Fantasy Football Sacks Productivity

FANTASY FOOSALL **** -SACKS PRODUCTIVITY FOR $20 BILLION PER YEAR- LOST PRODUCTIVITY x 17 weeks x 27 million A....- .... > x 9hrs./week Total Productivity Lost: $45/ $1.2 BILLION S5/hour /week /WEEK For every hour spent managing fantasy football at work costs the company on average $5/hour 17 weeks of the NFL season with 27 million fantasy players $20,655,000,000 /YEAR Every year, an estimated $500 MILLION is put on the line for fantasy prizes. PLAYING STATISTICS MOST INTENSE FANTASY FOOTBALL IN THE US & CANADA: PARTICIPATION BY STATE: 27 million people play fantasy football ACCORDING TO A RECENT HARRIS INTERACTIVE POLL NORTH DAKOTA The average fantasy player spends $110 a year on the hobby AVERAGE PLAYING AUDIENCE: WHICH MEANS: DELAWARE Fantasy football adds $2.97 billion to the 93% 2.3% 1.6% 1.1% WHITE LATINO BLACK ASIAN INDIANA economy every year MOST POPULAR FANTASY FOOTBALL FANTASY FOOTBALL ONLINE LEAGUE WEBSITES: OWNERS: FOX SPORTS CBS NFL SPORTS YAHOO! SPORTS ESPN • Average time spent managing roster: 9 hours % MARKET SHARE 22 19 11 • Male owners: 96% • Female owners: 4% 24.77 6.64 6.03 MILLIONS 20.98 12.57 PER WEEK 1962 1989 2002 2010 The originator of fantasy football was Wilfred "Bill" Winkenbach. Create the first public fantasy football games named "Pigskin Playoff" The World Championship of Fantasy Football is created. Over $2 million in cash awards will be given out He created the inaugural eight-team league Up to 1,200 fantasy football Robert Barbiere & Brad Wendkos ofS The grand prize winner will receive $300,000; air travel and accommodations for 2 people West coast ad called the GOPPPL (Greater Oakland Profes- agency Wakeman & deforest owners will participate across sional Pigskin Procrastinators League). The Phoneworks 100 sanctioned leagues. purpose of the league was "to bring together some of Oakland's finest Saturday morning gridiron forecasters to pit their respective brains (and cash) against each other" in the to Dallas, TX on the weekend *teamed with. of the Super Bowl XLIV; plus the World Championship of Fantasy Football trophy. hope that it would lead to "closer coverage of daily happenings in professional football." FUN AFACTS The first ever fantasy football draft was held in 1963 and the first Best all-time single-season fantasy performances overall No.1 pick - George Blanda 1. QB Tom Brady, Patriots Top 10 Most Popular Fantasy Football Team Names for 2010 4,806 passing yards, 50 TDs, 8 INT; 2007 2. QB Dan Marino, Dolphins Mean Machine 5,084 passing yards, 48 TDS, 17 INT; 1984 2. Bulldogs 3. RB LaDainian Tomlinson, Chargers Best single game performance ever: 3. Cowboys 2,323 total yards, 31 TDs; 2006 4. Da' Bears 5. Steel Curtain 4. QB Peyton Manning, Colts Clinton Portis 6. Shockers 4,557 passing yards, 49 TDs, 10 INTS; 2004 7. Warriors Fantasy Points: 53.60 5. WR Randy Moss, Patriots 8. 22 carries 218 yds and 5 TDs, 2 rec's for 36 yds G-Men 98 catches, 1,493 receiving yards, 23 TDs; 2007 9. Raiders .......------************************ Tom Brady followed up his record breaking single-season fantasy football performance by suffering a season ending injury in the first game of the 2008 season costing an estimated $150 million shift in potential winnings for fantasy owners that drafted him with high expectations. 10. :-) Kansas City Chiefs 27 @ Denver Broncos 45 Dec 7, 2003 SOURCES: BNET CBS SPORTS, CNBC, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, ESPN, FANTASY FOOTBALL CHALLENGE, FOOTBALLDIEHARDS.COM, THE GRAND VIEWS, MORE NEWS NOW, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF FANTASY FOOTBALL O InsideView