In Today's Issue...

I'm not generally right about a lot of stuff, so I'm taking a victory lap on preparing you all* for the Butt Discourse of Cal Raleigh. 

"A butt sculpted for optimal power" 

is maybe the only correct sports take I've ever had.

As we move closer to the NFL season, we'll use this newsletter to share some good stuff we've been reading/seeing and highlighting some features of FG that you may not be aware of. Today we're diving into the Trophy Case, a child that robbed a home run, and a painful 2014 loss from a fellow reader.

*If this is your first newsletter, welcome! Sorry to lead off with this. I will make an effort to have less than 75% of our newsletters be all about butts. That's the Fantasy Genius guarantee.

Fantasy Genius for Commissioners

Commissioners are the heroes of the fantasy world (not just saying that because my boss & editor is the commish of our league). They keep the league running, collect dues, settle disputes, etc.

Great commissioners can elevate the fantasy experience for an entire league and Fantasy Genius makes this easy. We’ll send weekly recap & preview articles custom to what happened in your league. Multiple weekly touch points with a mix of humor (written by a human) & league specific analysis will ensure fantasy is top of mind for everyone in your league throughout the week. 

We automatically track league trophies, power rankings, survivor simulators, etc. that commissioners can tie into their payout structure to make every week matter. Add weekly incentives like paying out for the best performance each week. Simulate a survivor league & reward the team that outlasted everyone else. 

Make every game from every week matter.

FG Feature Spotlight - The Trophy Case

The Trophy Case allows you to celebrate more than just the champion each year. Perfect for the losers in your league that are grasping at straws trying to prove their team was better than it actually was. Trophies make every week matter as there is always hardware to chase. Tying out year-end rewards to specific trophies will keep everyone engaged all year long. Even the jabroni that drops to 2-8 because he was certain this would be the year of Kyle Pitts (🙋it's me - this is me every year).

Good Posts

I don't watch cycling so the only major sporting event I watched this week was the HR derby. And it didn't disappoint. The derby itself was fun, sure...but unequivocally the best moment was when one of the kids in the outfield ROBBED A HOME RUN. Watch the video if you haven't seen it already below. Does baseball do dynasty leagues? I might start one just to have a board I can put this kid on.

Brutal L

We asked last week for your worst fantasy loss. Thanks everyone for submitting! Here was a highlight from Genius ryano1124:

2014 Season - Playoffs round 1 in a 10 man league that was 8 years old at that point. I am 13-0 and am absolutely blowing the doors off of people and am scheduled to just walk to a championship with Andrew Luck at the helm...

I'm up against the 6-7 team that barely managed to sneak into the playoffs that has been just a running joke all season - basically carried by AJ Green all season to his paltry record. If you're already looking up AJ Green in Week 14 of the 2014 season, you already know where this is headed. My team does what it always does and puts up exactly 200 points and I'm feeling AWESOME... and watch as none of that matters and AJ Green (in a game where the Bengals lose 21-42, mind you) goes OFF for 224 yards, 11 Receptions, and a TD - this also being the first season we were toying around with bonus points so the 81 yard TD strike that Green catches along with going over 200+ yards has the 6-7 team overall beat me 202-200.

That was the most bitter pill I'd ever had to swallow up to that moment - until next week when my team (after being done for the season, essentially) drops 240 points in the 3rd place game, and the 6-7 team only scores 79 points and loses the championship in hilarious fashion - while AJ Green puts up 49 yards on 5 catches.

Other Good Stuff

Anyone else playing absurd amounts of CFB 26? I've been going with quantity over quality on account of I am not very good at the game. Apparently I'm not alone...I made this post about getting my doors blown off by an FCS squad and it got over 600 upvotes. A tough start to the Skewch Quankrinson era at FIU. But the boys will be back at Pitbull Stadium for our big Tuesday night game against Kennesaw State. Go Panthers.

Thanks for reading!

- Mike (and a little Jeff...if you read anything you didn't like, that was Jeff)