Why is fantasy football different from any other fantasy sports platform?
Posted by Akirti Raghav on February 18th, 2020
Football in the most popular sport in the world with a 3.5 billion following across the globe. Having mentioned that, the game got even more exciting once it invoked football with the opportunity to participate in a contest of their own. The introduction of Fantasy Football was for the sole reason of the fans to get more invested in the leagues, cup competitions, international fixtures that take place year after year.
One of the most talked about platforms is the Fantasy Premier League where the average football follower assembles the best combine eleven for the list of fixtures on a particular week that can make an impact in their respective games. The unique idea of enticing the masses to be more thorough with the Premier League, the number of teams, super star stats etc only adds further value and viewership to the league as well.
Since the sport has the highest fan following in the world, India is one of the nations which has a growing interest in football. Though the subcontinent nation has polarized cricket as the game of all games, but the coverage of the English Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and UEFA Champions League has led the upcoming generation to have a soft spot for football than it earlier had. Since the love of football is growing, also due to the inclusion of the Indian Super League, fantasy platforms such as Dream11 has adopted a similar strategy that makes the football fans to do their homework on respective players, their form, head-to-head confrontations etc that adds further value.
The reason why Fantasy Football is on the rise is also because of the rewards that an active user of a 'Dream11' or a 'Fantasy Premier League' could get. Cash rewards of various kinds along with special offers always serves as an incentive for an individual to be an active participant.
The other reason why Fantasy Football is on the rise in India is because the Indian national team is steadily bringing in relevance for the sport in the nation. Earlier, domestic football in India wasn't marketed as it is being now and the facilities being provided to those learning the sport was close to negligible. But due to higher coverage, sponsorships, better training grounds, India as a nation will only improve in football. With plenty of young Indians being fans of the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Liverpool or a Bayern Munich, it is a given that they'll be backing Team India whenever they're up for a big game or when they have the chance of making it to the World Cup.
Without India representing football on a global level, the country has fans who know their stuff about football due to watching several leagues around the world. Through that there's a higher interest in those football fans to test their skills through Fantasy Football Prediction. So, if India as a nation does manage to represent itself on a global scale, the number of users on Fantasy Football platforms could sky rocket.
