Less is More

We are one week away from opening the 2010 NFL season and I for one cannot wait.

I have spent the last several weeks participating in various fantasy drafts and auctions and trading my little heart out! I play in four leagues and have fought myself not to overly expand this figure adding one new team each of the past three years. Having too many teams cheapens the whole experience, right? If you play in forty leagues you are not going to win every single one – it’s a numbers game – and those numbers will equalize over a large enough data set. Your performances will be across the spectrum even if your rosters have a few players in common. You will win, lose AND draw every single week.

My advice? Go for it with a few teams and pay attention to the nuances within those few. I have never swept multiple leagues but I will eventually catch my white rabbit.

Try to challenge yourself by playing in different formats. Every league is different - from PPR components to two quarterbacks… dynasties to keepers to redrafts… auctions to serpentine drafts… live and online. Variety is the spice of life. All different league mates too. Varying personalities, perspectives and formats is really the best part of fantasy football. Just remember you can’t try them all at once.

Have I made all the right moves? Am I even finished? I don’t know but I have plenty to keep me busy over the next five months. So to all you fantasy addicts out there: try less to get more out of your season. You will enjoy yourself and won’t feel so conflicted about every single play on Sundays.

ET