When you play fantasy football, you play (almost exclusively) in a head-to-head, points-based system. When you play fantasy baseball, you play (almost exclusively) in either a rotisserie or head-to-head, categories-based system. When you play fantasy hockey, you play (almost exclusively) in some form of salary cap, everyone-can-have-player-X-on-the-team sysatem.
Why don't we see rotisserie or category-based football leagues, for instance? I have a hunch that it's because in fantasy sports, we are all looking for a balance between competing with our friends while still staying as close to the actual game as possible. Thus, since football uses points, and touchdowns are worth 6, field goals worth 3, etc., we like to carry that over into our fantasy sports.
But on the face of it, the purest form of fair competition for a fantasy game is to use a rotisserie or head-to-head category-based system. That makes every stat equal, so there is no waffling about whether a passing touchdown is worth the same to a team as a field goal that's over 45 yards (for instance).
Should we see more rotisserie and category-based football leagues?
Keywords: fantasy, Fantasy sports, MLB, NFL, NHL
