Fantasy Football Morals

Fantasy football is almost as popular as the sport itself. Many times, you may get 'stuck' with a good player from one of your nfl team's main rivals. You may depend on this player from your rival to win fantasy games for you.

What's more important? The rival player performing well, leading your rival's nfl team to victory but also leading your fantasy team to victory, or the rival player sucking, his team losing, but also causing your FF team to lose?

(And don't say 'the rival player doing well, helping me win my fantasy game, but his team losing' because there's no moral/ethical question in that--don't piss me off)

 

I don't take FF that serious. I had Mendenhall in my starting line up last week against my Bucs.

Speaking of morals, I freaking hate "vultures" who sit at home on Sundays and clean the waiver wire as soon as someone gets hurt.

 

that's why you need a better waiver system that doesn't process until wednesday at the earliest.

As for the question, unless I got 25,000 or more riding on it, then in no way does Fantasy overtake what i want for my team or rivals teams in reality.

 

Rival player sucks for sure. I actually quit playing FF 4 or 5 years ago when I found myself rooting for a Tiki Barber TD even though he was a Giant. I got suckered back into it this year, but I don't take my fantasy games nearly as serious.

Eagles well before my FF team.

 

i never ever ever have a viking, lion, or bear fantasy player ever. theres a ton of fantasy players to follow. i like watching redzone channel when pack isn't playing and have something to cheer for ya know. if one of my players is going agaisnt the pack, lets say i have dustin keller TE and jets play packers, no way is he on my fantasy team that week. its just how i roll.

i've won my fantasy leauge three years in a row, which is a 12 man live draft, like live we all meet at the pub and get drunk and draft. its more for talking crap and having something to do all sunday when your game is moinday night. one thing i also do is trade or pick up off the waivers. its all fair game.

 

I def put real life first

 

My team was the epitome of this last week, Boldin against the Browns. Obviously I wanted that perfect situation where he puts up numbers in a losing effort for the Ravens, which actually almost happened except the Browns are one of the worst coached teams in football.

But there's no question I would rather Boldin have put up an egg if it meant a Browns win, but I take a little solace in the fact that they played well enough to do so. Boldin dominated which sucked because it was so frustrating to watch the matchup with Eric Wright continue due to lack of adjustment. What sucked most was the fact that I ended up winning 193-119 so I could have done without all his points, but it is what it is.

 

well for most of my drafts i draft as many vikings as i can :icon_cheesygrin:

 

This

 

I take the exact opposite approach. If you are that dedicated, you deserve it. Screw the waiver system. FIrst come, first served. I'm the guy who never checks till Wednesday but I don't see why I would deserve a player if someone already tried to add him a day ago.

^This.

I picked up Miles Austin. Felt like a dirty cheap tramp when I did it, too. But I would take a loss and 0 points from him every week if it meant Dallas lost every game.


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See, I consider it bad luck to draft my team's players. :icon_smile:

 

Steelers far and beyond my Fantasy Teams. Real life FTW.

 

Unless it directly affects my (real) team, I could give a crap who wins or loses so long as I get my money league points. Actually, tbh, even if it does affect my team I'd rather win my money leagues. There's always next year for football but I win one of my $$ leagues Im up a mortgage payment.

 

exactly my point of this thread. i think the guys that are in serious money leagues would vote overwhelmingly to just win their FF game. The guys that don't have much money riding on their ff league are going to want their rival to lose even if it means they lose ff.

 

I'm in a $100 league and a $50 league, if I have a choice between winning a fantasy game or Steelers winning I'm going Steelers everytime no question.

 

those aren't serious money leagues though. that's just play money. There is a point when money always trumps loyalty.

 

But see, I'd never put that much money on something like that where I would be enticed to potentially root against my team/for an opposing team.

I don't have many loves in my life, but the Eagles are one of them. If I want to heck around with that much money, I'd go to the casino where I have a greater chance to win money and have a good time doing it (if you're playing with 10-12 guys, you're looking at a 8-10% chance of winning. better odds than that in the casino for most games), and I wouldn't be rooting against my boys.

 

Change those figures to whatever you look, Steelers will still come first.

 

really? you are more loyal to a sports organization that just views you as source of revenue than to you and your family's financial security?

maybe you're independently wealthy and don't need any money, but I, for one, can use $500 or $1000 for food, college funds, clothing, etc. for my wife and kids. And, quite honestly, even if it were only a dollar, it would be more meaningful to me than some blind loyalty to a sports organization that could care less about me and my family.

But, I'm kind of in the minority, i know.............. i just don't get the whole 'life or death' mentality and blind loyalty to a jersey.

 

You don't even have a team correct?


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Plus $500-$1,000 i'd get 700+ if i won my $100 league, you just said that was play money?

 

If'n ya ain't got it to lose, don't bet it.