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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"We think as the industry matures and people understand the options there's a long runway for people to move. Once you get a taste of instant results, cash in your bank account before you go to bed, they like it."
Thomas Dwyer, co-founder of the daily fantasy sports website Balir,
via the Daily Herald.
THE MORNING BREW
FACT OF THE DAY
FanDuel, the daily fantasy industry's largest site, is on track to payout $400 million in 2014. The company, which launched in 2009, is worth $4 billion, according to projections run by the website. FanDuel
FanDuel
Q. Which NFL player signed up to play daily fantasy sports on StarStreet and had one of the highest scores on the site in his first week?
A. Saints running back Pierre Thomas
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Business Insider
Daily fantasy sports beginning to take ground in fantasy industry
When lawmakers made an exemption for fantasy sports in a 2006 law that
targeted online poker, no one expected a new industry which would rival the millions laid on Las Vegas sports books to emerge.
Daily fantasy sports (DFS), an industry that started in 2009 and took real footing in the fantasy sports field after the 2011 NFL lockout, is booming. The top site in the industry, FanDuel, is projected to pay out over $400 million to its users in 2014. It is set to pull $40 million in revenue, according to projections done by the site itself, and is one of dozens of the young, bustling DFS communities.
The relatively new daily fantasy industry is booming for one reason: instant gratification. The industry is based on games where new lineups are submitted daily (or — for NFL, golf and soccer — weekly).
Like yearly fantasy sports you might play on ESPN, Yahoo! or CBS, DFS players draft a team of athletes who score fantasy points according to point totals based on their on-field performance. The user must fill their lineup and remain under a set salary cap while trying to score the most points. Instead of having one devastating injury crush your season, such as Jamaal Charles in 2011 or Tom Brady in 2008, you can create a new team every day, and minimize risk due to injuries.
Entry fees, otherwise known as a "bet" in Vegas terms, range from $0.25 games on DraftKings, the industry's second-largest site, to $5,200 games for the industry's high rollers. Some competitions pay 50 percent of competitors, otherwise known as double-ups in the industry. Others are massive tournaments with thousands of competitors looking for a share of the payout, triple ups, guaranteed prize pool games and many, many more creative formats.
On an average day at FanDuel, there are 12,000 competitions to choose from. Once the competitions are complete, usually within 24 hours of lineups locking, winnings are immediately allocated to those who have won a payout.
Various sites have hosted parties at the Playboy mansion, Las Vegas and many other locations, for those who win particular tournaments. This
season's FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship will host 100 finalists, one of which will take home $2 million of the $7 million total prize pool after a three-day trip to Las Vegas.
Big media names such as Sports Illustrated and USA Today are getting in on the action as well, as both have started pay-to-play sites. FanNation, started by SI, focuses on Major League Baseball, while USA Today's Fantasy-Score launched in August and focuses on the NFL. NBC Sports is part of the total $86.2 million that has been invested in FanDuel.
With names like those already in the game, it's no longer a question of if major yearly fantasy sites such ESPN, Yahoo! and CBS will join the industry. It's now time to wonder when they will start competing for a share of the ever-growing pie that is daily fantasy sports.
This week in athletics
Tuesday
Softball Cowley County Community College 6 p.m. Lawrence
Wednesday No Events
Thursday
Softball Baker University 6 p.m. Lawrence
Friday
Women's Soccer
Texas
7 p.m.
Austin, Texas
Saturday
SVI FROM PAGE 10
Manning said. "He's taught me a little bite of Russian, but I've forgot it all."
Sunday
Svi's Eastern European accent has caught the attention of the team. Junior Jamari Traylor and Selden said Svi's accent makes them laugh.
like that. I think Svi gets it and he understands."
Football
Oklaoma State
3 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla.
Monday
Self said Svi doesn't speak or understand English as well as Embiid did, but the difference between Embiid and Svi is Embiid acted like he didn't understand English, and Svi acts like he does understand.
"Ioel [Embibid] understood [English] perfectly, but he always acted like he didn't." Self said. "He was a master of that.
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"Svi isn't as bright as Joel in that regard, as far as being a con. Joel was great at it. You know, when things are going good, Joel understood every word. When things were going bad, 'Oh, Coach, I don't understand at all.' But Svi isn't
Svi might not know English very well, but he likes the American culture. Manning said Svi fits in perfectly with the team because he loves playing video games.
AWAY FROM THE COURT
Men's Golf
Sagamore Preview
All day
"Since he's been here, he's already beat Grand Theft Auto," Manning said. "[Svi]'s pretty good at video games."
BONDING OVER BASKETBALL
He enjoys another form of popular American entertainment, as well. Svi said he likes old-school rappers like Tupac and Notorious B.I.G., but he likes the current rap stars, as well.
"I like Kendrick Lamar, Drake and The Game," Svi said.
"We go at it every day in pick-up and practice, and I can tell he's a young guy, but I can definitely tell we're going to gel as teammates and brothers," Oubre said.
Freshman Kelly Oubre said Svi and him connected instantly because they are both dedicated and love basketball.
Oubre and Svi are known as the two best shooters on the team. Every day in practice, Oubre and Svi compete against each other in shooting drills to see who's the better shooter.
"We aren't tied," Oubre said. "I think I'm up one. So I'm going to give myself the benefit of the doubt of course."
WELCOME TO BOOT CAMP
Oubre said Svi is a very talented shooter, and will be a major part of this Kansas team. Svi says his best skill is his shooting.
Svi didn't know anything about Lawrence other than basketball, and that's why he showed up without pants, but Selden said Svi has adjusted well to the Kansas basketball
lifestyle. The first task Svi had to overcome was boot camp.
"Walking straight into boot camp had to be tough for him, but he's adjusted perfectly," Selden said.
This season's men's basketball boot camp was two weeks long and included a Marine officer, who put the team through military drills to whip them into shape.
"He doesn't have to speak the best English because his game speaks for itself."
KELLY OUBRE Freshman guard
Svi said he's never been through anything like boot camp before, and it was really hard.
The team said certain adjustments came easily for Svi because of his maturity. At the age of 17, Svi becomes the youngest player to ever play in the Big 12 conference. Despite still being a teenager, Manning said Svi is really mature.
"If I were to meet him and not know anything about him, I would think he's a lot older than he is," Manning said. "Physically, he's a pretty strong dude, but the way he acts around people, he's a really classy guy."
TRANSLATING HIS GAME
Svi has to adjust to the American style of basketball, he said.
I has to adjust to the American style of basketball, he said. "For me it's like the first days are very hard because [his teammates] are more physical than me and stronger than me, but I keep working hard, and I think we are a good team and we will be good," Svi said.
The difference between the European and American style
of basketball could benefit Svi. Manning said Svi's ability to play in the 2014 FIBA World Cup for the Ukrainian national team gives Svi a leg up because he played against grown men including the U.S. men's national team. Svi scored three points in 11 minutes against the U.S.
"Over here, you don't see many guys with his height and that young don't have that great of ball handling," Manning said. "He can handle the ball really well and has great passing ability."
Self said Svi will be a big part of this Kansas team no matter how well he can communicate, and Oubre said Svi's English won't matter come game time.
"He doesn't have to speak the best English because his game speaks for itself," Oubre said.
- Edited by Brian Hillix
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