Introducing Orpster: The Sports Stock Market
Warning: If you enjoy fantasy sports, I’m about to turn your world upside down.A very good friend of ours from high school, Rehan, is the CEO and founder of a brand new company– Orpster: The Sports Stock Market — that is bringing together the world of fantasy sports and the world of Wall Street.
Beginning with the NFL season (let’s collectively pray for an NFL and NBA season), Orpster will allow you to buy and sell shares of your favorite players. Player performance is then rated based on an innovative algorithm based on traditional fantasy player statistics.
The algorithm is personalized for each player and factors in a player’s performance over the past two seasons. What this means is that when Tom Brady throws a touchdown, his stock will raise less than when–or if–Tavaris Jackson throws a touchdown.
If the player you hold stock in performs well, his stock rises, and you can sell back your shares for a tidy profit. Orpster has an easy, secure payment system and they will overnight a check to you the moment you decide to sell your shares.
If you are one of the first 500 followers on Twitter (@Orpster_SSM) or on Facebook, Orpster will give you a free $20 deposit to try out their cutting-edge software. Orpster has both a desktop client and a mobile app for the iPhone and the Android which update the stocks and statistics in real-time. Take a look at the desktop client:
Orpster's real-time sports stock market software.
Rehan Hussain, CEO and Founder of Orpster
Worried about a player getting injured? Orpster will sell player insurance for just $0.25 which will freeze the player’s share and/or reimburse your account with the appropriate amount if a player gets hurt.
Orpster has released a demo today to show everybody how the sports stock market will work and how easy it is to operate.
In addition to the sports stock market, Orpster will offer traditional fantasy leagues for those more inclined to participate in the old-fashioned way. Orpster is going supersonic, going to be a breakthrough business so get in now on the ground floor by testing out the software with a free $20.
Follow on Twitter: @Orpster_SSM
“Like” on Facebook: Orpster Sports Stock Market Page
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Honestly this sounds like some dumb shit. I’m going to spend money on a fantasy player for what? It’s like complete nerds that buy world of Warcraft money on eBay. Plain stupid. What loser has the money and time to participate in something like this.
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I would say all the people that spend money on fantasty sports already, which is in the hundreds of millions of dollars spent, would be interested. The chance to win money should also entice people. It’s a new twist on traditional fantasy sports.
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I don’t know about you, Nate, but I’m going to be addicted to this. It’s the stock market with something I know about. I’m going to be Orpster’s Warren Buffet.
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@Nate Honestly you sound retarded. Read the article.
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damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn that sounds like a lot of fun but hellllllllla frustrating at the same time. haha back to the old layout so soon jay?
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and as crazy as this sounds, i heard the hawks are looking for a josh smith for kg/ray trade, so maybe a 3 team deal with the hawks celtics and warriors? celtics give warriors ray for monta, and for the hawks, kg for smith and cash with some picks, or a crawford sign and trade? THATD BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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well i guess that wont be much of a 3 team deal but yeah……….
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Fantasy sports has ruined sports, encouraging additive and reductive thinking about players. But oh well. A lot of things in life are being ruined by the addiction to new gadgets. People believe in one thing and one thing only: the faith in new gadgets. That and AUTHORITY. Yes, people, bow down low to gadgets and authority.
Ray for Monta and KG for Smith don’t sound like good trades to me. The only Big Four guys I would consider trading would be Allen and KG, and only if we got something major back – for example, I’d consider trading them for Howard. Maybe even add O’Neil to the offer.
That would be a bold move to consider making. But no one seems to be considering anything like that. Most of the relentless trade talk is based on scapegoating, and on the delusion that young and athletic inevitably means BETTER.
But Pierce and Rondo should be absolutely untouchable. Don’t trade them for anything or anyone.
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