MONTPELIER, VT – In a raw display of dominance that has left family therapists and fantasy league commissioners equally stunned, a local man has declared himself a "Three-Peat" fantasy football champion after decisively defeating his own wife in this year's championship matchup. The victory, he claims, not only cements a dynasty but is now fully supported by the groundbreaking research of the Gundlers Institute of Chronological Studies and Sustained Excellence (GICSSE), an academic body he reportedly founded in his basement three days ago.

The champion, manager of the league-leading Montpelier Grundlers, has immediately set his sights on becoming the league's first-ever "Quadrepeater," citing his recent triumph over his spouse's Rusty Hambones as the final piece of evidence for his temporal dominance.

"To beat my wife in the final... it's poetic. It proves that in the arena of fantasy football, I am a merciless titan, blind to allegiances of love and marriage," he stated. "But I'm tired of debating the uneducated masses, like McCorndicks - who made more transactions than a Polish hooker after lent. That's why I've commissioned a full academic review. The science, as you'll see, is settled."

The GICSSE's inaugural report, "Temporal Elasticity and Dynastic Inevitability," puts an end to the churlish debate over his non-consecutive championships. The controversy, largely peddled by teams who finished with a statistically laughable 9-5 record like Professor McCornDicks and leigh's team, centered on the archaic notion that a "three-peat" must occur in sequential years.

"The 'consecutive' argument is a linguistic prison built by the intellectually destitute," the GICSSE report's abstract reads, in handwriting suspiciously similar to the champion's. "Our findings prove that greatness is a constant state, not a calendar appointment."

The Institute’s methodology rests on several irrefutable scientific pillars:

• The Dominance Transference Theory: This groundbreaking theory posits that the sheer energy of a championship victory is so potent that it radiates forwards and backwards through time, effectively claiming the intervening "gap" years as spiritually-owned territories. "The years in between weren't losses for us," the champion-turned-scholar explained. "They were merely fallow periods where the universe needed to catch its breath before witnessing our next triumph."

• The Average Dominance Quotient (ADQ): By averaging the win totals of the three championship seasons, the GICSSE determined that the champion's ADQ was "stratospherically high." This number was then divided by the number of gap years, resulting in what scientists are calling a "sustained aura of victory" that renders non-winning seasons statistically irrelevant.

• The Pathetic Plaintiff Principle: A core tenet of the ruling is that the validity of a complaint is inversely proportional to the complainant's final standing. "When you have teams like the White Knucklers or Nuts Dot Com finishing at a perfectly mediocre 7-7, their opinions on dynastic definitions carry the weight of a helium-filled gnat," a source close to the Institute noted. "And let's not even start on Brady's Balls finishing 1-13. From that depth, our three championships must look like Mount Mansfield."

When asked if he was worried about the domestic repercussions of his victory and subsequent academic gloating, the champion scoffed. "My findings have been peer-reviewed... by me. Victory is its own reward. Now if you'll excuse me, the GICSSE has just awarded me a multi-year grant to research the viability of the Quadrepeat. The preliminary data, based on my gut feeling, looks extremely promising."

After polishing off the remaining Four Loco supply from the back of the Peps garage, the League voted unanimously to endorse Duval, citing his commitment to stuff and an underrated performance in My So-Called Life as Jordan Catalano. McCorndicks noted 'Sure, he got the Academy Award for Dallas Buyers Club, but I want him to channel Jordan when he's on the Senate floor.' The League proceeded to discuss Jordan's fondness for his car and the epic Halloween episode with Rickie. A Love Supreme did express some criticism for his work in Suicide Six - but thought his role in Panic Room made up for it, as he quoted Junior in a scene with Forrest Whittaker "What is funny about this? Is this shit funny to you?"

After hearing the news that the Rusty Hambones decided not to draft him, Gronk held a press conference to share this new feeling - sadness- which he had never experienced before. Gronk explained that previously, the only feelings he felt were 'good' and 'sometimes hungry', but that this one was 'bad'. When told that the Hambones selected TE Mark Andrews (aka a terribly poor man's Drake) instead, Gronk said that he would not rest until he 'Gronked' Andrews' girlfriend or boyfriend, speculating that the new feeling might go away then. 

Gronk then went on to catch all 9 targets & hauled in two touchdowns against the Cowboys.