{"id":8369,"date":"2016-02-18T06:49:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T11:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8369"},"modified":"2016-02-18T07:06:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T12:06:12","slug":"losing-this-fantasy-league-is-better-than-winning-your-fantasy-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8369","title":{"rendered":"Losing This Fantasy League Is Better Than Winning Your Fantasy League"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.206%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" src=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/e\/sdqf\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Like many of you, our lives were profoundly impacted by our time at JMU. College represents the proverbial quest for knowledge, and we did in fact learn a great many things as undergrads. One of those things that we have carried with us the longest is a deep appreciation for the Waffle House. Late night breakfasts after being slightly over-served were a regular occurrence for us as undergrads. And they were terrific. Scattered, smothered, &amp; chunked and a chicken melt with a sweet tea just can&#8217;t be beat sometimes. So when we found out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.circasports.com\/posts\/2957569-video-deliciously-cruel-fantasy-football-punishment?a_aid=36273\">some guy had to spent 30 straight hours in Waffle House as a punishment for losing his fantasy football league<\/a>, of course we had to weigh in.<\/p>\n<p>It almost goes without saying that this is not a punishment. At all. Punishments by definition are supposed to unpleasant or even painful. Getting the chance to spend 30 hours in cozy little restaurant, filled with friendly people, a jukebox that is guaranteed to have both the &#8220;Waffle House Song&#8221; and a variety of Johnny Cash classics, while having virtually unlimited access to all the waffles, hash browns, and patty melts you can eat? Not a punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The guys in this fantasy league are either clinically insane or the most spoiled people on earth. The loser gets 30 uninterrupted hours of bliss in one of our country&#8217;s iconic institutions. What do you get for winning the league, a personal chef and a goose that shits hundred dollar bills? It&#8217;s nuts. Implement this sort of a &#8220;punishment&#8221; in any fantasy league we&#8217;ve ever played in and suddenly it becomes pure pandemonium. We&#8217;re talking full on tankapolooza and fist fights over the right to draft Cleveland Brown&#8217;s QBs in the first round. It would be a total race to the bottom. Spending 30 straight hours a Waffle House is more bucket list stuff than punishment. But maybe that&#8217;s just us.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D8369&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many of you, our lives were profoundly impacted by our time at JMU. College represents the proverbial quest for knowledge, and we did in fact learn a great many things as undergrads. One of those things that we have carried with us the longest is a deep appreciation for the Waffle House. 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