Welcome back to The Daily Grind, the place where I will be discussing all the happenings in Daily Fantasy Sports on a weekly basis. The Daily Grind will be my voice to help you through the constantly changing DFS landscape as I highlight important news, free articles, resources, potential overlay situations, great contests to play and more every week. The emphasis here will be first to cover the four sites that we partnered with this year (FanDuel, DraftKings, FantasyAces and FantasyScore), but I will still discuss major news and contests beyond those sites when applicable.
Tis The Season
As we get further into December (and soon January), we remember that it ‘Tis the Season. No not Christmas – Bowl Season! A record number of bowl games abound this year with 40 bowl games on the slate, followed by the National Championship Game or Bowl Game #41) on January 11th. FanDuel, DraftKings, FantasyAces and several other sites (including Yahoo!) have games for all of these bowls, and you can get in on the fun as you watch the soon-to-be NFL pros and collegians alike compete for a final victory this year. Plenty of football and DFS contests are out there for everyone, so enjoy them, read up on several of them here at Footballguys (either as articles or on our DFS blogs for both FanDuel and DraftKings) and have some final DFS fun for the football season.
DFS LEGAL Update
As we rapidly approach the end of 2015, the DFS ecosystem continues to evolve with several updates from the legal realm. First off, a bit of good news – FanDuel has felt secure enough now with the ruling in recent weeks by the state of New York to allow DFS to continue that FanDuel is now again accepting deposits from New York state residents. That’s the good news. The bad news is that two other states, Illinois and Texas, have also gotten in on the DFS legal debate. Illinois’ attorney general recently declared DFS as gambling, and that the state has now banned DFS players within its state borders, unfortunate news for Illinois residents to be sure, and we hope that DFS is legal again there soon. Meanwhile Texas continues to discuss how to address DFS in general after a state representative asked the attorney general of Texas to look into the legality of DFS. No decision has come yet, but more and more scrutiny from large states at DFS and regulation will continue into 2016. As always, continue to check the weekly edition of The Daily Grind and other updates at Legal Sports Report for the latest information on these major DFS rulings.
A HoLiday wish
The holidays are upon us, and that means taking time to enjoy and appreciate the people and things that we love. With that in mind, I wanted to share with you a simple holiday wish:
I wish for you this holiday season the time to sit back and enjoy a football game, from start to finish. It can be any football game, pro or college . Not just any game, but one that has everything that made you first fall in love with the sport of football. I wish for you that the true spirit of the game flows throughout, from opening kickoff to final whistle. May it be filled with beautiful catches, perfect passes, fantastic runs and scoring plays worthy of any highlight reel. I also wish for it to have just the right mix of defensive standout plays – shoulder pad popping hits, tackles for loss, a goal line stand, a fourth down stop, turnovers and even a special teams play or two that catch your eye. I wish for this game to have memorable moments throughout, drama to the end, and a fantastic finish. I wish that it would be one of those games that you would consider as the Game of the Year, or at least put it in the Top 10. I also wish for you good company to enjoy the game – son, daughter, father, wife, mother, or even new friend at the local sports bar – either as you watch it live, recorded and watched back, or even talking about it with friends, family or coworkers the next day, or even after the holidays are over. I wish this game to be one so riveting, drama-filled and epic that when someone asks you “Did you see that game?”, you instantly grin from ear to ear and simply reply “Every last snap.” I wish for you the moments within that game that you just enjoy for the beauty and love of the sport – the times at which you remember why you love it so much. For at those moments, that is when you truly know that you are a Footballguy. Man or woman, young or old, Footballguys share the love of the game of football like no other. I wish you that moment this holiday season and for many games to come, time and time again.
Happy Holidays.
FOOTBALLGUYS AND DFS COVERAGE FOR 2015
You know the deal by now - Footballguys has a ton of DFS coverage this year. Whether it is our two e-books that cover FanDuel (“Cracking FanDuel”) and DraftKings (“Cracking DraftKings”), or the 50+ articles a week we produce to cover all four major sites each week – we have it all covered. All this articles are linked in our Daily Crusher App that continues to be one of he best ways that DFS players can create lineups for cash games and tournaments and also get deep analysis on their rosters, likelihood of winning and exposure to various players. Once you start using this, it will be hard to imagine how you ever lived without it. I'm still learning all the different ways to use this great tool both by experimenting with it and with the help of our Daily Crusher Manual and I can already see its immense value to me as both a cash game and GPP player.
There's a ton more coverage we have this season for DFS, too much to outline in The Daily Grind, but we have a large section dedicated to each of our sponsor sites listed below.
DraftKings Coverage for Week 16
FantasyAces Coverage for Week 16
FantasyScore Coverage for Week 16
Let's also not forget about the Footballguys' blogs for both FanDuel and DraftKings. Watch for new content every day over there.
We even added new video content for 2015. In a partnership with Rotogrinders, you can now see both John Lee and Austin Lee with Dan Back on The Footballguys Rotogrinders Hour. It is a great show with lots of insight. Check it out!
Of course, if you are a bigger fan of The Audible, we have both FanDuel and DraftKings shows for DFS coverage for each site as well. Be sure to subscribe to these weekly podcasts to get your weekends rolling for the NFL DFS slate.
BIG CONTESTS FOR WEEK 16
FANDUEL
December is here and the NFL regular season is winding down, but there is still plenty of action over at FanDuel. There are tons of contests available, staring with this week's $1.75 Sunday Million Contest where someone will win $175,000 for just a $25 entry all the way down to the NFL Sunday Rush, wherr a $5 entry to this contest can win you $100,000 for first place. What a value that one is. Also, don't forget that there is a game on Saturday so be sure to check out Saturday games, including a 5-game slate of college football! More contests are highlighted on our FanDuel contests page, so dig in and have some fun and hopefully win some extra cash at the same time.
DRAFTKINGS
This is another big week over at DraftKings, with a $4M Main Event on the slate where first place will walk away with $1M and second will "settle" for $350,000. The entry fee is definitely in the high stakes category ($1,500 per team) best of luck to those who go for the big win here.
Looking for other contests? As I have said all year long, one of my favorite tournaments is the NFL Slant at a price point of just $9. where you can win as much as $15,000. There' are also several other tournaments this week like the $1.2M Flea Flicker that is only $5 to enter and the $1.75M Chop Block for a $50 entry fee. Lots of contests and lots of money to be had in Week 16, so get those lineups ready.
FANTASYACES
Even though the Live Finals for both college and NFL are complete, additional contests still exist for FantasyAces for the rest of the NFL season, such as the $25,000 Hail Mary for just $27.50 a team! Plenty of contests are being added daily to the FantasyAces lobby, so be sure and visit them for the latest contests available.
FantasyAces also has an interesting format called SalaryPro, where you get bonus points for staying furhter and further under the salary cap. More and more are trying out this unique format, so be sure to check out the lobby over at FantasyAces for contests that use this rule.
FANTASYSCORE
FantasyScore offered up a GPP with a twist this year, and if you were lucky enough to get an elusive golden ticket for the FantasyScore Fantasy Football Championship this week, where $25,000 will be awarded, I want to wish you good luck in the finals this week. For those of you not so fortunate, plenty of additional contests are available at FantasyScore for NFL Week 16. Check out all of these contests and more at our FantasyScore page.
Thanks as always for reading The Daily Grind, and good luck this week.
