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Fantasy Flop
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 10 a.m. ET, ESPN)
https://youtu.be/OfzN_pIItEM
In the world of fantasy sports, nothing was bigger than the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), boasting some of fantasy sports’ largest cash prizes. But last year, fantasy football and baseball winners stopped getting paid, and a business that appeared to be at the height of success began to crumble, leaving players wondering what happened to the thousands of dollars they paid in entrance fees. Reporter T.J. Quinn uncovers what may have gone wrong with the WCOFF.
“When 12 guys put in $25,000 for a fantasy football league with the biggest fantasy football company around, and then the winner doesn’t get paid, I want to know what happened to the money”. — Chad Schroeder, professional gambler
“We’re a small operation, and the economy got us. We made some bad bets. As a business we’ve lost over $4 million and unfortunately there are still some people who haven’t been paid. That pales in comparison to what our investors have incurred. We needed someone to step in and get in the fight with us. We couldn’t find that person to get us over the hump.” — Dustin Ashby, who, with a partner, purchased WCOFF from its original owners
Gut Check on Gambling
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 10 a.m., ESPN2)
Last year, an Outside the Lines investigation revealed rampant gambling by adults on youth football games in South Florida. Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars were at stake with gamblers paying young players and parents accepting money from people recruiting their kids. Law enforcement and league officials vowed to put an end to the illegal activity and clean up youth football. Reporter Paula Lavigne traveled to South Florida to see where things stand one year later.
“Basically we tried to turn a negative into a positive. What we did, we got more security at our games now, and we got the community involved as far as the police department, community activists, and we got the actual parents involved.” – Mike Spivey, president, South Florida Youth Football League, on reaction to the gambling scandal
“When you did that on TV last year, it scared a lot of people. And not only that, most sports clubs put rules that if they find out you’re doing it, you’re going straight to jail.’ –Tonya Brinson, parent and Lauderdale Lakes Vikings cheerleader commissioner
Mexican Plan Hopes Sports can Save Youth from becoming Drug Lords
ESPN Deportes SportsCenter (Sunday, 11 p.m.)
Reportajes Especiales piece on espndeportes.com
https://youtu.be/7cSJFWd3L64
In Sinaloa, Mexico, youngsters don’t look up to elite athletes, politicians, or actors, but to drug lords. It’s the drug lord who drives the big car, is surrounded by the most beautiful women (called “narco-reinas,” translating loosely to Drug Queens), and in many cases decides who lives and dies. In the midst of this reality, the local government has created a program to rescue the youth at higher risk, recruiting them from detention centers and the streets, with the goal of showing them that they can make a better life for themselves through sports.
Down to His Last Strike
ESPN The Magazine
Celebrity Doctor: Healer or Hype?
ESPN.com
The entrance to a contemporary restoration taking up the second floor of Alte Hof — a 12th century Gothic structure that served as the first imperial residence of Germany — is a revolving door for top athletes and entertainers, from the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, to U2 lead singer Bono, who have exhausted traditional medical avenues and go there as a last resort. They come to see the jovial Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt, whose practice is a combination of power, glamour and secrecy. Healing Hans, as Muller-Wohlfahrt is affectionately known, ranks as either the greatest healer since Hippocrates or is a quack with a hyperactive syringe, depending on whom you believe. Mike Fish presents this Outside the Lines report.
Paula Radcliffe, women’s marathon world record holder, and Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt Mike Fish/ESPN.com
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