Threedee":296egopk said:
I'm not sure if it's worse that people who don't play fantasy bother to badmouth it or that I sometimes get agitated that they do. Granted, I am a casual player who is in a state Air Guard league with some fellow troops, and half of us are Hawks fans, and I am pretty terrible at it. FF has zero impact on the real game and fandom thereof. It does encourage participants to watch more, and to learn more about the league than they otherwise would, though...
Ah but it causes people to learn the game the wrong way. They become misinformed stat monkies who think numbers in the box scores are more important than what happens on the field. Up until this year, the fantasy minded among us are the same people who would call Doug Baldwin pedestrian simply because his stats weren't sexy. But anyone actually watching games with an ounce of football knowledge knew better.
Old school football pools are much better for learning able the game.
But honestly, I wouldn't begrudge FF so much if people would just shut the hell up about "their team" or "owning" some dude in fantasy. STOP IT! That dude makes enough money to own YOU in real life!