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The smell of the beer. The heated yelling. The long nights of research. It can only mean one thing: the fantasy football season is about to kick off. Summer is great and all, but it is just build up to your league’s draft. Once your league has been around for a few years, your draft becomes a bit of an event that goes on all day and features yard games, good friends, cold beverages, great food, activities for the fantasy football widows, and of course the draft. You can add to the excitement of the upcoming season when you buy fantasy football banners online from The Sign Studio and our sister shop, The Trophy Studio.

Banners Can Be Used Year after Year

As the commissioner, it is your job to plan the draft and to keep league members engaged year after year. For the most part, that is an easy task. However, the more enjoyable you can make draft-day festivities, the more fun competitors will have. A custom banner just adds to the excitement.

There are essentially two types of banners: digitally printed banners and cut vinyl banners. Digitally printed banners are typically made of vinyl and feature full-color graphics printed on our state of the art large format digital printer. No designs are too intricate for our printer. For a little fun, you might incorporate the bodies of football players with the faces of your league members. We can do it.

Cut vinyl banners consist of vinyl letters, numbers, or graphics that are cut from a single sheet of vinyl and applied to a banner. This is a cost-effective solution when you do not need a bunch of colors or if you want a banner that is easy to update. For instance, you may want to update your banner each year with the date, time, and location of your draft.

Don’t Forget Your Trophies!

The Sign Studio is basically your one-stop shop for all of your fantasy football award, trophy, and banner needs. We have already written about what options are available for trophies and other awards, so we will spare you the details. Yet, we will touch on some of the solutions available when you buy fantasy football trophies online from us:

• Engraved Traveling Trophies – These trophies are usually on the large side and feature plenty of room for us to engrave the name, team name, and year of each season’s winner.
• Winner Trophies – Unlike the above trophy, the winner for a particular season actually gets to keep this trophy. These are usually smaller and look great on your mantel.
• Loser Trophies – There is shame in losing. Loser trophies featuring toilets, crybabies, horse butts, or other derogatory imagery will ensure league members stay engaged until the season ends.

Regardless of your budget, it is the commissioner’s duty to make the fantasy football season an enjoyable experience. We can help you by providing you with banners and trophies made of high-quality materials. If you have something in mind that isn’t mentioned above, give us a call, and we’ll let you know if it’s possible. For a free consultation, contact the friendly professionals at The Sign Studio today.

It’s August, and you know what that means: it’s time to get the gang back together for another fantasy football season. Most leagues have a chunk of money on the line, and sure, winning a couple hundred bucks off of your armchair quarterbacking is nice, but there seems to be an added level of competition that comes along with offering a trophy to the winner. Fortunately, The Sign Studio and our trophy division, The Trophy Studio, offer fantasy football trophies online. Here are some ideas to make your 2016 fantasy football season special.

Engraved Traveling Trophy

One of the most popular fantasy football trophy options is the traveling or perpetual trophy. Essentially, the winner of the last season gets to keep the trophy in their possession until a new winner is crowned, then the trophy changes hands, usually at an end of year Super Bowl Party or other event. To denote the winners’ prowess for eternity, a little engraved panel featuring the year, the winner’s name, and the winner’s team name are added to the trophy. We have a Lombardi trophy replica that would be ideal for this. And, we can easily update your trophy for you each year.

Pro tip: If you happen to be the trophy holder for the year, it is fun to take pictures with the trophy in weird locations as a way to taunt your fellow players. For instance, get a picture of the trophy being held by the sworn enemy of the second-place finisher. Have fun with it!

Choose a Smaller Trophy that the Winner Gets to Keep

We offer two standard fantasy football trophies: one is thirteen inches tall and the other is nine inches. They are identical aside from their sizes, and both have a football player holding a football while lounging in a La-Z-Boy.  The player is mounted on a black base with plenty of room for your custom engraved message. The smaller trophy is ideal for awarding your league’s winner with a trophy that they can proudly display on their mantel.

Don’t Forget Your Loser Trophies!

There is nothing worse than having half your league give up for the final couple games because they know they cannot compete with the top dogs. One way to keep owners engaged is to offer a loser trophy. These often feature a big toilet, a cry baby, beauty queen, or a horse bobble butt. Pro tip: Require that the winner of the trophy have their picture taken with the trophy so that they can be publicly shamed on social media.

Your top priority as commissioner of your league is to award hardware to the league winner regardless of your budget. This will create a new level of camaraderie and competition in your league. We use top quality materials to ensure your trophy outlasts your league, and we offer professional engraving services. If you are looking for fantasy sports trophies online, go with the friendly experts at The Sign Studio. Contact us today for a free consultation.