In the spirit of community, the upcoming baseball season and how some people just love to play fantasy baseball, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a fantasy league with the league members put in some money and the winner gets the choice of where the winnings go to. I think that this would be a fun way to help people get involved in the campaign season and maybe build a little community spirit. Winnings can go to a political campaign, ballot question, or charity if so desired. The season would work out because we can end it at the end of September so that the winnings could be sent in a timely fashion so they can be used before November. Well follow below for things that I think might need to be considered, others may differ, so go rogue in the comments section.
1. Interest- How many people are interested in doing such a thing? If it's a low number why bother. If interest is high, we have to work out how to incorporate all of the players, multiple leagues and such. We also need to think of how many per league if this is a go.
2. Money- With how things are, this can be a touchy subject so I was thinking of something no more than 20 dollars which could be a donation of about 200 if you have a ten person league. If people want to do more that is up to them.
3 How to send payment and who will officially send the money in? Check, paypal, carrier pigeon or such.
4. League settings- those that know fantasy league know this can be a bone of contention but can be worked out later on.
5. Something that was forgotten but someone will opine about it in the comments section.
As stated before I wanted to start this conversation early so we can work out the kinks so all will be ready when the season starts. I am willing to work on this but if someone who is a really big fantasy baseball nut wants to do this, I am not copyrighting or trademarking this idea at all. Have at it!