What’s your fantasy?
It’s that time of year again: Fantasy Football season.
As a Baltimore Ravens fan, I find it slightly conflicting to draft quality players from competing teams for my fantasy football team. The obvious reason for this is because I end up rooting for specific players on opposing teams and yet still want those teams to lose. For example, this year I drafted Hines Ward and though during the season I find the color yellow and anything that even sounds like “steeler” to be comparable to the bowel movement of an ill elephant, he is an extremely talented receiver and I want him to do well for my fantasy team. But I sure as hell don’t want Pittsburgh to win.
In fact, this is the reason I didn’t want to get involved with fantasy football in the first place. I thought I would get too focused on the performance of individual players and statistics, while forgetting about what makes football enjoyable in the first place: screaming at the TV, beer, cheerleaders and the comradarie of fellow fans. And while I am certainly more focused on individual stats and yardage, fantasy football has really just added a new level to the whole experience. I’m actually learning more about the game and “competing” with the same fans I would normally just cheer with on any given Sunday. It also brings in people who just like to compete but aren’t necessarily football fans.
I will mention that as impressed as I was last year (my rookie season) with FOX Sports’ fantasy system, this year they have really disappointed me. The web interface isn’t bad but apparently someone forgot to inform the IT department that millions and millions of people like to check their scores simultaneously because they’ve had some serious downtime thus far.
Here’s a nice primer on fantasy football if you need it.
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