Have you ever wished you could own your football team? Did you know that you could make your dream come true without spending a fortune? Have you ever heard of fantasy football (or fantasy soccer)? If you have a little bit of Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger or Jose Mourinho in you, then hurry up, the new season is about to start.
Fantasy sport is a virtual game where participants assemble an imaginary team made of real individual players or teams of a professional sport. Participants score points based on the statistical performance and the contribution of the real players in real games.
The origins of Fantasy Sport can be linked to Wilfred Winkenbach, an american businessman, who created the first ever fantasy golf in the 1950s. Since then, Fantasy Sport has evolved and grew to become a multi-billion dollar industry. There is a fantasy variant of most of the popular sports such as tennis, cricket, football, hockey and even surfing.
The rules of Fantasy Football (Soccer) are quite simple. As a manager, you have a budget of £100 million to spend on 15 players to make up your squad. (more…)