By Harry Scheiner
It began in Ancient Greece. ?A chubby kin of an athlete, although amazed by his father?s portrayal of majesty and masculinity, was somehow tormented. He could not perform at the same level as his father, so rather than marvel at his father and other mens? athletic prowess, he decided to objectify them with statistical aspirations. The young lad turned to his friend and voiced words that would forever dominate the lens through which we watch sports: ?I bet you Abaddon and Barnabas can combine to throw the stone disk more times (they were playing PPR) and for a further total of daktylos (Ancient Greek measuring unit) than any two athletes you can choose.?
The sweeping phenomenon of fantasy sports has managed to work its way into SAR culture, past the new gates that Rabbi Hain so eloquently remarked were put in place to ?Keep the riff raff out.? This shouldn?t surprise anyone; with a large population of males, all with the desire to prove they are better than their friends (by strategically maneuvering the weakest link in their league out of his first round draft pickup), a fantasy league culture was inevitable.
How strong is this force of fantasy sports? Believe it or not, the sensation has proven to be visited more than email nowadays. More importantly, an entire show is set around a group of friends obsessed with their fantasy football league. Its this show, called ?The League,? that inspired the actions of the seniors? fantasy basketball league. In the show, the members of the fantasy football league used their kid?s birthday party to stage the order of their draft. They each chose a random number which corresponded to a four year old kid, and all the kids had a bean bag race. The kids received draft seeds based on where they placed in the race. ?Naturally, the senior fantasy basketball league decided to mimic this concept, replacing the five year olds with freshmen. Despite exuberant excitement over the idea from the freshmen, the administration saw it as bullying by the seniors.
Regardless of whether or not that particular event was wrong, it represented a common theme found among fantasy sports: bonding. The freshmen felt honored to be included in the senior?s recreation. The seniors saw it as a great way to express their approval of the ?coolness? of this year?s freshmen class, while having a fun time. The bonding doesn?t stop there. Every Tuesday morning at breakfast, fantasy leagues sit down arguing and bragging about the outcomes of last weeks matchup. Perhaps the most essential of the bonding is the trash talking; while some of it may be crude, the inside jokes will forever remain between a group that knows one of its friends traded away Doug Martin right before his consecutive 18, 32, and 51 point weeks.
However there are sports enthusiasts in the school who are opposed to what fantasy sports bring to the table. Rabbi Hain detests the organism of fantasy sports. He states: ?It ruins families, it ruins friends and it ruins sports. I can?t stand to listen to people?s fantasy stories.? The argument he touches upon is a common concern among fans that love football and fantasy football. Among them, Dvir Ofer is in a must win situation against a team made up of Ahmad Bradshaw, Hakeem Nicks, and Victor Cruz. Statistical analysis show that 82% of the time the Giants and the team Dvir is playing have the same result, and Dvir is a huge Giants fan. Therein lies the question of who you are more loyal to, your fantasy team, or the NFL team you affiliate with. Luckily for me, I?m a Giants fan, and said team is mine.
Some guys, however, can be slightly bashful about their obsession with fantasy, fearing that girls may be indignant towards it, and therefore consider them to be ?losers?. I did some investigating into the matter, and found that Jordyn Wasserman thinks that ?Its cute how guys can be so passionate about it. I don?t get it at all, but its funny how much they care.? Helen Berman notes: ?They can actually learn valuable skills from it.? When I asked if either of them thought we were ?losers? because of our obsession, they said ?no.? So there it is, from the girls themselves, we are not losers. So boys, be intuitive, be aggressive, and be proud fantasy owners.
Source: http://thesarbuzz.org/2012/12/09/lonely-man-of-fantasy-fantasy-sports-culture-in-sar/
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