February 10, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(silver and black @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 04:45 PM) what about me? i was asking to be in a league a while back... hell, i will start and commish a new fantasy baseball league... Did you read the thread? People who were in leagues last year get first dibs at staying in their leagues. Then everyone else gets divided up into remaining spots and new leagues.
February 11, 200521 yr I'll play again I was in league three but id rather join a keepers league if possible. Edited February 11, 200521 yr by Ishmookie
February 11, 200521 yr At the end of last week, the fantasy industry was in a tizzy over last month's deal between the MLB Players Association and MLB Advanced Media, which owns MLB.com. When the five-year deal, which is worth more than $50 million, was announced Jan. 19, it provided MLBAM exclusive rights to use and sublicense MLB player group rights for online games, including fantasy. But on Friday, MLBAM e-mailed companies that run fantasy baseball online games, telling them they would not be granted a license to operate those games. Suddenly, ESPN, Yahoo, CBS Sportsline, CDM Sports and others were on the outside looking in. MLB.com, of course, was on the inside. It's not the first showdown between pro sports and those wanting to play with their statistics. In 1997, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against the NBA in a lawsuit against Motorola, which wanted to use in-progress basketball data on its pagers. The number of people who play fantasy sports has mushroomed since then, so the stakes are much greater now. And industry people say that number could drop if game companies can't retain their licenses. Stay tuned.
February 11, 200521 yr 02/10/2005 1:38 PM ET Opening Day for Fantasy Baseball slated for Feb. 17 NEW YORK -- MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball, announced today that Opening Day for the 2005 Fantasy Baseball Season will be next Thursday, February 17. On that day, MLB.com and its licensed partners, will unveil their new, exciting and expanded fantasy offerings for 2005, and fans around the globe will have the opportunity to begin assembling their fantasy teams for the upcoming season. "An official Fantasy Opening Day is just the first step in significantly raising the visibility and expanding the fantasy baseball industry over the next few years," said Gregg Klayman, the head of MLB.com's fantasy baseball division. "There are millions of baseball fans out there who have never played fantasy, and our primary goal is to increase the number of fans who make fantasy an integral part of the way they enjoy and follow the sport." http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb...lbcom&fext=.jsp
February 11, 200521 yr ill be in any league as long as its active people and live draft and head to head setup dont care if its keeper or not. I played last year with a group of friends and beat them all bad last year i get really into it and would be nice to get in a league with a bunch of dedicated sox fans that know a lot about baseball outside of just the white sox diddnt do a league last year btw with you all. Edited February 11, 200521 yr by SoxFan101
February 11, 200521 yr i want to join a league, have played espn and yahoo, would like to join soxtalk
February 11, 200521 yr QUOTE(chimpy2121 @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 08:01 PM) http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb...lbcom&fext=.jsp Beat you.
February 11, 200521 yr I think autodrafts suck too...but i wouldn't mind joining one if it's an autodraft league that i have to join. I definitley prefer to be in a live draft. Of course i'm having my own money league with my family and friends($50 per person) but i would like to be in a good league with friends from this board.....i am very active for fantasy baseball....and was for football until i was officially eliminated.
February 11, 200521 yr http://rototimes.com/index.php?sport=bsbal...F20050210092848 In what appears to be little more than a public relations ploy, MLB Advanced Media has offered license agreements to several small companies. However, the terms of the offer reveal their true intentions. Several of the so-called "mom-and-pop" companies have been offered some variation of the following deal: If they have fewer than 5,000 customers, they can have a license for $10,000 for the 2005 season. If they have more than 5,000 customers, the price jumps to $500,000. Multiple industry sources confirmed for Rototimes.com that this offer has been distributed. As one industry observer said "customer number 5,001 is awfully expensive." The smaller companies certainly can't afford the $500,000 figure, and it does not appear that the larger companies have received the same offer. Brian Matthews, co-founder of CDM, said that the offer was not presented to CDM. The obvious intent is to fence in smaller competitors by punishing a customer base beyond 5,000, a number that MLB Advanced Media likely deems as inconsequential competition. By doing this, it can try to shut down its larger competitors without looking like it is trying to shut out all competition.
February 11, 200521 yr I'd like to be in a Soxtalk league. If there's space, I'd like to get into League #1. If there's not, oh well, that's fine. Also, btw, if there's not space in League 1, I'd be willing to commish league 4.
February 11, 200521 yr I'm really active in all fantasy sports and will join almost any league, preferably one that is competitive, it be nice if you could get me in for a live draft head to head league
February 11, 200521 yr I'd be interested in joining a league, preferably not weekly Yahoo! isnt very helpful... are we talking fantasy baseball or fantasy baseball plus? (associated fees?)
February 11, 200521 yr QUOTE(qwerty @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 08:08 PM) Beat you. :banghead :banghead The one time I skip a page, it has something that I was going to post. Sorry bout that qwerty.
February 11, 200521 yr Ok, i sent PM's to everyone who was in my league last year except Grebeck fan club who hasnt posted since saying he wanted to do last years fantasy baseball People who have replied to my PM and will be in my league again Flash Tizzle KipWellsFan Ishmookie Soxfanforever Big Dub Soxfan1 Still waiting on Be Good El Caballo45 1549 mmmmbeeer Edited February 12, 200521 yr by whitesoxfan56789
February 11, 200521 yr I want to be in a league with Tadahito Iguchi. I just made a bet with him who would finidh better. Let Tadahito in league 3.
February 11, 200521 yr QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jan 24, 2005 -> 03:11 PM) If there is a spot open in a keeper league, I would love to join. SB I would love to join a keeper league. I've been participating in baseball fantasy leagues of one sort or another for 15 years and I would love to be in a very competitive keeper league with my fellow White Sox fans.
February 11, 200521 yr QUOTE(thomsonmi @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 11:56 PM) I would love to join a keeper league. I've been participating in baseball fantasy leagues of one sort or another for 15 years and I would love to be in a very competitive keeper league with my fellow White Sox fans. Let me add that I'm more than capable of participating in a league that requires my utmost attention throughout the baseball season.
February 11, 200521 yr I'm in again too 56789. Sent you a PM just to make sure. Thanks for contacting me
February 11, 200521 yr QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Feb 11, 2005 -> 04:04 PM) are we apposed to pm you if we want to join or just leave a post here? A post here is just fine. We'll be getting names and leagues sorted out before registration in 1 week.
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