Daily Fantasy, Daily Life: Volume XXIII - Never Say Never
Dear DraftKings,
At the risk of sounding like every 80-year-old uncle that ever lived, what the hell is a NFL NFT DFS game, and why should I be spending thousands of dollars to play it? Because you know what? I’m not going to do it.
Seriously: Someone sent me a link Tuesday to something called a “2022 Reignmakers Football Field Pass Collection – #3/20” and the bid was up to $7,250 when I saw it.
It tells me it will “grant users exclusive access to Player Card NFTs” and “Pass owners as of 7/11/22 at 1pm ET will receive a free airdrop of a one-card pack containing a REIGNMAKER Tier “Field Pass Set” Player Card NFT from a 20-player list featuring the top scorers in Fantasy Football (one of one editions).”
I mean, I know what NFTs are, and I know what the NFL is, and I’m pretty darn familiar with DFS, but come on: You expect me to start spending money on fugazi cards that hold no actual value to play a DFS game with them and – on top of all that – I don’t even know how the game is going to be played? Are you insane?
For some help in understanding all of this, I reached out to RotoGrinders’ own Sean “psufans2” Newsham to help me … well, to help me understand all this.
Why Sean? Because he plays Sorare, which is a NFT DFS product for soccer fans. And while DraftKings NFL NFT DFS game will undoubtedly be different, I figured Newsham could at least draw up a playbook on what I might expect for this stupid DraftKings game that I will never, ever be a part of, no chance, no way, no how.
“Sorare is a soccer version of an NFT platform that incorporates a game you can win rewards while playing,” Newsham told me. “Every card you buy you can keep forever, and can use that card to play in your contests.”
And if you win?
“You win more cards or prizes,” Newsham said.
Bor-ing.
What kind of prizes?
“ETH.”
Oh.
Ethereum. You know, the crypto currency. It’s trading at $1,790 as I type this.
“Last week, I won a card worth .7 ETH, another card worth .75 ETG, and another .3 ETH in contests,” Newsham said. “Effectively, I made 1.7 ETH in rewards.”
Oh!
Newsham further explained there are no entry fees to the DFS contests; the cards you’ve purchased are your players (a goalie, a defenseman, a midfielder, a forward, and a utility). The cards are further broken down into five levels, one-of-ones to cards that number up to 1,000.
The cards also go up and down in value, depending on how the player is doing, and, also, depending on how ethereum is doing. You can buy, sell, trade ‘em.
So in effect, Sorare is like DFS meets crypto meets Wall Street meets card trading.
Oh.
OH!
This actually looks like a lot of fun. So much so, I had Newsham send me a referral link to sign up, despite the fact I know nothing about soccer.
But I do know a thing or two about football, and that’s why I stand before you today saying I cannot wait to play DraftKings NFT DFS product, no matter what it is. If it’s anything like Newsham described, it sounds like a ton of fun. Nevermind the bit up top about 80-year-old uncles and such.
Anyone want to float me $7,000?