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Enduring uniquely awful fantasy football punishments can be a rite of passage and lead to bragging rights in many instances.
We have seen countless stories throughout the years, and been part of several ourselves, where a fantasy football punishment was dished out and gained national attention because it was so bizarre. Now with a new fantasy football season ahead of us, we are looking at all of the most bizarre, memorable, and unique fantasy football punishments that we have seen throughout the years
I was in a league 10 years ago where we pioneered the ‘fly rule.’ Essentially, we upped the dues so that the winner of the league had an additional $300 at the end of the season to buy a one-way plane ticket for the last place finisher.
The last place finisher then had to travel to the location of the league champ’s choosing, provide proof that they were there and complete some sort of challenge, then pay for their own one-way plane ticket home adding insult to injury. As you will see in this first fantasy football punishment, it was so awful that anyone at risk of finishing in last place was losing sleep over it!
For this epic fantasy football punishment, the loser in our league had to fly from NYC to Las Vegas, rent a car, and drive pas Death Valley to Tonopah, Nevada. Once there, this man who had a crippling fear of clowns, had to spend the night sleeping in a haunted clown motel.
The photos above are from the trip, showing his room, and how there is a cemetery located conveniently next door to the haunted clown motel. This particular punishment was in the second year of the league’s ‘fly rule.’ In the first year, the guy had to travel from NYC to Natchez, Mississippi (birthplace of Stevan Ridley) and eat at Mammy’s Cupboard Restaurant as proof he made it. He did, and got a speeding ticket during the trip.
This fantasy football punishment is relatively new. I wrote about it last year. The premise is simple, unique, and cruel: survive a night in Las Vegas on only $20.
That includes money spent on food, gambling, and lodging. The ‘loser’ in this instance took to Reddit and was seeking advice on how to proceed. People recommended ‘free food’ options for signing up for loyalty rewards programs. Personally, I thought that creating a sign reading ‘I lost my FF league and have to survive 24 hours on $20’ would at least get you some donations from high rollers.
Ultimately, the only safe answer is ‘wander around until the sun comes up.’ Airline lounges won’t let you in for free upon landing, only when departing. You could score some free gambling $ at various casinos and hope to flip that into real cash but it is a LOT of...
