As stated before I am a member of a fantasy football league that is made up mostly of males. In the past few years of playing FF I have found there are a number of characters that show up in every league, regardless of who you're playing with. So now that we're at the midway point of the season I'm introducing a new weekly segment to the blog: Fantasy Football Figures!
We'll start off with a bang & get this dude (read: douche) out of the way: the Zealot.
There's, at the very least, one of them in every league if not more depending on how seriously/how much money is put into a season. For my particular league this year there are a number of managers that take it pretty seriously (my own brother being one of them...along with most of the league now that I think of it) but there's always that one that takes it just over the line of dedication to winning and into the land of holy shit dude, relax, it's just fantasy football.
How to recognize the Zealot in your league:
1. Pre-draft message board posts to the entire league about how he's going to win & how even though the draft order is screwing him over he'll be screwing all of you the rest of the season. Bonus points if he asks what time/day the draft is via the message board when it is already noted at the top of the page and/or written multiple times via email prior to league set-up.
2. Does one or more of the following during the actual draft: a) pre-draft aggressive smack talk about anyone who is not logged in at starting time/set to auto-draft (may go so far as recommending expulsion); b) asks about the payout structure, making sure to mention how he just wants to make sure anyone that comes in second to him will at least get their money back; or c) COMMENTS LIKE THIS ABOUT EVERYTHING. & I MEAN EV.ER.Y.THING.
3. Every week he is the most aggressive in everything - waiver wire, trades attempted, smack talk, etc...in general he (or I suppose it could also be a she) just really makes the whole vibe of the league feel a bit uncomfortable.
4. Mid-way through the season there will be at least one potential blow-out via message board for some reason or another initiated by the Zealot. The idea for this post actually came from my own league where I now offer an actual quote (misspellings kept in & all):
"Attempting to make a trade like that deserves expolsion from the league. Its a disgrace! This league is a disgrace. I'm ashamed to be a member of this league. We have teams not setting lineups, bullshit trades & probably 4 or 5 teams who actually know what they are doing & give a shit about fantasy football."
And that my friends, is the Zealot.
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