They Mean What they Mean, No Mean Joe Green
In the past, I mentioned WaiverWire, the hub for your fantasy football league. I was just musing to myself the other day. Is that the correct usage of the vocabulary? Okay, I was musing. I wasn’t “musing to myself” because musing usually implies a private affair. I digress. Let’s get back on track.
Fantasy football is not truly fantasy. Yes, you can make your own team based on real players and their stats and challenge your friends or make it a test against your own instinct and wits. However, if it was truly “Fantasy” football, I could pick whomever I wanted for my team. If I wanted Doug Flutie, I’d get him. Joe Namath and “Mean Joe” Green would be two other legitimate selections. Sorry, I can’t choose anyone I can think of from any era. I could have Courtney Green or Justin Green, but no Mean Joes.
The main reason that you can’t use “anyone” has to do with not having real time stats. You can get all the stat reports at WaiverWire.com when you sign up as a member. Right now they are offering their basic plan, a Stimulus Package, free of charge, to get you in the game. I would argue that you could just use old seasons. Today, however, a different game is played. Guys just seem to be bigger these days, and they seem to be recruiting them younger and younger. (I know, I’ll pick “The Fridge.”) The game has changed, in a way. Also, if you could use former players, if you were quite the statistician in your head, you could cheat. I guess the appeal is that it is a little bit of a gamble and a risk that you see pay off or tank, rather than a matter of fancy math.
Are you a fantasy league coach, or should I say team manager? If so, how did you get into it? Does it exercise your mind, or do you find it is an all encompassing hobby?
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