It's hard to imagine that fantasy sports, played online, serve any purpose other than to entertain. But Paul Waelchli, a librarian at the University of Dubuque, declares on his blog that fantasy competition, notably in football and baseball, amounts to the "official national sport of librarians." He describes in great detail his belief that such games require skills in critical thinking, research, and social communication.
In the fantasy games, people become team managers and assemble groups of imaginary players whose performance mirrors that of real players. The teams compete against one another, with player statistics and game scores exchanged online.
“Any educators/librarians interested in forming a fantasy football league?” he asks. –Andrea L. Foster
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