If I could take just a moment, I would like to brag a bit: my fantasy football teams are undefeated this year. I've been playing fantasy football for a while and this year I'm in two leagues. One of the leagues has been going since I was in college. And again, I just want to be clear, I'm undefeated. In both leagues. 14-0. This concludes the bragging.
Fantasy football is fun for a number of reasons. It's equitably competitive, meaning no one has an inherent advantage (like tall people in basketball or fast people in track). It's unpredictable; no one knows what's going to happen in a given game (this also can make it agonizing). But most recently I've appreciated its forced flexibility. Players everyone thought would be great this season turned out not to be, while other players that were only known in their hometowns are now incredibly valuable. If you're playing fantasy football using the supposed value of players even from just last week, you're way behind. Flexibility is forced upon you.
One of the things we like to say around NaCoMe is that flexibility is the best ability. To meet the needs of groups, campers, or staff, we have to remain adaptable. It's how we've been able to manage the growth NaCoMe has seen recently. I certainly didn't plan on expanding summer camp by 34% this year or serving over 2,600 more meals than we did last year. We've been incredibly fortunate to have your support in making this happen. And as the season (finally) starts to change, we're starting to plan for 2020 with our most flexible vision yet.
Here's to plans in pencil (and more W's for my fantasy teams),
-Ryan "Flash" Moore, Director
(Editor Sam's note: last season Ryan was 4-10 at this point in the season)