Fantasy Sports started off with pencil and paper. Fantasy followers had to keep track of their teams’ stats to record the number of points they would receive for that day. As technology came into the picture, more fantasy sports games were available online for the convenience of the fantasy sports fans. People were able to watch games at ease without the need of doing any work. They just had to go online and look at the results.
All fantasy sports are considered to be a type of game. It is a game where a fantasy owner builds a team, and they use the team to compete against other fantasy owners. Fantasy owners compete against each other based on statistics that are generated from individual players or even a team of a professional sport. There are different types of point systems for every fantasy sport. In fantasy sports there is the ability to trade, cut, and sign players just like real sports owners. Playing fantasy sports requires owners to keep up-to date with the real world sport. It is hard for people to win if they barely follow the real world sport. They can turn a really good team into a losing team just by not following the sport. Most fantasy players are people that are somewhat interested in the sport.
Fantasy Sports leagues started almost 40 years ago. Paper- based versions of fantasy football started in the 1960’s. Rotisserie Baseball started in the 1979. Both of these sports started off with a bunch of friends that were competing against each other for the title of “best knowledge of sports”. People that followed Rotisserie Baseball had to rush to the morning newspaper to see the box score of their games. Playing paper- based fantasy sports, players had to come together for the discussion of the rules and the initial draft. Players also had to communicate with the commissioner of the league at least once a week to discuss their starting line- ups. The scores and outcomes at the end of each week also had to be discussed and recorded. Some sports writers that participated would even call Major League offices to acquire injury updates on the players they owned in the fantasy league. Players that participated in these paper- based leagues had to show effort. They had to be serious about the game.
Since fantasy games are available online, it makes fantasy owners able to participate in many leagues at ease. Fantasy owners can play in a league with people they have never spoken too or ever seen. People can now play with people in other countries. Fantasy owners are also able to communicate with one another on certain websites. Most websites have a messaging system built in so that players can trash talk, talk about trades, and discuss certain matchups. As fantasy sports continued to evolve, everything was available on the main page of your fantasy team. There would be a commissioner’s message, which is a message from the owner of the league. There are also the league’s top stories, such as injuries, trades, and suspensions, that happened in the real world sport. Some fantasy sports websites also have polls that participants are able fill out.
The Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) was formed in 1998. It created a forum for the interaction of the hundreds of companies that were emerging in the growing Fantasy Sports Industry. There are many different types of fantasy games available to play online. There is fantasy auto racing, bass fishing, soccer, cricket, horse racing, hot- rodding, and many more. More sports started to join this fantasy arena because of the fan base of fantasy gaming. There are approximately 30 million people that participate in fantasy sports in the United States and in Canada. People participate in fantasy leagues for many reasons. Some leagues have a cash payoff and some people play for bragging rights.
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