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People have been known for taking risks since the beginning of time, especially where gambling is concerned. This is why Kenny Rogers famously said, “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, and know when to fold ‘em”.

A group of underclassmen at B-A might want to heed that advice the next time they bet on fantasy football.

Eli Moser, Tate Baughman, and Braylon Litzinger had some unique forms of punishment administered on them as a result of finishing last in their leagues.

Usually each fantasy league has a reward for the person who wins, but these leagues have had a punishment for the loser, which have ranged from running a mile drinking milk, to posting bad Tik Toks for a month.

This year’s punishments were just as harsh.

The most noticeable was junior Eli Moser, who had to dress in whatever his friends told him to for a week, after only losing his league by 0.02 of a point. The outfits were anything from ‘80’s clothes to full dresses.

“I’ve never been happier to finish a punishment,” Moser said. “People no longer stare at me in the hallways, but it was funny hearing people say what their favorite outfit that I wore was.”

Freshman Tate Baughman, meanwhile, had to shave one of his eyebrows off. He chose the right one.

“I was more concerned about it coming back than how it looked,” said Baughman, “but overall I wasn’t too upset. I won my league last year, so I was a little overconfident. It actually grew back a lot faster than I expected.”

Those punishments are pretty awful, but the one that may have taken the cake is what was done to sophomore Braylon Litzinger. Everyone in his league got to take part in shaving his head while live-streaming the event on Instagram.

“I felt very embarrassed that I didn’t have any hair,” said Braylon, “but I wasn’t too worried because my hair grows fast.”

Not every league operates with a punishment system in mind, which is why such punishments and pranks seem unnecessary to freshman Joey Deyarmin. He plays in a cash league with his family that’s organized by his uncle. The buy in is $25, and three players earn a share of $250 at the end of the season.

“The biggest punishment is you don’t get the money,” he said.

But most of the other leagues that also deal out punishments also play for cash, as well. Baughman’s league, for example, had a $10 buy in and a $70 prize for the winner.

At the end of the day, the point is, it’s not about the money. It’s about the experience, which is why boys’ fantasy league has already chosen a punishment for the loser of next year’s contest.

“He’ll have to ride the train at DelGrosso’s 100 times in a row,” said Baughman.