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i've seen this argument on 2+2 before and it's lol wrong. fantasy football is the most popular fantasy sport in the us because football is the most popular sport. same with gambling. gambling on sports existed long before football and fantasy prob started with baseball although no fantasy sport was popular before the internet. then fantasy football and baseball gained a ton of popularity at the same time (with basically every other sport ever invented soon to follow) but football reigned as the fantasy king because it was already the number 1 sport in america.

the internet in general and fantasy sports is prob somewhat responsible for its current level of extreme popularity but the same thing would have happened to baseball or basketball or even soccer if one of them had been the #1 sport when the internet changed the world. i just don't understand why people think fantasy and gambling only exist for football and therefore explain its popularity.

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Originally Posted by Triumph36

this. football's popularity is in part because it requires very little fan commitment. i do think the spread and the fact that people bet all the games helps/helped, but it would still be #1 regardless.

I mean, I don't know that I agree with what Phildo is saying but maybe I'm thinking the same thing in a different way. I think the sport drove the popularity of betting and fantasy, which then became popular in their own right and helped drive the sport.

Baseball would never have the same. Too many games, too much time. Betting on baseball is confusing. People don't get +140/-160. They understand +3pts.

But in the end it's the fact that it's weekly only and easy to follow that help football the most (aside from the actual product). It's *part* of why soccer is so huge overseas too imo. Once a week is great.

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04-16-2012 , 11:41 AM

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Victor

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ya fantasy did not make football popular. it made it as way moar popular.

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04-16-2012 , 12:13 PM

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Booker Woodfox

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Originally Posted by tarheeljks

who here has done a fantasy league by hand

Me. Ty al Jesus gore for the internets.

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04-16-2012 , 12:41 PM

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tuq

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Originally Posted by SirOsis

Has anyone used hbo go on a droid. My cable and internet are out and I'm getting heated up with no GoT.

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Originally Posted by Krayz

yes

I got all tingly for a second and then realized you are talking phones not tablets. HBO Go isn't out yet for droid tablets afaik.

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04-16-2012 , 01:42 PM

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Karak

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Originally Posted by chim17

nm --

Found the entire thing here:

http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/04/...-eminem-tupac/

Unreal good so far.

this is awesome

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04-16-2012 , 02:23 PM

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Phildo

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Originally Posted by ClarkNasty

yeah that's fair but it's pretty much the same reason football was more popular than baseball and basketball before the internet/fantasy explosion too. they just magnified it.

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04-16-2012 , 02:39 PM

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I find that I have waaaay more fun playing my fantasy baseball rotisserie league than I do fantasy football. I don't even like baseball really, but its just a really fun daily sweat to see how your pitchers did in their starts today, how many RBIs did my team rack up so I can move up a spot in that category, who got injured, etc. There's not much waiting involved like in football where its Sunday/Monday and then you have 6 days to sit there and do nothing.

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04-16-2012 , 02:59 PM

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nath

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Originally Posted by tarheeljks

who here has done a fantasy league by hand

I mean it was like 15 years ago but I have

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04-16-2012 , 03:28 PM

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SchererBoy

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Originally Posted by chim17

nm --

Found the entire thing here:

http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/04/...-eminem-tupac/

Unreal good so far.

thanks for linking that.

probably the greatest thing i've ever seen.

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04-16-2012 , 03:30 PM

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Phildo

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pretty much everybody that has played by hand did it 15 years ago

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04-16-2012 , 03:44 PM

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ClarkNasty

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Originally Posted by Phildo

yeah that's fair but it's pretty much the same reason football was more popular than baseball and basketball before the internet/fantasy explosion too. they just magnified it.

That's basically my stance for sure.

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04-16-2012 , 04:23 PM

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Karak

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Originally Posted by Phildo

pretty much everybody that has played by hand did it 15 years ago

my father, who is in his late 60s, says he and his friends used to do fantasy baseball (although they didn't call it that) when they were in the army (late 1960s). Each would pick 5 players at the beginning of the week and then track their stats in the papers. Rudimentary scoring system he doesn't remember... but something like a really raw roto: highest BA got 5 points, lowest BA got 1 point, highest HR got 5 points, lowest HR got 1 point, etc.

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04-16-2012 , 04:25 PM

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Phildo

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well yeah i should have said 15 years ago or more; it's been around for at least 50 years. your dad was a pioneering nerd.

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04-16-2012 , 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Karak

the real question is did they enjoy rotisserie chicken

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04-16-2012 , 06:36 PM

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Bidz

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Originally Posted by chim17

http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/04/...-eminem-tupac/

Unreal good so far.

so so good

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04-16-2012 , 07:50 PM

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http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white

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04-16-2012 , 08:08 PM

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PocketChads

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claim: most people like football because of x, y and z

phildo: that's not true, football is very popular

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04-16-2012 , 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by PocketChads

claim: most people like football because of x, y and z

phildo: no most people like x, y, and z because they like football

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04-16-2012 , 08:12 PM

#27194

PocketChads

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i'm sure that's what he tried to say, but it's not what he did say

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04-16-2012 , 08:31 PM

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WaterWalker

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Just watching the ESPN 30/30: Cubs/Bartman edition.

IMO: not bartmans fault, ldo. They still scored 8 fricken runs after that situation. If Alou doesn't react like that; this turns into a typical, everyday blown game.

Free Bartman.

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04-16-2012 , 08:33 PM

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WaterWalker

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I'm guessing Bartman now where's contact lenses, white v neck shirts and ear buds.

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04-16-2012 , 08:42 PM

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Pudge714

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Originally Posted by PocketChads

claim: most people like football because of x, y and z

phildo: that's not true, football is very popular

Claim: Most people like gambling because of football

PocketChads: Thats not true, gambling is very popular

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04-16-2012 , 08:47 PM

#27198

Phildo

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my mistake was misinterpreting victor's post. everyone else seems to have understood what i meant though.

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04-16-2012 , 09:02 PM

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claim: most people like football because of gambling
pocketchads: where's the beer you fdafjgbfsklg

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04-16-2012 , 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kyleb

claim: most people like football because of gambling
pocketchads: where's the beer you fdafjgbfsklg

This is the objectively correct position, is it not?

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