Question: Is FSI A Really Insurance?

FSI being Fantasy Sports Insurance, of course, and answer: yes they can!  Can’t Stop The Bleeding contributor and grown-ass freelance writer (and yet another Official Friend of Jockish — e-mail me for membership info and rates!) David Roth just blogged about this particularly interesting and curious service.  In case you’re wondering where Roth stands on this hot-button topic, and are too lazy to click: “Anyone know where I could purchase some priority insurance? Or get a time-to-grow-the-fuck-up-little-boys policy?” Clearly he’s a big fan (and not just because he makes mention of the upcoming Patton Oswalt football drama, from the guy that wrote the thing about the guy that got Mickey Rourke that role as the bad guy in the new Iron Man flick)!

But hold on there with your lofty judgements and hoity-toity standards, says Mouthpiece Sports’ Eamonn Brennan!  ”When I draft Adrian Peterson No. 1 overall in my Iowa league this year, I could plunk down an extra $10 or $15 and, if Peterson suffers some sort of horrific season-ending injury, completely recoop (chicken or pigeon? – ED) my $100 league entry fee. This is lovely and amazing, and I will probably do it. If only health insurance were this awesome.”  CIA dudes spidering the web for tube-flavored healthcare chatter, take note!  Though I will confess that my health insurance is in fact pretty awesome — I got the deductible back from my last physical after the Yankees moved Chien-Ming Wang to the 60-day DL.  Thanks, Blue Cross!

The Wall Street Journal article Eamonn links to has more than enough information about FSI, including the site’s genesis (fuckin Tom Brady!), the site’s underwriter (fuckin Lloyd’s of London!), and the site’s prospective future (fuckin $$$$$$).  But if your thirst for FSI knowledge still isn’t slaked, there’s this brief interview with Fantasy Sports Business Dot Com, wherein the site’s creators confess through omission that, while they did hire a website and software developer, they forgot to bring a copy editor on board to edit things like, for example, the title of this blog post, which I took verbatim from FSI’s FAQ. Because they pass on the savings to you!  Unless you luck out and draft an entirely healthy fantasy football team!  Then you’re fucked!