For those of you into fantasy sports, have you ever found yourself enjoying it more than the real thing?

Question

Not into them myself, but just curious!

Answer 1

Yes!  I enjoy fantasy baseball more than actually watching baseball on TV.  I enjoy watching it live at Coors Field, though, where the Colorado Rockies play.

Answer 2

no

the real thin is what makes fantasy sports fun

Answer 3

As I have got older fantasy sports is the only reason I am still into   watching sports at all, the actual sport is too money oriented now contract through the roof, nobody in sports that I would want my kid to look up to.

Answer 4

Ahahaha level 2!

I'm so glad you asked.

The aspect of fantasy sports isn't about enjoying it more than the real thing, but it does propose an interesting topic. I would venture to say that you don't enjoy it more, but it does make you a fan of the entire game as a whole. Instead of just being focused in on your favorite team like most fans are, it gives you a much more broad horizon of the game because you need to pay attention to the players on your team.

Being fantasy sports, its still a fantasy none the less, and I would much rather do the real thing. It does give people like me a chance to control a team and do that sort of stuff. Its like your an actual manager and you have to decide what is going to happen.

I love them both, but would rather play.

Good luck!!

Answer 5

I have to agree with Owner's post.  I only started playing fantasy football about 5 years ago, but I've always been a huge 49er fan.  I wouldn't say that I enjoy football more now, or that I enjoy the fantasy aspect of it more than the actual game.  

What I would say is that I watch much more football now, and the only reason for that is because of the fantasy aspect.  I always watched niner games, and I would always watch big matchups, but that was it.  Now that I play fantay football, I watch every football game I can because I either have somebody playing, or another person in my league does.

So I would say that while playing fantasy football doesn't increase my appreciation of the sport (I've always been a big football guy), it does make me pay attention to the whole sport rather than just my favorite team.

Answer 6

Fantasy sports are great fun and add an element of excitement to real sports but they do not compare with a day at the ball park, stadium or the rink.

Answer 7

While i enjoy Fantasy Sports I tend to like the real thing much more.  Nothing can replace real sports.

Answer 8

With football Of course.  I still like playing baseball rather than fant. baseball though.

Answer 9

I would much rather play the game myself than play fantasy sports.