| 19 January 2010
Fantasy football earned a couple of local guys a big check in the real world.
A really big check.
Avon’s Ed Oszterling, Avon Lake’s Craig Gillette and Jason Conn of Shaker Heights teamed up to win the Main Event of the World Championship of Fantasy Football. The prize: $300,000 and a trip to South Florida for Super Bowl week.
“It’s pretty overwhelming and kinda crazy,” Oszterling, 36, said. “It’s nothing we ever dreamt of. We just tried to get enough money to go back next year and hang out.”
Team Shocker beat 875 teams for the top prize in the Main Event division ($1,750 entry fee), and 2,250 teams participated throughout the World Championships. Oszterling, Gillette and Conn led a group of 10 family members and friends who pooled their money and drafted four teams.
Each will get what’s left of $30,000 after taxes.