Women Against Fantasy Sports – It Was Only A Matter Of Time

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 Women Against Fantasy Sports – It Was Only A Matter Of Time
It’s the middle of August, which means that football season is tantalizingly close. August also brings the beginning of Fantasy Football, and the endless ranking of players, live drafts, auto-drafts, trades, waiver picks, and endless strategizing. A private research group estimates that U.S. employers will lose $9.2 billion in lost work due to Fantasy Football, but employers aren’t the only ... [link]

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The Roundup: A-Rod’s Dating, Football as an Olympic Sport, and Greg Maddux Back to the Dodgers
Published 8/19/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... a teammate’s car, masturbated in the locker room, very manic, loved, hated, loathed, tolerated. The ultimate merging of tragic and victorious.” (Oh No Romo) Rough offseason for USC’s supposed heir apparent to Reggie Bush, Joe McKnight. (Trojan Empire) Why would Peyton Manning want to make football an Olympic Sport? Did his agent put him up to this? (We Play) Women don’t like it when their husbands play fantasy sports. (Lion in Oil)

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Published 8/19/2008 at SI.com - Extra Mustard
... Fellas, if you're fantasy football commitments are affecting your relationship in a negative manner, tell your significant other to just shut up and join WAFS -- Women Against Fantasy Sports. ...

Create The Caption #265
Published 8/19/2008 by Awful Announcing- (noreply@blogger.com) at Awful Announcing
... Links: John Tesh Is My Hero (With Leather) Championship Celebrations Are Getting Boring (CBS Sports) Do What Peyton Tells You! Support "Make Football An Olympic Sport" (MFAOS) Why Is Mike Greenberg On The Air? (Boiled Sports) More On Jeff Kent And His Legacy (Bergen Blog) Add Another Blazers Site To The NBA Blog Family (Portland Trail Bloggers) SEC vs The Big 10 In Song (Ryan Parker) Women Against Fantasy Sports (Lion in Oil) A New Sports Blog With A Great Name (I Had To Turn ...

IN CASE YOU FORGOT, WOMEN HATE FUN
Published 8/19/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip to brighten this short, dark life
... admitting their addiction and selecting from our store to begin winning their spouse back. That sounds like a great excuse to sell T-shirts organization! Shame, though. It's only a matter of time until this guy files suit against them. You see that, ladies!? We have a crusader on our side. I can't wait to get my share of that "making dudes hear about your day" class action suit he's got in the works. [Lion in Oil]

Women Against Fantasy Sports Sucks
Published 8/19/2008 by Kim at Predominantly Orange | A Blog For Denver Broncos Fans
... Are you serious? There really is a site called Women Against Fantasy Sports (WAFS). I’m not even gonna link it, so you’ll have to do a google search yourself. I was tipped off to this site by Lion in Oil which posts a direct quote from the WAFS site: ...

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