How to Fantasy Football: What is fantasy football?
by Zac Schmelzle
I have been a part of fantasy football for only a small three years, but it has become quite the holiday for my friends, family, and I. Every football season is one to celebrate, but the sport of fantasy football has made it more interactive than betting. What fantasy football is may be a tough concept for newcomers due to all the separate parts involved, but this blog is meant to be an introduction to the sport, how it works, and how to be good at it.
Fantasy football is a game where you are able to set up a draft and select your favorite players, where their individual stats every week determine your own team's success that week. Their stats determine their score, this means players give your team points for things like passing, receiving, and rushing yards, as well as scoring touchdowns. Even defenses give your team points for points allowed, interceptions, and sacks.
Fantasy has many different kinds of league formats, but the ones used mainly are standard scoring and Points per Reception (PPR) scoring. The names are self-explanatory, as standard scoring leagues use standard scoring stats (listed in the previous paragraph), and PPR scoring includes points per reception by receivers, running backs, and tight ends.
The person who creates the league and makes the rules is called the league commissioner, and they have control over every aspect of the league. This includes monitoring trades, editing the volume of scoring, and setting the schedule for regular season and playoffs.
Now that the basics and, quite frankly, the boring parts of fantasy football have been laid out, we will start to go over the fun and interactive parts of the game.
I have been a part of fantasy football for only a small three years, but it has become quite the holiday for my friends, family, and I. Every football season is one to celebrate, but the sport of fantasy football has made it more interactive than betting. What fantasy football is may be a tough concept for newcomers due to all the separate parts involved, but this blog is meant to be an introduction to the sport, how it works, and how to be good at it.
Fantasy football is a game where you are able to set up a draft and select your favorite players, where their individual stats every week determine your own team's success that week. Their stats determine their score, this means players give your team points for things like passing, receiving, and rushing yards, as well as scoring touchdowns. Even defenses give your team points for points allowed, interceptions, and sacks.
Fantasy has many different kinds of league formats, but the ones used mainly are standard scoring and Points per Reception (PPR) scoring. The names are self-explanatory, as standard scoring leagues use standard scoring stats (listed in the previous paragraph), and PPR scoring includes points per reception by receivers, running backs, and tight ends.
The person who creates the league and makes the rules is called the league commissioner, and they have control over every aspect of the league. This includes monitoring trades, editing the volume of scoring, and setting the schedule for regular season and playoffs.
by Zac Schmelzle
Now that the basics and, quite frankly, the boring parts of fantasy football have been laid out, we will start to go over the fun and interactive parts of the game.
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