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I've said it before and I'll say it again: fantasy football isn't just for men anymore.
This year I don't play in one single league that doesn't have another woman in it. (Now you want to know how many leagues I'm in don't you? Fine. If you must know I have seven teams. Yes, even Yahoo Fantasy Sports thought that seven was too many.)
Look, I know there are a ton of women out there that don't understand why anybody plays fantasy sports. In fact, there is a website dedicated to Women Against Fantasy Sports, it seems to be a support group of sorts for fantasy football/baseball/hockey/basketball widows. I guess I can sort of understand where they are coming from - sort of. It is difficult for me to imagine wanting to be anywhere besides at the game on a Sunday, let alone shopping for furniture or apple picking or something equally torturous.
I'll let you in on a secret. Fantasy sports make watching the games more fun. I'm not just saying that either. Before I started playing fantasy football I loved watching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers games. The other games meant very little to me until the playoffs started. After my first fantasy draft I found myself caring deeply about Robert Smith and the Minnesota Vikings' running game. Then almost every game was fun to watch.
As a bonus, back in my pre SAHM/blogger/writer life I was in sales. I worked in electronics. A lot of my clients were men and suddenly we had something in common besides just capacitors and power supplies.
For most committed women I would say that fantasy sports can be fun for you as a couple. In my case, my husband thinks playing fantasy football is like doing accounting for fun. (Maybe I should give him the link to WAFS.)
Here is something you probably don't think about much - roto sports are a great way to network. Scoff if you will, but I play fantasy football with black belts, people who work in the Senate, editors, CIA agents, ladies who get to interview Barack Obama, women who write for PBS, and other heavy hitters. I'm not going to lie. I would have never gotten this job writing for BlogHer if I hadn't been hanging out with Erin, and while that isn't how we met, I've been playing fantasy football with her for years. In fact, if you get a chance you should ask her how badly I beat her last week.
Heh.
Trash talk aside (and don't discount the trash talk, that is one of the best parts) I recommend you give fantasy football a chance. You might be surprised how fun it really is.
Contributing Editor Sarah also blogs at Sarah and the Goon Squad and Draft Day Suit.
