I am pleased to announce the winners of Fantasy Ethos and The Big Lead’s first ever Best Fantasy Football Team Name Contest. The winning names were picked by a panel of three fantasy experts based on their creativity, originality, pop culture references, and/or ability to make us laugh (and not groan, as some names did).

For those that did not win, they can receive a 25% discount on the purchase of Draft Analyzer by using the coupon code FANTASYETHOS. The winners of our contest will all receive the Ultimate Draft Package courtesy of Draft Analyzer.

Without any further ado, here are the winning team names:
Best Use of a Children’s Book
Orton Hears a Who by Jimmy R

Best Cinematic Reference
Forgetting Brandon Marshall by Marc M

Best Use of Slant Rhyme
Third and Thong by Susan

Best Use of Punctuation
Tough ( . )( . )ies by Dan

Best Modification of a Modern Cliché
BROS before SHIANCOES by Donnie

Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to everyone that entered. I would also like to thank Draft Analyzer for supporting our contest and being completely generous with their prize offerings. I will have additional contests in the future, so please check back for those and more great fantasy sports content.

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• Fantasy Football Team Names Contest

With just weeks to go before the start of the fantasy football season, fantasy players have had plenty of time to prepare for the tough decisions: who to pick in the first round, what websites to trust for fantasy information, and most importantly, what should they name their fantasy football team. With obvious Brett Favre, Michael Vick, and Michael Jackson (too soon?) themed team names sure to permeate throughout the world of fantasy football, fantasy players should have plenty of fodder to get their creative juices going.

With that in mind, I am pleased to announce that Fantasy Ethos and The Big Lead are sponsoring a Best Fantasy Football Team Name Contest 2009. All you have to do to enter is submit your best fantasy football team names in the comment field below. There is a limit of three fantasy football team names per person per day. If inspiration strikes you in the middle of the night, feel free to come back the next day and enter three more names. You must fill-out your email in the comment form so that I can contact you if you have won. The contest closes on August 11th, 2009 at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced on August 12th. Due to some unexpected website downtime, the contest deadline has been extended until August 17th, 2009 at 11:59pm EDT to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to enter ithe best fantasy football team name contest.

While it is fun to think and to share favorite fantasy football team names, it would be best to incentive everyone with prizes. Advanced Sports Media is stepping up and is offering the top five fantasy football team names a complimentary copy of its 2009 Draft Analyzer Ultimate Package, which retails for $44.95. Draft Analyzer evaluates the picks in your draft and makes pick recommendations for you. Draft Analyzer is available on the web or your desktop, and it features rankings and cheatsheets from ESPN Fantasy, CBS Sports, Fanball, Accuscore, and RT Sports. This is a tool I have personally used (and paid for myself) the past two seasons, and it has provided me with phenomenal results. If you have the best fantasy football team name, you will get it for free this year!

Do not delay, enter now!

Fantasy Football Team Names Resources:

• Lester’s Legends Best Fantasy Football Team Name Contest
• Fantasy Team Name’s Fantasy Football Team Names
• About.com’s Funny Fantasy Football Team Names