Fantasy sport
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Oct 22, 2026
Tim BenzHOST
Jeff Erickson from Rotowire joins us right now.
Tim BenzHOST
It is our weekly fantasy sports podcast.
Tim BenzHOST
Jeff's the best fantasy analyst in the business.
Tim BenzHOST
Rotowire, the best fantasy website in the business.
Chris CassidyGUEST
I worked at a couple of tech startups very early in my career and eventually landed at Yahoo right as the dot-com bubble was bursting.
Chris CassidyGUEST
I did a long stand at Yahoo, leading marketing and sales programs for the media businesses and helping to build products like Fantasy Sports and Yahoo Finance.
Chris CassidyGUEST
And then in 2010, a friend of mine introduced me to the founders of MainSale.
Chris CassidyGUEST
MainSale at the time was still building out the firm, but the founders always had the idea that they wanted to build a team of operators to help their portfolio companies scale and grow.
Victoria JacksonGUEST
And it extends the WIRE Act to cover transactions over the Internet.
Victoria JacksonGUEST
But fantasy sports are exempted and the leagues are.
Victoria JacksonGUEST
are part of the effort to exempt fantasy sports.
Julie FoudyHOST
So
Victoria JacksonGUEST
all those people who are doing online poker now move over to what's called daily fantasy sports.
Victoria JacksonGUEST
And daily fantasy sports are something the leagues don't want to be ruled illegal.
Victoria JacksonGUEST
So FanDuel, DraftKings are daily fantasy sports companies.
Victoria JacksonGUEST
They have 95% of the market by the mid-20-teens.
Chris CassidyGUEST
I worked at a couple of tech startups very early in my career and eventually landed at Yahoo right as the dot-com bubble was bursting.
Chris CassidyGUEST
I did a long stand at Yahoo, leading marketing and sales programs for the media businesses and helping to build products like Fantasy Sports and Yahoo Finance.
Chris CassidyGUEST
And then in 2010, a friend of mine introduced me to the founders of MainSale.
Chris CassidyGUEST
MainSale at the time was still building out the firm, but the founders always had the idea that they wanted to build a team of operators to help their portfolio companies scale and grow.
MasonHOST
man wednesday night
JordanHOST
utah jazz baby yes all right let's wrap it up fantasy sports let's start uh with basketball because we just had our fantasy basketball draft this saturday was a hoot We played some pickup basketball for about an hour and a half.
JordanHOST
We were terrible.
JordanHOST
All of my friend group is completely washed.
Jim LanzoneGUEST
So CNET was the leading technology site.
Jim LanzoneGUEST
Sportsline was one of the OGs in sports and fantasy sports.
Jim LanzoneGUEST
Last.fm in music.
Jim LanzoneGUEST
I mean, you go down the list, GameSpot and video games, we had all kinds of different brands that we had to figure out the right structure for.
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Jim LanzoneGUEST
Especially just pure UI-wise, they want to stay the same.
Jim LanzoneGUEST
And the problem with that is you will lose tomorrow's users if you do it.
Jim LanzoneGUEST
And I experienced this at other companies, especially in places like Fantasy Sports, where if you change it, you would lose certain users.
Jim LanzoneGUEST
They're like, I'm out of here.
Matt DoylePANELIST
I have finished in the playoffs...
Matt DoylePANELIST
I, I've never done fantasy sports my entire life until the past couple years.
Tom BogertPANELIST
Oh, yeah.
Tom BogertPANELIST
Right, nerd.
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Matt DoylePANELIST
It tied the record.
David GassHOST
You're such a nerd.
David GassHOST
[laughs] And he goes, "I've never played fantasy sports before."
Matt DoylePANELIST
[laughs]
Nick BonadioGUEST
I don't wanna just sell this to teams.
Nick BonadioGUEST
I want to go and speak to all of the millions of people out there who are playing fantasy sports.
Danny FuntHOST
Fantasy sports.
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Fantasy team.
Nick BonadioGUEST
The Fantasy Sports Hall of Fame.
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Fantasy football.
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Fantasy baseball.
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Taking fantasy golf to the next level.
JordanHOST
I'm a believer still.
JordanHOST
Uh, what I'm not a believer in, though, is our fantasy sports teams.
JordanHOST
Mason, you and I freaking suck at fantasy football this year.
MasonHOST
Put no tricks-
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MasonHOST
Anything but last place.
JordanHOST
Which is unfortunate.
JordanHOST
I was so excited to come on and talk fantasy sports and, 'cause we're not normally bad.
JordanHOST
Last year, I took third place in two different leagues, second place in a league.
Mike FrancesaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They might have nightly.
Doug VaughnHOST
Oh, I'm sure they do, but, um, season-long fantasy sports where it's not football, where you have to adjust more often, once you get used to it, it does get really fun.
Doug VaughnHOST
And then, like you've always said, it keeps you more in, uh-
Tim McKernanHOST
Yeah, I love it
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