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Welcome to my Fantasy Sports page here at
NelsonRivera.net
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I am dedicating this
space to share information regarding my fantasy football and baseball
leagues.� I have been playing Fantasy Football since 1996 and took
part in my very first Fantasy Baseball league this year.� Which is
interesting, if you know anything
about me .� This is
because baseball has always been my passion, not football.� In fact,
though I have always been a fan of the Chicago Bears, I really didn't
watch them religiously until I started playing Fantasy
Football.
Oh, don't get me wrong.� I didn't sleep through the
'85�season, as I didn't have much of a choice in my
family.��I certainly do�remember the '85 Bears, the
Superbowl Shuffle, Sweetness, Da Coach, Samurai Mike and The Fridge.�
Who can forget Jim McMahon thumbing his nose at Pete Roselle by wearing
the all white headband with "Roselle" written on it.� Compared to the
likes�of today's pre-madonna's, such as T.O. and Ocho Cinco, the
Punky QB may be tame�but he was still a rebel in our
eyes.
Then there were the '90's where we had to endure Wannie (Dave
Wannstedt), "Uhh, he's gotta leg."� What the Bears were thinking when
they gave him cart blanche, is beyond me.� Those were some of the
worse years for Bear football.� I was playing college baseball at the
time and I wasn't much in to watching football.
Flash forward to
1996 and my cousin decided that he wanted to start a Fantasy Football
league�of his own, after he had�taken part the past couple of
years in other leagues.� He envisioned a closer group, where the core
of owners were family and/or very close friends.� The idea was to
create a keeper league with little turnover of the franchise owners.�
This was the ultimate bragging rights league.
The first couple of
years we charged $50 per owner as an entry with $5/week transaction fees
(only if you processed a transaction).� This wasn't to pay out the
winner of the league, but rather to pay for a replica Vince Lombardi
trophy that we would rotate from champion-to-champion.� The initial
cost of this trophy was approximately $300.� In addition, we
purchased a plaque where we engraved the names of the "League/Division
champion(s)", FFFL Champion and "Runner-up" for each season.� The
team with the overall "best record" displays the plaque in their house for
the following season.��I have held the plaque one-time, but the
big trophy has alluded my grasps to date.
Today, our league is
comprised of 10 teams in two divisions.� The cost to play each year
is nominal and we have, by far, some of the best rules of any fantasy
league in my humble opinion.� I will probably get around to blogging
about Fantasy Football sometime and may go in to some of the rules that we
use and would love to hear from other fantasy fanatics about the rules
that make your league unique.
In the
meantime, until I get around to expanding this part of my site,�here
is my roster for 2007.� Go ahead and
let me know what you think .� This years auction was
a bit rough.� I came in to the auction with Willie Parker, Jerious
Norwood and Javon Walker as my keepers.� I also�"rookie ruled"
Jay Cutler.� I had acquired Cutler and Walker in a trade�prior
to our draft.��I went in to the auction wanting to secure a
quality RB (that wasn't kept), followed by a top tier WR.��Only
thing I didn't anticipate was not getting complimentary QB's to go with
Jay Cutler.� I knew that the worse case scenario, going in to the
draft, would be that I would have Cutler as my opening day QB, but didn't
really think that it would come down to that.� I think I'm definitely
strong at RB and WR, so we'll see how the QB situation works out.� I
may have to make some moves to secure a QB later this year.� We'll
see.
Thanks for stopping by
and be sure to come back soon.� I am going to work on adding some
Fantasy Football resources that I utilize.� In the meantime, be sure
to click on the "Contact Nelson" link on the left to tell me what you
think about my roster, ask a fantasy football or baseball question or just
to say hi to a fellow fantasy fantatic.
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Mandalorian Bounty Hunters 2007
Roster |
| Pos |
Player |
Team |
| QB |
Alex D. Smith |
SF |
| QB |
Jason Campbell |
WAS |
| QB |
Jay Cutler |
DEN |
| QB |
Matt Schaub |
HOU |
| RB |
Anthony Thomas |
BUF |
| RB |
Jerious Norwood |
ATL |
| RB |
Kenny Watson |
CIN |
| RB |
Rudi Johnson |
CIN |
| RB |
Vernand Morency |
GB |
| RB |
Willie Parker |
PIT |
| WR |
Craig Davis(r) |
SD |
| WR |
Deion Branch |
SEA |
| WR |
Greg Jennings |
GB |
| WR |
Javon Walker |
DEN |
| WR |
Muhsin Muhammad |
CHI |
| WR |
Reggie Wayne |
IND |
| TE |
Bo Scaife |
TEN |
| TE |
Dallas Clark |
IND |
| PK |
Jason Elam |
DEN |
| PK |
Stephen Gostkowski |
NE |
| Def |
Panthers, Team Defense |
CAR |
| Def |
Vikings, Team Defense |
MIN | |
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