9781422286784

This Philadelphia Eagles player has just made some fantasy player very happy.

football. In 2014, more than 41 million fans played. Fantasy sports are also available for soccer, cricket, NASCAR, basketball, hockey, and much more. The first fantasy players did all their own stats, reading newspaper box scores and calculating points weekly. With to- day’s tech, however, fantasy is all-digital. Sites and apps send alerts to team “own- ers” with nearly every pitch, kick, or hit. Fans pay these sites to provide management for their leagues and teams, for scouting re- ports, and for seemingly endless sheets of stats for every situation. Forbes Magazine

ARENAS, FIELDS, AND FANS

41