Luke Keller - Former Commissioner; 2008 Winner; New Father x2; Gay Canadian
Jake Meinerding - Writer; Website Creator; 2010 Winner; Professional Best Man Speech Giver; Current Commish
John Heydinger - Interim Commissioner 2011; 2011 Winner; Zoophiliac; There's always next year type of guy
Josh Farber - Cleveland Suburbanite; Lamp Shade Dancer; Plans on retiring at age of 32.
Adam Schumann - Statistician; Token Liberal; Always a kicker away.
Josh Knipp - Legal Advisor; 2009 Winner; Token Asshole; Somehow Not Single
Seth Terlecky - Pissed Away '10 Title then Pissed on Everyone else en route to 2012 Title; Kills Things; Knights of Columbus Event Coordinator
Steve Haines - Rookie; Steak Guy; Somehow Single
As of 8/28/2013, we've all been assigned a country of origin. see below...thanks luke keller.
Once upon a time, we were all friends. We won intramural championships. We played land mines. We hunted for the Grand Slam of Sheep. We triple fisted at each others weddings.
Deep divisions have formed in our beloved fantasy league - it is becoming a microcosm of the world we live in. Conflict, strife, and disagreement are common on the international stage, but until late last season had not been a problem in our league. During the draft this week it became clear we have all shown similarities to a major country of the world.
Luke
Thinks they are always right. overly inflated vision of self, all other countries want America to lose/fail/collapse, a bad loser, a bad winner, take themselves way too seriously
Knipp
Used to be a world power (2009 champ), but his success in fantasy and quality and quantity of emails have tailed off. Typically allied with America. Supremely arrogant.
Haines
Most of the time you never hear about them so you forget they are there. Aligns with USA and Great Britain without leaving much of an opinion. Judging by the picture below he's got more clever emails and blockbuster trades up his sleeve than we've seen so far - let's hope we see them in 2013.
Seth
Every international survey of best quality of life, best schools, best anything - Sweden wins. Seth is recently married, shook off a bad first few years of fantasy football to have his second great draft in a row, is about to attend his first soccer game, and it's almost hunting season - life is good in Champion. Not one to dive into fantasy arguments, Sweden stays above the fray and has no enemies.
Jake
The first member of the Axis of Evil, agreeing on all rules with the two countries below. Within our lifetime, china will take over as the most powerful country in the world (new commish) as america gets fatter, lazier, and deeper in debt (all true since dayne was born.) Also what country would send out an important decree two weeks before an election, then say the decree did not apply on election night? Communist China.
Dinger
Another member of the Axis of Evil, allied with China and North Korea. Likely secretly plotting to destroy America. Last year throughout ohio state's admittedly flawed, probation-stained perfect season, he sent out email after email belittling the team, even the day they beat Michigan. Which country, after winning Olympic gold, would complain about their athletes that won the title? This guy -
Resemblance?
Farber
Third and final member of the Axis of Evil. Rarely causes trouble on their own. But once they know they have the backing of other axis members, they will vehemently oppose anything proposed by the USA. Rachel doesn't think North Korea will do anything - but he might...
Resemblance?
Schumann
(Egypt)
Surprisingly this was the toughest person to come up with. Someone could tell me any story about Schumann - or Egypt - and I would believe it. I could see him in an expensive suit shaking the mayor's hand as Cleveland's Citizen of the Year (Egyptians overthrowing a dictator to have an election, building massive pyramids with no machines) . I could also see him facing foreclosure for forgetting to pay his mortgage (Overthrowing the president they elected shortly into his term, 200 people killed in latest protest violence).
Looking forward to 2013. I love this league.