Skip To Content

    26 Fantasy Sports Problems That All Leagues Can Relate To

    A countdown from least to most severe. "You're telling me we can't redo the draft?"

    26. When any league member misses the draft.

    25. When the last place teams stop updating their lineup halfway through the season.

    24. When the league-wide consensus is to raise the buy-in fee two weeks into the season.

    23. When someone steals your awesome team name.

    22. When a winning team tries trading with a team out of playoff contention.

    21. When the team that everyone thought would be terrible wins it all.

    20. When the team with the dumbest name wins it all.

    19. When you try to negotiate a trade and nobody wants to be reasonable.

    18. When the person drafting before you takes the player you want.

    17. When most league members don't pay on time.

    16. Going into a crucial game with your best players on bye-week.

    15. When your normally productive players underperform when it matters most.

    14. When the team that missed the draft is undefeated.

    "I see the Autopick All-Stars are having a record year."

    13. When ALL teams out of playoff contention stop updating their lineup.

    12. When friendships are ruined over anything-fantasy.

    11. When the league manager is anything but firm and fair.

    10. When the league manager changes the scoring style two weeks into the regular season.

    9. When the winner of the league has to go collect the winnings from every person who didn’t pay.

    8. When the official player projections are way off but you listened to them anyway.

    7. When you rejected a trade that you definitely should have accepted.

    6. When you drop a player who ends up having a breakout season.

    5. Losing to a rival by a fraction of a point.

    4. Having to reject 9 out of 10 trade offers.

    3. Waking up early to claim a player off the waivers, only to find someone else got there first.

    2. INJURIES.

    1. And when your first round pick turns out to be a total bust.