Local Man Ruins Friendships in Fantasy Football League He Joined to Make Friends

NASHVILLE, TN — What started as an attempt to bond over fantasy football has turned into an unrelenting barrage of trash talk, leaving Chuck Williamson’s league mates—both childhood friends and new acquaintances—wondering why they ever let him join.

“It began with innocent ribbing,” said Greg Snyder, a friend since childhood. “Chuck made jokes about my draft picks, stuff like that. But by Week 3, he was getting mean. After a loss, he told me, ‘You manage your team the same way you handle life—poorly.’”

The league was a mix of old friends, like Snyder and Brian Miles, and newer guys like Kevin Hall and Austin Hafer, who initially thought Chuck was just overly competitive. “I didn’t want to overreact, so I played along,” said Hall. “But after Week 4, he started bringing up personal stuff like “remember in the 5th grade when you tripped in the lunch room in front of everyone?” How did he even know about that?

Hafer became Chuck’s prime target after beating him in a matchup thanks to a glitch. “Chuck called me ‘Glitch Boy’ for days. He even posted a meme of me on a throne of broken laptops, captioned ‘King of Glitches.’ I thought that would be the end of it, but then he kept bringing it up every week.”

The breaking point came in Week 8 when Chuck sent Snyder a message that went far beyond football. “He asked me if I thought my parents’ divorce was my fault, because ‘my team played like it.’ That was it for me.”

Despite the fallout, Chuck is unapologetic. “It’s just trash talk,” he said. “If they can’t handle it, they shouldn’t be in the league.”

Meanwhile, the rest of the league is quietly considering a new season without Chuck.