What is a woman to do when her husband becomes addicted to fantasy football? This is not like Sunday afternoon with the guys sitting around watching a game and maybe a few wives enjoying the fun. This is becoming serious business and one that can play a determental role in relationships. As such:
- First, the statistics that show fantasy football as topping Internet porn
- And next Tips for Football Fantasy Widows
It was noted on Helium that “Football is at the epicenter of the multi-billion dollar fantasy sports industry, with thousands of leagues hosted by portals such as Yahoo and ESPN. Psychologists coined the term “football widow” to describe married life on a typical Sunday in America. “Football ghost” is an apt moniker for someone married to or dating a fantasy football junkie.”The best NFL quarterbacks for the 2010-11 season
The new Internet porn
BusinessWeek reported that: “According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Assn., there are 30 million fantasy players in the U.S. and Canada—an astonishing 54 percent increase from just two years ago. And most of them are already pretty good at their jobs.
“According to a 2009 study by the University of Mississippi, the annual household income of a fantasy sport consumer is $92,750. In a study conducted by outplacement consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, half the people surveyed admitted that they spend at least one hour per day thinking about their fantasy football team. In other words, fantasy football has become, for better or worse, the new Internet porn for a generation of upwardly mobile, white-collar professionals.” Fantasy Football: The New Internet Porn – BusinessWeek
Wreacking havoc at work
Sports Grid tells us that “The fantasy craze has reached near-epidemic proportions in corporate America, especially given the fact that the average household income of a fantasy sports participant nears six figures. As a result, estimates have placed the total lost productivity due to fantasy sports at around $1.5 billion…and that’s just during football season.
It’s leading many industry analysts to liken it to internet pornography, both for its ability to steal company time and the taboo it has acquired in human resources circles.”Fantasy Football Is Porn? Yes, According To HR | SportsGrid
What is a wife or girlfriend to do?
Here are some tips from Sports Chump:
- Go shopping
- Host your own Fantasy Party
- Walk around naked
- If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
- And if you don’t like football, create a fantasy Dancing with the Stars or Desparate Housewives League. “Or better yet, join his fantasy league and beat the tar out of him and his friends. Then talk smack about how little he knows about sports.”Sports Chump » A woman’s guide to coping with fantasy football addicts
Want an update on the fantasy?
This from the Bleacher Report “Tom Brady gets a boost with Revis dinged up. Belichick uses this as a statement game. Brett Favre slides a bit as Percy Harvin is dinged up.” Updated 2010 Fantasy Football QB Rankings – Week 2 And so it goes!
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