I never understood what fantasy football is about or how it works. I remember friends is getting together and doing pools but could never grasp the concept. Also what makes it so fun and appealing? Im hoping this sub can help me understand. 😊👍
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Imagine a simple video game where you have to pick a roster of imaginary warriors or players (your opponent does the same), then based on a roll of the dice and the players’ stats, you figure out how many HP of damage they inflicted on the enemy / points they scored and the winner is determined. There’s no skill involved, aside from trying to optimize your roster.
There are some basic restrictions on who you can pick, a player can only be on one team in a given fantasy league (or everyone would just pick the very best in the NFL with some small variation, which is why you need to have a “draft” at the beginning), there can only be ever one QB fielded on your team, but others like wide receivers or running backs you can have multiples of. (within limits)
That’s FF in a nutshell, except the “stats” of the players depend on the skill of the real players (and how well their real-life coach is using them, and how well-supported they are by the rest of their team) and the whole NFL is the “dice.” Player gets injured (because, say, Patrick Mahomes took out his knee), benched, fails a drug test, is arrested for a DUI, or just plain plays bad for someone of their ability? That’s a bad roll of the dice.
Edit: As for what makes it fun… It’s basically low-stakes gambling with your friends or co-workers. (Over time, I ended up deciding it’s not fun, it takes a lot of effort to play well – keep close watch of what’s happening to your players and try to optimize your odds – with no guarantee that playing well will mean you’ll win. And I get too competitive and care too much, which makes the whole thing *way* too stressful. But that’s just my personality.)
And it’s a good way of getting into football if you’re not a superfan of any team. You go to a sports bar on Sunday and check your fantasy results on your phone while watching multiple games and having some beers and eating wings… (and watching the degenerate gamblers who actually bet real money on teams freak out)
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