scholarly journals FANTASY FOOTBALL – SKILL OR LUCK OF THE SCHEDULE?

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-30
Author(s):  
Ryan R. Rahrig
Keyword(s):  
Fantasy Football

Player Pricing Mechanisms and the Daily Fantasy Sport Chance Versus Skill Debate

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Losak
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Fantasy Sports ◽  
Fantasy Football ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Expected Performance ◽  
Game Player ◽  
Predominant Factor ◽  
Daily Fantasy Sports

Differentiating and defining games of skill versus chance have major legal implications when classifying gambling, especially in relation to daily fantasy sports in the United States. This paper provides a theoretical discussion and introduces an empirical approach to analyzing game player pricing mechanisms. If game pricing mechanisms are fully efficient—player prices fully reflect the expected contributions from players—then that game is one of chance since there is no opportunity for skill to play a role in outcomes. This paper examines player prices from DraftKings’ daily fantasy football product. Empirical results show that there are strategies deriving from the pricing mechanism that can be incorporated by skilled participants to increase their expected performance and improve their chances of winning. This provides evidence that daily fantasy sports are skill-based—a necessary condition for skill to be a predominant factor in game outcomes as part of the legal debate.

Daily Fantasy Football and Self-Reported Problem Behavior in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 689-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Dwyer ◽  
Stephen L. Shapiro ◽  
Joris Drayer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Problem Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football and Mathematics Score Touchdowns with Students

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-80
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Flockhart
Keyword(s):  
National Football League ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
Fantasy Sports ◽  
The Real ◽  
Fantasy Football ◽  
Adolescents And Adults ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Score

In the 1990s, I combined two of my passions— mathematics and Fantasy Football— into a meaningful, powerful assignment that engaged students in grades 5–8 who lacked motivation in mathematics. Fantasy Football is a game played nationwide by an estimated 15 million adolescents and adults (Fantasy Sports Trade Association 2003). Between 16 percent to 20 percent of all participants are female (Beason 2005). Students create fantasy teams by purchasing National Football League (NFL) players and compete by earning points based on the real-life statistics of the players. Each week, students locate the names of their players in box scores (statistical summaries of games) to compute the points scored by their players. Weekly points are accumulated throughout the entire season, and the student with the highest cumulative points is the winner.

Anti-gravity meets fantasy football

Physics World ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 64-66
Author(s):  
Doug Small
Keyword(s):  
Fantasy Football

The effects of fantasy football participation on NFL consumption: A qualitative analysis

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joris Drayer ◽  
Stephen L. Shapiro ◽  
Brendan Dwyer ◽  
Alan L. Morse ◽  
Joel White
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Fantasy Football

Toward a Cultural Sociology of the Consumption of “Fantasy Football Hooliganism”

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Poulton
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Cultural Sociology ◽  
Entertainment Industry ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Related Disorder ◽  
Fantasy Football

Football hooliganism has a wide appeal within popular culture. Numerous books, films, documentaries, digital games, and even stage plays have featured representations of the phenomenon. All are presentations of what could be termed “fantasy football hooliganism” in that they are attempts by the entertainment industry to represent, reproduce, or simulate football-related disorder for our leisure consumption. This article offers a conceptual framework (underpinned by the work of Blackshaw & Crabbe) for the sociological analysis of the consumption and production of these fantasy football hooliganism texts.

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