When it comes around to the fall season, everyone is excited for the big game: Football. But recently, not everyone is watching just their television screen, but their computer screens, too.
Fantasy football has fans taking in other teams to consider their players. In other words, the fans don’t have to choose players from one team to play with. Instead, they get to take players from every position from any team in the National Football League. This power allows fans to get an inside look on what it is like “behind the scenes”. When they manage their team, they get to draft, trade, add and drop players, and change their rosters. Basically, the owners get complete control over every aspect of a team.
“Before I ever did fantasy football… I didn’t care about other teams,” says teacher and former football coach Mark Filiaggi.
This online phenomenon has players being unbiased towards their home teams or any team they are a fan of.
“Fantasy football has me watching all the games on Sunday…” stated Filiaggi.
This season, there were many players picked at the beginning of the draft who were expected to have a good season. But, these same players are not living up to those expectations.
“A lot (players) that got picked first didn’t turn out well…” says Filiaggi.
Ray Rice and Doug Martin were a few that were top picks soon to be dropped because they were not doing as well. A top pick that has done well and has many people after is Adrian Peterson. Many running backs are the first to go because it is hard to find one that can help you receive points. To be a top running back on Fantasy Football, they must make touchdowns and be in the 100s for rushing yards by the end of the game.
Most drafts are known as a snake draft. So, everyone in the league gets a random number. Whoever is chosen as number one picks first. Each person is assigned a number between one and 12. Once everyone has chosen their first player, the 12 person chooses first and and the person assign number one chooses last. This system repeats until each team has 10 to 12 players.
A team’s performance determines how successful an owner is in their league. If a player gets a rushing touchdown, they earn the person six points. For a passing touchdown, it is four points. For every 10 rushing yards a player receives, the owner of the team gains one point. For every 25 passing yards, the person gets a point. Then, field goals earn three points.
Most people don’t know much about Fantasy Football, but to the people that play, it is very important to them. These leagues get very competitive and the people who play don’t like losing. Some team owners have even been threatening the players in real life. When prizes are the result of having a good team, fantasy football team owners don’t want anyone to step in their way.