Fall’s frantic fantasy football season
The National Football League is back again, and this means many things for scores of sports fans.
For some, it means a Sunday escape from stressful weeks.
For others, it means an opportunity to live vicariously through these athletes.
But for millions more it means the return of fantasy football.
This booming industry has helped turn the NFL into the most watched spectator sport in America today, and it continues to grow.
The reasons people play fantasy football are as numerous as the reasons people watch football in general.
“It makes the experience more personal,” said senior computer science major Zack Lockhart. “You’re more involved in every game. It’s not just guys out there making money and winning games, ‘cause they are playing for you too, in a sense.”
Others believe that it creates a draw for the more casual sports fan and generates more interest in the NFL.
“It gives people who wouldn’t watch football under most circumstances a reason to keep up with league activity,” said Marvin Guelce, who is currently pursuing his master’s in business administration in health care management. “Plus the hype that follows fantasy football is like free advertising for the NFL.”
There is also the appeal of “playing general manager” for your own NFL team.
“The draw to fantasy football allows a person to create their dream team of favorite players,” said GC sports broadcaster and senior rhetoric major Chandler Lee. “Not only that, fantasy
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