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The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

990: The Gray Area of Fantasy Football

The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

JJ made a controversial dynasty trade a couple of weeks ago, and it's sparked a lot of discussion online. On Episode 990, JJ discusses the trade, but, more importantly, he digs into why the reaction is part of a larger fantasy football problem.  ...

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0:00.0

This is the late round podcast with your host, J.J. Zacharisa.

0:11.6

What's up, everyone? It's J.J. Zacharisen. In this episode 990 of the late round fantasy football

0:17.7

podcast, thanks for tuning in.

0:21.3

Every once in a while, I do episodes like this one where I kind of just go.

0:24.7

I don't have the clearest goal in mind when I put together my little show sheet, but

0:28.6

I know there's a general message that I'm trying to get across.

0:32.0

And today's message is the following.

0:34.1

We need to get away from this black and white thinking that's rampant in fantasy football.

0:39.0

Maybe it's hot take culture taking over.

0:41.5

Maybe it's the fact that clicks are more important than more genuine content.

0:45.8

Whatever the reason, the fantasy football world seems to be losing the gray area,

0:50.4

when that's the opposite of what actually should be happening.

0:54.0

As we mature with this game, as this game becomes more and more popular and we become more and

0:59.1

more interested in it, you would think there'd be more recognition to the fact that variance is

1:03.6

everywhere within it.

1:05.5

Like, I've been around for a while now.

1:07.7

I've been doing this as my job for 12 years at this point.

1:12.4

I sort of grew up in the fantasy football space starting when I was in my early 20s, childless living in an apartment

1:17.4

with my girlfriend who's now my wife, thinking I had the answers when I had none. And trust

1:22.6

me, I know that 12 years from now, I'll be looking back at this exact moment, probably saying

1:27.4

the exact same thing. But as I've be looking back at this exact moment, probably saying the exact

1:27.9

same thing. But as I've watched the fantasy football space grow into the awesome community

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