Don't forget to vote on our lineup and the gambling question. While we wait for college football (aka the fantasy football scouting league) to get started, here are some links to visit.
Signs you have too much money. In fantasy football, "insurance" usually means drafting the backup for your stud running back in the event of injury. But these folks are taking it a step further -- they will sell you a policy that will pay you money if your team's star suffers a season-ending injury. (Be warned: This link offers no geckos, no cavemen, no former "24" actors, and no women named "Flo" who heart insurance.)
And this is different ... how? Right now, betting on NFL football games is legal in only two U.S. states: Nevada and Delaware. But when we were in Atlantic City last weekend, I noticed brochures for a Tropicana Football League. In a nutshell, you pick which teams will win each week, and if you pick correctly, you can win cash and "EZ Slot Dollars" (essentially, reward points that can be used at the Tropicana casino and hotel). Anyone who's read this far can figure out my stance on gambling, but I'm wondering why this is allowed in an Atlantic City casino but, say, going to the casino and betting $50 on the Packers is not.
Commitment to incompetence. The Oakland Raiders decided that the way to get Rich Gannon (now a CBS analyst) to stop pointing out his former team's flaws was to try to ban him from pregame production meetings. The Raiders relented (likely after hearing from someone in Roger Goodell's office) but maintain that the problem is not the message but the messenger. In case someone with the Raiders is reading this, let me say something: I think that your team botched the Lane Kiffin firing, that your first-round draft pick has been a bust so far, and that JaMarcus Russell (the quarterback you kept in the starting lineup while letting Jeff Garcia walk out the door) couldn't hit a cow in the rear end with a snow shovel right now. Are you going to try to ban me, too?
How lame is lame? Unlike the Raiders, I'm willing to listen to opinions that disagree with my own. For example, I'm willing to post a link to this blogger who asked which hobby is lamer: fantasy football or fan fiction (writing or posting stories exploring topics such as what would happen if Harry Potter married Hermione). His verdict: fantasy football is lame, but fan fiction is even lamer.
(I'm glad we won that matchup, at least.)
We'll be back later with the verdict on our lineup.
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