I have recently been the recipient of verbal office jabs for my choice to abstain from Fantasy Football this year. My retort? The opportunity cost of drafting, managing, and discussing Fantasy Football does not warrant participation. I played last year. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it a little too much, spending Sunday's refreshing my phone at the local B-Dubs, telling my wife I need some obscure receiver to catch at least 4 passes for me to lock in a playoff spot - as if to include her in my predicament. The end of the season was a welcome relief, maybe as much for me as it was for her. No matter how many times I have vowed to not let FF take over my life, I still found myself sucked into the office banter throughout the week and a zombie - a shell of my non-football self - on Sundays. I am STILL being sucked into the office conversations, and I'm not even playing this year! That's power of Fantasy Football!
What is the tradeoff for that time and stress? What am I missing out on? Am I getting more out of participating than I would from some other activity? What are the
opportunity costs?
