Every fantasy owner is a fan of the sport. With that said, every fantasy owner has their favorite teams. Now, mangers of fantasy football teams want nothing more than to see two things during a given week. They want to see their fantasy team dominate, and they want to see their favorite teams come out with a win. Sounds simple enough right?
Well sometimes you can't always get what you want. Sometimes you find yourself needing to either root against your starting fantasy roster, or rooting against your favorite team. It only makes that decision harder when it's a major player on your roster going up against your favorite team.
This internal struggle isn't even something that you can control. You sit around watching the game hoping that by some statistical miracle you can get the best of both worlds. You hope your fantasy QB throws for 300 yards and 2 touchdowns, but you hope to see that your starting teams QB throws for 350 yards and 3 scores. You pray that your fantasy wide receiver catches a deep bomb for a touchdown pass and then is held scoreless by your favorite team for the rest of the game.
The internal struggle comes down to a matter of morals. You pay money to play fantasy football so of course you want your best chance of winning, but at the same time you've been rooting for your favorite team since you were a child. The internal struggle keeps you torn all the way up until the game is over. If your favorite team wins, then you don't feel that you sold out for the love of money. However, if your fantasy player does great and your favorite team loses, you feel a sense of betrayal toward your team.
This past week I personally had this dilemma. My beloved New York Giants played against the Chicago Bears. My normal quarterback was on a bye week, and Jay Cutler of the Bears was there to fill the vacant slot. I found myself hoping for one of these statistical miracles that I mentioned above. They've happen for me in the past. Why would this game be any different? Of course, in typical Giants' fashion, they fell to the Bears on Thursday night and Cutler posted some great stats, playing a crucial role in my fantasy victory this week. Leaving me with a bittersweet taste in my mouth for the weekend.
Good job! This post is detailed, and very informative. I have been in similar situations with my fantasy, so I understand the struggle. I think you did a very good job with introducing the internal struggle, and even gave an example to help support. I guess the only complaint would be to focus on being more passionate about the topic. It will help draw more readers who haven't been fans of fantasy football. But aside from that, I personally think this is a great post, and I look further to future ones
ReplyDeleteThis post was well written and very informative. I also play fantasy football and being a Giants fan who went against the bears, I felt the struggle. Your passion for fantasy football shows with the way you wrote this blog. Not only did you make this blog informative, but you also made it dramatic and exciting by the way you used your words. An example would be the use of the word "internal struggle". I also like this blog because you did not just write about statistics, but also your experiences and how you felt. Overall, I really like your blog. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteWhat I like about this post is that it is informative enough for the readers who are fans, but also easy enough to understand for those who aren't. Your passion is evident in the way you phrase your words, and it's great because you help generate interest in the subject. I would suggest you keep going with this approach, because you managed to appeal to a person who has no interest or prior knowledge of fantasy football. Good job!
ReplyDeleteYou do a great job at showing us a deeper side of Fantasy Football. I don't think many people consider the moral conflict that comes with having a Fantasy team. As someone who has no clue about anything relating to sports, your explanation here was super helpful. However, I would suggest varying up your posts a bit so that this blog doesn't come across as a journal. Maybe you can write about particular players every once in awhile? I think that would appeal to more people, and would probably give you more to write about in general.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I have no idea what fantasy football was before reading this blog, I found your blog very inspiring for some reason. The way you talked about how you can ponder something over and over, try to make it perfect, expect the best, but get the worst is by far the most common hobby of many people in todays society. This blog gives people the ability to look past wanting everything to be perfect, such as the players of fantasy football do by picking the "best" players on their team. I really enjoyed the way you wrote your blog and your audience can tell how passionate you are about this subject. One who doesn't understand the game will probably look more into it after reading your blog because of how you were able to keep track and not confuse anyone. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good post. I personally had no idea what in the world fantasy football was until I started reading your blogs. I find this post very informative. In this blog I can actually feel your passion for fantasy football. Good job
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