The NCAA is up in arms that CBS Sports is running a college fantasy football league, because doesn't like the ‘added pressure’ it places on young ‘student-athletes’.
“We still believe that we have the responsibility to protect and act on behalf of student-athletes,” NCAA spokesman Bob Williams said. “There are marked differences between professional leagues and college athletics.”
Uh-huh. We read that trite crap as: ‘Give us a piece of the pie and we won’t say boo.’ The only real difference between the two is the payout for talent.
But, here’s the rub:
College fantasy football is stupid.
We have our 22nd annual fantasy draft on Saturday, and through the years have participated in a college fantasy league or two. Play is wildly erratic from week to week, so it takes much more of your precious time if you intend to have a decent squad. Depending on the league, you might even have to keep track of how the backup kicker for Iowa State did in high school, for christ’s sake.
Plus, school allegiances come into play. How could we, as Texas fans…ever consider picking an Aggie or a Sooner? How can we, as intelligent individuals…ever pick a Boilermaker?
Not interested.
We’ll just wait until they get to the NFL so we can wildly overpick a guy like MJD again, thank you very much.
