Compare and Contrast

Fantasy Sports: Football or Baseball

            When talking about fantasy football and fantasy baseball there are quite a few similarities. They are all pretty obvious, starting with the draft, it is basically the same other than you usually draft a lot more players in a baseball draft. Another way that they are similar is if you want to be successful you have to pay attention and be knowledgeable in the sport.  The only other way that I think they are the same is the owner of the team has complete control of who is going to play each week. That is where the similarities end.

            Fantasy football and fantasy baseball are also very different. The biggest difference for me is the amount of time spent on baseball. In a baseball league you have to set your lineup every day for about 25 weeks. In football you set you lineup once a week for 16 weeks if you’re lucky (this means you made it to the championship game). In football once you pick your players you usually don’t do that many transactions if you have a decent team. In baseball you have a maximum of ten transactions per week in most leagues and if you don’t use them you probably won’t win. Most baseball leagues 10-12 categories that a player can score in, usually 6 for pitchers and 6 for offense. Each time the player does whatever the category is the, they get a point. For example the offensive categories are runs, homeruns, stolen bases, extra base hits, on base percentage and runs batted in, so if a player hits a solo homerun you get one point in homerun, run, runs batted in, extra base hit, and you on base percentage goes up. It is the same for the pitching categories. Whoever is leading the most categories at the end of the week wins. In football everything has a point value, 10 yards receiving or rushing is one point, 25 yards throwing is one point, touchdowns are six points, and some points for field goals and defensive stuff. Whoever has the highest point total at the end wins.

            There are similarities and differences in fantasy football and fantasy baseball and they are both really fun. Winning really just depends how dedicated you are and how much time you have on your hands.