Rick James
Footballguy
This is an interesting article by Chuck Klosterman via Grantland.
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Does this article resonate with anyone here? I think he has some great points about how fantasy football has changed the way we think about players and the game in general. It sure hits home with me.
flashback 15 years ago: my dad and I would go to my granddad's house and watch whatever game was on FOX/CBS. Then he got a satellite dish and we were flipping all over the place. Mostly just checking on if their bets covered. But still, the focus was watching football games, and it was really relaxing. Yeah they'd get pissed if their bet got screwed on a backdoor cover, but really we just sat around all Sunday watching games.
back to the present: my granddad is in Florida now, so we all go to my dad's house and turn on the RedZone. It's all RedZone channel, all the time...except when the Falcons are on, and we'll set that as our priority, but we're still flipping. And while we're watching it, it's not passive or relaxing. People get super excited or angry when their players do/don't score. And it's like that for the 1:00 games all the way through the end of the 4:00 games. It's a huge drain.
Link to Article
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Does this article resonate with anyone here? I think he has some great points about how fantasy football has changed the way we think about players and the game in general. It sure hits home with me.
flashback 15 years ago: my dad and I would go to my granddad's house and watch whatever game was on FOX/CBS. Then he got a satellite dish and we were flipping all over the place. Mostly just checking on if their bets covered. But still, the focus was watching football games, and it was really relaxing. Yeah they'd get pissed if their bet got screwed on a backdoor cover, but really we just sat around all Sunday watching games.
back to the present: my granddad is in Florida now, so we all go to my dad's house and turn on the RedZone. It's all RedZone channel, all the time...except when the Falcons are on, and we'll set that as our priority, but we're still flipping. And while we're watching it, it's not passive or relaxing. People get super excited or angry when their players do/don't score. And it's like that for the 1:00 games all the way through the end of the 4:00 games. It's a huge drain.