Beaustradamus

As a Grizzlies fan, I have to defend Marc. First of all, I think he is definitely the 2nd best big man in the NBA behind Howard. As for defense specifically, here is a pretty good article on what makes him so great defensively: http://www.sbnation.com/2013/3/15/4108416/marc-gasol-grizzlies-defensive-player-of-the-year. Also, the 2012-2013 season when he was fully healthy and won DPoY, he led all bigs in defensive win shares and was second in the entire NBA only behind Paul George. If you're into advanced analytics, that's a pretty important stat. He's not flashy, but his basketball IQ is off the charts and that intelligence helps guide arguably the best defensive team in the NBA.

Sent mine but not sure if I'll be able to make the draft. Saturdays are usually pretty busy for me. I'll be sure to register tomorrow though.

I'd personally pay the start up costs for another gym in Sydney. Already offered a couple managers previously. Anyway, I really don't want to drop the Sydney only rule. Manager ranks will be determined via the tycoon ranking system on the creation date. I know the rankings aren't perfect but it makes grouping easier for this tournament.

I just didn't know how it would be viewed on the forums if I made a tournament thread in the general discussion part. Didn't want it to be locked or viewed poorly when I'm just starting the org. I might see if i can get the thread moved though if that would help with the views. Maybe this tourney could bring you more success.

Thank you very much for the sponsorships and for signing up! Thank you as well to everyone else who has signed up. I was worried the 100% Sydney part would create issues, but I really want to try and bring in some business to the city, whether through public or private gyms. Thank you all for the interest. Hopefully we can get this filled up soon!

Alfred Morgan did it. I'm pretty pleased with it. Thanks for signing up!

Either would be fine with me. For the fantasy site, I would prefer ESPN or yahoo, since they're what you use through NBA.com.

Not trying to spam but I wanted to make sure everyone knew about this. Prestige is a new org in Sydney and we're running a creation tourney to help kick start the org. If you're interested, please check out our tournament thread. Thank you! http://www.mmatycoon.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46508

Thanks for signing up, guys! I'll be sure to update the roster when I get home from work. Currently using the phone to check in.

I'm planning on roughly 5-6 weeks. I might consider extending this though. I understand. I would like to keep this at 2 weeks per fight to keep the schedule more compressed but if there is enough of concern about this, I will consider moving it to 3 weeks off per fight. Nevertheless, thank you for still signing up!

Fight will take place no matter what, even if injured. Thanks for signing up!

I wanted Notre Dame to win, but they made the right call. Maybe it should've been holding rather than pass interference, but it was definitely a penalty.

In fairness, I feel the aTm offense is a little overrated. They didn't really look that good in their past three games. Sure, those were against three great teams, but I think they were probably viewed higher than they really are due to Week 1 against South Carolina. Their defense is also really bad. Also in the SEC, Ole Miss got another big win today. It's really fun being on the winning side of things for once.

Tournament Roster 1. Petro Faratini -- confirmed 2. Hairey Balsagna -- confirmed 3. Mickey Hart 4. Bob Vendarra -- confirmed 5. Bwang Jong Sr -- confirmed 6. Storman Norman -- confirmed 7. Luca C -- confirmed 8. Rory Daly -- confirmed 9. KC Cooper -- confirmed 10. Abraham Raheem -- confirmed 11. Donald Kingsley -- confirmed 12. Grant Brophy -- confirmed 13. The Dude -- confirmed 14. Cody Lentz -- confirmed 15. Kshitij Singh Negi -- confirmed 16. Arno van Rensburg -- confirmed 17. Alfred Morgan -- confirmed 18. Caleb Smith 19. Central Park Wigan 20. Cysole Dean -- confirmed 21. King Yento -- confirmed 22. Don Africa -- confirmed 23. Jake Goldman 24. Hayden Ingham -- confirmed 25. Luke Taylor -- confirmed 26. Ben Jammins -- confirmed 27. Baby Face McGee -- confirmed 28. Dom Jaehnke -- confirmed 29. Jack Demon -- confirmed 30. Bawon Samedi -- confirmed 31. Scott Davies -- confirmed 32. Christy Scott -- confirmed

http://www.mmatycoon.com/images/company/logo/1413254841prestige-sydney.png Prestige is a brand new org and is looking to bring new life into Sydney. To start us off on the right foot, we will be hosting a new tournament that we hope to make into a tradition. Welcome to the Sydney Cup! Rules 1. The format will be just like the FIFA World Cup. We will have 32 fighters located across 8 different 4 man pools. Each pool will be a 3 match round robin pool with the top two fighters moving on to the round of 16. From there it will be a single elimination knockout round. There will be a third place fight for those who lose in the semifinals. 2. The top 8 managers in the tournament will be separated into their own pools. The next 8 managers will then be randomly drawn into a group. This process will also take place for the next two sets of managers. 3. This is a fighter creation tournament and all must be created as 18 year olds the day in which the creation date is set. Fights will also take place in the 145 lb weight class so be able to make weight! 4. Training must take place in Sydney. 5. Creation date will be announced after the sign ups have been completed. 6. The tournament fights are tentatively set to begin during the last weekend in December. Fights will take place every two weeks. 7. Tiebreakers- If a pool ends up in a tie, the following tiebreakers will be used: 1. Head to Head, 2. Finishes, 3. Amount of time fought in the finishes (less being better). If there is a three way tie, this format will be used to determine the top seed and then the tiebreaker will reset for the next two remaining. If none of this works to determine the winner, a tiebreaker round will be added. Fights will take place one week after the last round robin fight (injured, tired, or not) and will push back the other rounds by one week. 8. You will receive an initial 4 fight contract worth 5k/2k/2k. This will cover your first three fights and the first round of the knockout stage. If you make it to the quarterfinals, you will receive a 3 fight, 4k/4k/4k deal. 9. Bets may be placed on every fight through the Prestige Bookmaker (will be created before the tournament). Prizes 1st Place $500,000 6 months VIP Custom Trophy Prestige BW Title Belt 6 month supply of supplements from Kangaroo Punch $50,000 sponsorship from Payday Fightwear 2nd Place $100,000 $25,000 sponsorship from Payday Fightwear 3rd Place $25,000 Additional $25,000 provided by Kevin Johnson $10,000 sponsorship from Payday Fightwear (4th place also) Bonuses $50,000 provided by Prestige to the winner if he comes from a public gym $2,000 per finish provided by Kangaroo Punch $2,000 per 100% fight rating provided by Kangaroo Punch $25,000 to the fastest KO funded by Kshitijscholes $25,000 to the fastest Sub funded by Kshitijscholes $25,000 from Kevin Johnson - TBD 10 pairs of Sydney Cup tees and shorts from Payday Fightwear $100,000 from awiley2 to the worst fighter of the tournament $50,000 from Donald Kingsley if the winning fighter trains at Great Bash Heel $50,000 from Donald Kingsley if a fighter trains at Great Bash Heel and finishes in the top 3. $2,000,000 from Bawon Samedi. - TBD $300,000 from Federico Manta - TBD If anyone else would like to sponsor a prize as well, it would be very much appreciated! Please feel free to sign up here in this thread. We will keep you posted with updated dates for creation and the tournament start as we get closer to filling up the tournament roster. Thank you!

I'd like to sign up.

I'm really pleased with the logo, banner, and thumb. It was a pleasure working with you.

I'd join

I'd like to sign up.

That was definitely the biggest win for this program as far as my lifetime goes. Hotty Toddy!