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i don't get why people like bernstein slag off fantasy football. first and foremost, it compels people to actually get into the game of football and keep an eye on thrilling MIA/SD games that they'd otherwise have no cognizance of outside of sporadic score updates. yeah, it gets people into an individualistic statistical slant, but then it's incumbent on the player to figure out how those #s translate to team victories (you know, catching 1500+ yds and scoring 11 touchdowns isn't the formula for winning football, so i personally thank god we've got the last bastion of all that's right in observing football in a convenient mini-/bernstein-size there to let us know that FOOTBALL. IS. A. TEAM. GAME. and etc)
AHEM. also, did i mention it's free? yeah some people are overzealous in plunking down $10-100/league and having a chance to win a big pot, and sure that lowest common denominator visceral carrot hanging out in front of people is prone to compel them to play that much harder and not necessarily give up on a .500 team with a few weeks left, but still, "love of the game" is what has personally gotten me through ~13 years of fantasy baseball/football.... i wouldn't be into baseball at all if it wasnt for having a fantasy team in 2001 and wondering "who the hell is this vladimir guerrero guy? he hit .345/45/123 last year, he must be good"
long story short, there's prolly some sort of sanctimonious thing with bernstein like "i covered the team. these idiots have their own little fake team!" because, mainly, he sucks at fantasy sports. he prolly figured he wouldnt have to put in any effort thanks to his supreme knowledge of the game, realized there's some legwork (i.e. who knows trends of a benjarvusgreenellis) and stepped back and said "no thanks, that's for losers! i'm going to go fishing like all of the winners, cuz disturbing nature is the essence of mankind!"
so yeah, c'est la vie. i can only imagine what these professional fantasy footballers have to tell the marks at these conventions. get good players.... "ALWAYS GET TWO RBS EARLY, you can get a quarterback and wide receivers later" --- i'd retort that last year i drafted brady in the first round and made sure i had brandon marshall and dez bryant along with randall cobb, leaving me with RBs of demarco murray, reggie bush, and benjarvusgreenellis --- i stomped the league. even tho i took some high flying ~131-128 type losses in 0.5/ppr, when the playoffs came i managed to stomp the league, dropping 147 and 161 in my two playoff weeks. mwahahahahahhahahaahldakfjalsdjvasd
and finally, that's the kicker of like 99% of fantasy football leagues --- they're head to head for fuck's sake! thats why roto fantasy baseball > all other fantasy sports --- it rewards you for being the best you can be consistently throughout the whole 6 month season. in H2H fantasy sports, you can be the class of hte league and have a bad week, or even worse, for your opponent you have the guy who rides trent richardson for 47 points (a la doug martin last year) and in the end it's the crapshoot that is the playoffs.... ah well, c'est la vie.
shit, is there any equivalent of a roto football league? i'd love to try that.
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