Every good conference starts with a draft
Tomorrow, Monday the 24th, is the last day to secure the conference rate for the FSTA Summer Conference at the Doubletree Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile. To book your room for $145/night, contact the Doubletree at 312-787-6100 or just book online here.
With the conference just over two weeks away, it’s time to start looking at the agenda items and get ready for all the awesome sessions that await us. I’m fairly excited about the new format on the second day of the conference, but today let’s focus on some of the sessions we’ll hear on Wednesday, June 9th…and of course the expert fantasy football draft on Tuesday, June 8th.
- While I won’t be participating in the expert fantasy football draft, I will be live blogging the results of the first few rounds – and will also check in with some interesting picks, value grabs, or potential sleepers as the draft proceeds. This coverage of the draft might be the most helpful takeaway for those of you who are fantasy football players, but might not be quite as into the industry talk or the content that we cover during the sessions. So stay tuned on the night of 6/8 for the draft highlights.
- One of the sessions that I’m looking forward to the most on Tuesday is a look at the current labor dispute between the NFL and the NFLPA, and its potential repercussions on fantasy sites and games for the 2011 season and beyond. Hearing thoughts on the issue from the fantasy industry should be thought-provoking and insightful.
- My buddy Matt over at FantasySportsBusiness.com and I are both psyched to hear the latest and greatest “Trends in Fantasy Sports” from Rotowire’s Peter Schoenke and Dr. Kim Beason, a familiar face at the FSTA conferences for his fantasy consumer research studies. This time around he’ll be including trends on league management and scoring, which should shine a light on just how many of us are playing in IDP leagues or using team QBs. I’ve long been convinced that participation in IDP leagues is growing – as well as PPR leagues – and I’m quite curious about the information Dr. Beason will present. I can nearly guarantee that if the stats show an uptick in IDP leagues, you’ll soon see fantasy sports sites follow suit with more IDP content. Dr. Beason will also be back later in the afternoon to present more of his consumer research studies.
- There are several other interesting sessions (not to mention a solid number of networking breaks, which are always a great call) and the lunch break includes a screening of the movie Fantasyland. I saw Fantasyland when the director and several subjects of the documentary were in New York City for a screening back in March, and I pleasantly surprised by how entertaining it was. Should be a nice complement to the rest of the conference sessions that day.
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