If you are a sports fan in this day and age that has Internet access, you probably play fantasy sports. The most popular of them is football with baseball coming in second. You play with your friends, family and co-workers. You have your draft either as a party or online. Then you make trades and pick up players as free agents from the waiver wire to supplement the holes on your roster. Your goal is to win, but your team doesn't have the same agenda as you do.
It's your fantasy and your team knows this, but they don't care. They suffer injuries that may last for a couple of weeks or the entire season. Their coaches employ running backs by committee and also call plays that implement players you've never heard of. That person becomes the hero of the moment until they get cast aside as a fluke. It's all about the tease and there are many people trying to tell you what they think. It's the politics of fantasy football and it's all just one giant conspiracy.
These so-called 'experts' are nothing more than a cross between weathermen, actuaries and the 'house' at a casino. They are studying trends and applying that knowledge to project what they think will happen. But just when you think you have all of the answers, as Rowdy Roddy Piper would say, they change all of the questions. I may speak on this matter in generalizations, but that's essentially the name of the game. It's will be winding with lots of snow. Player 'X' didn't play in practice on Wednesday, but he should be ready to go. Team 'Y' is historically good against the run, but weak against the pass. Player 'Z' could be out for 2-8 weeks depending on rehab and the severity of the injury. It's all speculation, that's all the game is cracked up to be anyway.
It's not about you, it was never about you, don't forget that. So have fun, but just remember, the fix is already in.
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