Jade, 33, and Tanner, 32, entered a whopping 150 lineups each in the Milly Maker, the maximum allowed per person in this daily fantasy sports tournament. Congratulations and praise quickly soured in the fantasy community amid accusations that the Tolberts had colluded to generate 300 unique entries to increase their chances of winning.
On Sunday night, Jade Tolbert tweeted, “Hahaha that’s me! Tanner told me I shouldn’t play DK Metcalf!
“This is absolutely insanity and is the clearest collusion ever. Check the QBs lmao,” tweeted noted DFS player William Bierman with a chart breakdown.
Suspicion heightened when fellow “Bachelorette” alum Chris Randone congratulated Tanner Tolbert for winning the Milly Maker on Twitter instead of Jade. Randone deleted the tweet shortly afterward.
The seemingly coordinated effort is even more curious in light of a dismissive tweet from Jade Tolbert in 2017:
“I get fantasy football, but I don’t get why guys have to be in 97282913 different leagues. @ttolbert05
https://nypost.com/2020/01/06/bache...-of-collusion-after-1-million-draftkings-win/
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/ex-bac...to-win-1-m-daily-fantasy-prize-234640080.html
https://twitter.com/AwesemoDFS/status/1213985917020594179