2010 CBSSPORTS.COM FANTASY FOOTBALL

New product features allow players to make better decisions in less time

Free Fantasy Football Draft Kit app highlights mobile upgrades

AUGUST 9, 2010 - FT. LAUDERDALE, FL: As NFL players are heading to training camps, CBSSports.com is fully prepared for another exciting season of fantasy football (cbssports.com/fantasy) with their award-winning Fantasy Football Commissioner product, Premium Games, as well as free offerings.

For the 2010 football season, CBSSports.com has again upgraded and enhanced its product line, continuing to deliver the best fantasy football customer experience. New this year, the CBSSports.com Fantasy Football products now offer a number of features geared towards allowing players to make the best possible lineup and roster decisions in a short amount of time. Highlights of these features include:

  • Who Do I Start?: New tool gives users the ability to plug in multiple players to determine who best to start on a given week. Available across all CBSSports.com Fantasy Football products and on CBSSports.com Fantasy News, users can select from three different options to generate an answer: 1) The CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Experts Engine will generate an immediate answer based on weekly positional rankings and matchups. 2) The CBSSports.com Fantasy community - the most engaged and knowledgeable fantasy sports players in the industry - votes on the matchup to help the user decide. 3) Users can ask their trusted friends on Facebook and Twitter to weigh in with their opinion, giving players direction from across the social networks.

  • Assistant GM: Every successful owner needs a quality General Manager and new for 2010, CBSSports.com provides Fantasy Football players the chance to use the Assistant GM tool. Available in the CBSSports.com Football Commissioner and free game, the Assistant GM feature provides suggestions for users including potential roster add/drops and trades to offer other owners in their league.

To begin preparation for the upcoming season, the Fantasy Football Downloadable Draft Kit is now available for the 2010 season, allowing fantasy football players to get comprehensive draft content from the veteran team of fantasy experts at CBSSports.com. Updated daily, the Downloadable Draft Kit has everything you need to get ready for your draft this season- player rankings, cheat sheets and draft day strategies along with exclusive videos and podcasts. New for 2010, fantasy football players on the go won't miss a moment of prep by using the CBS Sports Fantasy Football Draft Kit app. Now available for iPhone and iPod Touch, the Fantasy Football Draft Kit app provides all fantasy football players the ability to keep up with the latest rankings and player updates through draft day, regardless of which service they use to play. Features of the Fantasy Football Draft Kit app include:
  • CBSSports.com player rankings, sortable by position, '10 projections, and average draft position

  • Ability to create up to five custom draft lists according to your personal preferences and league scoring system

  • Fantasy football player news updates

  • Expert analysis and video from CBSSports.com fantasy writers

  • "Draft Companion", allowing players to use their custom lists during drafts by marking players that have been taken and spotlighting desired players

CBSSports.com has also partnered with Dave & Buster's restaurants and local radio stations across the United States, giving fantasy football players special discounts on hosting their draft as well as food for their draft party at locations across the United States.

Regardless of what fantasy football service players use, all fanatics will want to bookmark CBSSports.com Fantasy News (fantasynews.cbssports.com). Launched in the summer of 2008, CBSSports.com Fantasy News has quickly become the leading destination for the most relevant sports news and information, regardless of what fantasy sports provider players use.

For the 2010 football season, CBSSports.com Fantasy News will allow fantasy players from across the industry to consume information and analysis from the entire team of award-winning CBSSports.com fantasy sports writers as well as from CBSSports.com national columnists and senior writers.

CBSSports.com Fantasy Sports Writers

Ross Devonport, Jamey Eisenberg, Sergio Gonzalez, Michael Hurcomb, Jeff Lippman, Eric Mack, Peter Madden (Managing Editor), Dave Richard and Scott White

The 2010 CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Products*

Ford, Sprint, Edge Shaving Gel and SNICKERS® are the sponsors of the 2010 CBSSports.com Fantasy Football products.

Fantasy Football Commissioner: Sponsored by Ford, Sprint, and Edge Shaving Gel
  • Top Product: The CBSSports.com Commissioner product has been the #1 league manager service 8 out of 9 years.

  • The most engaged users: CBSSports.com fantasy sports players spend an average of 2 hours per session - 20% more than the next closest competitor (Nielsen Net Ratings Sept. 09)

  • The most loyal users: 52% of Commissioners have played on CBSSports.com for 6+ years (Frank N Magid & Associates Data, September 2008)

  • With an average league size of 12 to 16 teams, users will pay less than a dollar per week for the top rated Commissioner League management product available. "Early bird" discount of $20 (to $159.99) for leagues that pay before August 12, 2010.

All CBSSports.com Fantasy Football products feature the Fantasy Football GameTracker. Sponsored by Ford and SNICKERS®, the Fantasy Football GameTracker provides the fastest live scoring updates in the industry. Free Fantasy Football: One of the most popular Fantasy Football games on the planet is 100% FREE. Free Fantasy Football delivers all the great features that you expect from CBSSports.com Fantasy Sports - live scoring and stats, cutting edge team management tools, player news and expert analysis - with absolutely no upgrade fees or hidden costs. It's a great way for fantasy players new to CBSSports.com to start to get to know the #1 product on the market for free.

CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Premium Games: Face-off against dedicated competition in a twelve-team league for the chance to win cold, hard cash. With four levels of play and pay, there is a CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Premium Game for every player.

  • Fantasy Football Double Diamond: For individuals wanting to compete at the highest levels of Fantasy Football. With a price of $499.99 per team, each league champion will win a $3,500 league prize.

  • Fantasy Football Diamond: Think you are a Fantasy Football All-Star? Fantasy Football Diamond gives fans the chance to prove it. With a price of $249.99 per team, each league champion will win a $1,600 league prize.

  • Fantasy Football Platinum: Ready to wade into a more experienced pool of Fantasy Football players? Fantasy Football Platinum will give you that opportunity. With a price of $99.99 per team, each league champion will win a $600 league prize.

  • Fantasy Football Gold: Time to get serious about Fantasy Football? We certainly understand. With a price of $39.99 per team, each league champion will win a $200 league prize.

Office Pool Manager: It's easy and efficient to run your office pool online when you use Office Pool Manager from CBSSports.com. Make picks the traditional way or run a survivor pool where it's one wrong pick and you're out. Office Pool Manager is easy to use, 100% free and comes complete with LIVE scoring and customizable scoring systems using both college and pro games. * All CBSSports.com Fantasy products are subject to complete and applicable Official Game Rules, Terms of Use and eligibility requirements. Void where prohibited by law. Please check each individual product and/or game for details.

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