Fantasy Football Contributes to Lack of Productivity

According to a study released on Wednesday, employees who are engaging in fantasy football online are costing employers up to 1.1 billion a week in productivity.

Ebay Incs. web auctions and online poker are the biggest waste of productivity in the workplace, but it appears that fantasy sports is now among the elite in this area.

Almost 37 million people are spending 50 minutes of time a week at their jobs running their fantasy teams during the N.F.L. season.

Fantasy football involves people starting up their own team made up of professional athletes, where the owner gets to make similar moves as that of a general manager. The "player" then tracks his teams performance through the week.

John Challenger, CEO of the consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. says, "The potential damage to morale and loyalty resulting from a fantasy football ban could be far worse than the loss of productivity caused by ten minutes of online team management."

According to a study released on Wednesday, employees who are engaging in fantasy football online are costing employers up to 1.1 billion a week in productivity.

According to a study released on Wednesday, employees who are engaging in fantasy football online are costing employers up to 1.1 billion a week in productivity.

The average persom surveyed claimed to spend 34 minutes a day thinking about their fantasy teams, and almost $500 dollars a year on fantasy sports in general.

August 17, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
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