This book by Max Handelman and Erik Barmack is hilarious! They give a great insider's view of what happens to ordinary people who have a serious obsession!! It's a great book for everyone to read because it's easily followed even if you have no clue what Fantasy Football is! I loved it and have shared it with friends who love and despise the game for various reasons! If you're a Sunday widow you should read this book and if you're a participant of this league, you should consider therapy! (when the season ends, of course). Have fun reading this funny tale of crazed wannabe's!

I was hoping these guys would capture all the things that are so enjoyably absurd about fantasy football and after reading I can happily say they've done exactly that. The chapter on post-draft reactions was great (The Helter Skelter Reaction: Manger in four different fantasy leagues who can't remember which players are on which teams) as are the side bars throughout, guys we like in sportsbars, a prayer for torn ACL's, top five quarterbacks quickest to hook-slide, and anatomy of a guppy draft were all great.

It's a fun read. If you play fantasy football you are going to dig it.

When I first heard about this book, I rushed to find it on Amazon and added it to my wish list. I patiently awaited it's release and was very happy to receive my copy. After savoring it for a day or so I sat down and began to read it. My wife, who does not understand, but accepts, my addiction to fantasy sports, thought I would finish the book in a day or two. After watching me read a few pages and put it down and then read a few more pages and put it down again, she asked why I hadn't finished already. "To be honest," I said "it's just missing something and I can't seem to get into it."

Maybe it was the exhaustingly long email threads that attempted to hold chapters together or the never ending use of unrelated lists that seemd to do nothing more than fill space, but this book just didn't do it for me.

To be fair, I think I may have been comparing it too heavily to "Committed, Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie." by Mark St. Amant. In my opinion, that book (released in 2004) truly captured the enjoyment, humor and obsession that I've experienced in so many fantasy football leagues. "Why Fantasy Football Matters..." simply does not compare to that superior effort.

The book did make me laugh from time to time and a few passages did remind me of the leagues in which I participate. I do not feel, however, that I can recommend it. If you want to read an extremely well written tale that captures the humor and blinding obsession that surrounds fantasy football, pass by this title and grab a copy of "Committed..." I've already started to reread it myself.

Whether a veteran or rookie, you'd like to know how to improve a)your managing prowess and b)your ability to irritate other owners.

If you are a fantasy "widow", you're probably wondering why you receive only monosyllabic responses on Sundays from September through January

The answers are all here; a must-have before the '06 season.

i bought it. i read it. i became obsessed w/ it and i don't even like football. my wife was like, why aren't you sleeping, it's 3 am, and i was like, I don't know, I have no idea why I am reading every page of this book, I don't know who any of these people are or what they are talking about, I just want to know what happens to them!!! it is a very unique book-- but it never tells us-- WHO WINS THE SUPER BOWL?! The Death Maiden, I hope. I need to know.