Fantasy football season underway

14 September
2006

Fantasy football season underway

What do you mean you DON'T have a team?!?

Like millions of people, I own a fantasy football team (The Angry Mob). I have played against the same group of guys for several years now, and I dig the competition. Having a fantasy football team certainly helps me gain interest in non-Steeler/Panther games played each week. I understand that fantasy football is not for everyone, but this phenomenon has swept the country. Seems like anyone remotely close to being a football fan has a fantasy football team. And why not? The difficulty of running your own fantasy football team is next to nothing, while the rewards of winning are high. An element of prediction accompanies team ownership, but within a week or two, players show their tendencies via statistics. Therefore, you either start or try to acquire players with the highest statistical totals...repeat that each week. At the end of the NFL week, you look at your team and marvel at your accomplishments, or you lament at what could have been. Immediately, the NFL season develops an added dimension, providing a rich texture for you to enjoy the season.

Last year, I delved into fantasy hockey, which I will be doing again this season. I entered into that fray with much trepidation, considering I only had familiarity with the Carolina Hurricanes and the "stars" of the league. A couple of weeks into the hockey season and knowing the players became second nature. It took a small amount of time to gain the confidence in picking hockey players, so that the rewards for fantasy hockey mimicked the rewards I obtained by playing fantasy football. So for anyone out there that has considered playing fantasy sports, I highly recommend it.

Posted by steve at 08:56 | Comments (1)

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Re: Fantasy football season underway

Caution! Back-in-my-day speech ahead!

I (Oldie Olson) joined a fantasy baseball league back in 1991, before all your fancy internet leagues. It was awesome! I was an expansion team in a pre-existing league, so they other GMs held an expansion draft where they could only protect a limited number of people on their teams and I could pick the unprotected ones. We had a 3 way phone call on draft day between Wilson, Cincinnati, and Ontario where we could only draft National league players. The best part was the salary cap, we could only spend $260 on our team, so when I outbid Phil's Phrozen Ropes on Ryan Sandberg for $45, I was scrambling to pick up Mike Morgan for $1. I loved it.

However I do not care for certain fantasy people these days. Steve, I hope you aren't one of them. Fantasy sports are pure evil when your fantasy team comes before your actual team. If I had Albert Pujols on my fantasy team and he was up against my Dodgers, I would hope he would strike out so badly and so often that he would need therapy. I agree it helps to know more about lesser players, but these days I'll just watch a ridiculous amount of baseball and see what I can find out.

Posted by: Ed at September 16,2006 10:27