Summary Of My Fantasy Football Brag

Every year, I look forward to that time of the year. The beginning of a new NFL season, which also translates to the beginning of a new fantasy football year. It has reached a point where you rather prefer to see your fantasy team win, instead of your favorite NFL team. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, at least 33 million Americans, age 12 or older, play fantasy football. It is no strange scene to go on a Sunday afternoon to a sports bar and watch several people with their laptops out, watching various NFL games and monitoring how their fantasy teams are doing at the same time. You may have heard of the term fantasy football and think of it as a complicated game, but it is actually very simple and lots of fun. You draft a

“I mapped out a football counterpart…it was strictly based on scoring.” (Tierney 1). The modern era has implemented other factors to fantasy football such as yardage, fumbles, interceptions, and many more aspects that makes the game more interesting. Seeing how fantasy football has become so popular around the world, Tierney is extremely disappointed because he had the chance of being known as the creator of the whole thing. “Not so brilliant was my failure to contact the United States patent office for a trademark.” (Tierney 2). The fantasy football market is estimated to be worth over $40 to $70 billion dollars (Forbes), so we can all surely feel for Tierney. Thanks to fantasy football, I love the NFL, and the sport of football itself. I can name you most of the players in every team, and to which college each attended. Also, I can give you stats from 2011 from several players. This gives me a huge advantage when I play with my friends. The starting of fantasy football was controversial since it involved a form of gambling, but now days, “the average fantasy footballer spends $100 a year on league fees.” (Mellon). Mike Tierney experienced the ugly side of it when the newspaper where he worked “alerted him to a story on possible gambling in the Police Department.” (Tierney 2). Mike had to see his colleagues leave his

I have made so many friends through it since the same passion is shared. “We consider Fantasy sports to be the original social network.” (Green 2). This year, I am taking part of a fantasy league consisting of members of my hall floor. I won my first game against my R.A., and I was afraid of being kicked out of the hall. After researching about the origins of fantasy football, I learned one thing, and that is that the beginnings of fantasy football were raw, but the potential was clear. All these people that claim to be the creators saw the potential that had fantasy football, but they didn’t had the audacity to start the movement. It is kind of ironic because, for me, fantasy football is all about taking risks and winning. Being a $70 billion Market today, who wouldn’t want to be the founder? At the end of the day, we are not going to ever know who is the originator since there is no clear evidence, but what we know is that we will keep playing fantasy football every year. “You play with people in your leagues and it’s the way people stay together when you move and get jobs or get married, or divorced. Things happen but the leagues remain.” (Green