Fantasy sports gives sports fans a unique opportunity to interact with real-world sports. Fans score points based on how well their chosen players do in real games. This gives fans deep insight into statistics of games and helps them see a different perspective on games. For an example let’s take basketball….players can score points based on several different categories, points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Taking these factors into account fans have to delve deeper into players abilities rather than who they might see as a good player. Giannis Antetokounmpo (a mouthful) won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award for the 2018-2019 season, an award which is given to the player that is regarded as the best in the league, as voted by players, fans and members of the media. Although he is the current MVP, he is ranked as the 6th best fantasy player.
Fantasy sports only happens because of the development of information systems. Live statistics are used to count scores and allow fans to analyze games as they are happening on a deeper level. This makes fans feel even more connected to the players and their teams and makes them feel like they are part of the game itself. Fans can also get sucked in and be addicted as many people gamble money on their teams. There are even people who play fantasy sports for a living and that brings up the age old debate about the ethics of gambling…..
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Very good point on how fantasy sports can change a viewers perspective on the game to a more statistical approach. Raises the question does Information Systems systematically take the humanity out of the art that is sport by focusing on numbers over the beauty of the game.
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