Buenos dias! Bienvenidos a la piscina de fútbol!! I know I’m behind schedule but a little thing called ‘work’ has been a recent interruption. However, all your emails imploring us to start up the festivities were extremely touching… Ray French even mailed a zip lock bag filled with water (me thinks), labeled “tears of happiness”. Ok… he didn’t really do that, but it’s a very creepy yet excellent idea nonetheless.
Spanish appreciation month is my favorite time in the NFL. It’s a time when we celebrate Mark Sanchez, J-Lo, and maybe the one other guy who has Mexican parents by airing a bunch of Spanish commercials with kids playing soccer, baseball, and soft European basketball. A great way to showcase stereotypes and honor all the Spanish folk. But this year will be different… by Spanish appreciation month, I’ll make a few guarantees: (1) Sanchez has plenty of time to actually learn the language while holding a clip board on the sidelines, (2) instead of the traditional commercials most of us can’t understand, there will be a segment on Tebow’s mission trips to Peru. As much fun as it was to see Ochocinco get humiliated in Miami, I wish Hard Knocks was in NY again. The implosion is inevitable!!
So… yesssss… it’s that time! Personally (which should mean a lot considering it’s coming from last year’s CHAMP), I think this season is going to be pretty epic and full of twists and turns. There certainly appears to be a lot more parity and talent amongst the teams. If you’re a nube, check out the rules page for all the details or ask a friend (maybe not the person who invited you, but someone you trust). Other than that, make your $25 checks out to me (cash works just as well) and keep your fingers crossed that you’ll get anything back :). If you have any special friends that you’d like to invite for consideration, we’ll review applications very quickly this year. The commentary is not always world class, but we can promise you plenty of pictures of sweaty dudes if that’s what you’re into.
The first pick sheet will be posted by the end of next week once we have the list of participants. Please email us ASAP to let us know you’re in. Buena suerte!