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Dave:I am very glad you said this. When I read that "Wade and Bob" still think that your ownership interest had anything to do with the lawsuit, I couldn't believe it. We are all supposed to believe "this is only an attempt to briefly show that we are in no way criminals", but nonetheless they decided it was prudent to offer their opinion that this was the reason behind the lawsuit. They still don't get it.'Dave Gerczak - FFPC said:I am a part-owner of the 2009 AFFL Championship team with Jeff Gill. I also own part of both the FFPC and the Footballguys Players Championship (started in 2010, so not relevant to 2009 decisions). Since I own these contests, my options for high stakes fantasy were (and still are) quite limited. Which is why I decided (against my intuition) to help Jeff manage his teams that season. As part of a settlement, I cannot comment on the settlement made in our lawsuit vs. AFFL.
Since they brought it up, I will say that I find it patently unfair for the AFFL ownership to create a whole thread to attempt to insinuate that my ownership stake in FFPC is what led to the lawsuit. It is not like I planned to take part-ownership in the team, win the whole thing and then sue AFFL to benefit my business. That is silly. I am not Nostradamus. We busted our butts in waivers, managing that team, went through many starting lineup decisions and managed it with our best effort to squeak out a win vs Chad Schroeder (who is considered by many to be the best in the business) at the very end. We worked hard, make no mistake. Our goal was the same as anyone: to win and get paid in full. Same goal as anyone else that puts up good money to play fantasy football. Obviously. Frankly, it really pains me for these guys to bring up these old wounds again when I have tried to put them in the past. I have not spoken to Jeff, but I am certain he feels the same way.
We offered them an easy way out before the lawsuit was filed, which they rejected.
If they seek redemption, like many of the other posters have said, pay ALL the winners in full first.