Innovation comes slowly to fantasy football. Since I started playing, the two major, industry-wide additions to the standard format are PPR and Superflex. It’s not hard to find TE-premium scoring, and your league might employ a point-per-first-down element, penalize incompletions, or dozens of other small scoring tweaks. But you’re still playing the same essential game. Franchise League Football aims to change that.
The Origin Story
Decades ago, a group of friends from MIT — including some of the card counters of Bringing Down the House and 21 fame — started a fantasy football league. They called it League of Minerva, a nod to the Greek goddess of wisdom. LoM evolved over the years as these self-described fantasy addicts craved more strategy and harder decisions in their game. They were guided by two key principles: does it more closely simulate the NFL, and is it more fun to play?
The 12-plus members of LoM (several teams are co-managed) have long believed that everyone should play their style of fantasy football, and discussions about the game with friends and family confirmed that belief. Finally, in late 2024, they were in a position to build it for the masses. When I heard about the game, I was immediately and fully invested in helping make it a reality. Partnering with tech innovator Scope Labs, we’ve done just that.
Franchise League Football (FLF) is a contract-based keeper league that brings you the most realistic NFL General Manager (GM) experience you’ll find. Let me introduce you to the game and some of its key strategic differentiators. As a trained and practicing neuroscientist, I know that the decisions that this game forces us to make are fraught with potential bias and lasting implications. Throughout the off-season, I’m partnering with RotoViz to provide context and clarity, as well as strategic advice based on RotoViz’s suite of advanced tools, to help you navigate FLF successfully.
