Let's See Some Live Event Photos From Las Vegas & NY

[Greg Ambrosius]

One of the things we've done a terrible job of through 15 years of the NFBC is showcasing our players at the live events. As someone who actually graduated with a photography degree, I'm embarrassed by the lack of photos I've taken through the years. Showcasing our live events should be among the easiest and cheapest ways to promote our contests.

Actually, I do have a lot of photos from the live events, but we never really found a way at STATS to display them. I'm not sure why we didn't create a Players Photo page, but we didn't. And I didn't post them on the Message Boards -- probably because I was too stupid to figure out how to post them -- and now we have very few images of our players at our great live events.

But let's put an end to that. I'll work with the IT group to do a better job of posting photos from our most recent live events and to take more photos. I know we're busy at the live events, but all it takes is a few seconds and a phone these days. It's not like the old days (I'm going to age myself now), where we brought enough 35mm film and looked at the images once they got back from Walgreen's. I can shoot them and post them in the same minute. Let's do it then.

My goal is to create that Player's Photo page on the site at some point for all sports. I'll have to dig back for some old photos and I might not even have them, but Tom and I will see what we can find. At the very least, here's a few from this season in Las Vegas. This one is a view of the Grand Ballroom at the Bellagio where we hosted 6 Main Event Leagues.



Here's our beautiful host hotel



Here's our host hotel from the balcony of our Friday Night Party suite:



And this is our 2017 NFBC Main Event champions, Chris Fessler along with Tom Kessenich, myself and Darik Buchar:

[Greg Ambrosius]

I didn't get a picture of all of our NFBC Main Event champions at this year's Las Vegas event, but this is from two years ago. Look at this motley crew of six past champions: Ken Norred & Dan Semsel, Glenn Schroter, Lindy Hinkelman, Dave Potts, Steve Jupinka and Dave Potts.



This year we had past NFBC Main Event champions Glenn Schroter (2015) and Rob Silver (2016) drafting next to each other in the NFBC Diamond League:

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New York Main Events in 2017:

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There's nothing better than the live drafts and sitting next to a friend who you know you have to beat in this league and in the overall competition for the $125,000 grand prize. Here's a few, starting with Dan Semsel and Mike Massotto:



Shawn Childs and Glenn Schroter



Among my favorites, the Mad Russians (Phil and Greg Glukhovsky)





And even better when you can bring your son:

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CitiesThe auction software works nicely, although this is a photo from the STATS software in 2017:



And Nick Cassavetes with his crew at the 2017 NFBC Diamond League in Las Vegas:

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NFBC veteran Derek Pierson with two guys who used to work at STATS:



Sometimes you draft alone, as Jon Stadtmueller always does:



Along with the $125,000 check, you get something that lasts even longer: An NFBC plaque:

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Here's two NFBC owners who happened to win big money in football. Clark Olson won the 2016 NFFC Primetime and $150,000 thanks to Adam Thelien's 42 points in Week 16:



And John Pausma won the $150,000 grand prize in the NFFC Primetime in 2014:

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Me and Lisa Ann just hangin out:

[Tom Kessenich]

More action shots:

[Tom Kessenich]

In New York when we still use those God-awful stickers and draft boards:

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Two of the very best, Will Tyrer and KJ Duke:



Same here: Chad Fleming and Scott Davis:



Two more of the very best: Dave Potts and Steve Fiore:



Todd Whitestone is having so much fun with his son that he doesn't even realize the buffet is open behind him:

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Stay where you want when in Las Vegas, but we love the beautiful Bellagio:



Hall of Famers Brady Tinker and Tom Kessenich had a post-event mixed drink with my brother Mike:

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This might be my favorite photo of all-time. This was at the Monte Carlo:

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We even get famous actors to draft with us live in Las Vegas. No, not Rex or Shawn!! James Roday!!



Duke!!!!!



And the A's are represented!!