FANTASY to REALITY

Welcome to Fantasy to Reality.

My REAL sports addiction developed during my 7th and 8th grade years at Moorestown Middle School. As I began the awkward process of figuring out what it was to be a young man I decided that I needed to study the sports section of the local paper so that I wouldn't look odd when the other guys at lunch would talk. Little did I know that simple act of pre-teen social conformity would lead to such an addiction.

My FANTASY sports addiction developed my second year in Fredericksburg (1997). I joined a fantasy football league with some friends as a natural extention of my sport's addiction. This has developed into a deep love of mine that occupies a considerable amount of my free time.

However, as in real life fantasy and reality are very different animals and it's the downfall of many a fantasy sport's player. For instance, Michael Jordon would not be considered in the top 10 of fantasy basketball performers (his shooting percentage was way to low). Fantasy can not take into account the importance a Tom Brady (also a traditionally low scorer) brings into a game. Taking on it's own, however, Fantasy sports are fun!

This is just an attempt by yours truly to ruminate and muse on each of the two areas of the sports/entertainment arena.