Have you ever played fantasy football.  It is a game in which participants serve as the managers of a virtual professional team.
Wow, I have never heard of that
Its great.  The competitors choose their players and team rosters. 
OK..that must be an interesting game. I love football
Me too.  You can spend hours though playing it.  The points are based on the performances of the actual players in real life competitions.
Wow, that is cool
Gill" Winkenbach, an Oakland area businessman and a limited partner in the Oakland Raiders. In a New York hotel room during a 1962 Raiders eastern cross-country trip, Winkenbach, along with Raiders Public Relations man Bill Tunnel and Tribune reporter Scotty Stirling, developed a system of organization and a rulebook, which would eventually be the basis of modern fantasy football.
The inaugural league was called the GOPPPL (Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League), and the first draft took place in the rumpus room of Winkenbach's home
Fantasy football (American)
Fantasy football is a game in which the participants serve as the general managers of virtual professional gridiron football teams. The competitors choose their team rosters by participating in a draft in which all players of a real football league are available. Points are based on the actual performances of the players in the real-world competition. The game typically involves the National Football League, Canadian Football League, American Alliance of Football or college football.
There are two main types of fantasy football:
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