Comments found on John Chong's blog, regarding fantasy sports drafts.

I laughed out loud when I read Sammy's analogy between fantasy sports and poker.

(Chongo was studying for his actuary exam at the time.)

Chongo:
this is what i mean! (Tommy) just laughs at me… two nights ago, tommy was in my room, doing a live draft for his fantasy league. so there he was just sitting there… waiting for number and letters on the computer to change and here i am frantically looking for the formula for empirical bayes non-parametric method in the midst of all my notes and past exams. the madness continues…

tommy… i'm coming over everyday when i'm done, just to bug the living daylights out of you.

James Song:
dude… the draft is an important exam too. it's so stressful during the draft because you never know when a player is going to be taken. you have to react quickly (1 min 30 sec) and make a decision on who you will draft if the player you wanted is gone. you have to do all kinds of research before a draft too, which no doubt tommy probably did.

Sammy Sohn:
Chongo, I'm not sure who James is, but he's SOOOOO right. I just had my live draft a few days ago, and that's the closest feeling I've had to being back in school. The draft was on Sunday, and in classic college form, I did VERY little preparation before. I woke up and spent all morning /afternoon before church crunching stats and trying to measure future potential. Even though this was something I WANTED to do, I had procrastinated doing it, just like if it was studying or doing hw.

Then during the draft itself, you're only given 90 seconds to react to other people's picks. Lemme tell you, its very stressful. The draft is like the flop. It doesn't guarantee anything, but if it hits you, you're set and if you have potential, you can build on it. Very important to get off on the right foot.

Now a mere passerby may say, "its only fantasy basketball, What are the rewards or consquences of a poor draft?" They don't understand the far-reaching rammifications this has. We're talking about 6 months of joy or sorrow, talkin trash or being trashed on, resembling the genius of Theo Epstein or the ineptitude of Danny Ainge…character building trials.

Haha, this was a lil longer that i'd expected, but FB is just THAT good. When's your test, first week of Nov? good luck on it…keep shootin dem equations and bell curves outta your arse while I sit here crunching numbers like an actuary until the endda the season.