FantasyLand #9 - Brothers In Arms

Rotoviz Radio

Blue Wire

Sports, Fantasy Sports

4.8 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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(Information correct as of October 6, 2016 - Original release date) The ninth episode of Fantasyland – The podcast that covers everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about fantasy sports. Brothers in Arms: The OklahomIraqis Veterans League "If it wasn't for fantasy and being around those guys . . . I'd be way worse off." — Adam Schuster Host: Peter Overzet – Contributor to RotoViz and Host of @TheFFComedyHr The OklahomIraqis League: The OklahomIraqis League (OIL) formed in 2006 when 14 members of the 1st Battalion 158th Field Artillery Regiment in Iraq started a fantasy football league. It has continued uninterrupted since its formation. If you’d like to learn more about the OIL, visit the league's website (www.okiraqi.org) for information on all the franchises as well as a comprehensive oral history of the league, its creation during the Iraq War, and its expansion since then. Guests: Justin Cliburn – Commissioner of the OIL, Webmaster of the OIL website, Author of the OIL Oral History, and Owner of the Arrogant Americans franchise Adam Duffy – Assistant Commissioner of the OIL, Owner of the Hangovers franchise Adam Schuster – Owner of the Negligent Discharges franchise Lance Zerger – Owner of the Redlegs franchise Jimmy Venable – Owner of the War Pony franchise Aaron Gray – Owner of the Great Plains Drifters franchise The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund: All proceeds from this episode are being donated to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which has provided nearly $200 million in support for the families of military personnel lost in service to our nation and for severely wounded military personnel and veterans. Donations can be made at www.fallenheroesfund.org/Donate.aspx. Sponsors: RotoViz.com – A sports analytics website with over 1,500 groundbreaking articles per year and 20 proprietary apps. Go to RotoViz.com/podcast for 30 percent off an NFL pass. Music: Leo Kaliski – Composer, Songwriter, and Proprietor of LeoKaliski.com About the Show: Executive Producer: Fantasy Douche – Editor-in-Chief of RotoViz Producer: Matthew Freedman – Editor-in-Chief of FantasyLabs and Producer of the RotoViz podcasts Producer: Patrick Kerrane – Cohost of @RotoViz Radio and Writer for RotoViz Production Assistants: Ant Calatayud & Alan Jackman Subscribe: iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and others — reviews are appreciated Twitter: @FantasylandPod Email: Fantasylandpod@gmail.com — Contact us if you have any good fantasy stories. We’d love to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up y'all? It's Druski, and I've teamed up with Mountain Dew to produce a hilarious new basketball podcast called The Do Zone with Drewski. Learn the backstories of your favorite ballers and celebrities like Jamal Murray. Did you have like a favorite team? Was it the Raptors at the time or no? Was the Raptors even started around that time? Come on, bro. I ain't that old, fam. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, A.J. Wilson, and many more. You won't want to miss this.
0:03.4	Listen to The Do Zone with Drusky on Apple Podcast. I ain't that all, fam. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, Asian Wilson, and many more.
0:21.8	You won't want to miss this.
0:23.0	Listen to the do zone with Drewski on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:31.6	Many of us would not talk to each other if it weren't for this league.
0:35.8	And the fact that we've taken it from a 14 team league and made it into three 14 team leagues,
0:43.5	it's allowed us to basically 14 people at a time reintroduce into our lives, stay in touch with.
0:50.8	Last year when we had our 10-year reunion, I saw guys that I've only seen once since
0:56.1	deploying with them.
1:10.5	You are listening to Fantasyland, the podcast that covers everything you didn't know you wanted to know about fantasy sports.
1:18.7	I'm your host, Peter Overzette, and in this episode, we're going to get to the core of the matter, the reason that any of us care about fantasy sports. And that is the way that
1:29.1	fantasy sports can bring us together. Maybe you use a fantasy league to stay in touch with high
1:34.3	school friends, or maybe it's a fun way to stay connected to family members. But with apologies
1:39.4	to the popularity of football, the NFL is not the reason that 60 million Americans are in fantasy leagues.
1:46.8	We play in fantasy leagues because of the community they provide. Well, in this episode, we're going
1:52.8	to hear about an extraordinary community, a group of war veterans from the 1st Battalion
1:58.8	158 field artillery regiment of the National Guard, who formed a
2:03.9	league while deployed in Iraq and have continued playing after returning home as a way to
2:09.2	stay connected with each other. Their league is called the Oklahoma Iraqis League, or the
2:15.5	oil for short. And throughout this episode, you're going to hear
2:19.1	some incredible stories about how the league started in 2006, the things they've experienced and
2:25.2	endured together over the years, and how the league has since grown to three divisions and
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