The Main Event: October 2006

I have been out of pocket with the weekly updates for the league. For that I apologize. I am working on trying to get access to the league site from work so that I can be a better Fantasy Football Commissioner going forward. Here is a first half recap.

Josh, Beers, Mike and Kevin look like the class of the league at the halfway point. In fact, Beers (Weeks 3,4 and 6), Josh (Weeks 1 and 2) and Kevin (Week 5 thanks to tiebreaker player Maurice Drew) have taken all the High Points Week Titles.

The High Points Player Awards have been both controversial and confusing so I'll track the history. Frank Gore (Josh) won High Player Points for Week 1, no controversy there. However in Week 2 Peyton Manning (Kevin) and Ravens Defense (Josh)tied for HPPW both owners split the money awarded for that week. In Week 3 Brian Westbrook scored high points which would have earned Jeff his first winnings of the season, but he didn't start him so by rule the money accrued to the next week, when Santana Moss went nuts earning Bill his first winnings of the season, but of course he didn't start him either so the award for High Player Points for Week 5 was $15 and there was a tie between Donovan McNabb (Bill) and Jaguars Defense (Dan) both owners split the $15 pot. LaDainian Tomlinson (Erin/Eric) earned Isabelle Hughes' first $5 towards her college fund with the best of many insane performances in Week 6.

For those owners that feel they were screwed out of High Player money by the bench rule. Reconcile in your head that you didn't have the High Player for that week in the first place, someone else did, they just weren't smart enough to start them and for that more owners besides you should benefit. Also keep in mind the Bench Rule is a Participation Initiative, second of all in place for a reason.

Your Winnings So Far
Josh: $17.50 (2 High Points, 1 High Player, 1 Tie for High Player)
Beers: $15.00 (3 High Points)
Kevin: $7.50 (1 High Points, 1 Tie for High Player)
Dan: $7.50 (1 Tie for High Player-3 Weeks Accrued)
Bill: $7:50 (1 Tie for High Player-3 Weeks Accrued)
Erin and Eric: $5.00 (1 High Player)

Your All-First Half Team:
QB- Donovan McNabb- Endzone Dancers
RB- LaDainian Tomlinson- Jamesburg Paternity Tester
RB- Brian Westbrook- I Love Bush
WR- Torry Holt- Bringing Sexy Back
WR- Laveranues Coles- Bringing Sexy Back
TE- Todd Heap- Warm Scotch
D- Ravens- Crank it Down
K- Robbie Gould- Bringing Sexy Back