mjl2003 ([info]mjl2003) wrote,
@ 2007-02-22 14:21:00
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fantasy employment
I was chatting with my girlfriend and made the following comments:

"i just wish i could turn fantasy baseball into a career
so do hundreds of other men
if not thousands"

to which she replied:

"and women too
jeez
sexist
just joking by the way"

and I proclaimed: "i'd say maybe 99 percent of fantasy baseball players are men"

which truly led us to question what the precise percentage of fantasy baseball teams are run by women. Any thoughts?

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[info]captaino
2007-02-23 04:44 am UTC (link)
Just read "Fantasyland" by Sam Walker, about his experiences in the 2004 Tout Wars league. I think he cited 98%. Well over 90%, anyway.

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[info]twerpalicious
2007-02-23 07:03 am UTC (link)
I still struggle with the concept of fantasy baseball in the first place.

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(Anonymous)
2007-02-28 09:55 pm UTC (link)
In 2006 I took part in fantasy baseball leagues with 52 unique owners (give or take a couple) of whom at least three were women. But it depends on the level of intensity. As of 2002 the Baseball HQ fall convention had one female attendee (among 200-300), part of a husband-and-wife team that sold stuff.

-Matt B.

My best guess is a 95/5 split, maybe slightly less if some on-line "men" are actually women using male screen names to avoid unwanted attention.

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[info]hector31
2007-03-06 08:45 pm UTC (link)
I'd guess 90-95 percent of the players in fantasy baseball are men.

Fantasy Football is much more friendly to casual players - there, call it 85-15 (and maybe I'm low with the 15).

Oh, I'm a roto scribe for a living. I like my job, but not always. There's a downside to it, too.

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