Okay, so, we had our fantasy football draft last night. It was a blast, as always, but this year we decided to spice things up a bit. We’re all pretty competitive, so we thought, “Why not add a little extra motivation to avoid coming in last place?” And thus, the idea of a loser’s punishment was born.
We kicked around a bunch of ideas. Some were pretty tame, like wearing the jersey of your rival team for a week. Others were a little more… out there. We talked about forcing the last-place person to spend 24 hours in a Waffle House, eating every hour.
I started digging around online to see what other leagues were doing. I found some crazy stuff! One league made their loser take the SATs again. Another one had their last-place guy perform stand-up comedy at an open mic night. Hilarious, right? It’s kinda like a friendly, but maybe a bit embarrassing, hazing.
There’s this one punishment I found, it is called the “Nathan’s Hot Dog Challenge.” Basically, the loser has to eat the same number of hot dogs within a week as the most recent Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest winner. I mean, 63 hot dogs in a week?! That is a lot! I don’t think I can eat that many hot dogs in a year, let alone one week. And it does not seem dangerous, but… I don’t know. We thought that might be a little too intense, even for us.
We also found another idea of the loser playing the recorder in public until they earned $20. At first, I thought it was a good idea, but I soon realized that there are many people in the group who are not good at playing musical instruments. So this idea was given up.
After much debate, we finally landed on a punishment that we think is pretty solid. It’s a good mix of embarrassing and hilarious, without being, you know, actually harmful. We settled on the following:
- Singing Karaoke: The loser has to perform a karaoke song, chosen by the league winner, in a public place. We’re talking full commitment, maybe even a little costume action.
So, yeah, that’s what we’re going with this year. I’m feeling pretty good about my team, but you never know what can happen in fantasy football. One bad injury or a few unlucky matchups, and I could be the one belting out “Baby Got Back” in front of strangers. Wish me luck! I’ll keep you guys posted on how the season goes, and, of course, who ends up with the ultimate punishment.
