ILUVBEER99 said:
Also for those complaining about people who didn't cash charging back their CC's please stop.
They entered the leagues under the pretense that they would have a chance to win money, they weren't delivered what they paid for.
Everyone who can should be charging back their CC's. Hate to break it to the "winners" but the odds are you're not getting paid anything. Charge everything you can back, you were scammed and not given the product you paid for.
I would strongly disagree with this.
If someone entered 1 league and finished 12th, that person has no business doing a chargeback or seeking any kind of restitution. That person truly lost nothing because of phenoms'....ummm...situation, let's call it, but rather he lost because of how the contest played out.
Think of it this way....if Mike had not sent that email and simply decided to not pay the winnings....what would be this hypothetical person's losses because of the.....ummm....situation? Exactly, nothing. He paid $50 or $100 or $200 to enter a contest, the contest went off, he lost the contest, and he has zero economic loss caused by the....ummmm....situation.
The integrity or fairness of the contest itself is not in question, therefore I see it as Mike delivered that part of the service to the entire league in 2014. What he did not deliver was the prizes to the prize winners and he did not deliver the 2015 leagues to those who prepaid them. Therefore it is the prize winners and those who prepaid for leagues that did not start at all (e.g. 2015 leagues and deposits) who were affected.
The ONLY people who should be seeking restitution of any form are those that have prepayments for 2015 football/basketball/baseball leagues, those with dynasty/keeper league deposits, those who have unused funds on deposit, and those who have winnings from leagues, since those are the only ones who have a true economic loss. If you have multiple leagues, you should be doing what I did....analyze all the $ paid to Mike and determine which of your leagues fall into each of these areas.
Anyone else who seeks restitution through chargebacks, claims, or anything else, is lower than snail crap, a low-life thief akin to one who scours the obituaries and robs mourners' houses while they are at the funeral.