Somehow in the past few years, I’ve missed out on the fantasy sports craze: from fantasy football to fantasy NASCAR, I’m clueless. Recently, however, I’ve discovered that all is not lost. There are plenty of fantasy leagues that require no sports knowledge and could potentially lead to some heated discussions with your pop culture savvy friends over whether Britney Spears was a good draft pick.
Fantasy Music League—Are you one of those armchair A&Rs who criticizes every popular artist on the charts, claiming you could do better? Don’t forget the reality: you live with your parents and you’ll never be an employee at a successful label. So, while you’re waiting for life to end in mom’s basement, check out FantasyMusicLeague.com and run your own virtual record label. Oh yea, you’re competing for your share of $25,000. That’s real money. Good luck.
Virtual Stock Exchange— Remember your boring Econ class in high school when you had a simulated stock exchange, and you bought all of the cool brands hoping you’d win with Coca-Cola and Google? Hopefully, in addition to your Freshmen Fifteen, you’ve gained a bit more knowledge about the stock market. Put that knowledge to the test and you, sir, could be making the big bucks—er, “virtual” big bucks. And a B- in Econ.
Fafarazzi—Okay, so let’s just assume you lack the ability to process numbers or things that matter. Under “Favorite Books” in your Facebook, you’ve listed a pop culture magazine. This one’s for you. Fafarazzi differs quite a bit from Fantasy Music League in that your points are to your players’ detriment. Basically, if she’s pregnant, just got out of rehab, recently exposed her privates to cameras on multiple occasions or is going back into rehab, you’re banking. Fafarazzi is for the lovers.
Fantasy Congress—You went to college with aspirations of exceeding in the Political Science program, scoring an internship and eventually becoming a grey-haired Congressman or woman. But somewhere along the line, you realized you smoke a little too much pot and have trouble sitting still in lectures to make the cut. So why not make the same decisions in your underwear in the comfort of your own home? Fantasy Congress is perfect for the intellectuals who would rather save this country while watching
Family Guy marathons instead of wasting time wearing a suit.
Fantasy Moguls—This one is just for the aspiring Spielbergs and Tarantinos of the world and is closely related to Fantasy Music League. Every three months you get $100 to snag your choice of eight movies judging how successful you predict they’ll be. The point system includes factors such IMDb user review scores and the movie’s rank in the national top five.
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