But this event has nothing to do with all that, other than Greg is giving it his blessing and setting up whatever I need for it to go down that night while making all the money from me working for free as usual as his surrogate marketing person. 
Maybe next year with the new ownership, I'll win my arbitration case for a significant bump in salary from zero to at least a free subscription to the annual NFBC Fantasy Baseball Magazine or some of Tom's cat sitting services, whatever. But yet again, I digress.For those of you on here not up on current events, I have a party set to go down again this year Friday night the big second weekend in Vegas. It's going to have the usual fun, food, beverages, cigars, baseball chat and shit-talking, ball-busting, and general camaraderie which is typical of all my functions. However, I felt like the evening wouldn't be complete without what draws us all together for the best time of the year: THE LIVE DRAFT EVENTS! So I wanted to put this out there for the true die-hards of the NFBC who just can't get enough drafting in this year and would like to try another MTM incarnation in this case, "Midnight Madness"!
Since there are going to be 25-30 of the best competitors and players in the NFBC in one place as a captured audience, why not put a little more money on the line in the spirit of friendly competition while we're all together anyway, right boys? And here's the kicker as far as who would like to participate in this thing: You don't need to be a paying party-goer or even be there live and in-person to throw your hat into the ring! That's right, I'll take 12-15 live bodies who are there that night, or anyone else who would like a piece of this action who'd like to patch in from wherever you'll be come draft time. I don't care as long as there are 12-15 competitors in when we are ready to start. Wait, what do I mean by 12-15 you ask? So here's how it'll work:
In the spirit of the name, it'll be a little "Madness" come time to start this thing. First of all, for all of you who need to turn in earlier for the next day's Main Event who need their beauty rest like Wayne Edwards (a man who could be put into a drug-induced coma for a year, and still not come out of it looking any better than he does now
), we don't have to start this at midnight, 11:00 p.m. would work fine and still give people party time and several hours of sleep for the Mains the next morning. Six hours not enough sleep, you may be saying?! Like I said, this is Vegas and you're not going there to fucking sleep, ladies. That's why it's for the die-hards! 
So just before draft time, the type of draft contest that it's going to be will be determined randomly on the spot from one of the following NFBC contests: A $350, $750, or $1500 Rotowire Championship or the Grand-Daddy of them all, an NFBC Main Event! Followed immediately by a live "Iron Balls" KDS draft position draw. And then the draft for 30 rounds straight through with no breaks (or one break if everyone agrees to it). Like I said, "MADNESS" is the theme here. All of these events would also be eligible for the overall prizes in their respective contest categories. I'll compile a list of competitors over the next couple of weeks on this thread, and once we're at 15 committed, I'll start a list of alternates as well. The top 12 or 15 will get in depending upon how the contest draw goes that night, so everyone needs to be ready to go. And no pussing out! However it shakes out, is how it shakes out. If your name is on the list, you need to be there live or patched in if I can't get 15 Vegas guys there live and in person first. All party-goers are welcome to be there as spectators/coaches/fans etc. should you not be in for the draft and wish to stay to continue to enjoy the festivities.
So let the "sign-ups" begin in the spirit of the true Vegas gambler in all of us. If there happens to be a consensus as to one type of contest over another, I'm game for going with any of these. Personally, I'd love to do another Main Event, but as I said, whatever happens, happens, and I'd be just as happy with a random draw that night.
Let's make this happen! Who's game and wants in?
