Fantasy Football

I am going to share something with you that shocks some people.

We do not watch football in our house.

I know there are a lot of people who don't watch sports, but living in the South, football is huge. I mean huge! Local people can't understand why we are not at the high school football games on Friday nights, or glued to our televisions on the weekends watching whatever games happen to be on. Growing up, my dad watched all kinds of sports, but they just never interested me. My husband grew up at the dirt track, so racing is his thing.

I do, however, have three brothers-in-law who love football. In fact, two of them love it so much they play Fantasy Football. My sister's husband runs a league for his friends, so I asked him what resources he uses to keep track of everything. He said he uses a site like WaiverWire, where everything he needs is in one place. He said it is important to keep up with each players stats and injuries, so having access to over one hundred local NFL team news feeds is great. Good software for drafting is also important, as well as knowing exactly who you want to have on your team.

I was also told that having somewhere to "hang out and brag" and share secrets is also fun, and the forums on WaiverWire provide that place. I wanted to see what guys were saying there, so I checked it out, and to be honest, I had no idea what they were talking about. It was pretty technical stuff, and I think you need to know just a little about football to follow. My brothers-in-law, however, would be able to gobble up all the information.

I think I need to start by reading a copy of Football for Dummies, or something along those lines.