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Main Event
$200,000
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This is the premiere high stakes fantasy baseball event in the industry, now in its 22nd season. The NFBC Main Event has a $200,000 grand prize in 2025 and pays the Top 3 finishers in each league, including $7,500 to the league champ. We will have live drafts at Park MGM Las Vegas from March 19-25, in Robbinsville, NJ March 15th and Online from March 14-27.
Rotowire Online
$150,000
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Overall Grand Prize
The Rotowire Online Championship is the industry's first national contest at the $350 price point. Now in its 17th season, the OC offers a $150,000 grand prize and pays the Top 2 finishers in each league, including $1,400 to the league champion. Online drafts are available from November through March 27th. There is also a $750 price point that will also compete in the same overall contest.
Draft Champions
$40,000
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The NFBC Draft Champions National Championship features 15-team leagues drafting 50 players each with no in-season player pickups. Owners draft a roster of 50 players and then set their starting lineups each week. This contest has entry fees of $150, $400, $1,000, $2,500 and $5,000 with each league paying the Top 3 and everyone competing for the $40,000 grand prize. It's a very popular draft-n-hold format.
Best Ball Cutline Championship
$50,000
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The NFBC Cutline Championship is the industry's top national Best Ball Baseball contest. These are 10-team leagues where each owner drafts 42 players and the computer selects their optimal scoring lineup every week. There are only two FAAB periods during the season and there's a survivor playoff format. $150 entry fee, a $300 league prize and a $50,000 grand prize is available.
High Stakes
These are private 12-team or 15-team contests where all of the prize money stays within the league. Entry fees range from $2,500 to $15,000, with top league prizes ranging from $18,000 to $120,000. The Super and Ultimate leagues pay Top 3 within each league, while the Diamond and Platinum leagues pay Top 4. Payouts for these private leagues can be at 90 percent or higher.
Auction
$30,000
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The NFBC now offers the live NFBC Auction Championship with a $30,000 grand prize and the Online Auction Championship with a record $12,500 grand prize. Live auctions are held in Las Vegas, New Jersey and Online at $1,600 per team, while all of the Online Auction Championship leagues are held online at prices starting at $150. Online AL/NL-only auction leagues are also available.
Gladiator
$10,000
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The Gladiator is not for the faint of heart. It was introduced in 2023 and has sold out easily each of the first two years. Here it is, pure and simple. It's the ULTIMATE draft and hold as you draft and then your work is done. You draft only 23 players (no bench) and that is your team for the entire season. No FAAB, no setting lineups, no nothing. Traditional NFBC 5x5 Rotisserie scoring. $50 to enter...$10,000 overall grand prize in 2025. Are you not entertained?
Best Ball Overall
$12,000
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The NFBC Best Ball 12-Team Championship is now in its third year with a $12,000 grand prize. Best Ball leagues are optimal scoring contests with no FAAB during the season and no in-season lineup decisions. Once the draft is done your work is done and the computer takes your optimal scoring lineup each week for 27 weeks. We use a points scoring system in this format and pay the Top 2 teams in each league and the Top 23 overall. Draft and be done!
NFBC $50s
Free Main Event Entry Next Year
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NFBC $50s are private, 12-team Draft Champions leagues with a top league prize of $400. These are 12-team, 50-round drafts with no Free Agent pickups during the season. What you draft is what you have all year long, although you do have to set your starting lineups each week. The top $50 team among all players wins a FREE 2026 NFBC Main Event entry, valued at $1,800!
Diamond Challenge
$30,000
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The industry's oldest fantasy baseball salary cap national championship returns in 2025 with the NFBC Diamond Challenge Roto and Diamond Challenge Points contests. Put together the best lineup under the designated salary cap for each contest and you could win $30,000 in the Roto contest or $15,000 in the Points contest. These contests were created in the 1990's and are still popular in 2025.
Guillotine
NFBC Guillotine leagues are survivor-style, 15-team, 34-round private leagues that pay the Top 3 in each league. Using a point scoring system, Guillotine teams start 23 players each week and the lowest scoring team after a 2-week period is "chopped"/eliminated from the contest with all 34 of that team's players going back into the player pool. One team is eliminated every two weeks until four teams are left for the money Championship Round.
Qualifiers
The NFBC offers Main Event Qualifiers and Rotowire Online Championship Qualifiers where the league champion in each of those leagues wins a FREE 2026 entry into those events. These are winner-take-all leagues at affordable prices with great prizes. Entry fees are $125 and $50, respectively. So if you win an NFBC Main Event Qualifier, you will earn a FREE 2026 Main Event entry ($1,800 value). Win a Rotowire OC Qualifier and you will win a FREE 2026 Rotowire OC entry ($350 value).
Stand Alone
The NFBC Stand Alone Leagues are leagues that pay the Top 3 finishers in each league. There are no overall prizes in this format. These are available in 12-team and 15-team formats and with entry fees ranging from $125 to $500. If you like leagues where all of the prize money stays within the league, then you'll love the NFBC Satellite Leagues. Teams in this format draft 30 rounds, pick up Free Agents each week and set their starting lineup each week.
Keeper Leagues
NFBC Keeper Leagues are 15-team leagues where owners compete for league prizes, while trying to build the best team for the future. Each year, owners can keep five players from the previous season two rounds above where they were drafted the year before and the goal is to win this year, while building a strong team for the future. These are private leagues that pay the Top 3 in each league.
Best Ball Double-Ups
NFBC Best Ball Double-Up leagues are private 12-team, Points-scoring leagues where the Top 5 teams all double their entry fees. You simply draft 50 players and you are done as the computer picks your best lineup each week! With optimal scoring & no in-season FAAB, you draft and enjoy. It's really that simple! Finish in the Top 5 of your league and you double your money.
The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational
YooHoo Shower
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TGFBI is an industry national contest that crowns the best player in this 15-team, 30-round league format. There is no entry fee and no prize pool, but the top owner will gain a lot of prestige from winning this national championship.
RazzSlam
YooHoo Shower
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This is an industry national contest using our NFBC Cutline scoring system that crowns a national champion at the end of the MLB regular season. These are 12-team, 30-round leagues with just two FAAB periods and a survivor-style playoff format. There is no cost of entry and no prize pool outside of winning the overall title.
EARTH
EARTH Title Belt!!
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Primetime
$250,000
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NFFC Primetime leagues consist of 12-team, 20-round drafts that pay $7,400 to the league champion and $250,000 to the overall champion. The Top 3 teams in each league earn prize money and all three teams advance to the Championship Round in Weeks 15-17 where one team will win the $250,000 grand prize. The Primetime has live drafts in Las Vegas, New York City and Online.
RotoWire Online
$250,000
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Overall Grand Prize
The Rotowire Online Championship is the industry's longest-running national championship at the $350 price point, now in its 17th season. Leagues consist of 12 teams, 20 rounds with FAAB during the season and we pay the Top 2 in each league and an overall prize pool. The top league prize is $1,500 and the grand prize is $250,000. All drafts are held Online daily and Extended drafts are available as well.
Silver Bullet
$50,000
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The NFFC Silver Bullet is the industry's only single-entry, season-long national championship, featuring a $50,000 grand prize. Owners are competing for $5,000 league prizes and an overall prize pool. Leagues consist of 12 teams, 20 rounds with payouts to the Top 3 teams in each league. But here's the key: Only one team per person. This contest is limited to only 264 unique owners, each owning one team.
Best Ball Overall
$30,000
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NFFC Best Ball Championship leagues are pure best ball scoring leagues with league and overall prizes. Leagues consist of 12 teams and 30 rounds with optimal scoring for 17 weeks and price points vary from $150 to $400. The team with the most points after Week 17 wins each league prize and the overall grand prize of $30,000. We pay the Top 3 teams in each league. Draft and be done. It's that easy.
Guillotine
$5,000
Overall Grand Prize
Overall Grand Prize
NFFC Guillotine leagues are 17-team, 16-round leagues that pay the Top 3 in each league and an overall grand prize of $5,000. Guillotine teams start 10 players each week and the lowest scoring team for that week is "chopped" from the contest with all 16 players from that team going back into the player pool. One team is eliminated every week until four teams are left for the Championship Round (Weeks 14-17). NEW THIS YEAR: An overall prize pool with the Top 4 teams in each league battling in Weeks 14-17 for $5,000.
Gladiator
$7,500
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The Gladiator is not for the faint of heart. It's the ULTIMATE draft and hold contest as you draft and then you're done. You draft only 14 players (no bench) and that is your team for the entire season. No FAAB, no setting lineups, no nothing. Best Ball scoring for 17 weeks with league and overall prizes. $50 to enter, $200 top league prize and a $7,500 overall grand prize in 2025. Drafts from February through April only. Are you not entertained?
NFFC 25s/50s Best Ball
2025 NFFC Primetime Entry
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NFFC $25 and $50 Best Ball leagues are private Best Ball leagues paying the Top 2 teams in each league. Leagues consist of 12 teams and 30 rounds with no Free Agent pickups or in-season work. Draft and be done as the computer picks each team's optimal scoring lineup every week. There is no overall prize pool, but the top team in this format wins a FREE 2026 NFFC Primetime entry, valued at $1,800.
Auction
$15,000
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Overall Grand Prize
The NFFC offers private 12-team and 14-team auction leagues that pay the Top 3 finishers in each league. Auction leagues where all the prize money stays within the league are held in Las Vegas and New York City, while our 5th annual NFFC Online Auction Championship features 12-team online auctions with an overall prize pool that includes a $15,000 grand prize. Players use a $200 budget to accumulate 20 players.
Cutline
$50,000
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The NFFC Cutline Championship is a national contest with a $50,000 grand prize. This contest, which pays the Top 2 teams in each league, uses best ball scoring for the first 10 weeks of the season and the Top 5 teams in each league advance to the playoff rounds. Players then set their starting lineups from Week 11 through 17 in a survivor format where teams are eliminated each week until only 12 teams remain in Week 17.
Classic
**The $2,000 is a free 2025 Classic Entry
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The NFFC Classic was the original signature contest of the NFFC and it started in 2004. Classic leagues consist of 14 teams and 20 rounds with FAAB during the season. Now all of the prize money will remain in each private league and we'll pay the Top 3 finishers, including $16,000 to the league champion. An overall champion will be crowned for the 22nd straight season after Week 17 and receive a free Classic entry for 2026.
High Stakes
These are private 12-team and 14-team leagues where all of the prize money stays within the league. Payouts range from 87.5% to 95% and entry fees range from $2,500 to $20,000 per team. All leagues consist of 20 rounds, in-season FAAB and payouts to the Top 3 teams. It's high-stakes with very high payouts.
Other Live Events
NFFC Kickoff Gridiron Leagues and Best Ball Live leagues are best ball scoring private leagues where all of the prize money stays within the leagues. Both formats consist of 26-28 rounds and best ball scoring for 17 weeks. These drafts are held live in Las Vegas and Online and each pays the Top 3 finishers in each league.
Stand Alone
NFFC Stand Alone leagues are private leagues where all of the prize money stays in the league. There is no overall prize pool. These are 12-team leagues with entry fees ranging from $150 to $500 per team and we pay the Top 3 in each league. Drafts are 20 rounds and there are in-season Free Agent pickups, with Championship Rounds consisting of Weeks 15 through 17.
Qualifiers
The NFFC offers Primetime Qualifiers and Rotowire Online Championship Qualifiers where the league champion in each of those leagues wins a FREE 2026 entry to those events. The Primetime Qualifier is a winner-take-all league, while the Rotowire OC Qualifier pays the Top 3 teams. Entry fees are $150 and $50, respectively.
Keeper Leagues
NFFC Keeper Leagues are 12-team leagues where owners compete for league prizes, while trying to build the best team for the future. Each year, owners can keep up to five players from the previous season two rounds above where they were drafted the year before. These are private leagues that pay the Top 3 in each league.
Other Best Ball
Best Ball Double Up leagues are private 12-team contests that use best ball scoring over 17 weeks. The Top 5 teams after Week 17 double their entry fee. It's as easy as that. Draft and be done as the computer picks your optimal scoring lineup every week after that.
SuperFlex
NFFC SuperFlex leagues are private leagues where all of the prize money stays within the league. There is no overall prize pool. These are 12-team leagues with entry fees at $150 per team. Drafts are 20 rounds and the Flex spot allows you to add a 2nd QB. The Championship Round consists of Weeks 15 through 17, with prizes to the Top 3 teams.
Main Event
$10,000
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The NFBKC Main Event is our signature hoops event and it has a $10,000 grand prize and a top league prize of $4,000. Leagues consist of 12 teams using Third Round Reversal to draft 16 players. The contest includes in-season FAAB and eight Rotisserie categories.
Online
$10,000
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The Rotowire Online Championship has a $10,000 grand prize and a top league prize of $1,400. Leagues consist of 12 teams using Third Round Reversal to accumulate 16 players, while starting 12 players per week. In-season FAAB is used throughout the season.
Draft Champions
$2,500
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The NFBKC Draft Champions National Championship has a $2,500 grand prize and a top league prize of $800. Leagues consist of 12 teams that accumulate a roster of 25 players using Third Round Reversal in each draft. There is no in-season FAAB in this format; what you draft is what you get. Your job after Draft Day is to set the best starting lineup each week.
High Stakes
NFBKC High Stakes leagues are private leagues where all of the prize money stays within the league. NFBKC offers 12-team Super Leagues that pay $18,000 to the top team. Teams compile 16 players using Third Round Reversal in a draft and start 12 players per week with results formed from eight Rotisserie categories.
Best Ball
$2,000
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The NFBKC Best Ball Championship has league prizes and overall prizes, including a $2,000 grand prize. Leagues consist of 12 teams that draft 26 players using Third Round Reversal. Using the points scoring system, the computer picks each team's optimal scoring lineup each week. There is no FAAB; what you draft is what you have all season.
Basketball Challenge
$10,000
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The NFBKC Basketball Challenge is a national contest that awards $10,000 to the overall champion. Leagues consist of 15 teams with the Top 3 teams earning prize money, including $1,500 to first place. Players construct a starting lineup of 15 players within a $30 million budget, along with 11 reserves, and scores accumulate throughout the NBA season.
Satellite
NFBKC Satellite leagues are private leagues where all of the prize money stays within the league. NFBKC offers 12-team $150 Leagues that pay $1,000 to the top team. Teams compile 16 players using Third Round Reversal in a draft and start 12 players per week with results formed from eight Rotisserie categories.
NFBKC 50s
The NFBKC $50 Draft Champions leagues have a top league prize of $400. Leagues consist of 12 teams that accumulate a roster of 25 players using Third Round Reversal in each draft. There is no in-season FAAB in this format; what you draft is what you get. Your job after Draft Day is to set the best starting lineup each week.
Post Season
$10,000
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The NFBKC Post-Season Hold 'Em Championship is a national contest that pays $10,000 to the overall winner. This is a multiplier contest where players earn double, triple and quadruple their points in rounds that they remain on your roster. No draft. No salary cap. Each team selects 1 player from 16 different playoff teams to start Round 1 and then the fun begins.
Christmas Day Jam
$5,000
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The NBA Christmas Day Jam is a fun, single day contest with a $5,000 grand prize. In the current format, you must choose ONE player from every NBA team that plays that day. You then have two other rosters spots to do as you choose. Happy holidays!
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Join any of our contests and draft live or online, while competing against the best fantasy players in the world.
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Win
This is why we play the games: TO WIN!!! We've awarded $93 million since 2004 and we pay our winners quickly. Have fun & Win BIG MONEY!!
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