Who's Coming To The 2012 NFBC And Where?

[Greg Ambrosius]

It's great to have another NFBC owner jumping into our debut NFBC XII Main Event and drafting twice in the same day. Let's give a hearty welcome to the tag team of Jody Earley of Pelham, Alabama and his co-manager Ron Wallace as they will be joining us on Saturday, March 24th at the Hall of Fame Grill in St. Louis. Jody and Ron were already signed up for the St. Louis Main Event and now they will be drafting right after that in the NFBC XII. I love it. We now have 107 owners doing both ends of the Main Event doubleheader, including Jody and Ron. Welcome aboard guys and best of luck in the hunt for both league titles and the $150,000 in grand prizes.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have 14 owners for the Las Vegas Auction Championship on Friday, March 23rd at 9 am at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. We had 14 before this week, but lost one on Tuesday. Now we're back to 14 as we welcome NFFC veteran Scott Wieland of Verona, Wisconsin to the NFBC. Scott loves the auction format and has competed with us for years in football. Now he's dipping into baseball and joining us in Las Vegas during March Madness. I love it. Welcome aboard Scott and best of luck in the hunt for this league prize and the $15,000 grand prize.

Okay, who wants to officially close out this First Weekend Auction League in Las Vegas? Let's do it and get that first weekend rolling!!! Thanks all.

[Greg Ambrosius]

I'm glad to announce that my good friend Charlie Wiegert of St. Louis, Missouri will be competing in the St. Louis NFBC XII at the old Pujols Grill on Saturday, March 24th at 6 p.m. CST. Charlie is the owner of CDM Fantasy Sports and an icon in the fantasy sports industry. I worked with him at Fanball and I'm glad that Charlie and John Brison now own the CDM Fantasy Sports games and brand. They are the leader in the salary cap games business and I'd recommend any of our players to check them out and play with them if you want another contest to compete in. Charlie has competed in the Main Event in the past, but he likes the 12-team format more and is jumping into our debut NFBC XII. He competed in the St. Louis NFBC Live Double Play last year, with his Affton Animals finishing 4th with 78 points, while placing 68th overall with 1,363.5 points. Welcome back Charlie and best of luck in the hunt for this year's $4,000 league prize and the $50,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

John Hogan of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania becomes our 109th owner to grab Main Event teams in both events. John is doing the double-double by taking Main Event teams in Mahwah and New York City, plus NFBC XII teams in Mahwah and New York City. John just added an NFBC XII in Mahwah on Saturday, March 24th at 7 p.m. EST. Welcome aboard again John and best of luck in the hunt for the $4,000 league prize and the $50,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have 11 teams signed, sealed and delivered for the Chicago Auction Championship on Friday, March 30th at 4 p.m. CT, leaving us with ONLY 4 SPOTS LEFT!!! Our latest arrival is David Shovein of Saint Clair Shores, Michigan. Dave was already signed up for the Chicago Main Event and decided it would be fun to add the Auction League as well. We're glad to have this veteran NFBC drafter with us in the auction league. Welcome aboard Dave and best of luck in the hunt for this year's league prize and the $15,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have 29 teams in the Chicago Main Event, which means we will close out the Windy City once we get to 30 teams. THERE IS ONE MAIN EVENT SPOT LEFT IN CHICAGO!!! That's it, then we're done there. Who wants it? We're glad to welcome our newest member to the growing NFBC family as John Lyons of Macedonia, Ohio has agreed to travel to the Hyatt Regency O'Hare and compete with us on Saturday, March 31st at noon CT. John competed in a pair of NFBC Satellite Leagues last night and now is ready to step up to the plate in our signature event. Welcome aboard John and best of luck in the hunt for this year's $5,600 league prize and the $100,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

I'm happy to welcome back one of our NFBC Charter Members who was with us from the very beginning in 2004. Dohn Terrell of O'Fallon, Illinois will be back with us at the Bellagio Las Vegas this year as he signed up yesterday for both the Main Event on March 31st and the NFBC XII on Sunday, April 1st. Dohn is a late entrant, but better late than never!! Last year, Dohn led his Piggy team to a 5th place finish in Las Vegas 6 with 100 points, placing 97th overall with 2,435.5 points. Welcome back Dohn and best of luck in the hunt for both league titles and the $150,000 in grand prizes.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We're really glad to welcome back John Bosch of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to the NFBC in 2012. John competed with us last year on the First Weekend in Las Vegas and just LOVED it. He was among the first to sign up for Las Vegas First Weekend, but then he had some trouble with work and travel. He jumped back into both Main Events Online today, taking the Main Event on Saturday, March 24th and the NFBC XII on Friday, March 23rd at 7 pm ET. Welcome back John and best of luck in the hunt for both league titles and the $150,000 in grand prizes.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT for the New York Main Event as we welcome back another NFBC veteran to our signature event. Let's give it up for Richard Kidd of New York City as he will be joining us at the New York Hilton on Saturday, March 31st at 1 p.m. EST. Richard has been with since 2005 and we're glad to have him back in his home town. Last year, Richard led First Avenue to a 10th place finish in New York 4 with 80.5 points, finishing 153rd overall with 2,130.5 points. Welcome back Richard and best of luck in the hunt for this year's $5,600 league prize and the $100,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have two full Main Event leagues in Chicago on Saturday, March 31st thanks to the arrival of our newest NFBC member. Let's give a hearty welcome to Joel Kendall of Chicago, Illinois as he will be joining us at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in his hometown on Saturday, March 31st at noon CST. This is Joel's first live event with the NFBC and we are glad he chose our signature event. Welcome aboard Joel and best of luck in the hunt for this year's $5,600 league prize and the $100,000 grand prize.

We didn't get as many teams in Chicago as we had liked, but it's a perfect 30. Let the games begin in the Windy City!! Thanks all.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We're glad to welcome another NFBC veteran back to our signature event in 2012 as Donald Haworth of Palm Bay, Florida has agreed to compete Online on Saturday, March 31st. Donald competed in the Main Event on the First Weekend last year, but his Bud Frogs III stumbled out of the gate in Online 3 and finished 355th overall. He's giving this year's team a little more training in the spring before competing in our signature event! Don is already busy in the Slow Drafts and Online Championship, so we wish him best of luck in the hunt for all of these league prizes and the $100,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have a full Las Vegas March 30th 9 am Auction Championship league at the Bellagio as we welcome back NFBC veteran Mason Favazza of Southaven, Mississippi. Mason was in last year's Sunday morning Las Vegas Auction Championship where his Lightning team finished 8th with 75 points. He's moving into the Friday morning slot now with the hope of winning a title earlier on this March Madness weekend. Welcome back Mason and best of luck in the hunt for this year's league prize and the $15,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have a full NFBC XII Online league on Friday, March 23rd as we welcome Bryan Fitzgerald
of Latham, New York to our debut 12-Team Main Event. Bryan competed in the NFBC Super League last year on March 26th and led The Van Buren Boys to a 5th place finish with 93 points. He's doing a few other leagues this year with us, but we're glad he jumped into the NFBC XII at the last minute. Welcome aboard Bryan and best of luck in the hunt for this year's $4,000 league prize and the $50,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Grabbing that final NFBC XII spot in the NFBC XII Online on Friday, March 23rd at 7 pm EST was Dave Cushard of Jackson, Michigan. Dyv becomes our 110th team to take entries in both ends of our Main Event Doubleheader as he's already signed up for the March 24th Online Main Event. Dave is an NFBC Charter Member who competed in the NFBC Live Double Play in St. Louis last year and he was a big part of the NFBC getting off the ground in 2004 when he recruited other players from the Leaderboard Sports group. Welcome back Dyv and best of luck in the hunt for this year's league prizes and the $150,000 in grand prizes.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT for the Chicago Auction Championship at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago on Friday, March 30th at 4 p.m. CST. Let's give it up for Rob Nolter of Chicago, Illinois as he grabbed our 12th spot in this league. Rob is new to our NFBC live events and we couldn't be more pleased that he jumped into this auction format. Welcome aboard Rob and best of luck in the hunt for this league prize and the $15,000 grand prize.

3 SPOTS LEFT and the NFBC Auction Championship will be SOLD OUT!!! 9 Leagues, 135 Teams

[Greg Ambrosius]

Gregory Churchill of Victoria, British Columbia was already signed up for the $1,300 AL and NL Auction Leagues in Las Vegas as he considers himself mainly an auction player. But after doing several Slow Draft Leagues, he likes the draft portion so much now that he grabbed one of our last spots in the Las Vegas Second Weekend Main Event. We now have ONLY 1 SPOT LEFT in Las Vegas for the Main Event on Saturday, March 31st. Welcome aboard Greg and best of luck in the hunt for this year's $5,600 league prize and the $100,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have ONLY 1 GUARANTEED SPOT left for the Main Event in New York as we welcome our newest member of the growing NFBC family. Let's give it up for Patrick Davenport of Danvers, Massachusetts as he will be joining us at the New York Hilton on Saturday, March 31st at 1 pm EST. Patrick comes highly recommended by Scott Fleming and Shawn Childs and is entering the NFBC Main Event for the first time. He said he's going to be the rookie in the field, but he's looking forward to the competition and joining this tight-knit fantasy baseball community. Welcome aboard Patrick and best of luck in the hunt for this year's $5,600 league prize and the $100,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have 5 full Main Event leagues and 75 teams in New York City on Saturday, March 31st as Glenn Schroter of Whitestone, New York grabbed the last spot there. That gives us a perfect setup in New York and Chicago now for the second weekend Main Event. Glenn is also competing in the First Weekend Main Event in Las Vegas and the Diamond League on April 1st. He's cutting back on the number of leagues he's taking this year, but at least he's taking all of the good ones!! Welcome aboard Glenn and nice job picking off the last Big Apple spot. Best of luck in the hunt for this league prize and the $100,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We just filled up our 5th Super League of the season last night when Bill Carson of Colorado Springs, Colorado grabbed the last spot in the Sunday, April 1st Super League. Bill is an NFBC veteran who was already signed up for an NFBC Auction League in Las Vegas and now he's jumping into this draft league. We'll have 9 guys in Las Vegas for this one and the other 6 owners will be hooked up via teleconference/online. Should be a lot of fun. Welcome aboard Bill and best of luck in the hunt for this year's $20,000 Super League prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have 9 owners signed up for the NFBC XII at the Bellagio Las Vegas on Friday, March 30th at 10 am PST. We're the only city hosting drafts that early, so let's fill this one up and get it done. Robert Particelli of Berwyn, Pennsylvania jumped in last night and is our 9th owner for that time slot. Check out the players in that one and if you love competition you'll love this early morning 12-Team Main Event. It's a great group of owners. Thanks for your support Bob and best of luck in the hunt for this $4,000 league prize and the $50,000 grand prize.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have 5 teams signed up for the Friday Night NFBC XII in New York City on Friday, March 30th. C'mon, I expect us to fill that league up and then some in the Big Apple!! We're glad to add our 112th owner who grabbed an entry in both ends of our Main Event doubleheader as Michael Leone of Buffalo, New York grabbed an NFBC XII spot last night. Michael already has two Main Event teams and he's adding this NFBC XII to win the $4,000 league prize, the $50,000 grand prize and possibly the $75,000 cash bonus. Nice job Michael and best of luck in the hunt for all of these great prizes.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have 28 teams for the Main Event in Mahwah on the First Weekend as we welcome John Lemke of Brooklyn, New York to our signature event. John is going to be in Mahwah on Friday night for Mikey's Super League and he decided to come on back the next day for a shot at the $100,000 grand prize. John is also coming out to Las Vegas the next weekend for the Ultimate and Super Leagues. We're glad to have him with us in Mahwah and we wish him best of luck in the hunt for this $5,600 league prize and the $100,000 grand prize. TWO SPOTS LEFT NOW IN MAHWAH!!

[Greg Ambrosius]

We now have all defending Main Event League Champions from 2011 back in our signature event for 2012. The last of our defending champions was so close to the title last year he can still taste it. Todd Lepow of Buffalo Grove, Illinois won Chicago League 2 with 126 points and finished 7th overall with 3,164.5 points to win $7,000. Now he's coming back for more at the Bellagio Las Vegas on Saturday, March 31st as we again fill up six full leagues there. Todd first joined the NFBC several years ago as a co-manager with his dad Richard in Las Vegas, but he's run the team the last few years and has improved with each season. We're glad to have you back Todd and we wish you best of luck in the hunt for this year's $5,600 league prize and the $100,000 grand prize.

We now have 405+ teams in the Main Event and will settle at 420 teams. We will NOT go above 420. Who wants one of these final spots to close out the NFBC Main Event perfectly for us?!! Great job everyone.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Michael O'Brien of Brighton, Colorado becomes our 113th owner to have entries in both ends of the Main Event Doubleheader. Michael was already signed up for the Main Event Online on Saturday, March 31st and he added the April 3rd Online NFBC XII at 7 pm ET. Michael is now in line for $150,000 in grand prizes, $9,600 in league prizes and the $75,000 cash bonus. NICE!! Welcome aboard Michael and best of luck in the 15-team and 12-team formats.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We are glad to add another new member to our growing NFBC family through our 12-Team Main Event as Jesse Stein of Brooklyn, New York has agreed to compete in the debut NFBC XII Online on Friday, March 30th at 7 pm ET. Jesse did compete in a $500 Satellite League last year and finished 3rd and now he's stepping up to the national 12-team contest. Welcome aboard Jesse and best of luck in the hunt for this $4,000 league prize and the $50,000 grand prize.