Pinterest: It's like Fantasy Football for Girls

I came across this while Pinteresting... 

No, no it isn't. Not even a little bit. 

If they had said...

Pinterest: It's like fantasy football for girls due to the fact that girls spend the same amount of time on Pinterest as a guy spends adjusting his roster.

Then I would have let it slide. But alas they didn't. So off on my tangent I go. 

For today's presentation, I will be explaining Fantasy Football by creating a Fantasy Singers League. I'm sorry in advance...

A Fantasy football league starts with a draft of different players for each team. You can draft online, you can set your computer to just auto-draft the best picks available for you or some leagues even take elaborate trips to somewhere like Vegas. 

After you draft your team, it is time to customize your profile...

I am on the left and playing in a standard fantasy football league. General is on the right, playing in a Singer's Fantasy league. 

Most leagues encourage funny team names and slogans. I let General pick his own name for this demo.  

He makes mama so proud!

First thing to look at in a matchup is Position 

--or--

in the singer's fantasy league, Genre

You start players in the following positions: 

Quarterback: One QB

Running Back: Two RB 

 Wide Receiver: Two WR

 Tight End: One TE

 Kicker: One K

Defense: One DEF

Or in the Singers League:

Rap: One Rapper

Country: Two Country Singers

Pop: Two Pop Singers

R&B: One R&B Singer

Rock: One Rock Star

Indie: One Indie Singer

Your starting lineup can include players from the same team {city}, if you like. 

Next: Player 

--or--

Singer's Name

Listed is the player {singer} name, name of team {city} they play for and position {genre} is listed again.

Next Up: Who your player's team is playing that week and time the game starts

-- or --

What Award Your Singer is Competing for: (Grammy, Billboard, MTV Music, etc.) and time the show starts.

Next: Projected Points Your PlayerWill Score

--or--

Projected Awards Your Singer Will Win

So you may be sitting with your man on a Tuesday night and he is on his Fantasy Football app.

You are all, "Why are you playing Fantasy Football right now? It is Tuesday, there is no football on!"

What he is doing is adjusting his lineup. 

Example....

Let's say General has Lil Wayne currently starting at Rapper.

Lil Wayne is projected by experts to score 16 points at the Billboard Music Awards this weekend. 

For the sake of this post, let's say winning 1 award = 8 points 

General sees there are other rappers that have not been picked up by anyone else in the league yet.

He then sees Jay Z is projected to score 24 points at the Billboard Music Awards.

So General takes a chance and substitues Jay Z for Lil Wayne because the experts think Jay Z will win more awards at the show than Lil Wayne. 

Since the Billboard Music Awards isn't until Sunday, General spends the week leading up to the show adjusting his lineup of singers.

Next: It's Game Time

--or--

It's Show Time!

As the categories are called and awards are given,

 you hope your singers score more awards than your opponent's singers. 

Example:

General has Miranda Lambert in at Country Singer

He is playing his friend Leslie this week.

Leslie has Carrie Underwood in at Country Singer

Carrie Underwood wins female country singer of the year = 8 points for Leslie's team

but then Miranda wins country artist of the year = 8 points for General's team.

Current Score is Tied = General 8 points, Leslie 8 points

Fantasy Football Example:

I have Peyton Manning in at QB

He throws a 50 yard touchdown pass to Eric Decker who my opponent has on her team playing in the Wide Receiver position.

I get 6 points for Peyton throwing the touchdown

I get 1 point for Peyton throwing it 50 yards

But my opponent gets...

 6 points for Eric Decker being the person that caught the touchdown pass

And another 5 points for him catching a 50 yard pass

Current Fantasy Score: Me: 7 points Her: 11 points

So that is a quick look into what Fantasy Football is and why your man plays it all week long and twice on Sunday.