1. Fans, Fantasy Sports, & Social Media
Jasmine Holtz and Gianmarco Concepcion

2. Fantasy Sports: The Game changer
Fantasy sports players earn points based on how these real players perform in real games
Fans play for many reasons: Competition, excitement, escape, self- esteem.
Two biggest companies: DraftKings and Fanduel
FanDuel Commercial

3. Chapter 4: Sport Fan Culture
Sport fans (viewing and spectatorship) bring in $20 billion annually in revenue in the U.S. (ticket sales, sports merchandise, pay-per-view)
Fans now have unlimited access to information about their favorite teams and athletes
Sport identification: the relationship between sport and identity (self-esteem or personal identity; psychological connection fans experience to their team, sport, or athlete

4. What type of fan are you? Sport Fan Types:
Spectator: someone who simply watches and observes
Fan: stemming from fanatic someone who experiences a greater devotion to the sport they follow

6. Sport Fan Spectrum
Fair Weather: Social Fan “Those individuals whose interest in a sport is driven more by the ability to connect with others. The sport itself is peripheral obtained from sharing the experience with other fans.”
Focused: “Individuals with moderate investment in a particular team, sport, or community who spend considerable time following outcomes.”
Die Hard(Vested): “Sport fans with significant emotional attachment to the success or failure of the teams or sports they support.”
Dysfunctional Fan: “Fans at sporting events that is overly aggressive with opposing teams, fans, and officials.”

7. What motivates Fans?
According to the text there are 6 motives that drive fans:
Aesthetic Beauty: “drawn to the sport to see it played to its perfection”
Achievement: “sense of accomplishment after a team or athlete wins”
Drama: “experience the enjoyment that comes from the thrill of watching the game”
Escape: “experience a level of relief from the stress from their day to day world”
Knowledge: “gain insight of how the sport is played by viewing it”
Social Connection: “motivated by the social connection it provides”

8. Football Fandom
Football fandom has undergone a remarkable and widespread transformation
Presentation of athletes as commodities to be consumed selectively and self- consciously by sports fans
Athletes are framed as property, often valuable and disposable
By the time football was a successful spectator sport it was an important symbol of White male supremacy
Exclusively white college men
More than 2/3rd of NFL players are now black

9. Football Fandom Cont.
Football has the biggest media audiences of the “Big Three”
Favorite sports league of U.S. fans
Of the 15 million people the Fantasy Sports Trade Association estimates play fantasy sports, 93% play fantasy football
Fantasy football first was a diversion created by sports journalists in the 1960’s
Now bring in $1.5 billion and 20 million players

10. Battlefield to playing field
Virtual Reality = Near Reality
From Battlefield to Playing field
Virtual Reality

11. Image sources