Comments on: DraftMix: Faster Fantasy Sports For Fun Or Profit

By: Matthew Maroon

Matthew Maroon — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:50:37 +0000

Thanks Rich,

We plan on appealing to both. We will have full season leagues, and private ones too so you can invite only your friends. We already have some friend functionality and will continue to expand that.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:32:04 +0000

The idea sounds like a pretty good one. I won’t speak to the legality of the idea because I wouldn’t have any amount of insight into the spirit or purpose of any governing laws. However, I will say that part of the enjoyment (at least for those that I participate with for fantasy sports) is that you are playing in “leagues” amongst friends. On the surface, it doesn’t sound like there is an effort being made to group people with their friends. This service sounds like one that is more for those that are into the gambling side of fantasy sports than the friendly competition side. If that is solely your target market and your intention, then it sounds like you are right on the mark. If you want to broaden this, you may want to consider a way to allow people to set up a “league-type” week to week format amongst friends. GOOD LUCK with your endeavors.

By: christian

christian — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:39:14 +0000

remainds me of mudbowl

By: David Doney

David Doney — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:15:28 +0000

I know Matt. He is a cool guy. Same with his website.

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KillerStartups.com - Draftmix.com - Fantasy Sports for Fun and Money — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:12:35 +0000

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By: Alec Peters

Alec Peters — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:02:19 +0000

Well, I have heard good things about Draftmix from some of our bloggers (like Fanprophet) who use your site. We wish you luck.

Alec Peters
CEO
ScreamingSports

By: Michael Vu

Michael Vu — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:45:15 +0000

I like Draftmix.

By: Ethan Herdrick

Ethan Herdrick — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:31:13 +0000

I’ve played some DraftMix and I like it. I know the DraftMix team and I know they’ll be successful. It’s a huge market and these are exactly the guys to exploit it.

By: Matthew Maroon

Matthew Maroon — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:13:08 +0000

Drop me your email through our site.

By: Alex Donnelly

Alex Donnelly — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:57:20 +0000

Matthew,
Any invite codes that you would be willing to send out? I really like the idea of single game fantasy matches and would love to try it out. Thanks in advance, but I understand if you are unable to accept more members at this time.

By: techguy

techguy — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:28:30 +0000

Matthew,
It falls under CBS SportsLine and Yahoo’s fantasy sports section. That’s why I asked. I’m not sure if they apply money to it or not.

By: Nick Gonzalez

Nick Gonzalez — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:22:11 +0000

Dave,

Thanks for the added analysis.

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:16:14 +0000

Boring and time wasting!
If you are gonna do sports do Madden ‘07.

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

By: Matthew Maroon

Matthew Maroon — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:15:07 +0000

March Madness is definitely not a fantasy sport. Other than that I don’t really know for sure, but I’d suspect it’s not legal in most states.

By: techguy

techguy — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:04:19 +0000

Interesting that the law seems to state specifically about individual players and not teams. Does that mean that March Madness can’t be a money game online?

By: David Hersh

David Hersh — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:03:47 +0000

@Matthew - Sounds like you’ve got lawyers involved and thats obviously the most important thing. Their opinion counts more than mine.

With that said, I’m not sure your depiction of the impact of random events is correct. It’s not really about knowing the injury report leading up to the weekend’s games. It’s what happens in the games. If you’ve got Tom Brady as your QB and he breaks his leg in the first quarter, you’re pretty much screwed. No amount of skill is going to overcome that loss because there’s basically nothing you can do at that point. In a season long game, you can make trades, pick up free agents, etc. Basically, use your skills to compensate for the injury.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:57:46 +0000

Pretty cool, good idea. Can’t wait till they allow some real money.

Should be making millions pretty soon.

By: Daniel Ha

Daniel Ha — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:54:33 +0000

I cannot offer much experienced insight into Fantasy Sports, but I’ve seen Draftmix in action and it looks fun as hell. The guys running this know exactly what they’re doing and truly understand their market. I can’t wait to see this blow up because it’ll be huge.

By: Matthew Maroon

Matthew Maroon — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:51:05 +0000

We have certainly consulted with gaming attorneys. The short format typically removes injuries from consideration (in football you know throughout the week who is playing on Sunday for the most part). If anything, those add randomness to a full season league that they don’t to ours, because losing a star player in a full season league is often a death blow.

We’re examining laws on a state by state basis. We’re confident in our ability to operate successfully in most states (we’re currently excluding 11).

Thanks.

By: David Hersh

David Hersh — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:43:15 +0000

Based on my experience in the fantasy industry (former VP of fantasy at SportsLine, co-founder Commissioner.com), I think these guys could run into some legal issues. One of the big reasons that fantasy sports is considered a game of skill is that, over the course of entire pro sports season, skill can overcome random events like injuries, weather, etc. Games that are based on the outcome of a single weekend’s worth of games probably won’t pass that litmus test. Of course, I’m not a lawyer, but I would definitely suggest that these guys consult with one.

By: humanclone

humanclone — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:22:29 +0000

I am big fan of Protrade , amazing fantasy sports website