(S8) - PT 1 - Draft Party

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I didn’t attend the Season Seven draft, as I was at a charity event in Chicago that I’d committed to ahead of time. I was still being represented by my old manager Ben Longshaw at the time, and having been a part of the inaugural draft for the National Simulation Football League, he knew something about how special the experience was. So, although I’d tried to downplay the whole thing and said I would focus on the charity event alone, he made sure to have his phone ready to field calls from teams’ general managers, and had even arranged one of every team’s jerseys to be there at the event, ready for me to sign and raffle off once my name was called. Well, we didn’t have to wait long, as I was picked by the Colorado Yeti with the first overall pick in the draft, so I signed the beautiful maroon gear and put it up for auction and raised a whole lot more for the charity that night. It was a special honour being taken with the first pick, but also combining that with my goal of helping people. As my exposure in Colorado and around the country (and hopefully the world) increases, I’m hoping to continue those efforts.