Fantasy Sports on the Internet

Andrew Fay and Scott Darling

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Popular Fantasy Sports

Hockey

Football

Baseball

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History of Fantasy Sports• Began in 1980 at a New York City Restaurant called “La Rotisserie Française”

• League members took turns picking players from the MLB to compete for there own “fantasy team”, they then compiled a list of stat categories that the players would accumulate over the course of the year. For example, homeruns.

• Over the course of the year they would record the stats and determine whoever’s team had the best numbers over the course of the year would be crowned champion.

• A book was published in 1984 about the fantasy league and the idea of managing your own team caught on.

• By the year 2000 with the creation of the internet collecting stats, news and information became easier which ultimately lead to the 4 billion dollar industry we have today.

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Types of Leagues

• Head to Head

• Rotisserie

• Keeper Leagues

• Total Points

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Preparation

• Podcasts • Blogs/Magazines

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Online Drafting1

Live Scoring

Stats updated roughly 45 seconds after play happens.

More categories to choose from.

Stat calculation instantly done.

Player schedule for entire year.

Daily injury updates.

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Social Changes

Before Internet• More independent.• More number

crunching less talent evaluation.

• Less research required

• Less time consuming.

• Gambling Addiction

After Internet

• Considered a social event.• Very time consuming.

• Intense calculations required (no live scoring).

• Must be a rabid fan of the sport.

ConclusionMass Appeal

• Everyone can play• Anyone can win• Anyone can know at any

given time where they rank• Is now not just for the

avid fan but for the casual

fan as well• Helps grow sports

knowledge • Great for the growth of

sports

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References• “ESPN Fantasy Sports Section.” ESPN. April 1st, 2010. <http://www.espn.com>• “Yahoo Fantasy Sports Section.” Yahoo Sports. April 1st, 2010. <http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/fantasy>• “Sports Illustrated Fantasy Sports Section.” Sports Illustrated. April 1st, 2010.

<http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/fantasy/>• “Matthew Berry ESPN Fantasy Expert.” ESPN. April 1st, 2010.

<http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/fantasy/matthewberry>• “Fantasy Picture.” Texually Archives. April 1st, 2010.

<http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/archives/images/set2/fantasy_sports.jpg>• “Fantasy Picture.” ESPN. April 1st, 2010.• <http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/1110/fantasy_u_havlat_300.jpg>• “Baseball Image.” The Sporting News. April 1st, 2010.• <http://www.sportingnews.com/images/148534/article.jpeg>• “Silly Little Game.” ESPN 30 for 30. April 1st, 2010.• <http://30for30.espn.com/film/silly-little-game.html>• “Draft Day Manifesto.” ESPN. April 1st, 2010.• <http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=mlbdk2k10manifesto>• “Fantasy Sports.” Wikipedia. April 1st, 2010.• <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_sport>• “Fantasy Sports Trophy.” I Own My League. April 1st, 2010

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