I’ve always had a thing for entrepreneurship and sports. Back in high school, I sat in front of a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet (it was a long time ago) and built a management system for baseball statistics and what we then called “Rotisserie Baseball.”
Building spreadsheets was something for which I seemed to have a natural talent. The problem with this particular sheet was in compiling the data – the stats themselves. They were too vast, reported too slow, and too hard to track. The internet was still in its infancy, so the only way to get scores was by buying the newspaper and transferring box scores by hand. Even then, the paper only printed games that ended before midnight – which meant West Coast games showed up the next day. It was far from ideal and a lot of manual labor, data entry, and ripe for errors and mistakes.
Then the idea came to me.
“Fantasy football,” I told my friend Tim, who also had an entrepreneurial streak. “The stats are easier to track, the games are more balanced. In baseball, some starting pitchers throw once a week, others twice. Football would level the playing field. Every team plays every week, giving you plenty of time to reset lineups, add/drop players, etc.” (There were no bye weeks back then.)
“Fantasy football?” he laughed. “That’ll never work.” And that was the end of it.
We shelved the idea and never pursued it. Four or five years later, fantasy football exploded – especially with online access, and the rest is history. (Tim may have cost me a fortune… and yes, I still hold a grudge.)
Over the years, I’ve joined countless fantasy leagues. Some seasons I’m more prepared than others, but every draft, every matchup, every Monday night comeback reminds me why I love the game. It’s bragging rights, camaraderie, and just enough skin in the game to make every snap matter.
But something always felt missing.
Temporary ownership is fun — but what if you had a long-term stake? Not just a draft pick that disappears after the season, but something lasting.
That’s where the idea for The QB Club came from. It’s the culmination of a lifetime of interests: sports, blockchain, cryptocurrency, collectibles, and the belief that fantasy sports can be more than a reset button every year.
Over the next few weeks, I’ll use this blog to share our rollout — from beta testing to league formats, from NFT designs to the token economy. I’ll also touch on the bigger influences: collecting cards as a kid, experimenting with blockchain, and the lessons learned from years of fantasy drafts.
The QB Club is just beginning. Thanks for being here at the start.
One block at a time, we keep the chains moving.