# He Hate Me FF keeper league - year 9

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-year-9/591413>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 4, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-year-9/591413 "2011-08-04T02:45:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-year-9/591413/201 "2011-12-28T18:21:37Z")

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Sorry to drop in eight years too late, but I have one burning question that I’ve had for years. I’m sure it’s come up before, but I’ll ask anyway:

Why is your league named something so grammatically incorrect and unrelated to football?

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-year-9/591413/202 "2011-12-28T18:26:46Z")

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> [@Chessic\_Sense](#):
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> Sorry to drop in eight years too late, but I have one burning question that I’ve had for years. I’m sure it’s come up before, but I’ll ask anyway:
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> Why is your league named something so grammatically incorrect and unrelated to football?

[Rod Smart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Smart)

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-year-9/591413/203 "2011-12-28T19:41:08Z")

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Yeah - the name of the league used to change year after year, but Rod Smart and his nickname were too good to leave behind.

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