[CBFF] Blog - Jerryz Week 1 Picks

[aaron s]

FWIW I think it's bad for the game as well.  At least for my enjoyment of
it, as it promotes individual over team achievements and turns otherwise
interesting people into complete bores at parties--"So I picked Tuiasosopo
up on waivers and he had a great week for me."  Yeah I know it's nice to
have a hobby but there are far more productive ones out there.

--- Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/5/07, mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Fantasy football also helps kids learn math... apparently. There was
> some story about it last year, IIRC. Some math teacher had kids doing
> all the scoring by hand and it helped the kids.
> 
> Well, if you're going to toss in the whole "It helps the children"
> argument, how the hell do you expect me to counter that? ;-)
> 
> Why don't we just settle on, "It's an acquired taste so let's agree to
> disagree."  Honestly, I'm not going to change my opinion on the
> subject and I'm not concerned about changing the opinion of others...
> at least not as much as I may have let on.
> 
> Jerry


       
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