10 Best Fantasy Football Punishment Ideas For Your League's Biggest Loser

Michael Fabiano | Jul 31, 2025

Fantasy football league "punishments" for last-place teams have become more popular in recent seasons. / TrophySmack.com

Fantasy Football has evolved over the nearly 25 years I’ve been in the industry.

We’ve gone from standard scoring being the standard to PPR (points-per-game) being the new standard in terms of scoring systems, changes to lineup requirements, multiple flex leagues, superflex leagues that allow you to start two quarterbacks, and so on and so forth.

Along the last decade-plus, we’ve also seen another change to countless fantasy leagues … last-place punishments. While the winner gets all the spoils, whether it’s winning some dough, bragging rights, a belt or championship trophy, the loser had always been, well no more than a laughingstock. Now, being the last-place team in many fantasy leagues comes with some sort of predetermined punishment that creates embarrassment and hilarity.

If you’re a fantasy commissioner looking to add a punishment to your league, well, you’ve come to right place! Here are 10 ideas that will not only make your league’s last-place team regret their awful management skills, but will also leave the rest of the league in stitches!

Funny Fantasy Football Punishment Ideas

Fast-Food Restaurant Challenge

If you've played fantasy football for a while, you’ve probably heard about this punishment. It was made popular by a league that forces the last-place finisher to spend 24 straight hours at a Waffle House. The loser can shave an hour off that time for every waffle eaten, but he or she would have to pound down a dozen waffles to cut your punishment time in half.

I have agita just thinking about it.

If you’re not into waffles, you can apply this punishment to any fast-food joint that’s open for 24 hours, like a local diner or maybe an iHOP. The loser would also have to document his or her time in the predetermined establishment for even more social media scorn.

Hot Wing Challenge

You’ve probably seen that online show “Hot Ones,” where celebrities come into a studio to eat super-spicy wings and answer questions with host Sean Evans. Well, fantasy leagues can use this as a funny and probably painful punishment. The league’s biggest loser will have to eat wings, from mild to ghost pepper death hot, while being filmed the whole time. Fantasy league losers might want to invest in a whole lot of paper towel rolls and milk!

Combine Tryout Challenge

Being the last-place team in your fantasy football league can bring shame, humiliation ... and hilarity. / TrophySmack.com

This has become a more popular punishment in recent years, as fantasy losers are forced to do their own version of the “NFL Combine,” also on video. Whether it’s the 40-yard dash, the cone drills, vertical jump, etc., the last-place loser must do them all while his league mates serve as the commentators. You can do this in a public parking lot, a public park or a school athletic field to ramp up the embarrassment for the laughable, lovable loser.

SAT Challenge

Anyone who took the SAT back in their school days probably remembers just how boring and painful an experience it can be … that’s what makes it a perfect fantasy punishment. If you are a full-grown adult, going into a classroom with a bunch of teenagers is embarrassing in and of itself. Then, you must take a test that could actually create even greater shame if you don’t post a respectable score. Oh, and you have to announce your score on social media!

Disgusting Drink Challenge

This punishment requires the last-place owner to drink an awful concoction of ingredients that will be determined by the rest of the league. Maybe it’s a mayonnaise, onions and white fish smoothie, or a mix of different condiments all mixed together in a blender. The grosser, the better, and the more hilarious it is to watch the loser suck down the “drink.”

Public Humiliation

This is a popular punishment where the commissioner and league members come up with the most embarrassing scenario possible to humiliate the biggest loser. Maybe it’s having to wear a diaper and bonnet combination and put a sucker in his/her mouth to a public event. You could also force the loser to wear the uniform and gear of the NFL team they hate most while shouting how much they love that team in public. Or, the loser can be forced to hold up a large sign that says “I Suck at Fantasy Football” (or similar) in bold letters in an intersection.

All leagues are different and will have different ideas and concepts for what would be the most humiliating outfit to wear or sign to hold, so you should be creative!

Date With a Blow-Up Doll

Imagine entering a public restaurant dressed in a suit and tie while holding a blow-up doll. Yeah, that’s uber embarrassing … and it’s a popular punishment for being the worst team in a fantasy football league. I’ve seen people post online pictures of their lovable league loser at a Denny’s, sitting next to and holding “hands” with one of those dolls while ordering food and attempting to hold a conversation with his/her plastic partner for the night.

Now that’s comedy!

Cringy Social Media Photos

If you’d rather not do something embarrassing out in public, you can always humiliate the last-place manager on social media. One of the easiest ways to do that is having him/her in an awkward photoshoot. Maybe you send them to Sears (do those still exist?) for a “glamor shot” or send them to have a high-school senior-style photo shoot. I’m not going to list any of the more, let’s say, risqué photo shoot ideas, but I’m sure you all get the idea! If you need some help, go check out some of the hilarious fantasy loser outfits at TrophySmack … including a bright neon yellow/green onesie that says “I Suck At Fantasy Football!”

License Plate Punishment

What if every time you got into your car, you had to display a license plate that displayed your fantasy football shame? Whether it’s a plate or a sticker (you can get either pretty easily online) that says “I Suck At Fantasy Football” or “Worst Fantasy Football Player Ever”, the last-place team will be embarrassed every time he/she has to run an errand, go to the gym, etc. … and trust me, people are going to notice and laugh!

Last-Place Finisher’s “Trophy”

There are plenty of options for a loser’s trophy, which includes a “Golden Toilet Trophy” or even a toilet seat that the loser would be forced to wear around his/her neck. Of course, taking pictures and posting them on social media just adds to the humiliation and hilarity.

If you’re hardcore, there are even some leagues that bypass a trophy and make the loser’s shame permanent … with an actual tattoo. Of course, if you don’t want to go that far, there’s always a temporary tattoo that includes the infamous “tramp stamp” option.

Whatever humiliation you decide on to make the last-place loser endure, make sure it’s all agreed upon before the season starts … and that everyone is on board knowing that a last-place finish with result in impending fantasy football doom … or at least a very good laugh!