More than one million copies of Methlon's NFFA Previeware being recalled in reaction to last night's draft.
By R.E. Porter
Associated Web Press
CAMBRIDGE — Methlon Publications is recalling more than one million copies of their 2010 edition of NFFA Preview following Monday night's NFFA draft, the AWP has learned.
According to Methlon spokesperson Jerry Wayne McCohen, the editors realized they had made a "horrible mistake" by picking the 12th Avenue Bakers to finally win it all this season.
"I was hanging out with the editorial staff, watching the draft last night on Fantasy Sports Network, and they didn't know whether to laugh or cry over some of the Bakers' picks," McCohen said.
When the draft ended, the Methlon editors conferred for a few minutes and unanimously agreed they could not risk the embarrassment of picking 12th Avenue.
"Of course, this is gonna cost Dave the Animal millions of dollars, but he can afford it," McCohen said.
The recalled editions featured Bakers owner and bon vivant QCurl Sharif attired in an elephant mask representing the Hindu deity Lord Ganesha, and no doubt will become a hot item on eBay. According to McCohen, no one at the cover photo shoot knew why Sharif wore the Genesha mask.
"QCurl was pretty gone that day," he recalled. "I remember him mumbling something about Genesha, but I thought he was requesting some Middle Eastern dish, babaganeesh or something like that. One of the production assistants thought he wanted a certain brand of incense."
According to McCohen, near the end of the draft, editor-in-chief Dick Leonard said they should have photographed Q wearing a Homer Simpson mask, and from that point forward, they all started calling him Homer Sharif because he loaded up on Tennessee Titans players. Five of the Bakers' 17 picks were from Tennessee.
According to a source within the Methlon organization, the magazine will switch its pick to the Alamo Scouts, who had the best draft grade according to the magazine's editors, to be the 2010 champions.
The consensus among the Methlon editors was the Scouts graded an A; the Atlanta Smack Daddies, the East Nashville Black Dogs, the Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, and the West Nashville Beelzebubbas all had a B grade; the Cambridge Animals let the computer pick, and despite a few unexplainable choices, they graded a C+; the Midtown Mojo got a C; and the Bakers got a C-.
According to Methlon spokesperson Jerry Wayne McCohen, the editors realized they had made a "horrible mistake" by picking the 12th Avenue Bakers to finally win it all this season.
"I was hanging out with the editorial staff, watching the draft last night on Fantasy Sports Network, and they didn't know whether to laugh or cry over some of the Bakers' picks," McCohen said.
When the draft ended, the Methlon editors conferred for a few minutes and unanimously agreed they could not risk the embarrassment of picking 12th Avenue.
"Of course, this is gonna cost Dave the Animal millions of dollars, but he can afford it," McCohen said.
The recalled editions featured Bakers owner and bon vivant QCurl Sharif attired in an elephant mask representing the Hindu deity Lord Ganesha, and no doubt will become a hot item on eBay. According to McCohen, no one at the cover photo shoot knew why Sharif wore the Genesha mask.
"QCurl was pretty gone that day," he recalled. "I remember him mumbling something about Genesha, but I thought he was requesting some Middle Eastern dish, babaganeesh or something like that. One of the production assistants thought he wanted a certain brand of incense."
According to McCohen, near the end of the draft, editor-in-chief Dick Leonard said they should have photographed Q wearing a Homer Simpson mask, and from that point forward, they all started calling him Homer Sharif because he loaded up on Tennessee Titans players. Five of the Bakers' 17 picks were from Tennessee.
According to a source within the Methlon organization, the magazine will switch its pick to the Alamo Scouts, who had the best draft grade according to the magazine's editors, to be the 2010 champions.
The consensus among the Methlon editors was the Scouts graded an A; the Atlanta Smack Daddies, the East Nashville Black Dogs, the Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, and the West Nashville Beelzebubbas all had a B grade; the Cambridge Animals let the computer pick, and despite a few unexplainable choices, they graded a C+; the Midtown Mojo got a C; and the Bakers got a C-.
