Fantasy Football League Decides On Colored Pencils, Flowers At Draft

LOS ANGELES, CA- Minutes after they announced their freezes on Friday night a league in Southern California voted to brighten up their draft.

“We are an extremely tough league. The stress of putting together a good team had really gotten to some people, and even though that means tremendous competition, we had lost our way with making the event fun,” Carl Haversham of the Blendomatic League said.

“We got together Friday evening to announce our freezes and get our draft orders. “But we also voted on having colored pencils and flowers to make the whole event more ‘colorful and uplifting’.”

Initially one league member, Dan Steiner, had suggested the league brighten things up on draft day with carnations and mums.

“But that was voted down immediately,” Haversham said. “I brought up the idea of having orchids, maybe a local variety set around the room, and colored pencils to match the color coded index cards we were using for our snake draft. The league heartily embraced it. We voted 10-2 in favor.”

The orchids, mauve and white, a species called Habenaria Orbiculata, were placed on the center table next to the draft board, and colored pencils placed near each league member.

“The whole thing was a hit,” Carl said proudly, “People could choose whatever color they wanted to write down their draft pick. Darren generally chose blue, and Kyle liked the orange hues. The draft was so much more upbeat this year that we think we’re going to add finger sandwiches in between rounds next year. Who knows maybe we can get some nicely designed doiles to put little pastries on in the future. Whatever adds to the fun.”