Well actually, it's not. Even the Daily Telegraph's version isn't all it promises to be. Why? Because people don't generally know as much as they claim to about divisions below the Premier League. Think about it. Why else would Chris Kamara be considered a foremost authority on anything?
Even the people who have made it can't have put much thought into it. Yes, the values placed on players in the Premier League versions are a bit arbitrary, but they're in the ballpark. Don't even try and convince me that James Scowcroft could be worth £3.6 million. Surely you should just reduce the overall budget to, say, £15million and make him worth £500,000. And that's being generous.
Also, half the fun for me of playing a Premier League Fantasy Football game is that I have no real affiliation to any particular side (except Bolton as for a long time my local team, but that's a moot point as I don't even live there anymore). This means that I can watch, say, a Portsmouth game as I did last season and get excited when John Utaka or Sulley Muntari get near the goal. It adds a bit of spice.
The version we play at work is the classic Fantasy League Professional, involving an auction and everything. It's really competitive and involves some good office banter. There's loads more interest when you can be angry at a certain player for scoring when you know your colleague has him and it will take him past you. There is for me, anyway.
Of course, the mere mention of Fantasy Football puts me in mind of the unsurpassable show, for which I am in mouring every time I see David Baddiel or Frank Skinner doing anything at all. I don't know if they're still available, but their Times Online Podcasts from the 2006 FIFA World Cup are an absolute pleasure. I listened to them all again a year on and they were still hilarious. Get involved.
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