Fantasy Football Developer Challenge for $75,000

CONGRATULATIONS, DEVELOPERS, ON A WINNING SEASON

Winning Apps from the 2012 Fantasy Football Developer Challenge

The CBSSports.com Developer Challenge brought a plethora of fantastic apps to millions of Fantasy players this season, and now it's time to honor the most notable submissions with glory (and cash prizes). On behalf of the CBSSports.com Development Center team, we thank both our developers and judges for your hard work and continued commitment to Fantasy innovation.

GRAND PRIZE - $60,000

Draft Analyzer for Fantasy Football -- Draft App

Vendor: Advanced Sports Media

The Draft Analyzer provides you with personalized player recommendations based on your scoring rules, roster needs, previous draft picks, players available and average draft position results so you know who to draft and when to draft them to maximize your chances of winning your league. The app imports all of your league settings and keepers and syncs with your live on-line CBSSports.com draft.

1ST PRIZE - $10,000

Cheat Sheet Wizard -- Draft App

Vendor: FantasyPros

Cheat Sheet Wizard gives you the ability to import and edit any rankings on the web, use your cheat sheets in fast mock draft simulations, and get instant draft scores and analysis to help you improve. It will also auto-synch your cheat sheet live during your CBSSports.com draft, so you don't have to manually cross off players. All of this is wrapped in a clean, extremely easy-to-use interface.

2ND PRIZE - $5,000

Fantasy Pros Draft Assistant -- Draft App

Vendor: Pickemfirst

The FantasyPros Draft Assistant helps you make accurate, stress-free decisions during your draft. The app combines the cheat sheets of over 80 experts into one Expert Consensus Ranking (ECR), auto-synchs live during your CBSSports.com draft, and uses predictive modeling to help you optimize your picks. All of this is wrapped in a modern, easy-to-use interface.

Visit CBSSports.com App Central to try out some of the apps created for the 2012 Fantasy Football season.

Why Develop on the CBSSports.com Fantasy Platform:

Access
Unprecedented access to millions of Fantasy players hungry for the advantage your app will provide.

Integration
Seamless integration into the CBSSports.com Fantasy Football game experience.

Exposure
Sell your app directly to millions of hardcore Fantasy players with flexible monetization options.

About the CBSSports.com Fantasy Platform:

Great Fantasy Sports games and innovative tools that enhance user experience have been central to the focus of the CBSSports.com Fantasy Sports community for more than 15 years. That's why we created the Fantasy Open Platform Environment**. Launched in January 2012, this project provides unprecedented access to Fantasy Sports audiences for developers and businesses interested in tapping into this expanding industry and introducing great new tools to millions of Fantasy enthusiasts.

In order to reward you for sharing your contributions to the Fantasy Football community, we'll help market and sell your apps to our growing community of Fantasy Football players. All apps approved will be eligible to be offered through the CBSSports.com App Central Marketplace. Monetizing your great idea has never been easier, and everything you'll need is ready and available at the Development Center ***. Imagine your App being central to winning thousands of League Championships this Fantasy Football season.

HELPFUL LINKS

        Official Rules

        Register Now

        Getting Started

        API Documentation

        How to Create an App

        How to Deliver Content

BUILDABLE APPS INCLUDE

Draft

Roster Management

Results (Live Scoring, Schedule, Standings)

Content (Player News, Outlooks, Projections)

Communications (Social)