Shotgun verdict

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*Week 1* The first dues shotgun lands Tuesday, Nov 3: one a day for unpaid dues until paid. Pay up to stop the clock. Gideon Buries Chase 7-2 as the Hard-Liner Lands in the Cellar Week 1 is done and the biggest story is the commissioner himself. Gideon Clark and The Sengoon Squad beat Chase Larson's Blunder Down Under 7-2, the largest margin of the week, and took the top spot at 7-2-0. Chase, the league's loudest voice for harsher punishment, now sits last at 2-7-0 with a lot less to say. Chase has an immediate problem. Gideon has a weekly shotgun to give him, due Nov 1 at 11:59 PM PST, and the status is owed. Post the evidence inside 24 hours or the rulebook adds another can. Chase spent a week begging for tougher rules, and the first rule to fire was the one aimed at his own team. The rest of the slate was tight. Leroy's Teenage Mutant Ninja Poeltls beat Howard's My Way or the Hardaway 6-3, so the Jokic-and-Giannis stars-and-scrubs plan opens at 3-6. Adam's KATs in the bag beat James 6-3 and Aaron's walking wounded beat Chris Powers 6-3, which parks Adam and Aaron at 3 and 4 behind Leroy. Aaron's rotation of bargain contracts, Haliburton and Kessler at $1 each, is doing real work. The two one-category squeakers: Bernie's Return of the Mack edged George's Game Time Decision 5-4, so a $70 Jalen Johnson overpay still managed a win. Then there is Issei, whose Franz & the Furious edged Jake's Turnover Enthusiasts 5-4, a revenge win over the same opponent from last season's Week 17. Coupon Clipper took the W and kept his cheap Kyrie at $1 out of the headlines. James and Howard join Chris Powers at 3-6, while George and Jake sit at 4-5.