As pro sports begin, a common trend to get more people involved is fantasy sports, and the most common type of fantasy is football. Fantasy football is an app where you build a team of real NFL players and score points based on their actual game performance.   

According to USA Today.com, “As of last year, 29.2 million people in the United States played fantasy football” Steve Gardner wrote.  

Although the app just seems to be for fun, there can be a lot of crucial things that go along with it, specifically, the fantasy punishment. Typically, when one plays fantasy football they play it in a league with their friends, and whoever the loser is usually has a punishment. The punishment can vary, it just depends on what the group picks. Sophomore Colin Keltch knows a thing or two about them.

“We have a concoction for last place where the winners get to add two items into a blender and for second to last, they have to eat a one chip challenge,” Keltch said.  

Another thing about fantasy football is how seriously people take it. People could spend weeks trying to figure out who’s the best to draft or how to build the best possible team. People also watch podcasts, preseason games, and even YouTube videos to try and make the best possible team. During the season, people are constantly checking the app and waiver updates to make sure their team is the best it can be. Sophomore Cannon Archibald knows how to prepare for his fantasy team.  

“There are weeks of preparation, watching drafts, pre-season games, and I try to draft people with a good O-line… keeping up with waiver charts and checking the app daily to see if anyone has been going off for several weeks,” he said.  

Fantasy football is one of the most popular apps in America and makes watching football much more interesting. Whether someone is playing in a league with their friends and has a bad punishment or is just playing on an online league, fantasy football is a fun thing to be a part of.