But interest in fantasy football in 2020, like so many sporting diversions, has been disrupted. Other developments gripping the country — including an economic recession, a presidential election and months of protests over racial inequity — also have made fantasy football feel far less compelling. ADAD“It’s ugly,” Joe Dyken, who runs the website Fantasy Football Nerd, told The Washington Post via email. In their place was an offseason conducted largely out of sight and, for many football fans, out of mind. “The first time I noticed that Fantasy Football managers might be losing interest this year was when my friend Lennie, who I’ve annually played Fantasy Football with since we went to college in the late 90s, said he didn’t want to play,” Richard wrote in an email.

Source: Washington Post August 25, 2020 14:33 UTC