There are many fun aspects of fantasy football that draw people towards the game. The first and arguably the most important reason is that it is free to sign up, as well as being easy to set up with your friends. All you need an email address, several friends and your fantasy league is born. There are also three key aspects to the game that will help make your experience more enjoyable as well as the equation to winning a league championship.
The first signature attribute of fantasy is the live draft which is one of my favorite things about fantasy football. Every draft night, you get together with friends and have a hangout centered around the live draft of your fantasy football league. It is also where every person (usually) feels good about their virtual football team as the draft happens before the actual games are played meaning that a lot of times in fantasy football, many different teams make the playoffs. The draft is only the icing on the cake in terms of managing a fantasy football team. Fantasy football experts often have said that fantasy football is a three-part game with three equal parts. The draft is one-third of the game, the waiver wire is the second part, and simply luck is the final aspect of the game. Drafting is important, but it hardly sinks your season as long as you stay on top of managing your fantasy team.
The second part of that three-step equation to fantasy football is the waiver wire, my favorite aspect of managing a fantasy team. It is the center driving force of playing the game of fantasy football as it is general managers trying to improve their teams each week whether through opportunity share or to injury/suspension towards another player. Do not ignore this aspect of the equation! I have seen players that have had excellent drafts but didn’t make enough moves on the waiver wire resulting in them missing the playoffs despite having a good team at the beginning. Managing a fantasy team is sort of like running a business, changes are going to happen and how to adjust to those changes on the waiver wire will help you get to the fantasy playoffs.
The last thing is that luck plays a huge role as well into winning a fantasy championship. The first two key aspects of the equation will get a team into the playoffs, but winning one requires a little luck. There is an old adage and it is “sometimes it is better to be lucky than good,” and that saying applies directly here. Get to the playoffs and hopefully some good luck is on your side.
Fantasy football is one of the most fun things to do whenever you need some down time either from school or work. The nuances of the game are what make it so fun for people to play and learning the basics of fantasy are what go a long way towards having fun which is of course is the most important part of playing.
