Hey, just wanted to thank you for all the work you've put into filling out this instance! It hasn't gone unnoticed!
My main goal with this post is to help facilitate NFL discussion on Lemmy, regardless of instance, since there are many people trying to escape Reddit and it can be hard to find the right community if you don’t know where to look.
This is pretty much my line of thinking too. Instead of waffling on which instance I should try to create the baseball communities I wanted to see on lemmy, I decided to start fanaticus so people wouldn't have to make tough decisions. lemmy.ml specifically, does have an issue with load already which might be an issue going forward, especially with the amount of traffic the game threads get on reddit currently.
Additionally, given the recent Beehaw de-federation drama I think it was a good choice to make this sports-only instance. If we remain on topic, I don't expect we'll be affected by any de-federation. Users from all instances can come here to talk sports, even if they've de-federated from one another.