How to Win at Online Fantasy Football
Online fantasy sports is big business, and football grabs a huge majority of players. Here’s advice from the experts on picking your team
By Catherine Holahan
Football season officially starts Sept. 7, but fantasy football season is well underway. And it’s big business. More than 15 million U.S. adults play fantasy sports, according to studies commissioned by the Fantasy Sports Trade Assn. Of them, about 90% gear up for football season, says Greg Ambrosius, director of the industry’s biannual fantasy sports trade conference.
Would-be giants of the cyber gridiron are poring over news, blogs, stats, and scouting reports to fill their rosters. Want to know which players are making the cut, and why? Here’s a look at some of this year’s first-draft picks, along with some rules of the online fantasy football road.