It's Not Too Late for Football Fantasy
Jones Banana Networks expands to find sports fans
DENVER (Sept. 16, 2005)- It's not too late. And in fact, for those rabid football fans out there, no week is too late, through the entire football season. Jones Banana Football is the league, and it's open for everyone to come play.
"Every week is a new beginning," said Bob Jones, senior vice president of Jones Banana Network™, Inc., the technologically innovative brainchild of Jones Media Group®. "Football season is here, and fantasy leagues are underway. But why limit the fun to those few who got in early? And for those fans who are unhappy with their fantasy teams but are locked in, there's another way."
As the real season builds and fans get more excited about football, latecomers to the Jones Banana fantasy league are welcome.
Players can join the league at any time, and still be eligible for weekly prizes and for the grand prize - airfare, lodging, and two tickets to the big game in Detroit next February.
And here's the best part: Messages to your cell phone provides you with the latest news that can alter your strategy. Shift the players around on your football team without having to go home to your computer - you make updates directly from your phone with Jones Banana Football, in time for the kickoff.
The NFL fantasy football universe has expanded. Out of the stadium, past the Internet and into the wireless cyberdome of cell phones. "When fans are involved enough to enroll in a fantasy league, they want continual, instant access, at their convenience. That's what we're giving them."
Banana Networks is already known for selling ring tones and web content for mobile devices. Making the leap into interactive Internet use is a logical next step.
There are two ways to get there: http://www.bananaplay.com/. or http://www.banananetwork.com/.
Once you're registered, just log on and start playing. The site will walk visitors through the steps to create a team. As long as players have web access on their cell phones, they can be on the phone, playing, immediately.
It costs $4.99 per week, less if players sign up for the season or for packages of 12 or 8 weeks. The league is national and virtual, so players can test their team's skills against other fantasy players across the United States. Just like the real team owners, you manage the salary cap and depth chart.
And now that there's a Jones Banana Football league, other sports are coming on line. A Jones Banana NASCAR fantasy league will be available in December 2005, and a Jones Banana Basketball league will be in place for March Madness in 2006.