The Fantasy Football Equivalent To "The Secret"

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I know what you’re thinking: "Here we go again—another one of those self-proclaimed fantasy football gurus who thinks he possesses the FFL version of the Holy Grail."  

However, that is not the case as it pertains to this article. As a matter of fact, no such fantasy football reference manual currently exists or ever will.  

Author Rhonda Byrne's cleverly wrote a book titled "The Secret", in which she embraces the importance of positive thinking and behavior thus creating positive energy particles—neutrons, electrons, and protons that make-up all things of matter and ultimately radiating positive energy to others—a cycle Byrne's believes brings peace, happiness, and tranquility to one's life.   

“The Secret” is a good book in theory, if you are one of the few who have a strong mind and can filter out all the negatives that surround us humans daily. But for those like me who are a traffic jam or a crappy boss away from possessing some highly negative particles, the theories behind Byrne’s book just won’t work.

You can say the same holds true in the world of fantasy football owners. Hundreds, even thousands of internet sites, magazines, newsletters, and cheat sheets flood our FFL world.  Most of them help in some little way, but rely on the perfect world scenario much like Byrne’s book.

I’ve been a FFL owner for over 20 years and during that period of time, I’ve endured one losing season and only missed the playoffs twice.

In the same fashion Byrne’s shared her life philosophies, I’ll share my FFL “Secrets of Success” with you eagerly anticipating owners.

Here is the answer you so desperately search for as a FFL owner—the one thing that will make or break your 2009 season. The elusive difference maker you seek is………luck!  Thank you and good night!

Okay, I can’t leave you hanging with a single word serving as an answer to FFL fulfillment. But the simple truth of the matter is, luck is the real difference maker in a FFL season.

Indulge me a second and allow me to elaborate. 

There are factors outside FFL owner’s control that, simply put, makes participating comparable to that of rolling the dice in Vegas.

For instance, injuries play the biggest factor in any FFL season. How lucky was the guy who drafted Tom Brady in your league last season? Prior to the start of the season, he probably felt pretty good about snagging a 50-TD pass QB with the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth pick last year. It only took two quarters to change that luck (and create plenty of negative particles).

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