Elmhurst Steve wrote:
Because I have gotten several PM's asking for details, I will post them here for all....if you plan on attending the convention I suggest getting to the Hollywood Casino in Hammond, Indiana between 9-9:30. Then you will have time to get checked in and get a seat prior to the speakers starting at 10am. They break at noon for an hour for lunch, with the drafting starting at 1pm. Expect to be there till about 3pm. Each 10 person table has a girl that posts each pick on a draft board and the 2 teams from each league qualify for the overall playoff race over the final 3 weeks of the season. the team with the top record and the team with the highest overall point total on the year (first 14 weeks) advance. If the team with the best record also has the highest point total, the team with the next highest point total advances. Also, as of last season, they no longer hand out the ESPN fantasy football magazine as part of the gift package. However, they do supply the ESPN cheat sheet in the package. I believe they were still giving out highlight markers as of last year, but you might want to bring one of those too just in case they discontinue giving those out.
You'll be driving around Northwest Indiana for a long time looking for the Hollywood Casino.
. I really think this could be a difficult year. I can easily see more injuries than usual, which makes waiver claims even more important than ever. Also, there may be a couple key holdouts (Chris Johnson) and where they go in a FF draft should be interesting. With no OTA's and rookies not so much as having looked at a playbook, even fewer rookies will be likely to make meaningful contributions.
