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I'm happy to report that the NFBC will be awarding a $10,000 grand prize to the overall champion in the NFBC Slow Draft DC Championship. That is up from our previously announced $3,500 grand prize!! The incredible demand for this format has allowed us to triple the number of expected teams in this format and therefore more than triple the overall prize pool.

I can't finalize the exact overall prize structure until we know the final total of leagues, but we can definitely announce the $10,000 grand prize. That one is locked in. I also know that we will pay at least the Top 10 teams overall and likely the Top 15 overall teams. 2nd through 5th overall will also increase, with 2nd place now at $3,000. Let's start with this payout plan and see if we can add to it this last week:

NFBC Slow Draft DC Championship
Revised Overall Prize Pool
1st Place = $10,000
2nd Place = $3,000
3rd Place = $2,000
4th Place = $1,000
5th Place = $500
6th Place = $250
7th Place = $250
8th Place = $250
9th Place = $250
10th Place = $250
TBA (11th-15th)

How does that look for starters?

The Slow Draft Leagues are primarily league based, with most of the money distributed there. We take $25 from each team entry no matter what the total entry fee of the league and add that to the overall prize pool and pay 80 percent of that total. So all teams in the $150, $375 and $1,000 Slow Draft Leagues are competing for this same overall prize pool (each team has contributed the same amount to the overall prizes), which now numbers close to 900 total teams. Therefore with each additional $150 Slow Draft League an additional $300 goes to the overall prize pool. If we add 5-7 more in this last week, you can see where we can add to the overall prize pool above and pay out even more overall winners. Next year I think we will start out with the larger guarantee because this format is HERE TO STAY!!

Thanks all and best of luck. It's great to get the grand prize to $10,000 and I think this is a level we'll be able to achieve for all years going forward. Thanks for helping us build another great new contest.

If the draft room is ready soon after the season ends, $25,000 next year for the grand prize.
This hobby really has become a year round interest.
Most sites do not realize this. Heck, ESPN only started drafting a week ago.
In a way, fantasy baseball owners have become like the players themselves.
We spend six months playing and six months to arrive to camp in the best shapes of our lives.

DOUGHBOYS wrote:If the draft room is ready soon after the season ends, $25,000 next year for the grand prize.
This hobby really has become a year round interest.
Most sites do not realize this. Heck, ESPN only started drafting a week ago.
In a way, fantasy baseball owners have become like the players themselves.
We spend six months playing and six months to arrive to camp in the best shapes of our lives.

I hear ya Dan. Yeah, the fantasy baseball season doesn't start in February anymore, at least not in the NFBC!! Get ready in November, or in your case, October!!

The draft room won't hold up our start date for next year. Making sure we have the right position eligibility and even a serviceable player default list helps these early drafts keep moving. Once you start drafts, it's tough to adjust the player default list after that, so just throwing one out there doesn't make sense. We definitely want to start these earlier next year and we will, but there will still be a little work to do after the season and probably after the playoffs. But we hear ya and we'll be up and running early enough for all of you crazies to get YOUR FIX!!

WOW, that is awesome Greg! The Slow Drafts are surely a way for us to sharpen our game and have a lot of fun doing it!
$10,000 Bucks is an awesome kicker to get guys going! Are the other overall prizes being enlarged and / or expanded too? Would be cool if there were more of them as we will have SO many more teams on that overall list this year!

nice perk!, the ryan braun drafters are all smiles( 1 of the 5 i got him in the 4th) how much longer are you gonna run these out??

I love the new pay structure Greg, looks great!!!

RoundTrippers wrote:nice perk!, the ryan braun drafters are all smiles( 1 of the 5 i got him in the 4th) how much longer are you gonna run these out??

Until March 6th. Then it's time to shut off the faucet!!

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