The start of the NSFL season is pretty exciting for me, even though I'm not in the big leagues yet. If you haven't heard, fantasy football is a big deal nowadays. I am a huge football fan, but I haven't played fantasy football in years. The problem for me is that is that, oddly enough, fantasy football is too real. Since you're playing with real players, you're rooting for real consequences. This is a problem for me, because as odd as it may seem, I would rather watch a meaningless game (let's say a Jaguars-Titans Thursday Night game) with no particular rooting interest than be worried about how many yards Derrick Henry can pile up. It adds stress to a fun thing.
But anyway I'm not here to trash fantasy football. What I'm trying to get at is that I think the NSFL has been scratching an itch that fantasy football does for others. Something tangentially related to football that isn't related to living and dying with my beloved Jets every Sunday.
In a more general sense, starting any new season (real, fake, football or any other sport) is always exciting. It's cliche, but everyone is 0-0 and can dream of winning it all, no matter how unlikely that is in reality. On a completely unrelated note: Go Jets.
But anyway I'm not here to trash fantasy football. What I'm trying to get at is that I think the NSFL has been scratching an itch that fantasy football does for others. Something tangentially related to football that isn't related to living and dying with my beloved Jets every Sunday.
In a more general sense, starting any new season (real, fake, football or any other sport) is always exciting. It's cliche, but everyone is 0-0 and can dream of winning it all, no matter how unlikely that is in reality. On a completely unrelated note: Go Jets.