1st Edition

The Fantasy Sport Industry Games within Games

By Andrew Billings, Brody Ruihley Copyright 2014
186 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Fantasy sport has become big business. Recent estimates suggest that there as many as 27 million fantasy sport participants in the US alone, spending $1.5bn annually, with many millions more around the world. This is the first in-depth study of fantasy sport as a cultural and social phenomenon and a significant and growing component of the contemporary sports economy. This book presents an... Read more

Chapter 1. Fantasy Sport: The Game Changer  Chapter 2. More Than Just an Excuse to Watch Sports All Day: Why People Participate in Fantasy Sport  Chapter 3. Different Sports, Different Identities: Player Heterogeneity and Fantasy Sport Play  Chapter 4. The Major Players: An Inside Look at the Fantasy Sport Trade Association  Chapter 5. Money Changes Everything (or Does It?): Free, Low-Stakes, and High-Stakes Fantasy Play  Chapter 6. Enough is Enough: Exiting and Burnout of Fantasy Sport Participants  Chapter 7. Projecting the Future: Pitfalls, Opportunities, and the Trajectory of Fantasy Sport

Biography

Andrew C. Billings is the Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting and Director of the Alabama Program in Sports Communication in the Department of Telecommunication and Film at the University of Alabama. He is the author/editor of seven books including Olympic Media: Inside the Biggest Show on Television (Routledge, 2008).

Brody J. Ruihley is an Assistant Professor of Sport Administration in the School of Human Services at the University of Cincinnati. His primary research is in the areas of fantasy sport and public relations in sport.