Fantasy Olympics are Coming!
By: Derrick Eckardt | Categories: Fantasy Olympics
With the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics just 26 days away, it also means that the Fantasy Olympics are just around the corner as well! Fantasy Olympics are a great opportunity for you to learn about not just American Olympic hopefuls, but some of the more interesting Olympians from around the world. With the Olympics lasting just 17 days, it is not a very long season. Since you are going to be glued to your television wondering if Shaun White is going to win additional gold medals, you may as well play along.
As of January 26, Fantasy Olympian is the only site I came across that has its fantasy Olympics game all ready to go. I am expecting NBC Sports to launch one closer to the start of the games, as it had a very popular fantasy game during the 2008 Beijing games. I will update this article as additional fantasy Olympic games pop up closer to the games.
Fantasy Olympian is run by the guys who ran The Fantasy Olympics for the last two Olympic games. Fantasy Olympian encourages leagues to form in groups of at least ten (although leagues than fewer teams are more than acceptable). Teams draft 10 Olympians and 1 tiebreaker country, and accrue points as your fantasy Olympics team earns medals.
