Build A Better Team…On Paper
One of my readers was wondering what “Fantasy Football” was. In a nutshell, you pick players for your team that consist of real NFL players. You can choose anyone you want regardless of team. Then, you use their stats to determine how your “team” collectively does. There is more to it then that, but that is how I would explain it at the basic level. WaiverWire right now has a Stimulus Package if you are a fantasy football coach or manager, or aspire to be. With the service, you can go online and pick the brains of the experts, as well as receive news and stats on individual players right in one place. Old fashioned people, who would be more like me, probably would rely on the little columns in the newspaper, but for you, this provides a whole efficient world.
To some, this is Dungeons and Dragons for jocks. Not really, as it is not about the luck of the draw, but in choosing the right players and trading them and changing your roster efficiently. It involves constant strategy. Does it prepare someone for running a real team? I am not entirely sure. Just like there are not too many openings for Wizards in the workplace, it is really a very small and elite group of people who move into the position of trading and recruiting real players.
If you have always been curious, the regularly $19.99 stimulus package is free for the 2009 season. There is an upgraded package that can be had for $9.99 more that includes real time email news alerts and a few additional features. I suppose it depends on how involved you want to get, whether you wish to check in and do all your fantasizing at a particular time during the week, or you want to adjust your team to stack up against those of your friends throughout the day.
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