I am happy to be in my 17th season as a fantasy football owner and my 15th season as a Commissioner.  When I started as a fantasy football league Commissioner, I was such a fantasy football junkie that my roommates nicknamed me "The Commish". A few years later, people improperly figured that my "Commish" nickname was because of my likeness to the TV star, Michael Chiklis from the cop show "The Commish", that started in 1992 (NOTE: he is now the star of "The Shield" on FX). However, I EARNED my "Commish" nickname back then because of my football acumen.  Now I'm part the "Commish" team here at Ask The Commish.com - how fitting!

If you look up football fanatic in Webster's Dictionary, you'll see a picture of me. I'm probably even watching the NFL Network in the picture. I happen to be that guy that knows how to spell just about every player's name without having to look it up. Yes, even Houshmandzadeh! I'm also considered to be a walking database of football depth charts. Back in 1999 I was finally fed up with all of the outdated fantasy football magazines come draft time, so I decided to partner up with a few fellow fantasy football enthusiasts to start our own fantasy football web site. The only problem was that we didn't have a name for our site... That's when I turned to the "real Commish" in my house (my wife, who is the boss at home, despite being a football widow), for advice. We ran some of the names past her and she liked Ask The Commish.com the most.  In the end, we all agreed on Ask The Commish.com. 

Favorite Current Player: Brett Favre 
Favre is one of the best and toughest QBs of all time.  For my money, he's still one of the best players in the game! However, Peyton Manning is a lot of fun to watch as well.

Favorite Retired Player: Chris Spielman/Barry Sanders
Spielman was a throwback player that was a joy to watch.  All Madden... heck they should have an all Spielman team.  Simply put, Barry Sanders was the most elusive and electrifying player that I've ever seen. 

Call me the long-winded one of the bunch! If you've read an article on the site that is loaded with prose, chances are it was written from this country boy's pen -- er, keyboard. In addition to hoping to build a website that would improve upon the laughable material that was currently out there on the web, I joined Bryan Hughes and Paul Baitinger in 1999 to form Ask The Commish.com with hopes of creating something that would be a true On Line Publication.

My vision for the site has been to emphasize that there is more to fantasy football than to simply measure stats and report on trends. I hope that the site reflects at least a small portion of my true love of the GAME of football itself, as I spend countless hours working on the "Team Analysis" pages. I am a big proponent of such non-fantasy topics as the Great Players of the Past. In addition to responding to your emails, crunching numbers, and providing the usual weekly articles (Statistical Number Crunching and Power Rankings, etc.), I am the resident Capologist. I am proud of the fact that our site is the best site out there that explains the NFL Salary Cap to the casual fan as well as the fanatic and provides an intensive FAQ on the matter. As our staff of writers continues to grow, hopefully the quantity and quality of content we provide will also grow!

Favorite Current Player::
It's a toss up between Manning, any Buffalo Bills player, and Brett Favre.  Since Paul took Favre, and since listing reasons for 53 Buffalo players will take too long, I'll go with Peyton.  He is the best fundamental QB!  He calls his own plays from time to time and takes control of the offense.  He's a true field general and provides the best play-action fake of anyone not named Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason.  

Favorite Retired Player: Jim Kelly/Joe Namath
Joe Willie Namath was a hero of my child hood.  Kelly is my modern day hero, a Namath with knees, if you will.  They were both cocky and both backed it up on the field.  Too bad these two #12 never played each other.