European here. I have heard of the concept of fantasy football, but never quite gotten what is so appealing about it, how it works (you pick players from different teams?), and why grown (wo)men are willing to dedicate hours of their life to it. Please explain :).
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For me it’s not so much the game/work of fantasy football that is enjoyable, it’s the external factors that come with it.
Our league has an annual in person draft day, so once a year all 12 of us who are friends get together… no wives, no kids, no responsibility and just act like a bunch of frat boys for the day. We bbq, we drink, we talk shit, play silly games and have a ton of laughs and it’s an all day affair from sun up to sun down.
While many of the fellas in this group I see and talk to fairly regularly, the other half I do not get to see nearly as often so this is a great excuse for all of us to get together for the day and hang out like we use. Then we have an ongoing group chat for the league that is very active during football season.
Fantasy football is just an interactive form of gambling. It’s the comradery of the group of friends that keeps me coming back year after year. The prize money is nice too.
Also having certain players makes you more invested in watching certain teams. Sundays in the US from September- February are dominated by the NFL… It’s been a remarkably effective marketing tool for the NFL to bring in more fans and become the juggernaut it is. You have coworkers, soccer moms, friends that know little to nothing about football all participating and joining leagues… some are just no stakes for fun leagues, others have buy-ins and prize money for the champ/runner up. Personally I have lost interest in doing the work to manage multiple teams, it’s just my 1 main league that I stay involved in. But I know plenty of people that have 3,4,5+ teams.
American’s love our football.
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