Timothy McNulty | August 12, 2009
From the don't stop the presses department comes this news release from Yahoo Sports, noting that Luke Ravenstahl will be in a fantasy football league this fall with 10 other mayors nationwide.
The real question is this: will he take the easy way out and draft all Steelers (Willie Parker and Santonio Holmes, the Steelers' best fantasy players, are only 6th rounders on this board), or try his best to win the $15,000 for charity and get the best team possible, maybe with AFC rivals Tom Brady or LaDainian Tomlinson? Here's the press release:
Sunnyvale, Calif., August 12, 2009 - Yahoo! Sports,
the web's leading sports site and home of the #1 fantasy football game, will
kick off its 12th fantasy football season by fostering some friendly
competition among mayors from big football cities across the nation. The Yahoo!
Sports Mayoral Face-off competition matches mayors head-to-head each week of the
fantasy football season, which kicks off on September 10 and concludes on
December 28. The winning mayor takes home $15,000 for the local non-profit
sports program of his or her choice. And in a battle for civic pride, a second
$15,000 donation will be awarded to the city with the most votes from fantasy
fans.
Mayors who are putting their football prowess on the line for
this competition include:
o Byron Brown
(Buffalo, NY)
o Jim
Schmitt (Green Bay, WI)
o Mark Funkhouser
(Kansas City, MO)
o R.T. Rybak
(Minneapolis)
o Ron Dellums
(Oakland, CA)
o Mick Cornett
(Oklahoma City, OK)
o Buddy Dyer (Orlando,
FL)
o Luke R. Ravenstahl
(Pittsburgh, PA)
o Kevin Johnson
(Sacramento, CA)
o Gavin Newsom (San
Francisco, CA)
o Pam
Iorio (Tampa Bay, FL)
There's no telling if the Greatest City in America has what
it takes to overtake Titletown, or if Oaktown will step it up and beat The City
across the Bay. Maybe this is the year that Cigar City gets smoked by O.K.C., or
the City of Fountains drowns out The City of Good Neighbors' chances. There's
also a chance that the City of Bridges leaves an indelible mark on the City
Beautiful. No matter what happens, the inaugural Yahoo! Sports Mayoral Face-off
promises to be exciting for all. During the season fans can check out the
mayors' starting line-ups and team roster changes at http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/mayoral_faceoff09.
Starting on Thursday, August 13 fans can also help
their favorite city score the second $15,000 donation by voting at http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f2/mayoral-faceoff. The winning city with the most passionate
fantasy football fans will be announced on September 11, 2009. The
ultimate prize of the Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football Mayoral Face-off title will
be announced on January 11, 2010.
Posted
Aug 12 2009, 01:38 PM
by
Timothy McNulty