As fantasy football team owners are preparing for the final two weeks of the 2009 World Championship of Fantasy Football, members of the fantasy sports community are reacting to the recent firing of four Fidelity Investments employees for acting as league commissioners.

Chesterfield, MO – October 5, 2009 – The World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCFF) announced today it will air the live draft events of the World Championship of Fantasy Football from September 2009 in Las Vegas, NV on the Versus Network, October 15th at 6:30pm EST.

The World Championship of Fantasy Football announced a format change for the premier live event in fantasy sports. Four teams from each 12-team league will qualify for the Main Event playoffs and have a shot at the overall award and distinction as the World Champion of Fantasy Football.

If you need any proof of this phenomenon, you need to visit Las Vegas the first weekend of the NFL Season. Over 2,500 fantasy footballers convene in one of four cities; Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Orlando and Dallas to participate in the world's largest live fantasy sports competition. The largest of the four markets is Las Vegas where the festivities have evolved to consume the entire weekend, Thursday thru Sunday. The weekend is filled with parties, celebrities and of course an abundance of ...

Industry research references over 20 million people played fantasy football in 2008. As many as 29.9 million took part in a fantasy sports related activity. The numbers are getting bigger each year and the stakes continue to increase.

The World Championship of Fantasy Football is headed to Tampa, FL to present Main Event Champion, Poochie Bennish, $300,000. Assisting with the presentation will be ESPN's football analyst and Monday Night Football Field Reporter, Suzy Kolber.

Chesterfield, MO – December 29, 2008 – In the highest of high stakes leagues, a winner has been crowned. The World Chamionship of Fantasy Football has named Fantasy Assassins, managed by the trio of Scott Hoyt, Tim Kruse and Brad Kruse, as its 2008 Champion of the $25K Platinum League.

In an elite fantasy football competition that began three and a half months ago, a winner has finally emerged. The World Championship of Fantasy Football has just named Don Lacknett its 2008 World Champion of Online Fantasy Football. Along with bragging rights, Lacknett will walk away from the fantasy sports competition $10,000 richer.

Chesterfield, MO -- December 12, 2008 - The World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF) has announced its tentative Schedule of Events for the 2009 World Championship of Fantasy Football Main Event. The WCOFF was founded in 2002 and represents the premier event in fantasy sports. Live drafts in multiple locations throughout the United States staged on the same day begins what is recognized as the most competitive fantasy football competition in the world. 900 teams participated in the ...

November 20, St. Louis - The World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF) prides itself on bringing the top fantasy footballers in the world together to compete for the games most prestigious title and top cash awards. The overall champion in the 2008 WCOFF will capture $300,000, on top of what they won as their league champion or league runner up, $7,000 or $2,500 respectively. But while the life changing cash is a motivating factor for participants in this high stakes fantasy football ...

Chesterfield, MO – November 1, 2008 – On the heels of a plummeting stock market, consumer confidence plunged to its lowest level ever last week. Americans, it seems, just can’t get their minds off the deeply troubled economy. Throughout the remainder of the NFL season, the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF) is providing them with a distraction – one that just might help them recoup some of their investment losses. In conjunction with Fantasy Foldem, WCOFF is sponsoring the Heads Up ...

EXTRA, the hollywood entertainment news and celebrity gossip show participated in the 2008 World Championship of Fantasy Football. The WCOFF will be featured on an upcoming episode of EXTRA - Tune in to the one of the following show times in your respective market.

(St. Louis, MO – August 29, 2008) There’s tackle, touch, flag, and oh, yeah – fantasy. Fantasy football is the world’s latest obsession – talking trash, trading studs and drafting sleepers. It’s the instant gratification for the ‘Me Generation’ providing personal ownership with instantaneous stats, updates and rewards. Fantasy football players from around the United States will find themselves huddled up in convention centers as they participate live in the World Championship of Fantasy ...