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Fantasy Sports
By Jeff Oreilly, Thu Dec 8th
A Fantasy Sport is a game where a person builds a team comprisedof individual players of a professional sport. These team"owners" compete against others based on the individualprofessional's real statistics. Simple versions of this convertstatistics into points earned by each team, then determine theoutcome. Other more complicated versions create a computer modelof the game by inputting the statistics of each player generatedby their professional sport. Examples of fantasy sports areFantasy Football, Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Hockey, etc. Fantasy Football is played by football fans who assemble a teamof real NFL players with their real statistics. These teams joina league of from 8-12 teams, then compete throughout a regularseason. Often these leagues even have playoffs at the end of theseason. A typical roster is made up of 2 quarterbacks, 3 runningbacks, 5 wide receivers, 2 tight ends, 2 placekickers, and 2defenses. Points are scored similar to real football, with extrapoints added for running or passing for many yards at a time,and points subtracted for turnovers. Fantasy Baseball has a very similar format to Fantasy Football,with players who manage baseball teams made up of real lifebaseball players. It is the earliest form of Fantasy Sports,with origins in a form called "tabletop baseball". This form ofFantasy Baseball was made up from customized baseball cards withstats from
recent seasons. Players then made up fantasy teamsfrom these cards and played imaginary baseball games againsteach other. Tabletop baseball evolved into a form calledRotisserie Leage Baseball, where stats were taken from thecurrent season and events such as injuries were counted into thegame. Methods of choosing players for a team include an auction,where players pay for which professionals they want, or around-robin draft until teams are filled.
Fantasy Hockey is similar to the other popular versions ofFantasy Sports. Players are chosen from real NHL players. Atypical Fantasy Hockey team is made up of 2 centers, 2 leftwings, 2 right wings, 4 defensemen, and 2 goalies. Two types ofleagues are Head-to-Head, where owners play one on one gameseach week, and Rotisserie, where all owners are trying to winthe most amount of points, with no weekly competition. Fantasy Sportsonline has grown into a huge business, generating over $100million in revenue. Over 30 million Americans play fantasysports. Each year the number of internet leagues and websitesgrows substantially. About the author:Jeff OReilly is an author of several books on many topics and aleader in seo and website production. Fantasy Sports
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