Fantasy Football Presentation
Jayden Forde
Created on November 9, 2023
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Jayden Forde
Fantasy Football
Conclusion
Intercommunication and Lexis
Subgroups and Leagues
What is Fantasy Football?
Table of contents
- ∼ 30 million players in the U.S
- About 12 players in a league, usually
- Win games, make it to the playoffs, become the champion
- Many leagues include a cash prize
Fantasy football is a game in which the participants serve as owners and general managers of virtual professional American football teams.
What is Fantasy Football?
You can participate in multiple leagues, including leagues with friends or leagues with people randomly found online.
- Play with people across the country
- Play PPR Rules
- Random commissioner
- Play with friends
- Make custom rules
- Pick a commissioner
Friend Leagues:
Random Leagues:
A discourse community within another discourse community
Subgroups and LeAGUES
- Who should I pick up this week?
- Trade advice
- Start/sit advice
Outside of your league, a lot of fantasy football members use apps like Chalkboard and Discord to talk to people who aren’t in their league.
OUT-OF-LEAGUE CHATS
"The communication can vary from texting a league member to review a trade that’s been sent to texting another league member to pick somebody up the waiver so an opponent of common interest can’t win." - TJ Collins
"To the average ear, the sound of two guys talking fantasy football does not really sound like English, but the people within the community can directly translate and explain anything said during the conversation." - TJ Collins
INTERVIEWING A MEMBER
Within your league, you can message through the chats that the ESPN and Yahoo apps provide for league discussions.
- Trading discussions
- Waiver wire add/drops
- General football talk
- Start/sit talks
IN-LEAGUE CHATS
Communication and LEXis
If you are interested in creating or joining a fantasy football league click here!
- create a community that lets competitively-minded people compete against each other
- develop a virtual discourse community that branches off into subgroups
- connect football fans through in-league and out-of-league chats
Even though it is just a game, fantasy football helps to:
Conclusion