December 11th, 2008

FSB Daily 12/11: FLW Fishing, Paying for College

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– FLW Fantasy Fishing is growing an already-record prize pool for its second year of competition.

– A panel on Wednesday at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum actually discussed the possibility of using fantasy leagues to generate some funding for colleges and universities dealing with the tough economy. The USA Today article only brings it up at the end, and then only mentions the already-public opposition of Knight Commission executive director Amy Perko to all things college fantasy, so it’s evident that little if anything came from it. Nevertheless, such a public discussion is interesting in its mere existence.

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FSB Daily 12/10: Draft Getaway, Fantasy Sherpa, FanDraft, NHL in Trouble?

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– Trying to figure out where everyone in your league should gather for your draft next year? How about Aruba? (If you can afford to hold your league draft in Aruba, make sure you use the FSB contact page to acquire our address for donations.)

– Once you get past a couple of other folks in far less interesting industries, this New York Post story tells a bit about how Scott Swanay rebounded from two corporate merger-driven layoffs to develop his Fantasy Sherpa sites (baseball and football to date, with basketball and hockey in the works).

– eROI offers a look at how it developed content e-mails for CBSSports.com (free download) and how important such a tool can be.

– FanSoft Media expects to release the 2009 version of its FanDraft baseball product in December — ahead of its usual January release.

– The global economic downturn could impact the National Hockey League more heavily than other major American sports leagues, largely because of the lack of a solid television contract and the weakness of the Canadian dollar.

– This columnist in California has found fantasy golf lacking and wants to play with rotisserie scoring.

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