The Fantasy Footballers
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| Established | September 2014 | ||||||
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| Focus | Fantasy Football Media Company | ||||||
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Membership (October 2018) | 6,828 via Patreon | ||||||
Official language | English | ||||||
Host & Owner | Jason Moore | ||||||
Host & Founder | Andy Holloway | ||||||
Host & Founder | Mike Wright | ||||||
Parent organization | Engaged Media, LLC | ||||||
Staff (2018) |
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| Website | thefantasyfootballers | ||||||
| Remarks | Website Information | ||||||
| Alexa rank |  28,770 (Global, October 2018)
4,035 (United States, October 2018) | ||||||
| YouTube information | |||||||
| Channels | The Fantasy Footballers | ||||||
| Years active | 2015-present | ||||||
| Subscribers | 112,803 (4 October 2018) | ||||||
| Total views | 12,179,621 (4 October 2018) | ||||||
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The Fantasy Footballers is an independent fantasy football podcast company. It was founded in 2014 by Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.[1][2]
The company currently produces 4 podcasts, in addition to game-day periscope shows which are all family-friendly. In 2017, the company began hosting live shows and appearing at fantasy football conferences throughout the United States and Canada.[3][4][5] The company's goal is to provide a holistic approach to fantasy football.[6] In addition to their shows, the hosts also appear on other shows to share their experiences and knowledge of fantasy football and small business management.[7][8]
The company's main podcast, The Fantasy Footballers Podcast, was launched in February 2015 and airs five times a week during the NFL season, with a reduced frequency during the off-season.[9][10] As of 14 March 2019[update], the company has released 700 epsiodes of their main podcast. In 2017, the company's podcasts were downloaded more than 30 million times.[11][12]
In 2018, the company launched their fourth overall and first comedy podcast, Spitballers Comedy Podcast. This podcast features regular segments of would you rather and a fantasy football style draft of items from a certain category (ie Best Christmas Movies).
The company is based in Phoenix, Arizona.[13][14]
Awards[edit]
In 2018, all three hosts were ranked in the top 20 of 132 experts for accuracy by FantasyPros.[15] In 2017, Jason and Mike were both ranked in the Top 10 for Draft Accuracy,[16] and Andy and Jason were both ranked in the Top 20 for In-Season Accuracy by FantasyPros.[17]
2018 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards - Best Sports Podcast - Winner[18][19]
2018 Podcast Awards - The Adam Curry People's Choice Award - Winner[20]
2018 Podcast Awards - ESPN: Fantasy Focus Football Sports Category - Winner[20]
2017 FSWA - Podcast of the Year, Football - Winner[21]
2017 Fantasy Sports Trade Association - Small Fantasy Business of the Year - Winner[22][23]
2017 Fantasy Sports Trade Association - Most Outstanding Social Media - Winner[22][23]
| Past Awards |
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| 2017 Podcast Awards - The Adam Curry People's Choice Award - Winner[24] |
| 2017 Podcast Awards - ESPN: Fantasy Focus Football Sports Category - Winner[24] |
| 2016 Podcast Awards - People's Choice Award - Winner[25] |
| 2016 Podcast Awards - Sports & Recreation - Winner[25] |
| 2016 Fantasy Sports Trade Association - Best Fantasy Sports Podcast or Online Audio (<20 employees) - Winner[22] |
| 2016 Academy of Podcasters People's Choice Award - Winner[26] |
The Footies[edit]
The Footies are a series of annual awards given to NFL players in various categories by The Fantasy Footballers based on fan voting.
External Links[edit]
Facebook: @thefantasyfootballers
The Fantasy Footballers on Instagram
Podcasts:
- The Fantasy Footballers Podcast
- The #FootCast
- The Fantasy Footballers DFS Podcast
- The Spitballers Comedy Podcast
References[edit]
- ↑ Chesler, Josh (1 September 2017). "The Fantasy Footballers Are Here to Help You Win Your League and Humiliate Your Friends". Phoenix New Times. Phoenix, AZ. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ↑ "Personalities". National Fantasy Football Convention. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ↑ Colomby, Joel (19 August 2017). "Fantasy Fare: Fantasy Sports Show set for Toronto". Toronto Sun. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ↑ Nelson, Mike (21 June 2018). "Fantasy? Kirk Cousins compared to Manning — and not Eli". Star Tribune. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ↑ Collins, Larry (13 July 2018). "Fort Worth Hosts National Fantasy Football Convention". NBC Dallas Fort Worth. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ Machado, David (15 July 2017). "15 Awesome Fantasy Football Podcasts You Need to Check Out!". Gridiron Experts. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ↑ Harrison, David (14 July 2017). "Buccaneers 2017 fantasy forecast: QB, Jameis Winston". Fansided. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ↑ Delgado, Kito (14 January 2018). "Episode 22: Entrepreneurship and Fantasy Football advice with Andy Holloway". Get On The Box. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ Goldberg, Kevin (23 August 2017). "15 of the Best Fantasy Football Podcasts". discover pods. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ↑ "Fantasy American Football Podcasts". PlayerFM. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ Young, Stephen (10 July 2018). "Talking Podcasts, Live Shows and Cowboys Fantasy With the Fantasy Footballers". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ↑ "Phoenix friends launch wildly successful 'Fantasy Footballers' podcast out of bedroom closet". AZFamily.com. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ↑ Pazera, Justin (30 August 2017). "Cool! Full-time job for three Phoenix friends is to talk about fantasy football". ABC15. Phoenix, AZ. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ↑ Hayes, Marcus (19 July 2018). "The Fantasy Footballers Podcast road show comes to Philly, and we share a clip of Dallas fans booing us at their Texas show". The Inquirer. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ↑ "2018's Most Accurate Fantasy Football Rankings". FantasyPros. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ↑ "2017 Draft Accuracy Rankings". FantasyPros. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ↑ "2017 Season to Date Accuracy Rankings". FantasyPros. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ↑ Dudley, Joshua. "The iHeartRadio Podcast Awards Show Was Not Much Of A Show". Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ↑ "Dax Shepard, Bobby Bones, 'Breakfast Club' Among iHeartRadio Podcast Awards Winners". 19 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "2018 Winners". Podcast Awards The People's Choice. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ↑ "FSWA Writing Awards". Fantasy Sports Writers Association. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 "FSTA INDUSTRY AWARDS". Fantasy Sports Trade Association. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Manogue, Aaron (23 January 2018). "ESPN WINS EIGHT AWARDS, DRAFT TAKES HOME FOUR; FANTASY FOOTBALLERS WIN "SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR"". Fantasy Sports Trade Association. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Past Winners 2017". Podcast Awards The People's Choice. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Past Winners 2016". Podcast Awards The People's Choice. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ "PAST WINNERS". Academy of Podcasters. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ "The 2015 Footie Awards, Playoff Challenge, and News! Ep. #165". The Fantasy Footballers Podcast. 7 January 2016. YouTube. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ↑ "The 2016 "Footies" Winners! + Pump the Brakes, Playoff Picks - Ep. #341". The Fantasy Footballers Podcast. 5 January 2017. YouTube. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ↑ "The 2017 Footies Winners! + NFL Playoff Picks - Ep. #511". The Fantasy Footballers Podcast. 4 January 2018. YouTube. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ↑ "Fantasy Football 2019 - The Footie Awards! + Top 10 for 2019, Brown Bombshell - Ep. #680". The Fantasy Footballers Podcast. 3 January 2019. YouTube. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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