What is fantasy football? Fantasy football is when one has the chance to own and manage their own fantasy football team, using real players in the National Football League (NFL). A typical league is 10 to 12 team managers, with a 26 man roster, and roughly 160 to 192 players being rostered. Most likely, the owners of the team start with nine players: one quarterback, two running backs and wide receivers, one tight end, a kicker and their defense team. The owner of the team can add more starters to give more of a challenge to other owners. If one has good confidence with their football knowledge, a more advanced league may be the fit they are looking for. Every week one competes against other owners in their league to score points based on how their players do in their football game. For example, say Patrick Mahomes is on an owner’s team and he throws a touchdown. Their team scores points. If their player is not doing well they can release them, just like in the NFL. All season long owners will commonly re-draft, depending on how well one’s team is performing. At the end of the week, they add up all their points and the team with the most points is the winner of the NFL week. This might sound daunting to many not familiar with Fantasy Football but, to some, it is taken extremely seriously. Sometimes people play for fun and other times they play for money. The goal for every team is to have more successful players than other teams in one’s league. One of the Xavier High School’s science teachers, Mr. Meyers, is involved with fantasy football and shares his advice towards making a good team. “Always have your eye on the waiver wire,” Meyers said. “Currently sitting in 3rd place in my league, but my team is a second-half team. So, not too worried.” Starting out with a strong team will give one success throughout the season and a good step-by-step strategy guide can break down how one can dominate the way they want. Sophomore Charlie Bostwick also provides information on how to have a successful draft and team. “Plan out your draft and make sure you get a good draft because you’ll be pretty set up for the rest of the year,” Bostwick said. Now that you have the basics down, it is time to join a league