Fantasy Fallout
You know what season it is? Excuse me Santa, but the Fall Season is the most wonderful time of the year! After a summer chocked full of NASCAR and MLB baseball (which can be tiresome with circles around the track or the engrossing amount of games, respectively), I’m sure happy football is back.
For those who are like me, average Joe’s, this also signals the season of fantasy football. Sure, there is fantasy NHL, MLB, NBA, etc, but fantasy sports was essentially made for football. Why? It does not require too much attention like those other sports which play schedules that vary between 82-162 games. The successes of one’s fantasy team (as well as its downfalls) are magnified by the 17 weeks of football. It creates an excitement that sometimes rivals the actual football game itself. Want proof? Drew Brees did not have to throw 6 TDs last weekend and could have sat down for the game after 3 or 4 TDs, but for those owners (your truly) who were playing an opponent (like I did) who happened to have Adrian Peterson (and his monster 180 yards and 3 TDs) on their team, that was the equalizer as well as the icing on the cake that helps one (like myself) win the game.
So much is involved in fantasy football nowadays since its inception. They now have fantasy football insurance. If your player such as Tom Brady like last year gets knocked out of the season, you get to recoup your investment. Obviously for a person like me who does not spend more than a friendly $20 wager with buddies, this insurance deal is wack. However there are fantasy leagues now that have $100,000 buy-ins. That’s ludicrous! I suppose for an investment like that, insurance is a must. Let’s just hope fantasy owners don’t get out of hand with the actual players themselves such as the unfortunate event of vandalism at Buffalo Bills CB Leodis McKelvin’s property yesterday.
Its an alternate, virtual reality for fantasy owners. Fantasy football is a chance to escape the perceived boredom at the office (luckily I love what I do which is what I’m doing right now, writing). Companies are definitely locking on to this trend and we have not only the regular sports analysis such as ESPN and CBSSportsline, but the companies are hiring fantasy football analyst or gurus. One can make a living predicting and partaking in the analysis of an imaginary concoction. That is only part of the story too. You can also buy trophies to display like real athletic trophies as a testament to your imaginary managerial prowess where in real life you could just be a paper pusher.
All I can say is what will they think of next? If the following movies are any indication, we might be in not for only a change in sport but life as it is. Please do enjoy:
