Greetings,

I apologize for the lengthy letter, but it is all pertinent in order to explain why I would be the perfect addition to your team.

My name is Evan Morter and my username on DraftKings is MeccaWorld. However, I am not a frequent player on any other site. I have played on DraftKings since its very first soccer contest, and have had a very successful career on DraftKings over the past two years. I am currently studying Journalism at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California, while I have managed to pay for rent and all other living expenses with my winnings from DraftKings. Last year, I won a trip to New York with my father, along with trips to Los Angeles and Portland for taking first place in three different MLS soccer contests. Additionally, I won $10,000 for taking first place in a UCL soccer contest on DraftKings last year. Otherwise, I have won consistently in all soccer contests on DraftKings for the past two years, and I plan on continuing my success for many years down the line.

As a child, I watched ESPN religiously rather than cartoons, thus I have a strong knowledge of all popular sports. In fact, I could name almost every player in all five major sports, and I have had this sort of knowledge since the days people called me “SportsCenter” in grade school. Although I follow and play daily fantasy for all sports, it is soccer that I live and breathe.

My career in fantasy sports began in 2013 on MLSSoccer.com. Since thirteen years of age I had played season-long fantasy soccer on MLSSoccer.com. In 2013, at age 18--the first year I was eligible to win a prize--I took third place overall out of 30,000+ participants to earn a grand total of $200. Impressed by my victory, my father suggested a fantasy soccer site called Draft11.com, which he had heard of on a soccer podcast. Draft11.com was one of the very first daily fantasy soccer sites before DraftKings took over fantasy soccer. I knew that this was my destined path. So I followed it, knowing I would emerge victorious. I began my conquest, and after just weeks on the site I had cemented myself as the one and only player to beat. I spent endless hours on the site, mastering the builds of my lineups, and the results rewarded me for my hard work. At the time, there were hundreds of participants, and week in and week out my name ‘MeccaWorld’ would be next to first place. I earned $200-$1000 per weekend until the site discontinued its service, perhaps due to the monopoly I had created. Just as Draft11 shut down, DraftKings opened soccer contests in its lobby. I have consistently been one of the top players in soccer on DraftKings since that day. Now it is time for me to join the fantasy soccer movement in a different way.

The sport of soccer is on the rise in America, and the industry of fantasy sports is flourishing into a legitimate career field. The unity of fantasy sports and soccer in the United States is a combination that is primed to take off. I see that it is only a matter of time until this particular department of daily fantasy sports rises into national recognition. At a young age I foresaw this development, and now it is my time to pioneer the evolution of fantasy soccer. I am now ready to take the next step in my fantasy sports career.

Along with my history in fantasy soccer, I have a significant amount of experience as a sports journalist. As a junior in high school, I established sports journalism as my desired career field. I then worked two years for my high school newspaper as the Chief Sports Writer. My vision earned me a place at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo--a very well-regarded university in central California. I entered Cal Poly in 2013 as a journalism student, and I have wrote for Mustang News, the official Cal Poly newspaper, since that year. I have covered over a hundred live Cal Poly sports games as a full-time reporter and writer during my career. I’m certain that my experience as a sports journalist has now properly prepared me for fantasy sports journalism. It is time for me to display my talents.

I can send samples of my work from Mustang News upon request, for I would love to display my competency. Another alternative is that I could write a fantasy soccer article to show my quality of work. I am willing to work as an intern, though, ultimately, I am seeking a paid position. I am willing to accept any opportunity available. My work ethic is unmatched by any journalist I have met, thus I know I can accomplish any task thrown my way. Fantasy soccer and the art of writing are my two primary passions, thus I wish to work as a fantasy soccer writer because of my genuine love for it, and not merely for the pay.

Among the many soccer leagues throughout the world, MLS is my forte. I have watched MLS soccer since I could crawl, and I have had season tickets for the LA Galaxy for several years. I dare to say that nobody, outside of MLS paid analysts, knows MLS soccer more than I. There will be MLS soccer games all summer long.The MLS season is in its 10th week, and it will go until December. I have countless ideas for articles to write on fantasy soccer, especially MLS soccer. All I need is a platform to express my knowledge. There is a lack of soccer content on all fantasy sites across the web, and I believe it would be wise to fully invest in soccer before it is too late. I can generate vast amounts of quality material throughout this summer of soccer. I would love to be a Fantasy Soccer Writer for your company. I am certain I will take full advantage of any opportunity I am granted. The time is now. Soccer and fantasy together are ready to climb.

Best,

Evan Morter

I found a flaw in the payout structure for double ups. Most sites take a bigger rake for smaller entry fees. But for double ups, the rake for the $25 double up (10/23 double )is worst than any other denomination.

Also, the only way this product will grow is to offer higher prize pools. Rather than offer multiple small tournaments, I would recomend having just 2 contest for each dollar amount... $1,$2,$5,$10,$20. One single entry, and one multi entry.

I understand with the limited max entries these contests will never be as big as the other major sites, but they don't need to be.... At the same time there should be some $20k+ tourneys for NBA, like there used to be, at least once a week.

Every time there is a delayed round, Yahoo doesn't allow the user to make changes to a lineup on the day of, even if the round hasn't started yet. Ex. 5 a.m. today I go in to change my player lineup, but round 2 hasn't finished for some reason. Yahoo explicitly states that changes in a lineup MUST be made 5 minutes prior to the next round. Soooo, if round 2 hasn't finished yet, and it's definitely more than 5 minutes before round 3 has begun, WHY, WHY, WHY doesn't Yahoo allow me to make changes for round 3? It's a glitch that has happened for years and is still not fixed. C'mon Yahoo, get in the 21st Century. Time to find another fantasy golf league if this league is going to be so unreliable.

Hi,

I was wondering if you guys from Yahoo would be interested in a possible partnership with me to come out with the first ever tournament for every draft held by every pro sport in the United States. Literally just like what u guys have where you make your picks but with this your a GM and u try to make your picks of what players u think a team will draft and when the real draft happens, you are scored off of how accurate you are going head to head with fans of the same team. I invented a scoring system. I'm in the Air Force and don't make the kind of money to pay a developer to make my idea. This idea could be a cash cow when you think about doing $1, $3, $5, and up to 25$ Tournaments for almost all 32 teams in the NFL Draft then moving on to doing the MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS draft! Would love to discuss this with a representative from you guys. Thanks!

Very Respectfully,

David

It's very simple up your prize pools more people will come I've been playing on the site since day 1 and you had a few large tourneys in the beginning then when they didn't fill the first time you backed way off too far off. You are a multi billion dollar company you can afford a little overlay if you want this to be profitable. With fantasy aces going down the way they did people are looking for a site they can trust and you also have late swap in your favor which draftkings got rid of and ****** a lot of people off. Step it up yahoo

I have been a customer since 7/2015 playing daily fantasy sports. Tried adding money to my Yahoo Daily Fantasy account on 1/28/2017 and wasn't able too unless I gave you my SSN. Yahoo has had issues in the past with hacking and now you want players of fantasy sports to put their SSN in your hands? Questioner said you needed it to verify my identity. My account is linked to PayPal, they know who I am, the bank knows who I am and that's all that is needed. I declare all my winnings when I do my taxes so I don't need any shepherding from Yahoo to keep an eye on me. This SSN requirement is why a lot of people left FanDuel. The SSN requirement is a little too heavy handed.