What’s Your Fantasy?
On Friday, I built my fantasy “team” for Saturday’s Reebok Boston Indoor Games.
On Thursday, the USATF announced its new Pick-N-Win Fantasy Game, track’s first dive into a fantasy world dominated by the Big Four (sports leagues, not accounting firms). The format is pretty simple: Before each meet in the Visa Championship Series, fans can pick their winners for each event, and after the meet is over, the team scores are tallied up using traditional track and field scoring: 10 points for first place, 8 points for second, 6 points for third, and so on. Weekly winners receive prize packages including cash and Nike/USATF gear. Not too shabby.
I don’t expect men in cubicles to be organizing fantasy track leagues anytime soon, but I am hopeful that the Pick-N-Win is one small way the USATF can stimulate its base. From the looks of the game’s standings board, participation was high for Week One — and the standings board only lists the top 500. Considering that fans only had about 48 hours from the USATF’s announcement to the Boston Indoor Games to register and punch in their picks, I’d say the turnout was phenomenal.
How did I fare in week 1? Well, I managed to squeak out 103 points (the winners scored 128), good enough for 135th place in the overall standings. Watch out, Bullets, Ultimate High TC, and LoopyNed — I’m hot on your tail going into Millrose.
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