Football Season

So the football season is upon us and I couldn’t be happier (isn’t that what we say). I love football. I love playing football. I love watching football played at all levels. It is just something that I truly enjoy. This year is different. Not that I won’t watch games, or get excited about great plays, but I have a different “outlook” on the football season this year. The reason is that I have chosen not to play fantasy football at all this year. This will mark the first time in a great many years that I haven’t played. I am usually in at least one league with a bunch of other youth pastors and friends from Moody (I have won this league 3 times). We never played for money, just for pride. I have also been in pick-em leagues and this year I am not.

I don’t have any great spiritual reason that I am not playing fantasy football. I just wanted to return to enjoying a game without having to check to see how my fantasy team is doing. I want to watch football to watch football. I don’t want to have to cheer for guys to have a good game and hope they lose because I hate their team, but they are an important player on my fantasy team. I want to enjoy the game. Pure football.

Of course I make this choice the year Yahoo introduces an app for my iPhone that would allow me to control my team better. Oh well. Let’s go Bears!