Today my Fantasy Football League begins. I am still fairly new to Fantasy Football, so I spent some time researching more on how to play Fantasy Football online, and ran across this funny article, written by Ken Bunter the owner of Hey Sports Fans.com, called “How I Taught My Mom To Play Fantasy Football” (Or alternately titled, “That’s Not Why They’re Called Tight Ends”… which by the way, is the name of my team.)

Here, Ken describes his mother’s attitude towards football before he taught her how to play Fantasy Football:

“Let me tell you about my Mom. She’s a 75-year-old retired pharmacist living in Santa Cruz, CA. She was married for 50 years to her high school sweetheart (my father, obviously) who passed away five years ago. She still lives in the same house where my sister and I grew up. Instead of kids, now she has cats. Her previous knowledge of professional sports consisted of passively rooting for the teams Dad and I rooted for, as that generally meant peace in the household when our teams won. Although, as I said, she was a passive fan.

“Honey, how did the Raiders do?”
“THEY #%*@$% LOST!”
“That’s too bad. We’re having chicken with mushroom gravy tonight.”
“That’s great Mom.”

And here he describes her after learning how to play Fantasy Football:

“In the end, Mom finished the season at 10-7 in head-to-head competition. A couple of her losses were close, a couple of times she creamed her opponent. She was in the top third of all teams overall and TWICE had the top weekly score in her league of 50 teams. She now knows the difference between “Doubtful” and “Questionable.” She can read the spread on a Vegas line. She knows when a team has a bye week and when the games start. She knows when a player is hurt and can’t play. In short, she knows how to play fantasy football.

I’ll bet this year she’ll start talking smack on game day. I’m so proud.”

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