You're right... Wow, I had forgotten that. Looks like he was right.

Someone needs to dig that up.

I did however find this, and holy shit it sucks:

http://www.businessinsider.com/for-t...0-2010-10?op=1

Why?

Is there such a thing as "fantasy defense"?

It devalues defensive performance in the actual game as well as the importance of a team.

yes

That doesn't explain how FF makes someone like football less.

Go ahead and find the numbers that compares the amount of people playing "regular" fantasy football with those in IDP leagues.

Hell, fantasy sports has devalued themselves over the years. It used to be a game that measured players' performances over a season.. Now it's all about weekly match ups against another opponent.

It clearly places a premium on offense, making offense more important, which ties in nicely to the "new" NFL and it's "safety" rules that allow offenses to be more potent while defenses have to walk on eggshells.

Goddamnit man, gloss over the link I just threw up. If if even HALF of that shit comes to pass, what is the ****ing point of even watching?

The league has a big incentive to free up offenses for more scoring because it keeps an audience's interest as well as satisfies the wants of fantasy owners.

A player's fantasy performance becomes a cheap talking point for announcers in broadcasts.. that can alienate someone.

Again, it makes football more about an individual's performance on a team moreso than the about the performance of the team in general.

Also, it turns a lot of fans into douchebags who only see players as stats on a sheet for their all-important fantasy teams.

I've never played fantasy football and never will. It's reached a level where it has become bad for the sport, and I can't support that.

I looked at the link and most of those things are ludicrous.
I don't buy at all that the NFL is tweaking rules in order to satisfy FF players.
I do think they are legitimately concerned about bigger, stronger, faster players giving each other brain damage. There's huge liability there and they are going to address it.

Sure, it's fun to watch devastating hits, but I can't really blame them for feeling like they have to take some steps to address some of the safety issues.

Honestly, I think some of the complaining on this board comes from the fact that the Chiefs have maybe had two even decent QBs since Len Dawson and our really our only great receiver since the old days has been a TE. If we had a great QB, I'm guessing we'd hear less complaining about too much offense.

Pretty much this...

FYP