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KNOW YOUR PLAYERS. BUT NOT TOO WELL. |
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Written by Gentry
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Thursday, 09 July 2009 19:37 |
We’ve all had Bromances and Man Crushes on ‘our’ players. Guys who have performed magic for our team with clutch TDs and multiple rebounds. On the flipside there is also the player who we feel is trying to undermine our team with their pathetic play. They could have a great career but we wouldn’t touch them with a ten-foot pole if they burned us for one season.
Basically the emotions run the gamut on how we react to the players that we ‘own’. This is nothing new as people have formed attachments, sometimes unhealthy ones, with public figures that they have never met. But how does this all play out in the appropriately-named Fantasy Sports world? I had no idea, so I asked an expert.
Ellis Cashmore is a professor of Sociology, Sport and Culture. He has authored books on topics ranging from TV to Rastafarians to Sports Science. Perhaps most apropos to this topic is his book Celebrity Culture, which explored our connection with celebrities. In Fantasy Sports, our celebrities are the players. Whether come through for us or let us down, they always force us to put a value on our relationship with them. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 09 July 2009 20:12 |
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