Fantasy football premise

There are many interesting aspects of fantasy football that draw people towards the game. The first and probably the most important reason is that it’s free to sign up, as well as easy to set up with your friends. All you need is an email address and several friends and your fantasy league is born. There are also three main aspects of the game that will help make your experience more enjoyable as well as the formula for winning the league championship.

The first signature feature of fantasy is the live draft which is one of my favorite things about fantasy football. Every draft night, you get together with friends and center around the fantasy football league’s live draft. It’s also where everyone (usually) is satisfied with their virtual football team as the draft happens before the actual games are played which means that often in fantasy football many different teams make the playoffs. The draft is just the icing on the cake in terms of running a fantasy football team. Fantasy football experts have often said that fantasy football is a three-part game with three equal parts. The draft is one-third of the game, the waiver wire is the second, and simply luck is the final aspect of the game. Drafting is important, but it hardly sinks your season as long as you stay at the helm of managing your fantasy team.

The second part of the three-step fantasy football equation is the waiver wire, which is my favorite aspect of running a fantasy team. It is the central driving force of playing the game of fantasy football as the general managers try to improve their teams each week whether by sharing opportunity or injury/suspension towards another player. Don’t ignore this side of the equation! I’ve seen players who made excellent drafts but didn’t make enough moves on the free wire that resulted in them missing out on the playoffs despite having a good starting team. Managing a fantasy team is a bit like running a business, changes will happen, and how you adapt to those changes on the waiver wire will help you get to the fantasy playoffs.

One last thing is that luck also plays a huge role in winning a fantasy tournament. The first two major sides of the equation will land the team in the playoffs, but winning one of them takes a bit of luck. There’s an old adage that “sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good” and it applies right here. Go to the playoffs and hope you have some good luck.

Fantasy football is one of the most fun things to do whenever you need some break, whether from school or work. The nuances of the game are what make it so interesting for people to play and learning the basics of fantasy is what goes a long way towards enjoyment which is of course the most important part of the gameplay.