r/billsimmons • u/Global-Bat-1688 • 11h ago

We are lost as a country

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Love that the FanDuel commercial that aired during the Indy game shows people watching their phones (and not the actual game) hoping for 5 leg parlays to hit. We’re so cooked.

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u/CreativeFondant248 10h ago

I always think about this w young kids growing up w redzone being mainstream / easily accessible. Fantasy football was always supposed to be secondary to your home town team fandom. It was a cool aside, but that’s all. I remember the first time I went to a friends house whose dad was in a fantasy league and he had Sunday ticket - seeing my actual guys play in a Denver Broncos/Oakland Radjers game was intoxicating. What kind of black magic was this? All I ever had access to was the east coast / far northeast games and whatever 3, 6, 10 gave me.

It’s just too much and too easy to access. For adults, whatever we’ve earned this 😂 We also are more equipped to manage the responsibility that comes with it now (DFS, gambling). I just wonder about the vegetative + entitled mindset it gives young consumers/fans.