What''s the point of playing in multiple leagues? (1 Viewer)

[brtdud7]

I can understand if they are small money leagues, but if you're playing in leagues where large sums of money are on the line, why play in more than 2 of them?

I say 2 because at least there you can try to get some of the same players in each league that you really like. Maybe even three leagues. But 4, 5, 6, even 10 leagues? You have to be rooting for and against players on your own and opponents teams, right?

 

[Gottabesweet]

It's double, triple, etc, etc the fun.

 

[Stealthycat]

2 years ago I had 7 league, won 5 divisions, made the playoffs in the other 2, went to 3 Super Bowls and won 1 (should have won more)

I love FF ....... I'm vested in keeper leagues too, and I'm always trading/changing my teams around.

 

[Couch Potato]

Rooting for and against players has nothing to do with it for me. I just watch and enjoy the games and don't get excited about individual players because I have enough teams with enough players that it's become sort of irrelevant.

It's competing against other FF guys in different formats. I'm in 14 leagues (will be cutting down after 2011 however by 3-4 leagues), and love spreading it out over various PPR, non-PPR, extra PPR for TE, redraft, dynasty, keeper, RB-heavy, 1-RB + lots of flex, etc.

 

[FUBAR]

Pitting your FF acumen against as many others as possible and trying different strategies.

 

[Dez]

Played in 27 leagues last year, for me I am mainly addicted to drafting once the season starts it really is a taxing experience especially doing the waiver request set up every week.

I have my long time standing local leagues I have been playing since 1990 but for the high stake leagues I just enjoy drafting different types of teams that I usually end up in a ton of leagues.

For the high stakes leagues it is more of a business then for fun. You play a bunch of teams in one of the big contests hoping 1 of them hits the $100,000 jackpot.

Certainly is taxing at times.

 

[sihaokills]

It's just very fun

 

[KCitons]

I don't know how people are able to play in multiple leagues. Even if you take out the cost and time needed, I am still a believer of only playing in one league at a time. Its kind of like having more than one March Madness Bracket. I know people that fill out a dozen bracket sheets, then brag about the one sheet that was 80% right. I want to tell these people, "you're not a basketball genius, you just have a lot more time to fill out sheets"

I only play in one league, unless I am transitioning from one league to another. This way, I have to make every transaction count.

 

[gianmarco]

Some people diversify a lot when playing in multiple leagues. But, for the most part, owners tend to have similar players across their teams. I definitely do. Overall, it's fun when your teams excel across the board.

 

[ChainsawU]

Off the top of my head I would guess money is the reason a lot of guys have many teams in different leagues.

Then again, I see guys in here who seem to know everything about every player, situation, coach, owner and water boy that it seems only natural that they are involved in multiple leagues, just because they can, because they know so much about this stuff.

I'm just a simple guy though. I play in one dynasty league that I stay involved in and take too seriously at times. There 'is no off-season' in dynasty. I make sure to join a free (ESPN/Yahoo/Etc..) league every year to get the drafting fix that redraft offers. Participating redraft also helps me keep up with players around the league I might have overlooked in dynasty.

On Sundays I root for my dynasty guys. I see FF as a supplement to enjoying the NFL games. I would go crazy trying to figure out who I had to root for one day vs. the next, and so on..

 

[cheatsheetwarroom]

I can understand if they are small money leagues, but if you're playing in leagues where large sums of money are on the line, why play in more than 2 of them? I say 2 because at least there you can try to get some of the same players in each league that you really like. Maybe even three leagues. But 4, 5, 6, even 10 leagues? You have to be rooting for and against players on your own and opponents teams, right?

I'm with you. What I don't understand is how anyone with a full-time job has the time to manage more than 2 leagues. A few years ago I was in 3 leagues at the same time and it was just too much. I was getting scoring rules between leagues mixed up, getting waiver-wire processing dates wrong, etc. It's overload.For myself, I've found that being in 2 leagues is perfect. Each has roughly a $150 entry fee and that is enough to keep me interested for the entire fantasy season. The good thing about 2 leagues is that if you completely tank in one league you can usually salvage the other. Being in one league and sucking ### for the entire season would be devastating.

 

[mrip541]

FF is part luck. Playing in more league spreads out the bad luck. Think diversifying your portfolio. You're going to read all the news and look at all the stats anyway. Adding a couple more leagues really doesn't take much more effort.

 

[B Maverick]

I'm in two, a dynasty and a keeper league. Both are long standing leagues. The dynasty is free and the keeper has an entry fee.

Basically I use the dynasty to monitor players, gauge value and get a differing opinion on players and use that to try and win my money league. 30 man rosters in my dynasty force you to know more of the lesser known players and backups. Also it's more year round for my dynasty so it keeps me on top of players and movement.

If I did expand to a 3rd league it would have to be a redraft and I would do it for the draft and probably only a one off year. 2 is enough for me

 

[coolnerd]

It is about variety for me. I like more than one format and don't think any one (PPR,IDP, 2QB, auction, standrard,etc) is the ultimate format. They have diffrent challenges which I enjoy. In terms of time, post draft, I find that an additional league does not add more 10-20 minutesa week during the season and have time and money budgeted.

 

[sihaokills]

It is about variety for me. I like more than one format and don't think any one (PPR,IDP, 2QB, auction, standrard,etc) is the ultimate format. They have diffrent challenges which I enjoy. In terms of time, post draft, I find that an additional league does not add more 10-20 minutesa week during the season and have time and money budgeted.

I have similar opinions

 

[brtdud7]

FF is part luck. Playing in more league spreads out the bad luck. Think diversifying your portfolio. You're going to read all the news and look at all the stats anyway. Adding a couple more leagues really doesn't take much more effort.

My OP wasn't about the time needed to run a league. It's quite easy to run a league. The point was about having so many teams that you can't even root for anyone because it's just bound to happen that you will have to be rooting for and against so many differing players that it's almost useless.

 

[100]

When drafting a wide variety of players amongst multiple leagues, not of them will be as effective. The only time I think this would bother me if is someone drafted a near duplicate of my own team. I don't think that will ever happen. Let's say you have a cheering value hierarchy: said player plays on your RL team, player is exciting to watch, player is a decent human being, player was drafted in previous years, player is on multiple FF teams, player on my most winningest team, etc. You can look at the chart and calculate which players a cheerworthy week to week.

Pitting your FF acumen against as many others as possible and trying different strategies.

Seconded this reasoning plus the feeling of whooping 110 people instead of only 11 is $

 

[FUBAR]

FF is part luck. Playing in more league spreads out the bad luck. Think diversifying your portfolio. You're going to read all the news and look at all the stats anyway. Adding a couple more leagues really doesn't take much more effort.

My OP wasn't about the time needed to run a league. It's quite easy to run a league. The point was about having so many teams that you can't even root for anyone because it's just bound to happen that you will have to be rooting for and against so many differing players that it's almost useless.

I have 3 dynasty teams now and it's the right amount for me, but I had 10 at one point. I didn't cheer for the players on my FF team, I just cheered for my NFL team. The multiple leagues made it easier to have most players wanted on at least one team.

 

[anakin]

What's the point of eating more than one type of meal? As others have said, variety. I will play in 8 leagues and played in 13 last year which was too much for me: five dynasty leagues, two keeper leagues, and one re-draft. Other than variety is competition, as I enjoy playing against other people in the industry that write for or run sites. Playing fantasy football needs to be fun and not a grind. 13 teams for me was a grind so I cut down. There are so many kinds of leagues: re-draft, keeper, dynasty, limited IDP, PPR, full IDP, auction, salary cap, IDP only, etc. If I would have only stayed in one league, I wouldn't have gotten to see what other kind of scoring I liked or met different people who enjoy it as much as me.

I keep a whiteboard in my mancave that lists when every waiver wire runs so that is how I manage those leagues. I do have a few players in most of the leagues. I have a friend who did over 60 leagues last year; he is retired and can't get enough. Too much for me, but it makes him happy.

Give me variety and competition.

 

[by_the_sea_wannabe]

it is fun. why do we do anything.

 

[Eastwood]

1. Its 14 times the fun (I play in 14 dynasty leagues)

2. Increase your odds of winning $$$

3. The larger pool of players you own in all your leagues the more likely you are to watch EVERY NFL team, which just increases your love for the game

4. More trades!

 

[Sinrman]

Rooting for and against players has nothing to do with it for me. I just watch and enjoy the games and don't get excited about individual players because I have enough teams with enough players that it's become sort of irrelevant.It's competing against other FF guys in different formats. I'm in 14 leagues (will be cutting down after 2011 however by 3-4 leagues), and love spreading it out over various PPR, non-PPR, extra PPR for TE, redraft, dynasty, keeper, RB-heavy, 1-RB + lots of flex, etc.

 

[Detroit Revival]

Played in 27 leagues last year, for me I am mainly addicted to drafting once the season starts it really is a taxing experience especially doing the waiver request set up every week.

I have my long time standing local leagues I have been playing since 1990 but for the high stake leagues I just enjoy drafting different types of teams that I usually end up in a ton of leagues.

For the high stakes leagues it is more of a business then for fun. You play a bunch of teams in one of the big contests hoping 1 of them hits the $100,000 jackpot.

Certainly is taxing at times.

This is it for me too. Although I try to really limit myself. I'll play and draft in 4 leagues in the year. I have a local 14 teamer that I set up and we have a live draft which is tons of fun. I have a 2QB league, a non-ppr, and a ppr keeper league that I'm a part of too. I love drafting and using different strategies for each of the different league types. If I could just draft and let someone else manage I'd do it in a heartbeat. I just couldn't keep up with 27 leagues and it wouldn't be fair to the other owners. 4 leauges is the max for me that I can put forward an honest effort and be competitive.

 

[No Way Jose]

FF is part luck. Playing in more league spreads out the bad luck. Think diversifying your portfolio. You're going to read all the news and look at all the stats anyway. Adding a couple more leagues really doesn't take much more effort.

My OP wasn't about the time needed to run a league. It's quite easy to run a league. The point was about having so many teams that you can't even root for anyone because it's just bound to happen that you will have to be rooting for and against so many differing players that it's almost useless.

One thing you seem to have overlooked is that rooting for a player has no bearing on his outcome. There was a thread earlier about being burnt out because he stressed out so much about every yard and point scored. If you run multiple leagues than that extra 2 points might help you or it might hurt you, so no need to stress about it. And as far as my wife knows, I only play in 5 leagues.

 

[KellysHeroes]

I play in lots of leagues because its fun and you usually make friends with the people after a couple of years.

 

[identikit]

Different formats, different rules, different strategies, different owners.

 

[Donsmith753]

I can understand if they are small money leagues, but if you're playing in leagues where large sums of money are on the line, why play in more than 2 of them? I say 2 because at least there you can try to get some of the same players in each league that you really like. Maybe even three leagues. But 4, 5, 6, even 10 leagues? You have to be rooting for and against players on your own and opponents teams, right?

If you can win money once, that's good. If you can do it 10 times that's better.

 

[mjr]

For me the thrill is when I see all of my homework pay off: seeing "your guy" boom after you read over scouting reports, combed over combine numbers, watched interviews of players, kept up on player news and made the decision to draft particular guys... So, yeah, it most definitely is about rooting for the player for me, which is why I only play in 2 dynasty leagues. Even then, I'm only in 2 leagues because I wanted the challenge of buying a last place team to see if I could turn it around.

 

[comfortably numb]

It is about variety for me. I like more than one format and don't think any one (PPR,IDP, 2QB, auction, standrard,etc) is the ultimate format. They have diffrent challenges which I enjoy. In terms of time, post draft, I find that an additional league does not add more 10-20 minutesa week during the season and have time and money budgeted.

I have similar opinions

I'm actually the opposite.I have 4 16 team dynasty leagues but the formats are identical.Some of the 4 leagues have similar owners, there are probably 5-10 people that when we talk trades we have to ask, "wait, what league"This allows me to:-Take care of WW the same exact time/dateThe same players are generally available on the WW, so it's not like I am picking up super deep potential sleeper Ryan Mallet in 1 league and having to pick up Crabtree in another league. I can usually scour all 4 leagues in about 5-10 min.-Know my rules, and not get confused with values, deadlines etc...-have a chance at getting any player I like. I have played in just 1 league early on in FF, and it was kinda annoying knowing you had to severally OVERPAY to get a pretty good guy because the homer who drafted him was going to keep him for life.-4 may even be 1 too many leagues, but what some people say about not knowing who to root for cause of conflict of interest in players, is actually what allows me to not get burnt out on FF. When I only had 1 team, I would live and die by the results, get really frustrated and ruin my Sundays. This way with 4 teams, and large rosters, I actually try to go out on Sundays and do stuff, and when I get home later on, I will check in on my games, determine what is close, then if I have time to watch the Sun/Mon games I will root for what I need to win.-even though they are all identical leagues, usually 1 team is in transition at some point, allowing me to rebuild and have different philosophies/strategies. So 1 league I may have 5 2012 1st, another I man have a older(ish) roster going all in for this season.In summary, to me the point of multiple league is, it's fun, and 4 is a good number for me to allow me to enjoy the hobby that best fits me. 1 may be good for someone, 7 different leagues may be good for another.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

variety is the spice of life.

 

[jeter23]

Why invest in more than one stock?

Why play more than one game at the casino?

Kind of the same thing, IMO.

 

[comfortably numb]

Why invest in more than one stock?Why play more than one game at the casino?Kind of the same thing, IMO.

I play in several but anyone asking the question of why would you play in more then 1 league is coming mainly from the point of rooting interest in same players IMO.i.e.Whats the point of rooting for AP, when he is hurting you in another league.So it would be like saying 10 years ago,why invest in VCR's and DVD players.Playing different games at a casino will not cancel each other out while you are playing them.

 

[jeter23]

Why invest in more than one stock?Why play more than one game at the casino?Kind of the same thing, IMO.

I play in several but anyone asking the question of why would you play in more then 1 league is coming mainly from the point of rooting interest in same players IMO.i.e.Whats the point of rooting for AP, when he is hurting you in another league.So it would be like saying 10 years ago,why invest in VCR's and DVD players.Playing different games at a casino will not cancel each other out while you are playing them.

Fair point. I guess I agree with Couch Potato's earlier post saying he does not necessarily root for or against specific players. FF is really about the moves leading up to Sunday, the waivers/trades/lineup decisions. On gameday, you just sit back and hope your moves were the right ones.

 

[by_the_sea_wannabe]

Why invest in more than one stock?Why play more than one game at the casino?Kind of the same thing, IMO.

I play in several but anyone asking the question of why would you play in more then 1 league is coming mainly from the point of rooting interest in same players IMO.i.e.Whats the point of rooting for AP, when he is hurting you in another league.So it would be like saying 10 years ago,why invest in VCR's and DVD players.Playing different games at a casino will not cancel each other out while you are playing them.

Fair point. I guess I agree with Couch Potato's earlier post saying he does not necessarily root for or against specific players. FF is really about the moves leading up to Sunday, the waivers/trades/lineup decisions. On gameday, you just sit back and hope your moves were the right ones.

Sunday after lineups are set is about enjoying the game that got us into FF

 

[comfortably numb]

Why invest in more than one stock?Why play more than one game at the casino?Kind of the same thing, IMO.

I play in several but anyone asking the question of why would you play in more then 1 league is coming mainly from the point of rooting interest in same players IMO.i.e.Whats the point of rooting for AP, when he is hurting you in another league.So it would be like saying 10 years ago,why invest in VCR's and DVD players.Playing different games at a casino will not cancel each other out while you are playing them.

Fair point. I guess I agree with Couch Potato's earlier post saying he does not necessarily root for or against specific players. FF is really about the moves leading up to Sunday, the waivers/trades/lineup decisions. On gameday, you just sit back and hope your moves were the right ones.

Yea, exactly. I kinda think Sunday's are probably maybe the 4th best thing of FF for me?With trade talks/drafts/lineup decisions coming ahead

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

I play in a bunch of leagues (all dynasty PPR) because about 90% of the effort goes into the first one. Extra leagues let me leverage that work for more fun and (hopefully) more gain.

The other big benefit is diversification. Not among my teams (my rosters are shockingly similar), but among the teams I play week to week. In a H2H format the difference between making the playoff or not, or winning a title or not can come down to getting really unlucky in terms of who you play in a given week or two. Playing lots of leagues nets all that luck out in a single year instead of over a decade.

 

[brtdud7]

Why invest in more than one stock?Why play more than one game at the casino?Kind of the same thing, IMO.

But when you invest in stocks, hoping that one stock does well doesn't mean your other one will do bad. And casino games, I don't even understand that. I understand that joining loads of leagues will "diversify" yourself in a way, since you can win money over 5/10 leagues rather than hoping for just one, but again, my main point is that, especially in so many leagues, you'll find yourself rooting for some players in certain leagues and others in your other leagues

 

[mrip541]

FF is part luck. Playing in more league spreads out the bad luck. Think diversifying your portfolio. You're going to read all the news and look at all the stats anyway. Adding a couple more leagues really doesn't take much more effort.

My OP wasn't about the time needed to run a league. It's quite easy to run a league. The point was about having so many teams that you can't even root for anyone because it's just bound to happen that you will have to be rooting for and against so many differing players that it's almost useless.

Oops, Sorry. I pick a couple leagues to really care about and try not to stress out about the others. Kinda like some poker book I read that said we should focus on making good decisions instead of focusing on specific outcomes.

 

[coolnerd]

Why invest in more than one stock?Why play more than one game at the casino?Kind of the same thing, IMO.

But when you invest in stocks, hoping that one stock does well doesn't mean your other one will do bad. And casino games, I don't even understand that. I understand that joining loads of leagues will "diversify" yourself in a way, since you can win money over 5/10 leagues rather than hoping for just one, but again, my main point is that, especially in so many leagues, you'll find yourself rooting for some players in certain leagues and others in your other leagues

I think that many of us don't root for indivdidual players during games. On Sundays, I go to a sports bar concentrating mostly on the Texans and paying atention to other games here or there. I like enjoying one game without the distration counting yards and stuff. I literally care for football and don't need the fantasy aspect of it to add to the game. While I will know if someone has had a big game (highlights, that running stream of info and other televisions), I really don't look at my results league by league until the Sunday night game is on. The only time I root for a player or two directly is on Monday night when there are limited variables. Still by that time I find, the contradiction of needing a guy to get at least 8 points, but no more 14 exciting versus a drawback. It maybe easier on Monday for me because I have not been living and dying with the point totals all weekend.

 

[dynomitejd]

Played in 27 leagues last year, for me I am mainly addicted to drafting once the season starts it really is a taxing experience especially doing the waiver request set up every week.I have my long time standing local leagues I have been playing since 1990 but for the high stake leagues I just enjoy drafting different types of teams that I usually end up in a ton of leagues.For the high stakes leagues it is more of a business then for fun. You play a bunch of teams in one of the big contests hoping 1 of them hits the $100,000 jackpot.Certainly is taxing at times.

27 leagues?! That seems more like "work" than fun. I couldn't imagine trying to manage all those lineups. Honestly it wouldn't be fun for me on a level this large. I have two leagues I'm in and thats good for me, however I'm trying to get back in one league ....he monitors this board, he knows what league im talking about.

 

[Hoart Petterson]

More action, different group of friends, different league rules. Being in two leagues is ideal, imo.

 

[Dragon1952]

There was an identical thread started last year. I love football and I root for my favorite teams and players and let the chips fall where they may. It doesn't bother me at all if I have ADP and one of my opponents has ADP. It's your team records at the end of the year that count.

 

[Yellow Line is Unoffcial]

The point of playing in multiple leagues is winning multiple leagues.

 

[Game Time]

FF is part luck. Playing in more league spreads out the bad luck. Think diversifying your portfolio. You're going to read all the news and look at all the stats anyway. Adding a couple more leagues really doesn't take much more effort.

My OP wasn't about the time needed to run a league. It's quite easy to run a league. The point was about having so many teams that you can't even root for anyone because it's just bound to happen that you will have to be rooting for and against so many differing players that it's almost useless.

Oops, Sorry. I pick a couple leagues to really care about and try not to stress out about the others. Kinda like some poker book I read that said we should focus on making good decisions instead of focusing on specific outcomes.

That last part is really the part that bothers me.. AS a commish who takes my league seriously, I certainly wouldn't want you in one of my leagues.... If you don't care about some, why be in them?? That's not fair to the people in that league who may be taking it seriously.... The bottom line is to each his own.. Some like lots some don't.. I take my 2 leagues seriously and could never do more.. Hell, I got pissed last year a few times when Vick was lighting it up for me in one league only to realize he was also killing me singlehandedly in another... But do all us commish's a favor and don't be like the quote above (bolded part)..... not fair to anyone in a league!

 

[Terpman22]

the same reason you bet on more than one horse in a race

 

[fightingillini]

Let's see here

1) I love drafting. I play in leagues with auction drafts and redrafts with very different scoring systems and lineup requirements. I can't just apply the same strategy to different leagues......

2) luck gets spread around

3) Not being able to keep track of each league while watching the games allow me to just enjoy the games and not look up the stats every 10 minutes. Why do that when some big play helps me in league A, but hurts me in league D.......and so on. With 5 teams, I just look up the stats online 1 or 2 times a day.

4) you could win more money

 

[mrip541]

FF is part luck. Playing in more league spreads out the bad luck. Think diversifying your portfolio. You're going to read all the news and look at all the stats anyway. Adding a couple more leagues really doesn't take much more effort.

My OP wasn't about the time needed to run a league. It's quite easy to run a league. The point was about having so many teams that you can't even root for anyone because it's just bound to happen that you will have to be rooting for and against so many differing players that it's almost useless.

Oops, Sorry. I pick a couple leagues to really care about and try not to stress out about the others. Kinda like some poker book I read that said we should focus on making good decisions instead of focusing on specific outcomes.

That last part is really the part that bothers me.. AS a commish who takes my league seriously, I certainly wouldn't want you in one of my leagues.... If you don't care about some, why be in them?? That's not fair to the people in that league who may be taking it seriously.... The bottom line is to each his own.. Some like lots some don't.. I take my 2 leagues seriously and could never do more.. Hell, I got pissed last year a few times when Vick was lighting it up for me in one league only to realize he was also killing me singlehandedly in another... But do all us commish's a favor and don't be like the quote above (bolded part)..... not fair to anyone in a league!

I realize the word "care" is in there but I didn't mean I did not care about leagues. If you play in multiple leagues you need to not stress out about some specific outcomes or it is overwhelming and impossible to enjoy Sunday. What you should stress out about and take time to consider are the roster decisions. I think you missed the point. In your example, it's not that getting crushed by Vick doesn't suck, but it's outside of your control. But if you had the opportunity to pick up Vick and passed for whatever reason and then got crushed by him, failing to pick him up is what should be frustrating.As I said, if you focus on decisions instead of outcomes, which don't always go your way even if you've made the "correct" decisions, you can play as many leagues as you want without getting frustrated.

 

[Flying Elvis]

More leagues = more chances to win, whether that's bragging rights, money, or both. It gives me the chance to select more of the players I really like even though that may mean some matchups where I'm playing against "my guys" in another league. Otherwise, it's the Pats game as priority #1 with no concern for my guys or my opponents guys. The rest of the games are (hopefully) fun to watch and having a player in my lineup adds another wrinkle into the day. It's extremely rare that I find more than one or two players that are in my starting lineup and an opponents starting lineup in the same week (with 4-5 teams) and when it happens you just have to bank on the rest of your roster making the difference for you. Megatrons 100+ / 3TD game doesn't matter if the other 8-12 guys all choke.

FF is part luck. Playing in more league spreads out the bad luck. Think diversifying your portfolio. You're going to read all the news and look at all the stats anyway. Adding a couple more leagues really doesn't take much more effort.

I concur. For the amount of time I invest in FF each year, multiple leagues actually makes me feel like I'm getting more out of that investment. Add in the varying formats (scoring systems / bonus points / starting lineups / # of teams / etc.) and it only adds to the enjoyment b/c I have the chance to dominate across different styles.

My OP wasn't about the time needed to run a league. It's quite easy to run a league. The point was about having so many teams that you can't even root for anyone because it's just bound to happen that you will have to be rooting for and against so many differing players that it's almost useless.

The only time it bothers me is when it's a game I'll be watching, especially the Sunday/Monday night games when it's the only game on tv. Those games are a great opportunity to pull for "your guy" and that is definitely dampened if he's on some other team. Those times are when it's truly the original intent of FF for me, where you have a player or two that would make that particular game more interesting. Seriously . . . Oakland @ Denver in week one of MNF? DMC / Ford / DWill(?) on one of my squads will be the only reason I consider staying up through that presumably yawn-inducing tilt.

 

[ThePittbully]

Different formats, rules, strategies, players, etc...plus with multiple leagues instead of just one I'm more open to taking gambles in a league or two (i.e. giving up proven guys for someone I just have a hunch about). Also I love to draft, and with multiple leagues I get to draft in multiple spots every year

 

[Lucky Bucky]

Why invest in more than one stock?Why play more than one game at the casino?Kind of the same thing, IMO.

But when you invest in stocks, hoping that one stock does well doesn't mean your other one will do bad. And casino games, I don't even understand that. I understand that joining loads of leagues will "diversify" yourself in a way, since you can win money over 5/10 leagues rather than hoping for just one, but again, my main point is that, especially in so many leagues, you'll find yourself rooting for some players in certain leagues and others in your other leagues

I think that many of us don't root for indivdidual players during games. On Sundays, I go to a sports bar concentrating mostly on the Texans and paying atention to other games here or there. I like enjoying one game without the distration counting yards and stuff. I literally care for football and don't need the fantasy aspect of it to add to the game. While I will know if someone has had a big game (highlights, that running stream of info and other televisions), I really don't look at my results league by league until the Sunday night game is on. The only time I root for a player or two directly is on Monday night when there are limited variables. Still by that time I find, the contradiction of needing a guy to get at least 8 points, but no more 14 exciting versus a drawback. It maybe easier on Monday for me because I have not been living and dying with the point totals all weekend.

I cheer for the Packers, not for individual players. I'm actually less stressed out watching football on Sundays with multiple leagues than I was when I had only one, because I'm not really worried about who's having a huge day or not. There are too many guys to keep track of and things that hurt me in one league help me in another.I let the actual football games entertain me on Sunday and Monday. Fantasy is there to keep me entertained the rest of the week.