Just recently I had the annual NBA fantasy basketball league draft with a bunch of friends at my school. For those who don't know, fantasy sports have become very popular in the last decade and are played today by people worldwide. Fantasy sports can be played in pretty much every sport from football to basketball and even soccer. Fantasy sports is a game where you join a fantasy sport league for whatever sport you're playing and then you have a draft where you pick a team of players to play on your team. Then throughout the sports season you get points towards your games based on how well your player performs. For example in an NBA fantasy draft you have all the people participating and each person gets a pick one after another until all the roster spots are full on your team. When drafting a team you want to make sure you get a good amount of players at each position. After you have your team chosen you then proceed to play games against other people in the league. For basketball, the games work by having one full week of the NBA regular season as one game in fantasy. Each night of that week you set your lineup of players that are playing that night and based on how they do, you get a certain number of points that go towards your total for the week. After the week is up, whoever has more points gets the win for that game. Although this is not the same with all sports, the essentials are the same.
Now that I've explained a little bit more about fantasy sports I want to talk about why you should play them. First and foremost, fantasy sports are addicting. If you're into one sport a lot and you join a fantasy league for that sport you'll be hooked instantly. The thing that makes these games so addicting is the fact that it really gets you involved with the sport and makes it more interesting to follow. Not only are you cheering for your favorite team, but your also hoping and praying that your star player has a good game as well. The second thing that really gets me interested in fantasy is the competitiveness. In my fantasy I play against a bunch of my friends and I would definitely recommend you do the same if you want to play fantasy sports. Playing against friends is a blast because not only are you competing to win, you're also competing for bragging rights. And pride and glory. You and your friends can talk trash, trade players to try to improve your team, and just have a ton of fun throughout the entire process.
If fantasy sports is something that you have never tried before, and if it even slightly interests you, I would recommend whole heartedly going and checking it out. My only word of advice is you may become too addicted for your own good. So proceed with caution.
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