So, one of my best friends and another buddy have developed "The Basketball Tournament", which Zach Lowe just wrote about today on Grantland:
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/welcome-to-the-basketball-tournament/
They've been working on it for 3 years and have launched the official website today in connection with the Grantland story.
Its ultimately a combination of Fantasy sports, reality TV, and competitive sports that is hopefully going to be social media driven, with $500,000 going to the winning team. Anybody can enter, the 24 teams with the most "fans" on the website get automatic bids, and then 8 teams are selected by my buddies (so they can ensure the celebrity names get involved). They've had some inklings from Antoine Walker, Iversen, some former college teams/players as the article mentions, etc.
Its pretty cool, and is amazing that it has come to fruition. The website is:
http://www.thetournament.com
EDIT: website link
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/welcome-to-the-basketball-tournament/
They've been working on it for 3 years and have launched the official website today in connection with the Grantland story.
Its ultimately a combination of Fantasy sports, reality TV, and competitive sports that is hopefully going to be social media driven, with $500,000 going to the winning team. Anybody can enter, the 24 teams with the most "fans" on the website get automatic bids, and then 8 teams are selected by my buddies (so they can ensure the celebrity names get involved). They've had some inklings from Antoine Walker, Iversen, some former college teams/players as the article mentions, etc.
Its pretty cool, and is amazing that it has come to fruition. The website is:
http://www.thetournament.com
EDIT: website link