Greg Ambrosius wrote:Thanks for all of your wild ideas Mike, but the Diamond payout stays as is. I'm not sure we're ready just yet for a Diamond Winner-Take-All League!! The four payouts work at this price point and keeps everyone involved all season long. Now let's keep moving forward and fill this baby up!!
Greg,
I respectfully disagree. First of all, I did not suggest a "winner-take-all" format. The change would simply be to pay the top three as is done in
all other NFBC leagues, only with a different prize structure. Do you honestly believe any of us in this group are going to lose interest and stop being competitive let alone withdraw their registration if you made this change to the prize structure? No way. And before you poo-poo all of my ideas as being "wild", have you happened to notice that since you took my advice and listed the second Diamond a few days ago, that this so happens to be
the most viewed thread on the entire general discussion board, even more than your 2013 sign-up thread! And I still get people who message me this year to tell me how they followed the MTM thread last year every day and it was their favorite. What does this indicate? To me it shows that people like out-of-the-box ideas and the entertainment factor that they add to these types of competitions which makes them want to follow them even more and perhaps even get involved in one. How much revenue did you and Tom just add over the last few days for 2013 just with this second Diamond alone and all the hype I've been giving it just for the fun of it? You filled a second event with a $10,000 entrance fee quicker than you do some slow drafts from cryin' out loud! It's time you guys just hear out some of your loyal, biggest players and spenders who want to compete at this level and especially like to do so when you push the envelope with new and exciting ideas each year which only serve to help you make more revenue and better promote this thing you created that we all love so much. I distinctly recall all the doubts and reservations I got last year when I suggested an entirely live Super event, and heard all about the challenges in filling a high stakes league like that, but I got 15 great, top-notch competitors (give or take a few
) all there paid and enthusiastically so. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that league didn't exist before last year either. I'm not looking for compensation or even acknowledgement for it, but it would be nice if before you shot down some of the ideas I listed, that you at least heard me and the rest of us out on them. Besides the pay out structure, which if changed for the second Diamond, does nothing to affect you guys negatively in any way, there are a few ideas I've thrown out there from speaking to people that I think are good and will add to the fun and excitement of this elite event. I've been a business owner and entrepreneur for over 20 years, and I've learned that if you aren't willing to take calculated risks and think outside the box once in awhile, you're going to limit your potential for maximum success. One of my favorite quotes of all time is a baseball quote by Earl Weaver, and I use it in speaking with my clients all the time:
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." Truer words were never spoken. Now let's get some serious dialogue going here so I can get back to busting everyone's balls like I would rather be doing right now.
Thanks for your consideration, and I welcome anyone and everyone reading this to take the time to give your insightful responses on this thread. Thanks again.
-MTM
"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base." ~Dave Barry
Should be no problem swinging it with all that money you've piled up over the years taking us all to the cleaners. Put up or shut up, my friend. Would love to face off against a true legend in this game. 
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