{"id":354002,"date":"2024-10-04T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/?p=354002"},"modified":"2024-09-26T10:16:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:16:46","slug":"fantasy-football-is-back-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/2024\/10\/04\/fantasy-football-is-back-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Football is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For football fans, watching games is an awesome experience, but when you have players competing for your benefit, the thrill is unmatched. Fantasy football, while nerve racking and sometimes stressful, is a great way to achieve that thrill. Before the National Football League (NFL) starts, fantasy teams are drafted through either an auction or snake fashion. For snake drafts, even though teams with lower draft picks are often compensated later in the draft, leagues may have competitions to earn your draft spot. \u201cI think that the draft order should be a combine,\u201d said Junior Bobby Hanna. Most leagues are extremely competitive as there is usually an incentive to winning the league, a punishment for losing the league, and sometimes a punishment for a poor week\u2019s performance. Leagues with a winning cash prize have a buy in fee that is usually around 30 dollars. \u201cThe best part about winning wasn\u2019t the cash prize, it was the bragging rights,\u201d Senior Akshay Tolmare said.  As awesome as it is to win the league, you feel like a winner if you don\u2019t lose the league. Even if there is no punishment, the embarrassment that you carry is the worst feeling ever. \u201cI [had] to complete my punishment for last year\u2019s league before I [could] draft my team for this year,\u201d said Senior Thomson Brumfield. \u201cAs much as I don\u2019t want to do the punishment, I am more disappointed in my performance,\u201d Brumfield said before his punishment. \u201cI don\u2019t know what the punishment will be for next year, but I don\u2019t want anything to do with it,\u201d said Senior Drew Thompson. After the draft, participants are each convinced that they are going to win the league, but they often are involved in trading with other teams. Some leagues require that you are involved in trade. \u201cIf you aren\u2019t open to trading, you will be kicked [out of the league],\u201d said Junior Alston Mallis. Throughout the season, participants trash talk each other and rivalries are formed. \u201cWe are all very competitive, so tensions rise during the season,\u201d said Sophomore Chris Lee. As the season progresses, playoff pictures come into play. Leagues\u2019 playoffs vary, but you don\u2019t want to miss the playoffs. \u201cMissing the playoffs is embarrassing more than anything,\u201d Junior Dylan Nelson said. Fantasy football is a thrilling, nerve racking, and stressful experience that can result in delight or embarrassment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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