October 18th, 2008

Rotohog Could be in Trouble

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

According to a Friday post by Justin Hume on his blog, WeeklyProjections.com, RotoHog.com laid off a large portion of its staff on Thursday, including Hume.

Hume’s post says that the news caught those affected by surprise.

“In fact, we were told literally every week that we were in great shape financially,” Hume writes.

RotoHog has been making news lately with attention-drawing promotions, such as offering Steve Bartman $100,000 to attend a Cubs playoff game and bringing in professional athletes to play and represent some of its games. If it’s true that mass layoffs are afoot, though, that obviously wouldn’t speak well of the company’s health.

A little more than a year ago, RotoHog gathered $6 million in investments from venture capital firms, including DFJ Dragon, Mission Ventures, Allen & Co. and SCP Worldwide. During a panel discussion at the July Fantasy Sports Trade Association conference in Chicago, then-employee Scott Philp confirmed that RotoHog had secured another $4 million from investors. Philp has since moved on to Play Hard Sports.

We’ll seek out more information and pass it along as it becomes available.

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FSB Daily: Get Ready for Fantasy on Sunday

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

FSB.com is building a directory of nationally available fantasy football shows of all sorts — video, radio, podcast, etc.

Because Sunday morning information tends to be most important and toughest to find for fantasy owners trying to set their lineups, we’ll get things started with a list of Sunday pregame shows (and not the ones that just let loudmouth former players spout off for two hours).

Of course, you’re primary Sunday morning source should be my own Sunday morning updates, which appear constantly up until the 1 p.m. kickoffs.

If you’re more in the mood to watch or listen than read, though, or just can’t get through the first half of Sunday without looking at Matthew Berry as much as possible, check these outlets:

– CBSSports.com — Fantasy Football Today — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

– ESPN.com — Fantasy Football Now — noon to 1 p.m.

– Fox Sports Radio — Fantasy Freaks — 10 a.m. to noon

– Yahoo! Sports — Fantasy Football Live — noon to 1 p.m.

We’re also in the process of collecting all manner of shows/podcasts available during the week and already have many on hand. You can help make sure that yours gets listed by passing along the name, when it airs or becomes available and a link to matt.schauf@sportsbuff.com (or click the “Send” link under “Contact FSB” on the homepage).

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