NFBC Main Event Now Has 275+ Signups: Less Than 115 Left!!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:17 am

Just a quick update that the NFBC Main Event is now halfway full, with 195 signups in the system with a goal of 390 teams in 2011. That's 13 full leagues with a goal of 26 leagues!!! Last year we had 29 full leagues and at this pace we may reach or top that total. Let's keep it going.

Of those 195 signups, 75 are for the first weekend, which means we have 5 full leagues during that first weekend. Last year we had 120 teams that first weekend and again we are on a similar pace this year. Keep 'em coming.

The signups are very encouraging at a time when there was uncertainty for this event. There shouldn't be any uncertainty now as everything is in place for 2011 to be our best season ever and with STATS now in place as our back-end software partner. More details on all of that in the next two weeks, but again everything is in place for a smooth transition of ownership.

Thanks all for your patience and your support. We have something special here and it's obviously going to continue for a long, long time. Thanks.

[ February 24, 2011, 05:53 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:40 am

Just a quick update that we had a fabulous week of signups as owners are transitioning from football to baseball and seeing that the NFBC is on solid ground. We now have more than 210 Main Event signups, including 80+ for that first weekend. Our goal is 390 signups, so we are well on our way to a seventh straight sellout. We can secure your spot if you have your travel plans ready and remember that we definitely won't hit any credit cards before Feb. 20th now. Thanks all.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:34 am

Thanks for keeping Tom busy this weekend with all of the email signups and we are updating the official signup list now. We now have almost 230 Main Event signups, leaving us with around 160 spots to go. Remember that we are shooting for only 390 Main Event spots this year, so don't delay. Thanks all and just email Tom at [email protected] if you want to secure a spot in any event and on the 19th we'll have the Registration page back up.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:12 am

Keep 'em coming folks!! You're emailing Tom to death with new signup info and I'm loving it!!

240+ now for the Main Event even with Registration closed. Just keep emailing Tom at [email protected] and by Saturday we should be up and running with the new Registration page. Thanks all.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:26 am

Just a heads up that we now have 100 signups for the Main Event on the first weekend. We have to start watching that number as we get closer to March 19th and make sure we keep multiples of 15 overall and ideally in each city. That means that we can certainly take 5 more teams to reach 105 and eight full leagues and then after that we'll try to get each city to a perfect number.

Just keep that in mind once we get the Registration live again. If you want to secure a spot in the first weekend Main Event, contact me at [email protected] or Tom at [email protected] and we'll secure that spot for you.

Last year we had 120 Main Event teams on the first weekend enroute to a total of 435 Main Event teams. This is a good sign indeed. Thanks all.

Here's a quick look at that signup list:

2011 NATIONAL FANTASY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

MAIN EVENT

LAS VEGAS

Bellagio Resort & Casino

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 10 am PT

1. KJ Duke, San Diego, California

2. Chris Garcia, Wesley Chapel, Florida

3. Doug Atkins, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

4. Chris Schinker, Chandler, Arizona

5. Dave Potts, Auburn, Alabama

6. Lopi Asch, Brooklyn, New York

7. Billy McAleer, San Francisco, California

8. Christopher Stevenson, Bellevue, Washington

9. KC Cha, Manhattan Beach, California

10. Matthew Anderson, Villa Grove, Illinois

11. Roger Garvin, El Segundo, California

12. Robert Hudson, Mesa, Arizona

13. Kevin Bass, Potomoc, Maryland

14. William Burak, Potomoc, Maryland

15. Neal Moses, Oakland Township, Michigan

16. Andy Robinson, Alpharetta, Georgia

17. Chad Schroeder, Omaha, Nebraska

18. Richard Talley, Baltimore, Maryland

19. Jason Aberli, Louisville, Kentucky

20. Shawn Childs, Forestville, Massachusetts

21. Peter Berall, Montreal, Quebec

22. Dan Kenyon, Grand Junction, Colorado

23. James Hickman, Louisville, Kentucky

24. Will Tyrer, Beverly Hills, California

25. John Bosch, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

26. Scott Newman, Princeton, New Jersey

27. Keith Voight, Playa del Rey, California

28. Kyle Czirr, Houston, Texas

29. Kyle Borth, Torrance, California

30. Kent Stermon, St. Augustine, Florida

31. Jesse Anderson, Moorehead, Minnesota

32. Gregg Janoff, Riverside, California

33. Ari Benjamin, New York City

34. Matt Dillon, Oceanside, California

35. JT Visco, North Huntington, Pennsylvania

36. James Roday Rodriguez, New York, New York

37. Jeff DeVoto, Redwood City, California

38. Ray Murphy, Quincy, Massachusetts

39. Emo Bonaminio, Chicago, Illinois

40. Shane Schroeder, Fort Collins, Colorado

41. Matthew Shepherd, San Antonio, Texas

ATLANTIC CITY

Bally's

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 1 pm ET

1. Stephen Jupinka, Waldwick, New Jersey

2. Laurence Edelman, Ossining, New York

3. Glenn Lowy, Farmingville, New York

4. Ryan Brown, San Jose, California

5. Joe Anthony, Clayton, North Carolina

6. Ken Magner, Freehold, New Jersey

7. Mike Massotto, Caldwell, New Jersey

8. Jace Reed, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

9. Robert Particelli, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

10. Craig Kielinski, Exton, Pennsylvania

11. William Perry, Morristown, New Jersey

12. Ken O'Brien, Virginia Beach, Virginia

13. Michael Crescenzi, Cary, North Carolina

14. Greg Marta, Burlington, New Jersey

15. Joseph Anello, Howard Beach, New York

16. Rob Zamojski, New York, New York

17. Jody Ryan, North Oxford, Massachusetts

18. Michael Edelman, Elmwood Park, New Jersey

19. Kelly Stokes, Newark, Delaware

20. Bill Shearer, Newton Square, Pennsylvania

21. Michael Becker, Fairfax, Virginia

22. Michael Cortese, Princeton, New Jersey

23. Scott Greengold, Holtsville, New York

ST. LOUIS

Pujols 5 Restaurant

Saturday, March 19, 2011, Noon CT

1. Jon Stadtmueller, Little Rock, Arkansas

2. Josh Honeycutt, Paragould, Arkansas

3. Anthony Inman, Pelham, Alabama

4. Brent Grooms, Cape Coral, Florida

5. Kyle Brinkmann, Vandalia, Illinois

6. George Puhl, Metamora, Illinois

7. Don Brady, Rogers, Arkansas

8. Mike Duggan, St. Simons Island, Georgia

9. Paul Weber, Richmond Heights, Missouri

10. Darik Buchar, Rochester, Minnesota

11. Eric Karlivic, St. Louis, Missouri

12. Dave Cushard, Jackson, Michigan

13. Frank Bildner, St. Louis, Missouri

14. Tim Stephens, Memphis, Tennessee

15. Phillip McDonald, Huntsville, Alabama

NFBC Main Event Online

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 1 pm ET/Noon CT/10 am PT

1. Lenny Diveglio, Medford, New York

2. George Kleemann, Palatine, Illinois

3. Rick Thomas, Lewes, Delaware

4. Jason Duponte, Waltham, Massachusetts

5. Michael Cameron, Encinitas, California

6. Leonard Ringle, New York, New York

7. James Bradtke, Chicago, Illinois

8. Paul Gromek, Plymouth, Michigan

9. Bruce Bevacqua, New Milford, New Jersey

10. David Hubbard, Angleton, Texas

11. David Deterra, Jamestown, Rhode Island

12. Jules McLean, Los Angeles, California

13. Jaime Baird, Cambridge, Ontario

14. Michael Leone, Buffalo, New York

15. Gary Allen, Daniel Island, South Carolina

16. Carl Kunda, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

17. Jeff Peters, Erie, Pennsylvania

18. Henry Cantrell, Raleigh, North Carolina

19. Bob Mazur, Boulder, Colorado

20. John Young, Mill Hall, Pennsylvania

21. Mike Pisani, Haddam, Connecticut

Bull Pen Pugs · Post by **Bull Pen Pugs** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:06 am

Okay, Okay Greg sign me up for both Main Online Drafts the 19th and 26th.

Thanks

Edward Nolan

Navel Lint · Post by **Navel Lint** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:16 am

Originally posted by Bull Pen Pugs:

Okay, Okay Greg sign me up for both Main Online Drafts the 19th and 26th.

Thanks

Edward Nolan Not coming to Chicago?

Good! I'm tired of you beating me every year.

Bull Pen Pugs · Post by **Bull Pen Pugs** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:22 am

HEHE, Hey Russ.... Not this year, in fact almost was going to skip it all together.

Wife not happy about missing the live draft, but the itch came back!!

Good Luck this year.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:38 am

Originally posted by Bull Pen Pugs:

HEHE, Hey Russ.... Not this year, in fact almost was going to skip it all together.

Wife not happy about missing the live draft, but the itch came back!!

Good Luck this year. Welcome back Ed and we're glad to have you back!! I agree with your wife, that first weekend trip to the Bellagio in Las Vegas during the first weekend of March Madness makes more sense than an online draft!!

At least for her.

Great to have you back and thanks.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:46 am

We currently have 267 Main Event Signups, which means we have 123 spots left. We also have 104 signups for the first weekend's Main Event, which means we have ONE GUARANTEED SPOT LEFT to fill up a seventh full league. We'll obviously continue taking signups for the first weekend and try to fill up each city perfectly, but let's get to 105 first and then worry about 120. Thanks all.

Last year we had 120 teams for the Main Event on that first weekend and 435 overall. I like our prospects of selling out again this year, so keep 'em coming. We'll have the Registration live shortly at nfbc.stats.com and the Message Boards should transfer over there in the next day or two. Thanks all and contact me or Tom if you want to get added to the Main Event or any other leagues. Thanks.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:57 pm

Great job everyone with the signups last night. It certainly didn't take everyone long to find the new Registration area!!

We are cruising again.

It's going to take me and Tom a bit to update all of the signup threads after so many registrations came in last night, but I'm happy to report that we now have over 275 Main Event registrations and are on our way to another sellout of 390 teams. I feel good about the pace we're on, so grab a spot if you're coming back while they're still available.

We also have 108 signups now for the NFBC Main Event on the first weekend. We have room for 12 more teams before hitting an eighth full league, which is what we had last year. That would be a good start to the season. Don't delay there as we have limited spots in each city and we have a full league in St. Louis already. We won't take anymore there.

Thanks all and keep an eye on the Signup List and we'll reload the Signup Forum soon where Tom had all of the satellite leagues and Online Championship Leagues. Look for that soon.