Shana,

The way my ex's friends used to do it was they win a little bit of money every week (like $25 bucks) but if your "team" wins at the end of the season, you win a couple hundred dollars. Just think...I'm sure you're men are having fun...and they get a chance to win money. But we on Yorkie Talk also spend hours on here, we have fun, we're helping people, but we're not getting paid. :p Well that's okay, I have one paying job (teacher), one volunteer job (rescue squad...currently driving the ambulance, going to EMT school soon), and my Yorkie Talk job. :D So what am I getting 1cent an hour? LOL I love helping people though, it's like the motherly instict without the human children anyway. :)

I don't get it either, but ALL the men in my former office were obsessed with it!!! They would talk about it in meetings, daily, like it was business! I would be afraid to interrupt my editors when they were talking until I realized that their quiet, "serious conversation" was fantasy-football related!!!!

Pflllhhhhhh!

They may be addicted to their little games but we are just as addicted to YT. My husband doesn't understand me being on here for so long! I just keep telling him that it's for the betterment of both dogs & we'll all benefit from it in the long run. :yorkietal

I came in first place and won big bucks in my fantasy baseball league two years in a row!!!

Shana, your hubby sounds like me!!! :p Maybe he'll buy you something if he wins!

I have another idea:

"If you can't beat 'em, Join 'em". Football, basketball and baseball are so much fun to watch! Why don't all you guys pick some teams, learn the rules and then you won't be complaining about having to watch because you love it so much!

I guess we dont get paid for YT :D . Still it just seems more productive and I like giving my husband a hard time for his basketball thing. It really is super cute seeing him work so hard though. :luvu: He really does like to "hyperfocus" in on a task or hobby but they always last only a few weeks. I wonder what the next one will be..... :D

Come on now. It's not all that bad. My husband was commissioner (ran the league) and every year the night before the draft he'd be one man short. So here I was studying and making lists the day before the draft. Guess what? I won 3 of the 5 years and came in 2nd the others. :eyetearss Used to irk him to no end. Wonder if that's why I'm the ex now. :D

The Dog Show Game!!
 

Just for the members information there is a fansasy game for you too. You set up a fantasy kennel, breed and trade dogs, have dogshows etc. Members can interact with each other as they buy, sell, and breed. It's fun. Enjoy! See below:

http://www.showdog.com/

The Dog Show Game

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Have you ever dreamed of having your own quality dogs to raise, feed, groom, train, breed, and show? ShowDog.Com brings this opportunity to you through its one-of-a-kind virtual dog simulation game.
Join hundreds of other kennel owners as you get your own dogs and bitches ready to compete in the show ring. You choose from 163 different breeds; whether it be Great Dane, Beagle, Whippet, or Poodle, there is a breed for you. See them grow from puppy to Champion!
Choose to enter your dogs in all-breed, specialty shows, or both. Each judge has their own standards and preferences regarding a "true" champion. Do you wish to use a handler to show your dog or handle him or her yourself? It is all up to you! How well your kennel performs is up to you and the decisions you make.
You are the breeder, owner, handler, trainer, and groomer of your show dogs. You get to manage and budget the rations of food your dogs receive, how you breed your dogs, which shows you enter, and much, much more.
ShowDog.com has something for everyone. Whether you've been showing real dogs for years, have never shown a dog in your life, or even have never owned a real animal, this game is fun, challenging, and a unique experience.

:lol tears

His loss!!! :D

At work I spend at least half an hour a day messing with my fantasy basketball team. I actually check it first thing in the morning right after email. It's an addiction just like cocaine, except your nose stays cleaner. I think the allure of fantasy sports is every guy wants to be on a sports team no matter how much his genes tell him that he is destined to be a skinny 6 foot asian guy who can't dunk...