The Season Pass

    Recently I found myself in a conversation about fantasy sports in which a friend compared them to Dungeons and Dragons.
    “Fantasy sports are like Dungeons and Dragons for jocks,” he said.
    Maybe that is true.
    Fantasy sports certainly appeal to jock-type people, such as myself, and I will admit that they have a certain nerdiness to them, but I will always defend the amount of time I put into them.
    Fantasy sports have become immensely popular. A 2006 article on CNN.com entitled “Fantasy football… real money” stated, “there are currently between 15 million and 18 million fantasy sports players in the U.S.”
    The article also said, in the three years leading up to 2006, that number had increased by seven to ten percent each year.
    That is incredible but not that surprising.
    People can now play fantasy sports in almost any sport, either professional or collegiate, and they can manage their teams online through Web sites such as CBSsportsline.com, ESPN.com and Yahoosports.com.
    I am no stranger to fantasy sports. I have played fantasy baseball for the past six years, football for the past four and have also dabbled in fantasy basketball, golf and most recently auto racing.
    If you are an avid sports fan, I suggest at least giving fantasy a chance, you will be amazed how much it will draw you into that specific sport.
    I know I have found myself cheering, at times, for players Inever would have expected to just because they are on my fantasy team.
    Maybe fantasy sports are just a competitive outlet for us “has been” athletes, but I will defend them for the rest of my life.
    Long live sport, and long live fantasy sports.

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