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Austin Ekeler Manager for FCFL

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Austin Ekeler is officially now a Manager for the Fan Controlled Football League. An immersive experience for fans to control the action. Fan Controlled Football (FCF), the only professional sports league that enables fans to call the plays in real-time, today announced FCF Season v1.0 will launch in February 2021. The league's premiere season will feature four teams stacked with pro-caliber athletes battling it out over a six-week schedule and will be live-streamed exclusively on Twitch, a premier live, interactive streaming service with content that spans gaming, sports, entertainment, music, and more.

Combining the passion of live sports, the competitiveness of fantasy sports, the interactivity of video games, and the global reach of esports all into a live-streamed, real-life experience, FCF is the first professional sports league to place fans in the general manager role in partnership with team owners. Similar to video games, fans will have the opportunity to earn achievements and increase their “FAN IQ” and level up to greater impact the decisions throughout the seasons.

Hip Hop Mogal Quavo along with NFL Super Bowl Champions Richard Sherman and Marshawn Lynch, the baddest man on the planet Mike Tyson, MLB Pitcher/Gamer, Trevor May and YouTube and podcast empire Kinda Funny led by Greg Miller, and Voice Over Specialist, Comedian Bob Menery. Each team will have a lead owner and be partnered with other members of the FCF family as part of their ownership group, and together with fans will help shape each team’s personality, identity, and destiny on the road to the title.

Video Transcript

- All right, hyped to be talking to Austin Ekeler, running back of the Los Angeles Chargers. Austin, man, how are you feeling? I've seen you posting the videos on the 'Gram, running again, talking-- you're-- again, this is what I love about you, man. You're communicating to the people, the people that have on their little fantasy teams. So you're feeling good, man. Give me an update on, on how you're doing rehab-wise.

AUSTIN EKELER: Ever since I injured the hamstring, I think it was six weeks ago from Sunday, so I'm getting to that range as far as time where it's like-- it's feeling pretty good.

- You've got something really cool coming up, where you are going to be a team owner of a team. Not-- not an NFL team, but of one of the Fan Controlled Football League teams, the Wild Aces, man.

AUSTIN EKELER: Yes, I'm going to be one of the team owners of what's FCF, Fan Controlled Football. And it's basically an idea where we're bringing the fan experience and implement it with actual football. The football will be seven on seven, and it's going to be controlled offensive plays that are gonna be controlled by fans. And what I mean by that, there'll probably a poll. There's still some details as far as how the selecting process will be done, but it's going to be the fans are going to be making decisions on what plays are called. And so you're going to have the ultimate fan experience.

- So like, every-- basically every goofball like me who's sitting on their couch at home and, you know, when an offensive play caller calls the 10th run in a row on first down, or whatever, we're basically going to be able to finally stop just complaining about it and actually do something about it. Vote on it ourselves, be like, hey listen, you're not running on first and 10 anymore, you're running a play action

AUSTIN EKELER: I mean, there's still going to be complaining, just because it's an open vote. It's just a new concept that I, I haven't seen with any other sport. Like, what other sport have you been able to actually be that involved, and actually make the decisions for what your team is going to be running. And I think that's what's special about this, and I think that's why it's going to have some success.