It won’t be long before many of us hold our fantasy football drafts. I often wonder why I bother to draft. It always seems to turn out the same way. So this cartoon came to me as a reminder. Fantasy football is big business. No wonder when they can manage to entice guys like me for another year of futile frustration. Fun. But futile.

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Just a note

Since I’m nationally syndicated two times a week cartoons like this work well for that. They’re known as evergreens, meaning they have a long shelf life. I sneak them in here on the blog in between my local and regional stuff. So if you’re ever reading the blog and wonder why Drew did this instead of, say an Avalanche cartoon, or a Broncos cartoon, well, now you know. I really prefer the local stuff because it gets great response from all of you. But I’ve got to do the stuff for United Features too, because, well, it helps pay the bills.

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Football. It’s my favorite sport both to watch and draw about. Anytime I can mix the game I love and it’s effects on our personal relationships I’m a happy camper. These cartoons are very rarely autobiographical but rather a composite of the American way of life.
I also love bookstores. Now that they have Starbucks often built right in the stores themselves I can enjoy two of may favorite pastimes simultaneously. Which means I can send twice as much time there because I know I can refuel on caffiene when the book titles start to get a little blurry. So, I’m in Borders this weekend, browsing around and this book catches my eye called The Football Fan’s Manifesto by Michael Tunison.

I didn’t buy it, but I caught enough of a glimpse of it that I’ve added it to my “might buy later list”, which admittedly grows longer with each subsequent visit to the bookstore. Anyway, this is one of the fun things that grabbed me from the book. Feel Free to add your own commandments.

The Football Fan’s Ten Commandments

1. You Must Choose Your Team by the Age of Eight.
2. Value That Team Above All Else, Even Yourself.
3. Under No Circumstances Can You Switch Teams (And Expect to Live).
4. There is a Limit to the Amount of Merchandise You Can Own (But It’s Very Generous).
5. Sportsmanship is for the Athletes. Fans Can Gloat Endlessly.
6. A Self-Induced Coma to Skip the Off-season is a Practical Solution to an Annoying Problem.
7. An Inoffensive Fantasy Football Name is a Lame Fantasy Football Name.
8. Wealth Doesn’t Matter So Long As You Don’t Have to Work Weekends.
9. Respect Superstitions. If Your Team Lost, It’s Because You Jinxed Them.
10. In Life, the Order of Importance: Football First, Football Second, Football Third, Family . . . uh, I Don’t Know, twelfth?

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The Fear Factor
This years fantasy football drafts have an added element of anxiety to them. Last years game Tom Brady injury decimated not only the Patriots, but hundreds of thousands of fantasy teams everywhere. To clarify, I was not among them. I was plenty bad on my own merits. I love this time of year when so many of us are spending a few hours (and some of you out there, many, many hours) prepping for our Fantasy drafts. This fantasy stuff is big business you know. The latest edition of Entrepreneur magazine has an article on the whole thing. Today’s poll is sweet and simple.

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