on the auction leagues in New York, so let's keep it going. Our latest new member to the growing NFBC family is Steve Lerner of Poughkeepsie, New York, who has signed up to compete in the NL Auction League ($650 entry fee) at the New York Hilton on Friday morning...

Okay, we have a good shot at closing out our 19th full NFBC league today as we're now at 282 total signups thanks to the addition of another new member to the growing NFBC family. Let's welcome David Alfaro of Riverside, California, who has signed up to compete at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas...

Yeah, Cellar Dwellers, it was a long night last night!!! I was trying to take signups while competing in an NL-only online experts league auction. I got Carlos Beltran, but screwed up the announcement of that signup! He's definitely coming to New York and it's fixed now. Thanks for the catch. As for...

18 SPOTS LEFT IN THE MAIN EVENT!!!

7 spots left in Las Vegas

4 spots left in Chicago

7 spots left in New York

Originally posted by Top Dawg: Greg - I guess NYC is "locked in" but boy, I can't help but think Atlantic City would have been a little better. Those of us drafting are the types that like to gamble too. It's also a little closer to my home in Monmouth County NJ :D Pete I worked at the National Spor...