| Show Will your business lose money today Bryce Marlor Manor Sports Reporter Fantasy football could cost businesses across the nation million daily The fantasy football season kicks off this week and people all over the nations are closing up their fantasy drafts The average fantasy football owner spends 34 minutes each day just thinking about their team Approximately 14 million people play fantasy football according to Challenger Gray Christmas and the number is rising by the year It makes the NFL more interesting each week said student Lance Ririe because you have players from a lot of the teams and you have to pay attention to what's going on with all of them Nearly 37 million people spend an average of 50 minutes a week managing their fantasy teams at work in a study by USA Today These fantasy teams are comprised of of real-life real players tallying points based on their statistical performance during each professional game With 14 million Americans playing in fantasy football alone Challenger Gray Christmas multiplied what the can makes in ten minutes by bythe bythe bythe the number of Americans playing in leagues 14 million x totaling a loss of million daily for businesses Fantasy football leagues allow players to put together their own team of professional athletes from any team within the NFL A lot of leagues around the nation play for large amounts of cash some just play completely for fun Every Sunday I 1 take my laptop out sit in front of the TV and pay attention to how well my players are doing said Jed led Arbon and how well my opponents' opponents players are doing That is all I do on Sundays Whether it is bragging rights or a cash prize fantasy leagues attract fans that may not have been watching many of the games before Ever since I 1 was invited to join a fantasy football league by some workers co-workers 1 l actually sit down and watch NFL games said Amber DeGeorge I want to see how my team is doing and if I put the right players in that week Although most fantasy football leagues hosted by Fox Sports or Yahoo are free to play in the average fantasy team owner spends close to a year on fantasy sports Each week in fantasy football you play an opponent within your leagues league's dream team The team that scores the most points for each players player's performance will win that match Players can score points statistically for scoring touchdowns gaining yards sacking the quarterback and interceptions Fourteen weeks of regular season are played and then the playoffs begin In Inthe Inthe Inthe the end one man or woman is claimed 2008 Fantasy Football champion and has bragging rights for the entire year Will you be one of these I people costing our nations businesses million dollars a day The much- much anticipated season starts today and your workers co-workers production will start to go godown godown godown down from there |
