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Fantasy Football
SUBMITTED BY: Fred Godart
LAST UPDATED: December 11, 2004
If you have several million dollars just sitting around in your bank account you can buy your own football team and watch them perform each Sunday. Don't have that kind of cash on you at the present time? Well you can still enjoy the thrill of owning your own football team. How? It's called Fantasy Football.
In Fantasy Football, a group of people get together and draft a collection of football players. Each week you choose a starting lineup and play against another team. Your players are awarded points based on their performance. 1 point for every ten yards rushing, 6 points if a player in your starting lineup scores a touchdown, 3 points when your kicker makes a field goal, etc. If your starting lineup scores more than your opponent's starting lineup, you win the game and the admiration of all your fans.
I have been doing Fantasy Football with the same league for about 10 years now. We all know each other (friends, co-workers, neighbors) and get together in one room for the annual draft. I found out that Chris, my Little Brother, was as big a sports nut as I am so I invited him to be my partner in this year's team.
Chris borrowed all my magazines, studied, and made up draft wish lists. Our league chooses individual defensive players so he had to do a lot of research. Come draft day we were prepared. I even let him go solo on some picks. He did GREAT!
Anyway... its been awesome for both of us. We did an Excel spreadsheet together so we could track how many points our guys got that week and how many our opponent got so we know whether we won or not before they e-mail us the results on Tuesday nights.
On most Sundays now, Christian can be found at my house, both of us watching football. He is often parked in front of the computer checking live game stats from ESPN. It's been a whole lot of fun and full of laughs. And the best part? Our team is 10-2 - we have clinched home field throughout the playoffs. Our Sundays sure do end with a smile after a win : )
If you share a passion for sports with your Little, consider forming a Fantasy Football team together. Even better, when the next football season rolls around, form a league with other Bigs and Littles.
Related Resources
An Introduction to Fantasy Football by ESPN
Fantasy Sports University by CBSSportsline.com
