Before this season, I had never been in a serious fantasy football league that had women in it. There was a league back at my old job that had a couple females, but that league was just to pass the time at a shitty job.
Now, I'm in two leagues where there is female presence. And they're not walkovers on the schedule for us guys in the league.
The day after Jen and I started going out last year, she gave me the password to her fantasy football team in this league. I believe it was her first competitive league, and it showed (sorry Ivy). Throughout the season, I tried helping making moves for her team to make it somewhat competitive. She had Stafford as her QB, but not much else around him.
This year? Her team is one of the best in our league, and no thanks to me really. Other ladies in the league have a presence as well. If they're anything like Ivy, they're checking their teams constantly on Sundays, asking their boyfriends/husbands/whatevers who they should start. She doesn't ask a lot though - so I give her all the credit for the managing and success of all of her teams. I hope all of you females are managing these teams independently for the most part.
This isn't your 1990s/2000s fantasy league with old guys who had to "meet" their "women" in AOL chat rooms. This is the new age fantasy football league: a pro game played by men but fantasied by men and women alike. A shot of estrogen has been added to leagues now, and I for one applaud this movement.
Almost as important all those other movements in American history. Almost.
