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Most of us who play the larger money games in the NFBC, are veterans at it.
Satelites and Draft Championship leagues provide 'Yahoo Kids' to 'earn their chops' or get better acquainted with the tough competition in the NFBC.
Once acclimated to the NFBC, the decision is made by the player to move up to larger money leagues, stay where they are, or go back to where they came from.
Most who have success in Satelite leagues or DC's want to join more leagues. They've tasted success against the best and know they belong.

Joining many leagues is fine with NFBC players. Personally, my sweet spot is around 15 teams, with no more than five of those, being FAAB teams. Once upon a time I looked at faab as being exciting in making my team better. Now, the time required overshadows that enthusiasm.

There are several players who play more than 15 leagues. They take kidding and get nicknames likes 'Every League Jim' or 'Can't miss a league' Carl, but it's all good natured.
For the most part, we as individuals play in as many leagues as we know we can handle. I know that with my feelings about faab changing through the years, my faab teams have gone from double digits to just four.
We do what makes us happy.

Last year, there was a lot of squawking about Chad Schroeder and Joe Berg entering a lot of 12 team Championships. I saw nothing wrong with it. If anything, I felt a little sorry for them, because I know how strenuous Sunday's must have been for them.
The results were wonderful for Joe and Chad. They won a boatload of money. I salute them. I know it took a lot of work. So much so that they've cut down on those leagues for this year in feeling a little burnt out.
Many tried to diminish their accomplishments. They felt that with entering so many teams, that 'they had to win'.
A crazy assumption.
No matter how many teams are entered in a competition, you STILL have to be damned good to win. And to win as much as Chad and Joe did last year, was mindboggling.

Now, the same thing is happening with Eric Heberlig. Mr. Heberlig has entered a mind-numbing amount of leagues this year.
I am in no leagues with Mr. Heberlig and that is by design. Last year, he had so many teams that it made him a slow drafter in DC's. Slow drafters drive me more nuts than I already am. I put him on my personal 'Do not draft with' list.
Anyway, from what I hear, he is doing well with a lot of his teams.
Yet, others want to diminish the accomplishments.
Crazy.
If anything, he is giving each team in every league he plays in, an edge.
He has to manage over 100 teams.
We manage far less.
We can zero in on each teams needs and wants. His time with so many teams does not allow him to do that.
I believe there is a little bit of jealousy going on. I know I am!
We all wish we could spend our time this way (well, sorta).
Given the money, I know just a few years ago, I would have gladly run that many teams. But now, my time has to be alotted elsewhere as well.

If Mr. Heberlig does well, I will salute him just like Chad and Joe. The work he is undertaking has to be a burden.
Some think that since he has so many teams, 'he is bound to win'. Quite the contrary!
This isn't a lottery with 100 tickets and buying 50 of them gives us a 50% chance of winning. It doesn't work that way in year long fantasy baseball.
The same rules apply.
We have to draft well and manage each team well to win.
No matter the amount of teams owned.

Very well stated as always Dan. What Chad and I did was to attack the Primetime which had a lot less teams. We actually ended up 16 Primetime, 5 Main Event and 3 Online Championship teams for a total of 24 FAAB teams. It was a massive undertaking and one which I'm sure we would never do again. While we won the Primetime with 16 entries we also won the Online Championship with only 3 (out of 1500). They can be had either way with the right amount of skill and luck.

Eric obviously has a system that works for him, as he had (I read) somewhere close to 50 teams last year. While I would never take part in that many, I do really like his style of drafting and in season management. He is unique in his approach to FAAB early on compared to most players. His aggressiveness works for him and I'm sure he will be in the hunt again this year, as he is every year.

Multiple entries allow the main event and all of these championships to flourish. For anyone to suggest that you can buy one of these simply does not understand what it takes to even put yourself in position to win one.