Want to have a good laugh? Use archive.org to peruse old screen grabs of www.qfl.8k.com and quincesportsnews.com.
The earliest archived page from March 19, 2003 is highlighted by classic photos of McD, Scott and Ronny, the plagiarized ESPN logo that got me in trouble, long lost historic records and commissioner reports and I haven’t even finished surfing it yet!
And an idea was born:
Friday, July 18, 2003 Posted 11:50am EST
COMCOMM Insider Reveals Secret Plan to Franchise QFL
Just like a McDonalds fast food chain, the plan is to franchise the QFL model of fantasy football. The Constitution, consulting services and royalties would all bring in an estimated $500 per new league established.
This is a developing story…
More gold. Seth’s admission (in an interview with himself)
Q. You are the most successfull QFL franchise both in total money won and in the record book. How did you do that?
A. Luck. I have no football knowledge before 1999 and no prior “fantasy” experience. My first player that I took in 1999 was Randall Cunningham for $43. Recovering from that can only be luck.
Diabolical. And its only taken 11 years to go nowhere with that idea.
$43 on a single player I believe is still the record. But at least I also grabbed his backup Daunte Culpepper for $1.