Draftstreet/FBG FREE $500 league week 4 (1 Viewer)

[Anthony Borbely]

For week 4, DraftStreet is throwing another FREE one-week fantasy league with $500 in prizes exclusively for FOOTBALLGUYS members.

Congrats to bigdogwilson for riding Wes Welker to a first place finish in the week 3 FOOTBALLGUYS freeroll. The top five finishers all needed Welker, but bigdog had the winning combination with Schaub, Fred Jackson, Daniel Thomas and Mike Wallace chipping in big as well.

Drafting is salary cap style, which means you try to make the best fantasy team for week 3 while staying at or below the $100,000 budget. Rosters include 2 QBs, 2 RBs, 2 WRs, 1 TE, 2 FLEX, and 1 Defense. Player salaries are determined based on their expected fantasy performance, with recent performance and aspects of the matchup considered. This week Welker is up near $15k after his huge performance in week 3 while Boldin and Holmes can be bought for around $8500 after getting off to slow starts this season.

You can adjust your roster up until the contest starts on Sunday, October 2nd at 1:00pm ET at which time your rosters will lock and the Live Scoreboard will be available.

CLICK HERE to sign up for free and register for the FOOTBALLGUYS $500 Freeroll on DraftStreet.com.

 

[Bobcat10]

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[H8fulHuck]

nice job bigdog!

 

[chocula]

Thanks for doing this again this week.

I hope I finish higher than 238 this week.

 

[griff321]

Win a bit of money and this is rapidly becoming a big addiction.

One thing I like is I don't have to worry about the government coming in and taking all my money like poker and if a player on your team gets injured then just take the lumps for the week and get someone new the next week.

I guess the only thing that really worries me is the companies that run these things. What assurances do I have they don't just go belly up with my money like a lot of other fantasy/gambling sites?

 

[Restricted]

Promocodes: 25% extra in for your deposit. Saw there was 40% but all expired.

Vega

fx90

 

[Bobcat10]

Win a bit of money and this is rapidly becoming a big addiction.One thing I like is I don't have to worry about the government coming in and taking all my money like poker and if a player on your team gets injured then just take the lumps for the week and get someone new the next week.I guess the only thing that really worries me is the companies that run these things. What assurances do I have they don't just go belly up with my money like a lot of other fantasy/gambling sites?

That's why I just build off of freerolls. If something happens, it sucks that I would have wasted time, but there will be no initial investment.

 

[griff321]

Win a bit of money and this is rapidly becoming a big addiction.One thing I like is I don't have to worry about the government coming in and taking all my money like poker and if a player on your team gets injured then just take the lumps for the week and get someone new the next week.I guess the only thing that really worries me is the companies that run these things. What assurances do I have they don't just go belly up with my money like a lot of other fantasy/gambling sites?

That's why I just build off of freerolls. If something happens, it sucks that I would have wasted time, but there will be no initial investment.

I'm doing the same, but it'd still suck. I'd like to hear from FBG's as to why they chose draftstreet and Fandual as sponsors. They've had issues with sponsors in the past and I'm sure(more like I'd hope) they did their due diligence this time around.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

Did anyone from the Shark Pool win in week 3?

The first place winners in both weeks 1 and 2 took first place.

It would be nice if it was 3 for 3.

 

[newteech]

I'd like to hear from FBG's as to why they chose draftstreet and Fandual as sponsors.

This question really needs to be addressed. Mr. Borbely please answer it. What incentives are you personally receiving from promoting this contest? What incentives is FBGs receiving?I've been a FBG for a long time and I love this place. However I'm starting to feel embarrassed for you.

 

[griff321]

I'd like to hear from FBG's as to why they chose draftstreet and Fandual as sponsors.

This question really needs to be addressed. Mr. Borbely please answer it. What incentives are you personally receiving from promoting this contest? What incentives is FBGs receiving?I've been a FBG for a long time and I love this place. However I'm starting to feel embarrassed for you.

I don't mind FBG's getting kickbacks or whatever sponsor revenue stream. Heck they're a business and they gotta make that money, but I have a certain level of trust in FBGs that I do not have in the fantasy sports industry or gambling industry. How many of us here trusted Full Tilt? I know a ton of people that like myself won a freeroll and then spent countless hours building that into respectable bankrolls only to loose everything overnight. Then there's a good list of fantasy contests that bent the faithful over a barrel.I understand the legal vs. illegal argument, but that didn't stop major fantasy contests that sponsored FBGs from going under and never paying people in the past. I remember a few years back after one big one folded(can't find the dang thread) FBGs said they'd do more vetting before funneling their customers to another shady site. I'm rolling up my freeroll dollars pretty fast, and I really, really would like to hear back from either site and/or FBGs on why I should trust them that my money will be there even if the site folds due to poor financial planning, god forbid something happens to the people in charge of it, or it's not another simple pump and dump Ponzi scheme. I find it a bit disappointing that my post was seen by staff and completely dismissed. Not even a PM, so they must feel it's ridiculous or borderline trolling to even ask. If you did a bit of legwork please share it or the vetting process. If you don't care about who you take money from that's fine but it'd be nice to know before I become heavily invested and allow my addiction to take over.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

I'd like to hear from FBG's as to why they chose draftstreet and Fandual as sponsors.

This question really needs to be addressed. Mr. Borbely please answer it. What incentives are you personally receiving from promoting this contest? What incentives is FBGs receiving?I've been a FBG for a long time and I love this place. However I'm starting to feel embarrassed for you.

I don't mind FBG's getting kickbacks or whatever sponsor revenue stream. Heck they're a business and they gotta make that money, but I have a certain level of trust in FBGs that I do not have in the fantasy sports industry or gambling industry. How many of us here trusted Full Tilt? I know a ton of people that like myself won a freeroll and then spent countless hours building that into respectable bankrolls only to loose everything overnight. Then there's a good list of fantasy contests that bent the faithful over a barrel.I understand the legal vs. illegal argument, but that didn't stop major fantasy contests that sponsored FBGs from going under and never paying people in the past. I remember a few years back after one big one folded(can't find the dang thread) FBGs said they'd do more vetting before funneling their customers to another shady site. I'm rolling up my freeroll dollars pretty fast, and I really, really would like to hear back from either site and/or FBGs on why I should trust them that my money will be there even if the site folds due to poor financial planning, god forbid something happens to the people in charge of it, or it's not another simple pump and dump Ponzi scheme. I find it a bit disappointing that my post was seen by staff and completely dismissed. Not even a PM, so they must feel it's ridiculous or borderline trolling to even ask. If you did a bit of legwork please share it or the vetting process. If you don't care about who you take money from that's fine but it'd be nice to know before I become heavily invested and allow my addiction to take over.

To the above questions: If you want to inquire about the advertising deal with the above companies, you have to address the people in charge of said companies. That would not be me. Frankly, I would not expect those kinds of questions to be answered because I don't know of any company that will tell people about their business deals in terms of the arrangements or finances. Advertising deals are not public business. I can understand people having questions, but some of the things I have seen posted will not be answered because business deals between two companies are private. I don't know why anyone would really expect those questions to be answered on a message board. Companies don't routinely discuss business arrangements or the financial aspects of their business deals with the public.Regarding companies not paying or going under...you can do all of the due diligence in the world, a company could have 10, 20, or 50 years of proven stable management, years of making timely payments, a long history of doing everything right. But there is no possible way anyone can predict what will happen in the future. That isn't realistic. I'm sure Footballguys did their due diligence, but nobody can predict the future with 100% certainty.The extent of my involvement is moderating this thread every week. I have nothing to do with the advertising deal between the companies. Beyond that and with all due respect, I will not discuss anything related to my professional business. AB

 

[griff321]

Thanks for taking the time to make the post AB.

I understand and agree with your take that any business can go under after years of trustworthy service while taking a whole lot of hard earned dollars with them, but the fantasy sports industry has been especially shaky. I'm going to try asking over at the fantasy players association, but that place is a ghost town and seems to be captain hindsight. Granted they did good work spreading the word about the WCOFF and pressing them to give answers, but it didn't do much good for the many people ripped off. Heck industry leaders like RTS still say that the company running it are "good people." It just shows good people can make very poor business plans. This hurts the entire industry, so it's confusing to me to see industry leaders jumping behind a couple unknowns without being very forthcoming about the people running it and assurances for the clients that they'll not be ripped off by another fantasy company blowing all of their capital on themselves or advertising. For instance Charch sets up an awesome fantasy company like league safe, but people had concerns about it for obvious reasons. They come over here to post questions and Charch takes time out of a very busy schedule (the dude has a ton of stuff going on in every form of media) to come here and be honest and transparent about his business model. That's exactly what I was hoping to see.

I don't mean to pollute your thread, but I'm obviously very worried about the industry and especially newcomers. I'm certainly not the only one, but I'll make this my last post in these threads. Thank you a ton for tolerating my being a bit of a nervous Nelly and clearing up what you can.

 

[J Giles Band]

Thanks for taking the time to make the post AB.I understand and agree with your take that any business can go under after years of trustworthy service while taking a whole lot of hard earned dollars with them, but the fantasy sports industry has been especially shaky. I'm going to try asking over at the fantasy players association, but that place is a ghost town and seems to be captain hindsight. Granted they did good work spreading the word about the WCOFF and pressing them to give answers, but it didn't do much good for the many people ripped off. Heck industry leaders like RTS still say that the company running it are "good people." It just shows good people can make very poor business plans. This hurts the entire industry, so it's confusing to me to see industry leaders jumping behind a couple unknowns without being very forthcoming about the people running it and assurances for the clients that they'll not be ripped off by another fantasy company blowing all of their capital on themselves or advertising. For instance Charch sets up an awesome fantasy company like league safe, but people had concerns about it for obvious reasons. They come over here to post questions and Charch takes time out of a very busy schedule (the dude has a ton of stuff going on in every form of media) to come here and be honest and transparent about his business model. That's exactly what I was hoping to see.I don't mean to pollute your thread, but I'm obviously very worried about the industry and especially newcomers. I'm certainly not the only one, but I'll make this my last post in these threads. Thank you a ton for tolerating my being a bit of a nervous Nelly and clearing up what you can.

You don't have anything to apologize for Griff. You're not the only one who has voiced similar concerns. And considering the sites which have folded recently they are valid.I for one don't expect FBG's to divulge their financial advertising arrangements. Just be up front about it when you're trying to sell me something. It is a bit of an eyebrow raiser when another website's contest is pushed to the point it goes beyond a friendly heads up. It became obvious pretty quickly the agenda in the Draftstreet topics with the repeated posts reminding us this contest is FREE (remember those?). Just don't get a good vibe when I'm being sold under the guise that I'm being done a service.As far as these sites going under, there is no question that any business can go under. But let's not use that as an excuse for a lack of homework done in making sure the members here aren't being sold a bill of goods. Not saying they are in this case... fingers crossed though.The other side of the coin is that guys here are enjoying the free rolls and these certainly can be fun. Let's hope FBG's is more selective in choosing their partners for their customers than we're being let on.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

The extent of my involvement is to promote the fact that there is a $500 FREE contest for any Footballguys member. I understand why people are concerned. There have been problems in the industry. Everyone can choose to play or not play in this FREE contest. They can also choose whether they want to play in any of the other contests.

If anyone is concerned about playing any of the pay contests, that is understandable given the things that have happened in the industry. But the contest being promoted in this thread is FREE to play and there are $500 weekly prizes. I don't know who took 1st place in week 3, but a couple of message board posters won the first 2 weeks.

Aside from the concerns, I'm interested to know what people think about the contest itself.

Good luck to those that play.

 

[chocula]

The extent of my involvement is to promote the fact that there is a $500 FREE contest for any Footballguys member. I understand why people are concerned. There have been problems in the industry. Everyone can choose to play or not play in this FREE contest. They can also choose whether they want to play in any of the other contests. If anyone is concerned about playing any of the pay contests, that is understandable given the things that have happened in the industry. But the contest being promoted in this thread is FREE to play and there are $500 weekly prizes. I don't know who took 1st place in week 3, but a couple of message board posters won the first 2 weeks. Aside from the concerns, I'm interested to know what people think about the contest itself.Good luck to those that play.

The cointest is awesome. Hard to beat free. I definitely think it is a blast and would like to see it keep going.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

I'd like to hear from FBG's as to why they chose draftstreet and Fandual as sponsors.

This question really needs to be addressed. Mr. Borbely please answer it. What incentives are you personally receiving from promoting this contest? What incentives is FBGs receiving?I've been a FBG for a long time and I love this place. However I'm starting to feel embarrassed for you.

settle down Beavis. you're the one who should be embarrassed after this post. you really expect people to divulge their business? it's called advertising. do you write to NBC and ask them what incentives they are receiving from Ford when you see a commercial on Sunday Night Football? are you embarrassed for Chris Collinsworth? they are offering something for free to attract more customers - what a crazy concept!! i have no desire to deposit money there so i play the freeroll and move on with my day. i'm sure many people from here have deposited money. good for them. either way, feel free to get over yourself.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

The extent of my involvement is to promote the fact that there is a $500 FREE contest for any Footballguys member. I understand why people are concerned. There have been problems in the industry. Everyone can choose to play or not play in this FREE contest. They can also choose whether they want to play in any of the other contests. If anyone is concerned about playing any of the pay contests, that is understandable given the things that have happened in the industry. But the contest being promoted in this thread is FREE to play and there are $500 weekly prizes. I don't know who took 1st place in week 3, but a couple of message board posters won the first 2 weeks. Aside from the concerns, I'm interested to know what people think about the contest itself.Good luck to those that play.

The cointest is awesome. Hard to beat free. I definitely think it is a blast and would like to see it keep going.

The FREE $500 contest will run every week this season. Glad you enjoy it. Good luck this week.

 

[Mark Wimer]

Thanks for taking the time to make the post AB.

I understand and agree with your take that any business can go under after years of trustworthy service while taking a whole lot of hard earned dollars with them, but the fantasy sports industry has been especially shaky. I'm going to try asking over at the fantasy players association, but that place is a ghost town and seems to be captain hindsight. Granted they did good work spreading the word about the WCOFF and pressing them to give answers, but it didn't do much good for the many people ripped off. Heck industry leaders like RTS still say that the company running it are "good people." It just shows good people can make very poor business plans. This hurts the entire industry, so it's confusing to me to see industry leaders jumping behind a couple unknowns without being very forthcoming about the people running it and assurances for the clients that they'll not be ripped off by another fantasy company blowing all of their capital on themselves or advertising. For instance Charch sets up an awesome fantasy company like league safe, but people had concerns about it for obvious reasons. They come over here to post questions and Charch takes time out of a very busy schedule (the dude has a ton of stuff going on in every form of media) to come here and be honest and transparent about his business model. That's exactly what I was hoping to see.

I don't mean to pollute your thread, but I'm obviously very worried about the industry and especially newcomers. I'm certainly not the only one, but I'll make this my last post in these threads. Thank you a ton for tolerating my being a bit of a nervous Nelly and clearing up what you can.

You don't have anything to apologize for Griff. You're not the only one who has voiced similar concerns. And considering the sites which have folded recently they are valid.I for one don't expect FBG's to divulge their financial advertising arrangements. Just be up front about it when you're trying to sell me something. It is a bit of an eyebrow raiser when another website's contest is pushed to the point it goes beyond a friendly heads up. It became obvious pretty quickly the agenda in the Draftstreet topics with the repeated posts reminding us this contest is FREE (remember those?). Just don't get a good vibe when I'm being sold under the guise that I'm being done a service.

As far as these sites going under, there is no question that any business can go under. But let's not use that as an excuse for a lack of homework done in making sure the members here aren't being sold a bill of goods. Not saying they are in this case... fingers crossed though.

The other side of the coin is that guys here are enjoying the free rolls and these certainly can be fun. Let's hope FBG's is more selective in choosing their partners for their customers than we're being let on.

The contest is FREE to enter. There is no financial risk for those who choose to take advantage of the free promotion that DraftStreet is offering. Again, I find it very strange that some people are suspicious of a free contest.Secondly, the staff at Footballguys.com takes customer satisfaction very seriously. We're comfortable that our partners are offering quality products for our customers to enjoy. We do our best to ensure our customer's satisfaction, and I certainly have received ZERO complaints about the DraftStreet Freerolls. As far as I know, everyone who has played has enjoyed the time invested in the FREE contest.

I don't know what else people expect us to say? DraftStreet stepped up and offered 16 weeks of FREE $500 contests for FBG customers to enjoy! That's a substantial amount of FREE prizes that we negotiated for our customers ($8000.00, friends).

If you want to play and have fun with a shot at free money, do that. If you would rather not, then don't. It's pretty simple actually. No need to keep taking cheap shots at our integrity, folks. There is nothing sinister going on, we're just trying to enhance our customers' experience at Footballguys.com/with fantasy football in general.

GL in ALL your leagues this week, Footballguys!

MW

 

[Jtmonie]

I Love the FREERoll contest offered. It has opened me up to weekly fantasy football which is a completely different animal than my dynasty, redraft and survivor formats that I play. I have won 10x my investment in Fanduel so far and can move my cash out instantly into Paypall which is what I did with online Poker too.... If you let your cash sit on an online company for ever, maybe you should lose your bank roll... you can transfer in cash instantly when you want to make bets and vice versa.... Football guys please keep looking for new and interesting things for us to try out and explore, and keep up the good work !!

 

[HellToupee]

uh-oh draftstreet's site appears to have crashed

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

i am so awful at these contests