How To Get Involved In Fantasy Sports

[PassTheBall]

How does one go about getting involved in a fantasy sports league? I've been hearing about them for years but no one I know is doing this. I'd like to give it a try

[FootballWizard]

I to am interested in this. I don't know anyone who is doing it. Where do I go on the internet to get a basic understanding of fantasy sports leagues and how to actually make money with them?

Here are the 3 best places to play online.

As the free fantasy football season gets closer and closer, before we know it NFL training camps will be here soon and even sooner you'll be in your war rooms preparing for your NFL fantasy football draft.

Before you get in to deep we'd like to give you some advice on where to play free fantasy football online. Look at it as our picks for the best sites online to play free fantasy football. Enjoy the season everyone, and email me your thoughts.

FREE FANTASY FOOTBALL AT FOX SPORTS -- Link --> (FOX Sports on MSN - Sports News, Standings, Stats and more)
Nowhere else will you find the complete list of features available on FOX Fantasy Football at absolutely NO COST!

FREE Live Scores and Stats for every team and league
FOX Fantasy Football provides free live scoring and stats to every public and private team for the length of the 2008 season. We believe live scoring is an integral part of the game and should be experienced for free all season by every user.

FREE Fully Customizable Private Leagues
Unlike other "free" products offered today, commissioners can choose from extensive scoring options, a wide range of league rules and flexible roster settings to create leagues tailored to their needs.

FREE Live Draft Tool and Draft Kit
Players will have access to features such as player analysis and projections, position rankings, team previews, and depth charts to maximize their draft performance.

FREE Private and Public Leagues
All participants can choose to play in private leagues with their friends or take on fans across the country in public leagues.

FREE Player Transactions
Fox Fantasy Football offers free unlimited adds, drops and trades.

FREE Integrated Scores on MSN Messenger
Players can chat with fellow league players and track league scores live on MSN Messenger.

FREE Personalized Team Mascots
The web's most cutting-edge interactive mascot tool offers a number of features to build the perfect team mascot.

FREE Expert Analysis and Premium Features
With FOX Fantasy Football 2008, you'll get premium features from Rotoworld.com, game simulations from Whatifsports.com, and in-depth analysis from FOX Fantasy experts Roger Rotter, Mike Harmon, and many others!

FREE FANTASY FOOTBALL AT ESPN.COM -- Link --> (ESPN: The Worldwide Leader In Sports)

Play Fantasy Football 2008 on ESPN.com!

ESPN.com's Fantasy Football is the closest thing you can find to buying your own professional franchise and becoming the team's coach, owner, and president. All decisions are yours to make. Each team owner is supplied with all of the tools -- multiple draft methods, live box scores, unlimited waivers, trades and free agency, custom team injury updates, a commissioner, league bulletin boards, sortable stats for all players, etc. -- needed to build the best possible team.

Statistical reports, expert analysis, and up-to-date feature articles from ESPN.com editors are readily available to keep owners informed. Armed with this information, owners are free to create the team of their dreams. An owner must be crafty to win, competing directly with other equally determined owners. But rest assured that there is a league out there that fits your needs. Owners can choose against whom they compete and at what level of competition.

During the final weeks of the NFL regular season, the top teams in each fantasy league play each other for the league championship, while the remaining teams compete in the consolation bracket.

Set up or join a league and get ready for the 2008 fantasy football season. You can create, restore or join leagues now. Also, get ready for your upcoming draft with their editorial coverage and mock draft lobby. With ESPN.com you can sign up for an insider membership for a small amount per year and get access to their Fantasy football magazine, an entire issue dedicated to the hobby we all love, I recommend it highly.

In addition for free online at ESPN you get: Positional Rankings:from Engel and Cockroft, plus video and written blogs from Erick Carabell. The Espn.com complete Draft Kit: includes a Top 200 player rankings. Articles on Sleepers, Busts, Mock Drafts, rookie rankings, dollar values, Keeper rankings, breakthough players, bye week analysis, fantasy depth charts and online fantasy football chats.

A Quick review of the ESPN fantasy leagues - Team owners have the option of three different draft methods:

1. Autopick draft
2. Live draft
3. Offline Draft (Custom Leagues Only)

When the season begins you get waivers, trades, pickups, releases, plus tons of more options to make you feel like an NFL general manger.


CBSSPORTSLINE.COM -- Link --> (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAA, Fantasy Sports News - CBSSports.com Live Scores, Stats, Schedules)

Free fantasy football with cbssportsline.com

Once again fanasy football is free this year at CBSsportsline. One of the most popular Fantasy Football games on the planet - now 100% free to play! Become the GM and manager of your own team. Includes all the cutting edge features you expect from CBS SportsLine.

Some Features include, Live scoring and stats, Choice of scoring systems, Player news and expert analysis.

Levels of leagues at CBS.

1. Fantasy football gold: Looking for the Web's most competitive Fantasy Football leagues? Join a Fantasy Football Gold League, where you can turn your love of football into cold, hard cash. CBS runs the league so you can focus on winning the cash!
2. Fantasy football platinum: You eat, breathe and sleep fantasy. Now you want to challenge people who think they know as much as you. Compete for big cash prizes in Fantasy Football Platinum. Get ready for some serious Fantasy Football action.
3. Fantasy football diamond: Think you've got Fantasy Football mastered? Fantasy Football Diamond is the only game for you. Are you strong enough to take the $1,600 league prize? It's the ultimate fantasy challenge! Not for the faint of heart.
4. Fantasy football double diamond: Sign up for Fantasy Football Double Diamond and take on some of the toughest competitors in the game. Play against the most dedicated players on the planet. Win your league and take home the huge $3,500 league prize.

Fantasy Football Features at CBS Sportsline.com

Private League Websites are available including Rotisserie or Head-to-Head - We've got both styles of Fantasy Football games. Play either Rotisserie or Head-to-Head style game, you choose!

Live Scoring - When NFL games are in progress, you'll be able to follow your team's fantasy scoring LIVE.

Live Scoring clipboard - Track LIVE stats for any group of players you choose. Easily track promising free agents, favorite players, etc. on a single page.

News, analysis and expert advice - You'll have access to the latest player news, injury reports, rumors and developments from around the league to help you make informed roster decisions and player moves. And you'll be able to read timely analysis from a veteran team of fantasy experts, not just what happened but why and how it will affect your fantasy team.

Sortable stats - In-depth and up-to-date statistical reports are always just a click away. You'll be able to search and sort player stats virtually anyway you choose: by position, team, timeframe, statistic, entire league and more!

Flexible statistical reports - Get your stats, anyway you want them. Save your favorite statistical searches for easy reference. And statistical reports can easily be printed, emailed, saved to your hard drive or opened in your spreadsheet software - all with a single click.

Individual detailed report for every player - Get recent news, historical stats, key stats, fantasy trends, injury status, player rating, upcoming games, one-click player-to-player comparisons and much more - all on each players individual page.

In-depth league standings for head-to-head leagues: wins, losses, winning percentage, streak, games back, divisional record, and more…all updated daily.

Draft LIVE online or via automated draft.

Draft help and cheat sheets - Need help with your draft? Our veteran fantasy experts work hard compiling all the info you need to have a successful draft. In-depth player rankings, projections, player outlook, and draft cheat sheets are always available.

Customizable home page - Move content on your home page to fit your needs.

Message Boards - Each league has their own private message board for team owners to chat, talk trash and discuss trades.

Post League News - Anyone can publish news stories and pictures to the league homepage for all to read!

Logos - Upload or create your own custom team logo.

Custom polls - Create custom polls for your league to vote on.

In-depth transaction reports - Easily check out all transactions every league owner has made over the entire season. Sortable with a single click!

On-The-Block feature - Makes trading easier. Post which players are available for the right price, what areas you are looking to improve, and check out which players other owners are looking to deal.

Trade evaluator - Get a statistical evaluation of trades before you offer them, and before trades are offered to you. Find out quickly how any proposed deal may improve or hurt your team.

Email updates - Completely customizable email capabilities. You control what information you would like delivered via email. Standings, stats, roster warnings, player news, injuries, transactions, message board postings and more.

Wireless updates - Get breaking league news, including trade offers and player updates, delivered to your wireless phone via text message.

[Beat_U_Down]

Wow. I looked into this and it all looks so darn complicated. Compared to poker, this is rocket science to my mind. lol. Is there any place or book or anything that will tell you how to get started step by step? Sorry if I sound stupid.

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[Nothingbutnet]

I think the easiest way is the way that I was introduced to it. Just some co-workers at a sports bar and grill I worked at a long time ago. It's best if you have friends already involved in it.

[Beat_U_Down]

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I looked into 2008 Fantasy Football Live Draft Tips and that explanation made more sense to me. I think I'm going to find me a free league to play in this year.