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Re: Signup List For First $1,000, $375 and $150 NFBC Slow Dr

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:35 am

ONLY FIVE SPOTS LEFT NOW for the $1,000 Slow Draft League which won't start until the first week of March. Sign up now if you want to reserve your spot in this special league and don't pay until late February and don't draft until early March. Come on, ONLY FIVE SPOTS LEFT!!!

Here's the current signup list:

NFBC $1,000 Slow Draft League 1
Starting the Monday after Spring Training begins, 15 teams, 50 Rounds
No Free Agent Pickups After Draft Day, Pay Top 3
1. Max Ogden Neenah, Wisconsin
2. Rick Thomas, Lewes, Delaware
3. George Kleemann, Palatine, Illinois
4. Mike Massotto, Caldwell, New Jersey
5. Greg Doyle, San Ramon, California
6. Ando, Village Grove, Illinois
7. Dave Potts, Auburn, Alabama
8. Gaëtan Lavoie, St. Lambert, Quebec
9. Stephen Jupinka, Waldwick, New Jersey
10. Terry Lewis, Harrisburg, North Carolina
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:37 am

southpaw23 wrote:Put me in for the next $150 slow....
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Got it Jason and welcome back. Hey, how about those BADGERS AND PACKERS?!!! :D What a fall sports season we're having here, huh?

Okay, ONLY SIX SPOTS LEFT now in $150 Slow Draft League 3. Let's fill this one up and we should be drafting in the next week. Get your KDS preferences ready because Draft Day is right around the corner. Thanks all. Here's who you'll have to beat:

NFBC Slow Draft League 3:
31. Jeff Shasteen, Rosiclare Illinois
32. Mike McElory, Pleasanton, California
33. Mike Lins, Hillsborough, New Jersey
34. Seth Trachtman, St. Louis, Missouri
35. Neal Moses, Oakland Township, Michigan
36. Ryan Struve, Alexandria, Virginia
37. Paul Weber, Richmond Heights, Missouri
38. Jason Duponte, Waltham, Massachusetts
39. Jason Perkins, New Glarus, Wisconsin
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Re: Signup List For First $1,000, $375 and $150 NFBC Slow Dr

Post by Winston's Empire » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:40 am

Greg Ambrosius wrote:ONLY FIVE SPOTS LEFT NOW for the $1,000 Slow Draft League which won't start until the first week of March. Sign up now if you want to reserve your spot in this special league and don't pay until late February and don't draft until early March. Come on, ONLY FIVE SPOTS LEFT!!!

Here's the current signup list:

NFBC $1,000 Slow Draft League 1
Starting the Monday after Spring Training begins, 15 teams, 50 Rounds
No Free Agent Pickups After Draft Day, Pay Top 3
1. Max Ogden Neenah, Wisconsin
2. Rick Thomas, Lewes, Delaware
3. George Kleemann, Palatine, Illinois
4. Mike Massotto, Caldwell, New Jersey
5. Greg Doyle, San Ramon, California
6. Ando, Village Grove, Illinois
7. Dave Potts, Auburn, Alabama
8. Gaëtan Lavoie, St. Lambert, Quebec
9. Stephen Jupinka, Waldwick, New Jersey
10. Terry Lewis, Harrisburg, North Carolina
Greg, we want to start this if possible about the time Pitchers and Catchers report in the middle of February. This will allow us to get done before the Main Event weekends and of course KJ's Keeper League Draft which a bunch of us guys in the $1000 Slow Draft participate in! Thanks
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:04 am

We'll be ready for the $1,000 Slow Draft whenever you guys are. Sounds good.
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Post by Winston's Empire » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:12 am

Greg Ambrosius wrote:We'll be ready for the $1,000 Slow Draft whenever you guys are. Sounds good.
Thanks a lot Greg. Starting this right when Pitchers and Catchers started to report was one of our best selling points last year when we were trying to get this $1000 Slow Draft off the ground. The Hype for Fantasy Baseball is really rolling at that point and these slow drafts really allow guys to crunch as they prepare for their live drafts.
Now if we could just knock 'Mike the Mouth' off his perch as Champ of this league we will be all set!!!! ;)
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Re: Signup List For First $1,000, $375 and $150 NFBC Slow Dr

Post by DJKinney1324 » Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:27 pm

Greg-

I will take a spot in the $150...Is the site live for registering yet?

Thanks!

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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:52 pm

DJKinney1324 wrote:Greg-

I will take a spot in the $150...Is the site live for registering yet?

Thanks!

DJ
Sounds good DJ. I'll add you to the list. FIVE SPOTS LEFT NOW for $150 Slow Draft League 3!!

Not yet, but I just saw final language for our rules, so we're close. We had some legal hurdles we had to complete...hopefully one-time issues we can avoid in future years. Look for Registration soon and the draft room to open once this league is full. Thanks man.
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Post by Rog » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:15 am

Greg Ambrosius wrote:Okay, the $375 Slow Draft League 1 is NOW FULL!! In fact, we're OVERFILLED!! Roger Martin said he would take a spot if we didn't fill by Monday, but obviously we filled this one up on Saturday night. I'll see if Roger or Terry will get that last spot, but either way we need to set plans in motion to get this league going. I'll email the list today and get this league rolling. Send your KDS preferences to me at [email protected] by Tuesday noon ET and we'll pick the draft spots and get this league rolling by week's end (hopefully). We just have to get past one legal hurdle, give one last test to the draft software and get moving. Thanks all.

Here's the signup list:

NFBC $375 Slow Draft League 1
Starting in Late November, 15 Teams, 50 Rounds
No Free Agent Pickups After Draft Day, Pay Top 3 $1,400 Each
1. Max Ogden Neenah, Wisconsin
2. Rick Thomas, Lewes, Delaware
3. George Kleemann, Palatine, Illinois
4. Mike Massotto, New Jersey
5. Richard DiMondo, New Rochelle, New York
6. Robert Zidonik, Cedar Park, Texas
7. Gaëtan Lavoie, St. Lambert, Quebec
8. Ted Cohan, Walla Walla
9. Dave Potts, Auburn, Alabama
10. Mike Lins, Hillsborough, New Jersey
11. Emory Upchurch, Ukiah, California
12. George Taylor, Sparks Nevada
13. KJ Duke, San Diego, California
14. Alan Greenberg, New Haven, Connecticut
15. Roger Martin, Sarasota, Florida
16. Terry Lewis, Harrisburg, North Carolina
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:36 am

I have all 15 KDS preferences. I will do this and post right after noon hour hoops. I need my fix first. :mrgreen:
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:19 am

I apologize for the delay in the start of the Slow Drafts, but we have a legal issue that is taking more time than we expected. I'm told that Registration won't be available until next week as we tackle this important issue and thus Slow Drafts won't be able to start until next week at the earliest. Sorry. I'll provide more updates as they become available, but plan accordingly and hopefully we can start these three full Slow Drafts next week. Thanks all for your patience.
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Post by Winston's Empire » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:32 am

Can we start the 375 via email if we organize it and keep track of the picks until all is ready to go?
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Post by whipsaw » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:38 am

Same question for the other slow drafts... would really like to get these started.

What is the legal issue?

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Post by Winston's Empire » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:42 am

I can only speak of a large number of the owners in the 375 Slow Draft, but with this group we will have no problems. Heck we have KJ Duke, RT, and MtM in this league for Gosh Sake! Plus it will help us get the ball rolling and will allow us to sign up for more slow drafts hearding towards Spring Training etc...
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Post by Rog » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:54 am

I am ok with email to start with both the 375 and 150

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Post by Winston's Empire » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:06 am

Rog wrote:I am ok with email to start with both the 375 and 150
As soon as Greg gives us the ok to get this rolling privately, we will organize it quickly if the guys in the 375 want to. Then we can just update the draft like they will need to with the other drafts from Arizona will need to.
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:41 am

Winston's Empire wrote:Can we start the 375 via email if we organize it and keep track of the picks until all is ready to go?
I don't care if you guys want to email each other, but no pick will be official until we get everyone registered, paid and in the draft room. I know it's frustrating and trust me it's no fun to be on hold for us, either, but this isn't a small matter. It's something we need to work through.

Do what you'd like, but hopefully these leagues will start next week. I believe they will and nobody on our signup lists are in jeopardy of the legal issue we are dealing with. So plan to draft once we get this done.
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:48 am

whipsaw wrote:Same question for the other slow drafts... would really like to get these started.

What is the legal issue?
I understand, but we have to work through this issue first. It involves which state residents are allowed to play in the NFBC after one state contacted us asking us to disallow their residents from playing. As you can imagine, this is something we have to look at seriously and explore it thoroughly. Had this not happened, we were ready to roll sooner. Now give our legal department time to sift through this and get the final rules posted for all to see and most to join. I think we can get rolling middle of next week if all goes well.
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Post by Winston's Empire » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:13 pm

Greg, I think if you are confident we will be rolling by this time next week we can wait. If its going to be longer than that, I think that most of us would like to get rolling. Its December 7th now and if we start them past this time next week (December 13th), your heading into Christmas and everything else.
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Post by 751542 » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:25 pm

Winston's Empire wrote:Greg, I think if you are confident we will be rolling by this time next week we can wait. If its going to be longer than that, I think that most of us would like to get rolling. Its December 7th now and if we start them past this time next week (December 13th), your heading into Christmas and everything else.
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Post by duesman24 » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:43 pm

Hey guys
Im ok with starting draft also.
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Post by Winston's Empire » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:14 pm

duesman24 wrote:Hey guys
Im ok with starting draft also.
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Lets do this thing! I am cool starting now. PM me for my email address and we can start the process.
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Post by Gekko » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:46 pm

Greg - I'm assuming any slow drafts conducted via email are not considered officially sanctioned NFBC events and will not be included in the overall slow draft championship. Is this accurate?

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Post by low talkers » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:46 pm

I'm certainly ready to start drafting, but am I the only one concerned about starting by email, if it's not really official? All it takes is one guy at one point trying to change a pick and everything blows up. I doubt anything like that happens, but what if it does? Does someone having a list of who everyone has drafted really stop someone from changing their pick and therefore everything after it, once the official draft room opens? If all other 14 of you want to start, I'll go ahead too, but would like more detail on how it would really work.

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Post by MadCow Sez » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:19 pm

Gekko wrote:Greg - I'm assuming any slow drafts conducted via email are not considered officially sanctioned NFBC events and will not be included in the overall slow draft championship. Is this accurate?
Why wouldn't they be?
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Post by duesman24 » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:20 pm

Guys
Im under the assumption that drafts have already started via email?
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