The Bumbles Blog On Sports
I am SO PROUD of all the people in the Momspective Fantasy Football Training leagues. I’m already getting my butt kicked (and kicking butt lol) and was very happy to hear from one of our league members. Meet Molly and Andy from The Bumbles Blog. Molly & Andy are big fans of spending time with their family and friends, taking sports or movies, and crossing places off their travel wish list. Although they do like to stay home with their cats too. Additionally, Molly has more of a passion for photography and books while Andy prefers to be Concert Boy instead, rocking out to his favorite music. The following is Molly’s take on Fantasy Football-
ON SPORTS ~ Life Is Just A Fantasy…
I have always been a fan of football. Football provided me life lessons as a little girl by teaching me about the underdog, persistence, and that life, like sports, is not always fair. When I became a teenager I learned that football players were pretty damn hot, along with more life lessons about how working as a team is easier than going it alone, along with the pride felt in supporting your own. As a college student I found the experience of attending a professional game and got good lessons in humility and economics. And then, as an adult, I had sexism reinforced by none other than my own friends when they refused to admit me into their fantasy football league because I was a girl.
Screw that. This year, I am managing two fantasy football teams online in addition to participating in the same weekly football pick ‘em pool that I have been playing for as long as I’ve been employed. Andy, not being sexist, recommended me to the commissioner of his new online fantasy football league and happily I was welcomed to join. To make sure my 5 male opponents knew where I was coming from, I named my team “GiselleWearsThePants” in honor of New England Patriots’ Quarterback Tom Brady’s supermodel wife. Andy’s team name is “Brady Goes To Miami” reflecting the desire to see the Pats return to the Superbowl this year in Miami.
My other team is in an all-girl league run by Julie @ Momspective (it is open to both sexes but I believe in my particular division all teams are managed by women). Julie was not a fan of football but then her husband took the time to teach her the game and now they spend quality time together on Sundays. She participates in a Fantasy Football league with her neighbors and decided to try to convert other football widows into fans of the game themselves by setting up this online league through her blog. I named this team “Boston Babe” to show my regional leanings and because, who’s to say I’m not?
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I’ve never played fantasy football. I used to watch football when we lived in Wisconsin but the sport just isn’t as popular out here in California.
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my knoledge of football was watching my parents watch it every Sunday while growing up, then in high school sitting in the bleachers every Friday night with my friends (band girl here) doing everything I could to not pay attention to the game.
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Hi girleee. I was waiting to hear about the fantasy league but I went AWOL…
Ps.. have u been taking your pants off because our Panther’s are making me CRY!
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Julie Reply:
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:32 am
I’ve been taking EVERYTHING off but nothing’s working!
I love the idea that someone is credited with inventing the forward pass, which means before him, no one ever thought to throw it forward.
I have to tell you all that I am having a blast with this fantasy football. I loved football and new the basics but now it’s so intense for me and I get just as excited as my husband. Also my husband is having so much fun teaching me and helping me with my fantasy football team. We both didn’t think he would be so eager and excited but he is. Thanks for putting this together.
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No No NOOOO!!! Another one bites the dust! More people playing Fantasy Football?! Well I guess I should be thankful its women and not more men! I guess a twopoints that make it a LITTLE easier to stomach are that
1) women are more curtious when flipping the channels between games. They will ask before just ripping the remote out of your hand
2) we women are multi-taskers so I have faith that those play can…
do their line-up, change a diaper, make dinner, do a load of laundry before the guys can even figure out what running back to play this week.
Good luck ladies…I guess…