For a few years now I’ve achieved a lot of enjoyment playing my fantasy teams in virtual sports leagues. At the moment I have 3 teams; basketball, football and baseball. There are a lot of other games involving sport that are more basic.

I find this an awful lot of fun and it’s the nearest I’ll ever get to managing a sports team! I love buying and selling players, choosing the teams just pretending to be the manager for a few hours.

This is very rewarding, but rather addictive. As I am in 3 leagues, I seem to spend a helluva lot of time refreshing pages and checking league positions and games stats.

Are the addictive qualities of these games bad for you? Well I personally don’t think s, but then I wouldn’t, would I? It does take up a huge amount of my time and If there are no new stats I find myself watching games I have no interest in, and checking other results to see of my team is affected.

On the positive side, there is the competition and the things that I mentioned earlier. If you are a sports fan you will love a good battle, this keeps things interesting through a long season, no one can argue with that.

A competitive nature is one thing, but there are times that I have bordered on obsessive. I’ve found myself ignoring the actual result of a game as I’ve been very concerned about certain individuals and how they are playing their part in my team.

Like many of us, I have favorite teams in real life that I have been a fan of since childhood. Why now, for the first time ever, is my allegiance being tested by teams that don’t even exist? If fixtures clash I’m in the horrible situation of having to choose between them.

Do I have a problem? Well if I do there are millions of us. This is a topic for hot debate by many sports enthusiasts.

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