As mentioned in both Fantasy Football Guidebook and Fantasy Football Tips I highly recommend the National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) or one of its low cost satellite leagues. In 2011 the NFFC is teamed up with STATS.
The NFFC (http://nffc.stats.com/football/home/nffc/index.asp) has been around since 2004 and continues to provide great customer service, quick payouts and some great FF innovations. I love the fact that they use third round reversal (3RR) and the Kentucky derby system (KDS) to eliminate the draft spot bias (which I truly believe gives the 1st pick as much as a 5% advantage over the last pick in other traditional serpentine drafts).
The NFFC offers two high stakes leagues:
1) The Classic: a 14-team league with a $1400 entry and offering a $100,000 Grand Prize and $8,750 in league prizes.
and
2) The Primetime: a 12-team league with a $1400 entry and offering a $100,000 Grand Prize and $8,200 n league prizes.
Another difference maker is the NFFC offers live drafts on Saturday 3 September in Las Vegas, Chicago and New York and the Primetime expands that to Saturday 10 September in all three locations (And Friday 9 Sep in Las Vegas). Online drafts are offered on multiple days too!
The NFFC also offers some low and mid priced contests as well. Satellite leagues start at $125 and go to $1000. They also have both 12 and 14 team $60 draft master leagues.
Lots to choose and from two great FF gentlemen in Greg Ambrosius and Tom Kessenich.
Sunday night I drafted in a $125 14 Team NFFC satellite draft. The draft room (with back end support from STATS) was good and the draft went off without a problem. Other than my goofiness at missing my handcuff for Adrian Peterson. The 14 team drafts really are different. Different ADP, more players taken and a different mentality with QBs worth more (6 pts per passing TD), WRs worth more (start 3 WRs) and RBs less (Start 2 but .5 point per reception). Try it you will like it.
Looks like the classic will be 20 leagues (280 teams) and the prime time is at 283 teams and shooting for 336.
There are still a few days left to sign up. Time is definitely running out!
Fantasy Football Almanac 2011: The Essential Fantasy Football Reference Guide (10.95) href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635003">http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635003
Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669">www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669
Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634">http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634
Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650">http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650
Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693">www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693
Fantasy Football (Soccer to Yanks): The Ultimate "How-to" Guide for Fantasy Football/Fantasy Soccer ($14.95) href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635011">http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635011
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