tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19549393.post114269616287144010..comments2023-04-23T13:33:55.868-05:00Comments on The Realm of Possibility: Livin' In a FantasyDiabolical Geniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01054611487880242577noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19549393.post-1142904630717966292006-03-20T19:30:00.000-06:002006-03-20T19:30:00.000-06:00I played in an office Fantasy Football league last...I played in an office Fantasy Football league last season. I came in third, won $125. I'm not sure why I did it other than that I was sort of the new guy and I wanted to seem more like "one of the guys" than "the new guy." But I hate fantasy football.<BR/><BR/>Why?<BR/><BR/>Because I love football. Serious fantasy players - like serious sports bettors - watch games for reasons other than the game. Statistics are not football. Sure, playing football generates statistics (as does playing basketball, baseball, and other sports) but football would be a great sport if no one kept any statistics other than score. (And don't get me started on those stupid rec leagues for little kids where no one keeps score.)<BR/><BR/>Baseball is, to me, the only team sport that really lends itself to reasonable fantasy league because its the only team sport in which a lot of statistics are (for the most part) individually earned - especially batting statistics. <BR/><BR/>I don't begrudge anyone his right as an American and as a quasi-sports fan to play in fantasy leagues. But the attention paid to fantasy sports now by serious sports-covering media is, I think, regrettable. It reduces games down to specific sets of measurables. That's not what makes sports competition great or interesting (at least to some of us).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19549393.post-1142734965605556832006-03-18T20:22:00.000-06:002006-03-18T20:22:00.000-06:00Hehehe. Yes to the thought process. To the rest? T...Hehehe. <BR/><BR/>Yes to the thought process. <BR/><BR/>To the rest? Thanks for the view into a world I barely knew existed. :-)Kevin Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.com