Early in 2015, I was invited to partake in a nine-year-old fantasy-football league called the MFL: the Moscatiello* Football League.
My girlfriend's father and his brothers, nephews, and friends get together each year for a fantasy-football league more competitive, time-consuming, torturous, and, frankly, fun than any league I've ever heard of.
"Most leagues, it's all about money," John Moscatiello, one of the founding members and host of the draft each year, told me. "Our league — it's all about the wins, it's about getting the silly trophy, it's about trying to get a gold jacket, it's about trying not to be a clown."
The MFL, as John told me, "is a unique league for reasons."
First, a little background ...
* pronounced "Musk-uh-tell-oh."
The league started in 2006, when Patrick, John's son, suggested starting a fantasy league. Though nobody was necessarily a big football fan, the family knew their competitiveness could make something special.
Early on, they drafted a literal constitution, protecting the league from factors like collusion and negligence. John told me, "It was almost like something our Forefathers wrote."
My entrance into the league was a result of a rule made in 2011 by John's brother Tom: The Clown Rule. When one of the 12 members dropped out at the end of the last season, the MFL opened a spot for a new team and GM. I was one of several people invited to compete for the lone spot in the league.
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