We need an intervention....it's probably too late, the ship has sailed, but can people in dynasty leagues please stop referring to owning "shares" of players? "I picked up a few shares of [insert player]", "I sold a couple of shares the other day", "I got my first share of [insert player]". I just cringe every time I hear or see this, and it's become very often.
I know we like to buy low and sell high and some people even refer to having a dynasty "portfolio" (LOL - you're in too many leagues) and having too much "exposure" to certain players, necessitating the selling of some shares (again, maybe cut down your leagues), but doesn't this sound ridiculous to anyone else? You aren't actually playing the stock market here. Maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy (get off my lawn!).
At first I didn't mind - sure, it sounded a bit silly, but whatever. I heard one or two people do this. Now EVERYONE does it to the point where it seems to be the accepted way to discuss players in a dynasty (or even redraft I suppose) context - not even just fantasy analysts, but ordinary joes on Twitter are talking about owning shares of players.
Does this get on anyone else's nerves?
I know we like to buy low and sell high and some people even refer to having a dynasty "portfolio" (LOL - you're in too many leagues) and having too much "exposure" to certain players, necessitating the selling of some shares (again, maybe cut down your leagues), but doesn't this sound ridiculous to anyone else? You aren't actually playing the stock market here. Maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy (get off my lawn!).
At first I didn't mind - sure, it sounded a bit silly, but whatever. I heard one or two people do this. Now EVERYONE does it to the point where it seems to be the accepted way to discuss players in a dynasty (or even redraft I suppose) context - not even just fantasy analysts, but ordinary joes on Twitter are talking about owning shares of players.
Does this get on anyone else's nerves?
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