SOLD OUT: 2021 NFBC Main Event Record 645 Teams

[Greg Ambrosius]

SOLD OUT: Our 9th NFBC Main Event on Saturday, March 27th at 2 pm ET is now Sold Out. Look for draft spots in 1 hour and be ready to rumble on Saturday afternoon Online. Thanks all and good luck.

Here's the final lineup card:

NFBC Main Event
Online
Saturday, March 27, 2 pm ET
1. Brian Edwards
2. Aaron Lawson
3. Robert Greif
4. Patrick McBride
5. James Gabal
6. Brent Grooms
7. JOSEPH NABER
8. Mary Ann Lonigro
9. Perry McAtee
10. Michael Edelman
11. Paul Sporer
12. Travis Sawchik
13. Rob DiPietro
14. Bob Mazur
15. Daniel DaSilva

[Greg Ambrosius]

SOLD OUT: All three Main Event leagues for Monday, March 29th are now sold out and draft spots will be announced today at 8 pm ET. Here's the final lineup card:

NFBC Main Event
Online
Monday, March 29, 8 pm ET
1. Mark Dillon
2. Aaron Jones
3. Lane McVey
4. Tom O`Bryan
5. Toby Guevin
6. Usman Ahmad
7. Marc Fleisher
8. Matt Modica
9. Gary Allen
10. Leonard Ringle
11. Abdul Madani
12. Scott Waggener
13. RICHARD DIMONDO
14. Dohn Terrell
15. Jon Stadtmueller
16. Bradley Libros
17. Ken Clark
18. Ned Donohue
19. Billy McAleer
20. Kevin Grady
21. Chas Nelson
22. Chris Fessler
23. Brian Feldman
24. Josh Jantas
25. Richard Temkin
26. Justin Papariella
27. David Ehsanipoor
28. John Lymberis
29. stephen sarney
30. Matthew Davis
31. Anjan Chaklader Chaklader
32. Dalton Del Don
33. Patrick Gallagher
34. Michael Wallis
35. robert cramutola
36. Josh Honeycutt
37. Vlad Sedler
38. Andy Robinson
39. Jeffrey Zimmerman
40. Hiep Hoang
41. Douglas Jaffe
42. Eric Heberlig
43. Daniel Baker
44. John Pausma
45. Bradley Beckman

[Greg Ambrosius]

Next league that likely will fill is the NFBC Main Event Online on Tuesday, March 30th at 10 pm ET. We will close this one off after we fill it. Thanks all and good luck.

Here's the current signup list:

NFBC Main Event
Online
Tuesday, March 30, 10 pm ET
1. KJ Duke
2. jeff mitseff
3. Sammy Reid
4. Michael Meehan
5. Anthony Wilhelm
6. Peter Christensen
7. Rian Lange
8. Roy Ericson III
9. Ari Benjamin
10. KEVIN KIRVES

[Greg Ambrosius]

NOW ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT in the Tuesday, March 30th 10 pm ET NFBC Main Event Online League. We are going to close off this time frame once we get 15 teams and draft spots will be announced Thursday at 10 pm ET. Who wants to compete with this group for $150,000?

NFBC Main Event
Online
Tuesday, March 30, 10 pm ET
1. KJ Duke
2. jeff mitseff
3. Sammy Reid
4. Michael Meehan
5. Anthony Wilhelm
6. Peter Christensen
7. Rian Lange
8. Roy Ericson III
9. Ari Benjamin
10. KEVIN KIRVES
11. Zachary Waxman
12. Chris Hill

[Greg Ambrosius]

SOLD OUT: Tuesday's 10 pm ET NFBC Main Event Online is now sold out and draft spots will be announced in the next hour as we now have 39 full leagues with a goal of hitting 40 full leagues. BOOM!!! Well done all and best of luck in the battle for the $7,000 league prize and the $150,000 grand prize.

Here's the final lineup card:

NFBC Main Event
Online
Tuesday, March 30, 10 pm ET
1. KJ Duke
2. jeff mitseff
3. Sammy Reid
4. Michael Meehan
5. Anthony Wilhelm
6. Peter Christensen
7. Rian Lange
8. Roy Ericson III
9. Ari Benjamin
10. KEVIN KIRVES
11. Zachary Waxman
12. Chris Hill
13. Steve Sanchez
14. Christopher Hahn
15. Joe Martens

We have four times left for the Main Event. We need to fill one more league for a 17th consecutive sellout. Can we do it?

[Greg Ambrosius]

NOW ONLY 6 SPOTS LEFT in the Tuesday, March 30th 8 pm ET NFBC Main Event Online. Two other leagues that were full have already been created and draft spots have been announced. Once this league fills, the league will be created and draft spots will be announced 1 hour later. Plan accordingly with your KDS preferences. I know we can fill this one.

Also, ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT in the Wednesday, March 31st, 8 pm ET NFBC Main Event Online league. We have 72 teams, so if we fill this up with 75 teams before 7 pm ET today we will create five different leagues and announce draft spots at 8 pm ET tonight. If not, we'll form four full leagues with the first 60 signups and announce draft spots tonight at 8 ET. Then the fifth league will be formed once it is full, but I think we can get there today.

Let's concentrate on these two leagues today, get them filled and officially call the Main Event a sellout of 40 or more leagues. BOOM. Here we go.

[Greg Ambrosius]

SOLD OUT: The Wednesday, March 31st 8 pm ET NFBC Main Event Online League is now full. We have five full leagues at that time and all five will be randomly mixed and draft spots announced tonight at 8 ET. Thanks all and good luck.

Here's the final lineup card for this date:

NFBC Main Event
Online
Wednesday, March 31, 8 pm ET
1. Scott Feschuk
2. Tyler Jung
3. Clark Olson
4. Mark Dillon
5. Lane McVey
6. Tom O`Bryan
7. James Tomony
8. Andy Saxton
9. Eric David
10. Todd Whitestone
11. Usman Ahmad
12. Ryan McNeil
13. Jody Ryan
14. Kyle Brinkmann
15. Lawrence Schechter
16. Lopi Asch
17. Michael DeCavalcante
18. Gary Allen
19. Leonard Ringle
20. Mike Ballschmiede
21. Jon Stadtmueller
22. Curtis Jones
23. Michael Noakes
24. Mike Rothe
25. Bob Catsiroumpas
26. Bradley Libros
27. Ned Donohue
28. Erik Konyk
29. Michael Mager
30. Glenn Schroter
31. Tim Miller
32. RICHARD DIMONDO
33. Alan Mitchell
34. Brian Fort
35. Brad Pinkstaff
36. Michael Fuchs
37. Scott Kotchek
38. elliott pell
39. Michael Gebby
40. Robert Henke
41. Raymond Ventura
42. Shawn Gidley
43. LUCAS KAWA
44. John Riccio
45. Jason Aberli
46. Scott Jenstad
47. Anthony Palavis
48. Tom Stevens
49. Seth Trachtman
50. jeff mitseff
51. Eric Heberlig
52. Gregory Dunnett
53. Michael Gumbel
54. kc cha
55. Nathaniel Van Heest
56. Chris Plouffe
57. Stephen Jupinka
58. David Moe
59. Christopher Cosley
60. Alan Gellin
61. Jason Abelove
62. Paul Weber
63. Eddie Gillis
64. Ray Butler
65. Kenneth Enfield
66. Yates Blanton
67. Daniel Seeberger
68. David Deterra
69. BRADY PATTERSON
70. scott vetter
71. robert cramutola
72. Cory Tiley
73. Matt McConnon
74. Colin Forestal
75. John Kadubec

We now have only 3 other Main Event options: Tuesday at 8 pm ET Online, Wednesday at 10 ET Online and Thursday at 8 am ET.

[Greg Ambrosius]

SOLD OUT: The final NFBC Main Event Online League on Tuesday, March 30th at 8 pm ET sold out earlier tonight and draft spots have been announced. This is our 41st full league, which means we have sold out the Main Event for a 17th straight season. Unreal.

Here was the final lineup card for this one:

NFBC Main Event
Online
Tuesday, March 30, 8 pm ET
1. Erik Konyk
2. Eric Heberlig
3. Mark Whittenberger
4. Chris Sakas
5. Ronny Mor
6. robert cramutola
7. Mark Dillon
8. MICHAEL GOVIER
9. JimJ Ferrari
10. eric kesselman
11. Cj Kaltenbach
12. Chris uram
13. Kirk LeValley
14. Clark Olson
15. Ryan Lucero

We still have two possible leagues left: Wednesday at 10 pm ET and Thursday at 8 am ET. We are not adding additional leagues, so jump into either one if you still want to compete for the $150,000 grand prize. Thanks all and good luck.

[Greg Ambrosius]

ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT in the final NFBC Main Event Online League on Wednesday, March 31st at 10 pm ET. Please set your KDS preferences now and look for draft spots 1 hour after the league is created. Great job everyone and good luck.

It looks like we also could sell out the Thursday, April 1st 8 am ET Main Event Online League. A total of 8 spots left in the 2021 NFBC Main Event and then we are closing it out. Thanks all and enjoy.

Here's the current signup list:

NFBC Main Event
Online
Wednesday, March 31, 10 pm ET
1. brody john
2. Bryan Fitzgerald
3. Mike Massotto
4. Joseph Meehan
5. Matthew Buss
6. Mark Roberts
7. Justin Aspite
8. Colin Weatherwax
9. Chris Perri
10. Patrick Longood
11. Beau Reid
12. Andrew Geller
13. Derek Pierson

NFBC Main Event
Online
Thursday, April 1st, 8 am ET
1. Abdulaziz Madani
2. matt modica
3. Jordan Epping
4. Scott Waggener
5. Eric Heberlig
6. Vito Mirabile
7. Joe Berg
8. Michael Christie
9. Derek Pierson

[Tom Kessenich]

Wednesday night's final 10 pm ET Main Event is SOLD OUT. Look for draft spots in an hour.

We are down to ONE Main Event time remaining - the Thursday morning Kenyon Special. Make Dan proud and let's sell this out today

NFBC Main Event
Online
Wednesday, March 31, 10 pm ET
1. brody john
2. Bryan Fitzgerald
3. Mike Massotto
4. Joseph Meehan
5. Matthew Buss
6. Mark Roberts
7. Justin Aspite
8. Colin Weatherwax
9. Chris Perri
10. Patrick Longood
11. Beau Reid
12. Andrew Geller
13. Derek Pierson
14. Bill Strickler
15. Matthew Bannister

NFBC Main Event
Online
Thursday, April 1st, 8 am ET
1. Abdulaziz Madani
2. matt modica
3. Jordan Epping
4. Scott Waggener
5. Eric Heberlig
6. Vito Mirabile
7. Joe Berg
8. Michael Christie
9. Derek Pierson

[Tom Kessenich]

Ladies and gentlemen, the Thursday morning Main Event is SOLD OUT which means the 2021 NFBC Main Event is SOLD OUT. We will have a record 645 teams competing for the $150,000 grand prize. Thanks to all of you for taking part. The live event people in NY and Vegas have heard me say this but it really means so much that so many of you are back and playing in the NFBC again this year. The return to normal has begun.

Here is the lineup card for the final Main Event of the 2021 season:

NFBC Main Event
Online
Thursday, April 1st, 8 am ET
1. Abdulaziz Madani
2. matt modica
3. Jordan Epping
4. Scott Waggener
5. Eric Heberlig
6. Vito Mirabile
7. Joe Berg
8. Michael Christie
9. Derek Pierson
10. Brent Trumpower
11. Glenn Lowy
12. Allan Quis
13. Matt Shepherd
14. Sam Sand
15. John Pierce

[King of Queens]

Incredible! Among these 645 teams, there are 399 unique owners. Any idea if 399 is a record as well?

Another record: putting up a SOLD OUT sign five days before Opening Day. Sleep well, guys.

[DOUGHBOYS]

Never underestimate the power of the NFBC Drafter.
It is awesome to see this Event grow larger every year.
Greg put a great game together and the drafters love it and gravitate to it more each year.
Well done by all.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Incredible! Among these 645 teams, there are 399 unique owners. Any idea if 399 is a record as well?

Another record: putting up a SOLD OUT sign five days before Opening Day. Sleep well, guys.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!

On behalf of myself, Tom, Darik, Brian and everyone here at SportsHub Games Network we'd like to say thank you to everyone who has participated in the NFBC this season. As I announced in Las Vegas, this is a record-breaking year for the NFBC Main Event, but also for all of the NFBC. We will have over 18,000 teams to manage this year and we'll give away more than $4 million in prizes in 2021.

And as Glenn stated above, we sold out the 2021 NFBC Main Event exactly FIVE DAYS to the hour before Opening Day. We had three spots left during my speech at the Las Vegas Main Event and before the first round was completed we were sold out. Amazing and it's made this whole week/two weeks so enjoyable knowing that we were going to sell out for a 17th straight season.

Think about that: 17 STRAIGHT SEASONS WE HAVE SOLD OUT THE NFBC MAIN EVENT!!!!!

I've told this story on our radio show before, but in 2004 when I proposed the idea for a high-stakes fantasy baseball contest with live events to my bosses at Krause Publications they were very hesitant to approve my plan. At the time, we were a 100 percent Employee Owned company, so as an employee if you lost money for the company you were letting down and hurting the stock value of your 400+ fellow owners. But I had created the Fantasy Sports Trade Conference in 2000 and that had been successful and our custom publishing business through fellow magazine competitors was also a success.

So they backed this plan, but we very easily could have been one and done.

I was sooooooo stressed during that period before the launch of the NFBC. I announced the NFBC in October of 2003 at the AFL Symposium and we didn't get our first signup until early December. I got to meet Dave Cushard in December and he said the Leaderboard Sports guys would definitely get behind this. That was a first step help, but by early March we still had only 145 signups.

I was flying to Phoenix for the LABR auctions and I remember flying over the Rocky Mountains and just wishing that damn plane would go down to put me out of my misery. I remember crying on the plane as I looked out because the stress was just too much. I even remember what I was listening too on my iPod. It just was a very low point.

But when I landed Pete Lukowicz left a voice message on my office phone that he was going to split a team with Will but they each wanted their own team. We got a couple of other signups that weekend and over the next 10 days we finished at 195 teams with a goal of 300. It was a loss and then we lost the same amount of money in football, but our other aspects within the division performed well above budget and by playing a shell game within the company our division had reached plan after all.

During the budget meeting with my boss, he said he would support me one more year. ONE MORE, he said. The NFBC in 2005 was critical to either making this happen or being two-and-done. Of course, we sold out the Main Event in 2005, the NFFC grew that year as well and soon we were adding online satellite leagues. The high-stakes division became successful enough that when our stupid Venture Capital group that had bought out the employee stock in 2004 needed to raise capital during the recession we were the first division to be sold. It sucked, but the writing was on the way for Krause Publications because of bad management and moving out probably was the best thing that ever happened to us.

Landing at SportsHub and working with this IT team was also the next best thing. We have a great team here and we will continue to improve the product and innovate with new games. And now I can even fly over the Rocky Mountains and enjoy the scenery, rather than hope that my plane goes down into the mountains (sorry other passengers on that 2004 flight with me).

Thanks again all and good luck.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Oh, and one other point about us closing out the Main Event 5 days early:

I chose not to add more leagues even though there were plenty of people in Las Vegas asking us to do so because my goal isn't to see how high we can go in the Main Event. The goal is to offer the best contest that is fair for everyone involved. This year all 43 leagues got their draft spots 5 days before Draft Day, or at worst, 4 days before Draft Day. Adding last minute leagues just to go beyond 645 teams when our goal was 600 teams was never a priority to me.

Plus, now people know as they have in the past that if you don't commit early enough you could be left out of the competition. We aren't trying to be greedy with this contest. If we sell out and get everyone in a league who signed up before we hit our goal then that's all we want. I'm not shooting for unreasonable numbers. I just want to sell out each year and create a fair contest for all the participants.

Plus, we've now created demand for the Rotowire Online Championship and the Cutline Championship. Since Saturday, we've averaged almost 100 Rotowire OC signups a day and we should sell that contest out today and then some. And the Cutline is nearing a sellout too, or at least very, very close to it.

The success of the national contests is key because we guarantee so much prize money up front and our future is very solid now thanks to all your support in 2020 and 2021. Yes, we were successful before, but so many things could have turned out differently over these last 12 months, but they didn't. They turned out well for us and well for our great customers, who supported us through thick and thin.

And we will never forget that. Amazing everyone. Amazing. Now let's enjoy an amazing season and look for some unique offerings DURING the season as well. After we get some sleep, we'll stay in touch with all of you on that. Thanks and stay well.