December 4, 2007
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Last month (or maybe it was the month before) I did a post about how the commish in my fantasy football league was cheating his way all the way to last place. Let me explain what happened last week. See, he, this girl he may or may not be fucking and his brother are also in this league along with 4 other teams (besides myself). Although my had the same record as his brother’s team, I had more overall points and therefore I held the 4th and final playoff spot. Well, I totally got my ass kicked last week. Which wasn’t an issue. Here comes the issue. His brother was playing the chick and she sat HER ENTIRE team except for 4 players. Needless to say his team won. I was not made aware of her sitting most of her team until Wednesday of last week when another guy at work told me about it.This guy posted messages on our league message board about this and the commish instantly deleted the messages so that nobody would see, but the guy told me at work what happened. As you might expect, I was PISSED. So I came home and not only posted my own message on the board but also sent an email to the entire league pretty much calling it for what it was: cheating. This, as you might imagine opened up not only a whole can of worms, but like a whole case of cans of worms. I went to work and talking to this other guy about it and he basically talked me off the ledge of being extremely pissed. Next thing I know, the floodgates opened. While I was at work, the commish and his brother proceeded to post messages for what it seemed like every hour, calling me a baby among many other things. They also said I was only crying because I had lost and was no longer held a playoff spot, even though there were 2 weeks left to go. They went on to say MANY things about me. So I shot back saying that the only reason why they were name calling was because they new they were guilty and were calling me names to distract from the real issue, their cheating. I also stated that I do not have a reputation a being a winer. Now I will rightfully admit to being a sore loser at times, but I never complain about cheating. When I lose, I’m normally pissed at myself for losing. I’ve also been losing at things my whole life, so I’m kind of used to it. And in all my years of fantasy sports, many of which have been playing with these same people, I have never once complained about losing. Even when I blew it last year, I was upset at myself. I then said that to refund me my money and delete my team. Again, while I was at work on Friday, they just really lit into me again, but now they were getting personal. The commish even went as far as to rip on me (over and over…………he even did it again yesterday) on me for supporting Darfur by wearing my Save Darfur shirt. At this point, he made it personal. The other guy who originally informed me of the cheating started to email and post messages about how this was a scam. Next thing I know, there was another guy at work posting messages ripping on everybody. Again, I was getting ripped on but I would not respond to the personal attacks. I just let him keep on going. I decided to post one more message saying that if I came back and won the whole thing, I would refund the ENTIRE league their money except for the commish, his brother and the chick. Again, after that, more posting and name calling. It finally got down to an unprecedent move: we ended the entire season and everybody got full refunds. Of course, this still did not stop the posts, the commish continued on posting and although he was ripping on me and the other guy, I was his prime target. Again, I did not respond. It was very very tough not responding, but I did not want to dignify his posts with a response. There was a post about what we should do with the money and somebody said that we should all donate it to charity. Being the smart ass that I am, I posted that I would give it to the Save Darfur foundation. I also fully intend to wear the shirt at work the next chance I get, which would be this Friday. The fucking guy probably doesn’t even know what Darfur is. Even if he does, he is too heartless to care. Nevertheless, I feel bad about the whole thing (especially for those couple of guys who were probably going to win, they didn’t even say much throughout this all), in fact, its embarrassing for all of us and pretty much leaves us all with a fantasy black eye. In spite of it all, I do feel vindicated. I mean, there is no way in hell the commish lets the whole thing come crumbling down if they were innocent. I know if it was me and I was innocent, I would fight it until the bloody, bitter end and never give up. Still, the leaves me with an extra $100 and not knowing what to do with it. Here are a couple of options:
1. Give it to its rightful owners, the 2 guys who did not complain and who probably would have gone head to head for the championship.
2. Give it to some charity. Many options here, the only question is which one? The Save Darfur fund would be a natural given all of the shit he was saying.
3. Give it to my nieces and nephew for their college fund. I have been meaning to donate to their fund for a while now and have not. This would be a good way to get started.
4. Keep it for myself. Although I don’t need the money, I can certainly put it to good use.
So what do you think I should do with it?
