Okay so a recent study was done estimating the loss of productivity in the workplace due to Fantasy Footballers is around 435 million dollars a week throughout the NFL season. Consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc cited a recent report that suggests the average fantasy football player spends 5.2 hours online each week….and what do you want to bet a huge portion of that 5.2 hours is during the workday? Working at a company that not only hosts a fantasy league but endorses the rampant smack talk, water cooler chatter and lunch time obsessions over stats, players and games, I can attest to some validity to this argument. Of course there are a group of individuals within every office though that do not understand, nay they may even loathe the fantasy season. Not participants, not fans, and just plain not interested they question the “stupid game” and wonder why the rest of us can talk of nothing else.   So I thought it was important to clarify, reiterate, or just plain justify just why we do what we do……….

Why I play fantasy football………..

 

Other valid reasons for excessive fantasy play include annoyance of significant others, mainly wives or girlfriends (or both). Some leagues have cash prizes. All that smack talking warrants some “backin’ it up” action only Fantasy can provide. It is a field on which all are equal. From the boy who played quarterback in high school, to that annoying guy in accounting that quotes every statistical play the redskins ever made….finally we have found a fortress where jock and nerd, male and female are equal! So those of you who hate fantasy football I apologize for you are in for a long season! 

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