Fantasy Football Will Cost Your Boss $16B
The NFL’s popularity is going to cost your boss this season.
That figure represents just one hour of unproductive work time each week during the 17-week stretch.
Challenger, who stated he belongs to a number of fantasy soccer leagues, believes employers ought to keep away from clamping down on fantasy soccer as a result of participation can help morale within the office and increase productiveness in the long term.
The partnership will see an extension of DraftKings ongoing media deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN, as the DFS operator hosts $300,000 Hooters Fantasy Football Challenge.
We’ve all been “that guy” to draft a well-hyped fantasy football rookie in one of the early rounds, only to watch him fall to the bottom of the totem pole halfway through the season.
“Unless you are J.J. Watt, who appears to put in 100 percent during every hour of his workday, it is impossible to reach full productivity”, Challenger added.
Based on the latest data from the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, participation in fantasy football has soared 350% versus the 12.6 million people that played in 2005.
As the first-ever event of its scale, Hooters recently kicked off fantasy football season in style with the Hooters World’s Largest Fantasy Football Draft Party in the West Club at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.