No matter how hard I try to understand it, it just does not make sense. I’m not American so have only heard about it in tv shows
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You get a group of 10 or so friends together to create a league. Each friend runs a team. You all draft players according to a set number of positions (1QB 2RB 3WR 1DEF). When football starts you get points according to how your players perform. Every week you will be “playing” against another friend in the league. If your players get more points than your friends players, you “win”. Over the full football season you and your friends will have standings according to who has the best win-loss record.
Sometimes leagues will put money on the line. Everyone pays 50 dollars and the winner and runner up gets a percentage of the pot. It doesnt have to involve money, it can just be for fun.
People enjoy it cause it gives them a way to gamify all the sports knowledge and sports-watching they do during the season. Its for fun, bragging rights, helps old friends stay in touch, and keeps the games interesting when they are otherwise uninvested in the outcome.
Most Americans have one “hometown” team they root for, but fantasy football gives them some sort of incentive to be interested in all the games being played. You can make it about money, but primarily its just something for fun with minor financial rewards at stake.
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