Whether it’s football, basketball, hockey, baseball or any other sport, having a fantasy league can make watching the sport more enjoyable. Fantasy sports are fictional leagues where real people pick and draft players to perform on their teams. Depending on how the players do in their real life game, they will get the person who drafted them points and help them win.
People will compete against others that are in the league (often friends and family) to try and beat each other which will ultimately result in a championship where a winner will be crowned. For most fantasy leagues the person in last place will have to face a real life punishment.
“It makes you want to watch them more and be more interactive with the games,” junior Anthony Della said.
When playing in a fantasy league, people feel more in touch with the game and with the sport. Having an app like fantasy can make you feel like a coach and feel like you are also competing with others. Meanwhile, just watching the game has no meaning. Playing in fantasy leagues often leads to moments where the people competing in the league need just one player to break out and help them win the game and having the adrenaline watching the game and seeing if they will do it really makes it enjoyable.
As someone who competes in fantasy sports yearly, it has 100% made sports more enjoyable. I have played in both football and baseball leagues and both made me watch and pay attention to the sport more. In the baseball league I won the championship and in the football league I placed second. The feeling of the pressure when playing against your friends in the championship for bragging rights is so fun. Staying up late for Monday Night Football to see if my running back can score 14 points makes a random, boring game interesting and fun.
Fantasy makes you cheer for teams and players that you thought you would never cheer for. For example, if your favorite team is playing against someone that is on your team, you could cheer for the opposing team as well. That’s the fun part about fantasy sports.
Fantasy sports make any sport more enjoyable, and if you think sports are boring, consider trying a fantasy league with your friends. It creates memories and can increase your understanding of the sport that you watch.
