SOLD OUT: Wednesday 10 pm ET $150 Draft Champions 300

[Darik B]

The NFBC Draft Champions National Championship returns today after setting a record last year with 4,845 teams as we offered a record $40,000 grand prize. The contest is still ongoing as we decided to get a jumpstart on the 2024 season by offering our Draft Champions leagues a few days before the season ended. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!

The Draft Champions is a favorite contest of so many players because there is no FAAB involved. These are 15-team, 50-round drafts with no FAAB. What you draft is what you get for the season. Your job after Draft Day is to set the right starting lineup every week for 27 weeks. You manage the 50-man roster you drafted with no trades and no free agent pickups. Sound fun?

We are shooting for 320+ leagues this year, which is close to last year's number. We also returning with a $40,000 grand prize while paying the Top 45 teams overall. The Top 3 teams in each league will also earn prize money.

We have price ranges of $150 per team, $400 per team, $1,000 per team, $2,500 per team and even $5,000 per team. We added the $5,000 price level two years ago and filled one league. The league prizes are different for each price point, but each league pays exactly the same amount to the overall prize pool, so everyone is eligible to compete for the $40,000 grand prize and the overall prizes from each of the different price points. Live Scoring and Live Standings will include teams from every price point as they battle for thousands of points in each of the 10 scoring categories.

We also offer two forms of drafts: Express leagues and slower drafts. The Express Leagues start and finish in one night at 1 minute per pick. They usually take around 3+ hours to complete all 50 rounds. The slower formats allow 30 minutes per pick, 1 hour per pick, 2 hours per pick and 4 hours per pick. The clock will be cut in half for the 2 hour and 4 hour drafts starting in Round 31 and these can get done anywhere from 7 to 17 days. Our goal is to get through 3-4 rounds per day no matter the format.

We have also extended the overnight pause time by 2 hours for the second straight year, giving an extra hour at the front and at the back. The clock will now pause between 1 am ET and 9 am ET, but owners can still make picks during the pause. The software has multi-round auto-pick features and multiple round queues to help you keep the drafts rolling even if you aren't near a computer. Use those tools if you can.

Also, KDS runs 15 minutes after the league sells out and the draft starts 30 minutes after the league sells out. Always set your KDS preferences in advance and be ready to draft once the league is full.

For more details on the Draft Champions contests, go here:

https://nfc.shgn.com/gametypes/baseball/332
https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/1585
https://nfc.shgn.com/lobby#332

Let's use this thread to keep up with the latest openings. Good luck all and enjoy.

NFBC $150 NFBC Draft Champions
Tuesday March 26 10 pm ET
1 Aaron McKissack
2 Robert Rizzi
3 Matt Baumer
4 Cec Amado
5 Daniel Gorski
6 Benjamin Schottenfels
7 KRISTOPHER PARKER
8 WESTON SMITH
9 Evan Reimbold
10 RYAN MESICK
11 Douglas Crookham
12 Graham Blakelock
13 Mike King
14 James Peuster
15 Doug Stone

[Darik B]

And. Here. We. GP. 2024's first league...$150 NFBC Draft Champions

2024 NFBC $150 Draft Champions
2-hour League #1
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1. Dominic Rello
2. Joe McHugh
3. Stephen Marshall
4. Mathew Adams
5. ERICH SCHMITT
6. RICHARD ZITO
7. Brian Edwards
8. Johnhenry Schroeder
9. Bryan Vogel
10. James Anderson
11. Dan Kenyon
12. Mike Massotto
13. Zachary Waxman
14. Bradley Willis
15. John Fish

[COZ]

Psychopaths.

P.S. Let me know when the $400DC usual-suspects-signups start.

[Tom Kessenich]

This league is SOLD OUT

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League #1
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Mathew Adams
2 JON CLAIRMONT
3 BENJAMIN DOLVEN
4 RUSSELL STURTZ
5 Michael Armstrong
6 Grant Taylor
7 Kareem Yostos
8 alastair williams
9 Jeff Tudor
10 Steven Grey
11 ERICH SCHMITT
12 Max Hogan
13 DAVID ODOM
14 Andrew McQuiston
15 THOMAS DURST

[Darik B]

Next 4-hr league is sold out

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League #2
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Chris Bergman
2 MATT STRICKLER
3 Gregory Doyle
4 Todd Macey
5 Devin Roell
6 ERIC DAVIS
7 Dominic Rello
8 Zachary Waxman
9 GILES KRILL
10 Ron Kraus
11 Brian Magnani
12 KYLE SACHRISON
13 Brian Sciacca
14 Drew Morris
15 stephen coleman

[Darik B]

This league is Sold Out.

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League #3
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 RUSSELL STURTZ
2 Dominic Rello
3 KYLE SACHRISON
4 Jason Weir
5 WAYNE SMITH
6 Isaac Cockburn
7 Thomas Gates
8 Johnhenry Schroeder
9 DAVID ODOM
10 David Miller
11 Anthony Gialde
12 James Wilson
13 Andrew Viglietti
14 carter gill
15 Matthew Ramon

[Tom Kessenich]

This league is SOLD OUT

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
2-Hour League #2
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 KYLE SACHRISON
2 Joe McHugh
3 Jason Weir
4 Stephen Marshall
5 Allan Quis
6 Rick thomas
7 Russell Withers
8 Bill McRae
9 stephen coleman
10 Gary Durbin
11 David Miller
12 Tom O'Bryan
13 Mike Massotto
14 Cody Harsomchuck
15 Erik Sviggum

[Tom Kessenich]

This league is SOLD OUT

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League #4
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Zachary Waxman
2 SPENCER FARMERY
3 James Ferretti
4 Ross Berg
5 Brian Edwards
6 Aaron Metcalf
7 Kelly Uganski
8 Michael Lins
9 Frankie Newton
10 Jeffrey Cianci
11 Josh Baker
12 Erik Halterman
13 Nicholas Pcholkin
14 Jean Carlo Torres
15 Maurice Gregory

[Darik B]

This league is Sold Out.

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
1-Hour League #1
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Michael Mager
2 Jason Weir
3 Russell Withers
4 Gary Durbin
5 David Miller
6 Mike Massotto
7 James Anderson
8 TERRY LEWIS
9 Eric Gailing
10 Allan Quis
11 Bill McRae
12 DREW MARTIN
13 Rick thomas
14 Stephen Ruschak
15 stephen coleman

[Darik B]

This league is Sold Out.

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League #5
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Steven Grey
2 Dominic Rello
3 Zachary Waxman
4 KYLE SACHRISON
5 Anthony Gialde
6 Zach Charpentier
7 michael delgado
8 Daniel Hoffmann
9 Leonard Ringle
10 Stephen Marshall
11 Brandon Johnson
12 chad fleming
13 gp churchill
14 Paul Weber
15 Kyle King

[tema213]

Apologies if this was covered elsewhere but do you know if/when gladiator competitions will open?

[Darik B]

This league is Sold Out.

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
2-Hour League #3
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Michael Mager
2 Zachary Waxman
3 Joe McHugh
4 ERICH SCHMITT
5 Anthony Gialde
6 Zach Charpentier
7 Stephen Ruschak
8 Dane Nelson
9 Eric Forslund
10 Dave Rhydderch
11 Robert DiPietro
12 Allan Quis
13 Andrew Sullivan
14 Bill McRae
15 dennis sikora

[Darik B]

Sold out

NFBC $150 Draft Champions
2-Hour League #3
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Michael Mager
2 Zachary Waxman
3 Joe McHugh
4 ERICH SCHMITT
5 Anthony Gialde
6 Zach Charpentier
7 Stephen Ruschak
8 Dane Nelson
9 Eric Forslund
10 Dave Rhydderch
11 Robert DiPietro
12 Allan Quis
13 Andrew Sullivan
14 Bill McRae
15 dennis sikora

[Darik B]

SOLD OUT: Filled overnight...this one is an MTM fast one. Start delayed until 11 am ET Sunday.

NFBC $150 Draft Champions
1-Hour League 2
Draft Starts At 11 am on Sunday:
1 Dominic Rello
2 Zachary Waxman
3 Jason Weir
4 Brian Edwards
5 Robert DiPietro
6 RICHARD ZITO
7 Alan Holmes
8 Mike Massotto
9 Jeff Tudor
10 stephen coleman
11 chad fleming
12 Jason Wanic
13 Rick thomas
14 Mark Kieffer
15 Timothy Pamperin

[Greg Ambrosius]

Apologies if this was covered elsewhere but do you know if/when gladiator competitions will open?

Yes, they will start right after the World Series ends. We flip the site over to 2024 and the draft rooms will then have 2024 position eligibility for each player. That's important for the Gladiator leagues because you have to legally fill out your 23-man roster with 23 starters at the required positions. The current draft room still has 2023 position eligibility, so we have to wait until the new site is live for Gladiator Leagues to begin. Hope that helps and we'll see you in early November for those drafts.

[Tom Kessenich]

This league is SOLD OUT

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League #6
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 MATT STRICKLER
2 Russell Withers
3 Anthony Gialde
4 michael delgado
5 Steven Weimer
6 GILES KRILL
7 Kristopher Carroll
8 Michael Allocca
9 James Wilson
10 Joe Forkner
11 Max Hogan
12 Benjamin Graff
13 nicholas durrell
14 gp churchill
15 DAVID ODOM

[Darik B]

Latest 2-hour to fill:

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League #7
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 RUSSELL STURTZ
2 Johnhenry Schroeder
3 ERICH SCHMITT
4 Dan Iverson
5 michael delgado
6 Matt Hurley
7 Michael Lins
8 JAY BARRON
9 Andrew McQuiston
10 Josh Baker
11 JOHN LAMPING
12 ROBERT GAWNE
13 Kareem Yostos
14 elliott pell
15 chad fleming

[Darik B]

Another 2-hr in the books...

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
2-Hour League #4
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Jason Weir
2 Gary Durbin
3 Michael Kurland
4 Leonard Ringle
5 Brandon Johnson
6 RICHARD ZITO
7 Josh Baker
8 JOHN LAMPING
9 ROBERT ORR
10 Michael DeCavalcante
11 John Fish
12 Jack Kitchen
13 Timothy Pamperin
14 Allan Quis
15 BARRY MARTZ

[Darik B]

4-hr sell-out

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League #8
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Zachary Waxman
2 Anthony Gialde
3 Tom O'Bryan
4 Aaron Metcalf
5 JOHN LAMPING
6 Tim Horne
7 Drew Morris
8 IAN BROOMALL
9 Isaac Cockburn
10 patrick monegan
11 Michael Francis
12 Jared Radbel
13 Thomas Durst
14 Paul Weber
15 chad fleming

[Darik B]

First $400 Draft Champion of 2024 is Sold Out.

$400 NFBC Draft Champions
2-Hour League #1
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 James Anderson
2 David Miller
3 Dan Iverson
4 Stephen Marshall
5 Brad Wilt
6 TIMOTHY TUNKS
7 Stephen Ruschak
8 Gary Durbin
9 Bryan Ghio
10 Anthony Mezzatesta
11 carter gill
12 Bill McRae
13 James Tomony
14 Spencer Thurmond
15 Mathew Adams

[Darik B]

This league is Sold Out.

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
2-Hour League #5
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Dan Kenyon
2 Dominic Rello
3 Joe McHugh
4 Jason Weir
5 Zach Charpentier
6 JOHN LAMPING
7 Jack Kitchen
8 Michael Schneider
9 JACOB MAISH
10 ADAM NAJEMY
11 Eric Forslund
12 Allan Quis
13 ANDREW BAYARENA
14 Gregg Martin
15 Lucas Biery

[Darik B]

Latest 2-hour

NFBC $150 Draft Champions
2-Hour League #5
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Dan Kenyon
2 Dominic Rello
3 Joe McHugh
4 Jason Weir
5 Zach Charpentier
6 JOHN LAMPING
7 Jack Kitchen
8 Michael Schneider
9 JACOB MAISH
10 ADAM NAJEMY
11 Eric Forslund
12 Allan Quis
13 ANDREW BAYARENA
14 Gregg Martin
15 Lucas Biery

[Tom Kessenich]

This league is SOLD OUT

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League #9
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Jacob Halusker
2 Zachary Waxman
3 KYLE SACHRISON
4 Jeffrey Cianci
5 RICHARD ZITO
6 Joshua Dawalt
7 Michael Miranda
8 Dan Thompson
9 Richard Barry
10 Eric Cross
11 Michael Rodriguez
12 chad fleming
13 ERIC DAVIS
14 gp churchill
15 Shelby Anderson

[Tom Kessenich]

This league is SOLD OUT

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League 10
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Jason Weir
2 Russell Withers
3 alastair williams
4 Eric Forslund
5 Andrew Smith
6 Kevin Fethke
7 Brian Kurtz
8 Timothy Pamperin
9 Marc Rod
10 ANTHONY HAMLEY
11 GILES KRILL
12 Brandon Kamerman
13 Kirk LeValley
14 Daniel Hoffmann
15 chad fleming

[Darik B]

This league is Sold Out.

$150 NFBC Draft Champions
1-Hour League #3
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 Jason Weir
2 Tom O'Bryan
3 Leonard Ringle
4 Steven Weimer
5 Josh Baker
6 JOHN LAMPING
7 Alan Holmes
8 ANDREW BAYARENA
9 Rick thomas
10 Eddie Ayers
11 Zach Charpentier
12 Paul Weber
13 John Fish
14 Steven Metzler
15 Jack Kitchen