Shark Pool Demographics - How Old Are You? (1 Viewer)

[Joe Bryant]

I did this in the FFA too. It's ok if you voted there already. Vote here too if you're here. 

GM had me thinking about the age of our folks. Thought I’d to do a quick poll to see some things. First one is age. 

Let’s hear it. 

 

[bostonfred]

Please change categories from 31-40, 41-50, 51-60... to 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc 

It was depressing picking "I'm basically 50" instead of "I'm in my 40s".

 

[NeverEnough]

Lots of old farts here lol

 

[Streetduck]

What do you mean? I only see one over 60. 

 

[steelers1080]

Interesting and unexpected. Not sure why I thought there was more young people here.

 

[ShamrockPride]

Interesting and unexpected. Not sure why I thought there was more young people here.

Go into the FFA and you'll quickly find a pervasive anti-millennial attitude.

 

[Zyphros]

OH GOD!!!!! I'M A MINORITY!!!!

 

[TheDirtyWord]

13.1% (as of this writing) is 30 or under.  Strange thing is, when I first joined - I would have fit in this demographic and I would not have thought I was one of the younger people on the board.

 

[socrates]

Please enlarge the text 

 

[Interseptopus]

Wow... thought the majority was <30s. Surprised, and that's probably not a good thing...

 

[Interseptopus]

13.1% (as of this writing) is 30 or under.  Strange thing is, when I first joined - I would have fit in this demographic and I would not have thought I was one of the younger people on the board.

Me too. We are all the same people, just been here since the very beginning of FBGs, so now we've all aged and stayed with it. 

 

[Jello_Biafra]

A former poster here joined a league I started 10 years ago. He quit 5 yrs ago saying he was just getting too old to keep up. He was 83.

 

[Slapdash]

13.1% (as of this writing) is 30 or under.  Strange thing is, when I first joined - I would have fit in this demographic and I would not have thought I was one of the younger people on the board.

When I first joined I was 13

 

[The Gator]

OH GOD!!!!! I'M A MINORITY!!!!

THEN GET OUT

 

[BigTex]

Lots of old farts here lol

How dare you call me Lots!

Tex

 

[NeverEnough]

OH GOD!!!!! I'M A MINORITY!!!!

Build a wall!

 

[Snorkelson]

A former poster here joined a league I started 10 years ago. He quit 5 yrs ago saying he was just getting too old to keep up. He was 83.

I’m in a long time league where I drafted a guys team for him every year because he was in a nursing home. When he passed away I got  to actually play in the league. It’s actually called a “rotisserie” football league and everything is still done by hand, you have to stop in to the bar the commish worked at and pick up your weekly newsletter. 

 

[Spike]

I think the numbers would be quite different if this was mid-September instead of mid-June. 

 

[Silver & Black]

Turn 50 this year

 

[LawFitz]

I think Millenials perhaps don't use message boards as much as Gen Xers and Boomers. My research into fantasy trends overall shows tremendous growth of fantasy participation among US teens over the last 5 yrs (20% of US teens played fantasy in 2013 vs. 34% in 2017, according to Ipsos/FSTA research). Other age groups also show participation growth over time, though not as dramatically. 60 MM total fantasy sports players in N. America last year vs 42 MM in 2012.

Maybe the kids are more into Twitter and Facebook feeds than traditional message boards. Or maybe FBG needs to find a way to market to the young'ins better. This poll says something. Not sure exactly what though.

 

[Zyphros]

I think Millenials perhaps don't use message boards as much as Gen Xers and Boomers. My research into fantasy trends overall shows tremendous growth of fantasy participation among US teens over the last 5 yrs (20% of US teens played fantasy in 2013 vs. 34% in 2017, according to Ipsos/FSTA research). Other age groups also show participation growth over time, though not as dramatically. 60 MM total fantasy sports players in N. America last year vs 42 MM in 2012.

Maybe the kids are more into Twitter and Facebook feeds than traditional message boards. Or maybe FBG needs to find a way to market to the young'ins better. This poll says something. Not sure exactly what though.

I've been on this board since I was about 21 so idk exactly.  I consider the board more of a place to put my thoughts down and see how they fare among the fantasy community to get feedback.  I guess that could be done on Twitter or something else but that audience wouldn't be as focused to fantasy, or at least deep roster fantasy.  If you're not posting though and just reading, I can see how the board would be a boring aspect.  

 

[Tau837]

Were posts deleted from this thread? My post is missing.

 

[BoltNlava]

Were posts deleted from this thread? My post is missing.

I think you just thought you posted here. Happens to me a lot. 

I think..?

 

[Tau837]

I think you just thought you posted here. Happens to me a lot. 

I think..?

You're right