Some have quipped that the original fantasy sports leagues were akin to fans on steroids, but the newest rage, daily fantasy sports, appears to be taking sports fanatics into a league of their own.
The growth has been tremendous the last year or two, said Andy Billings, Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting at the University of Alabama, an academic who has researched daily fantasy sports. People really want to get involved with following sports and daily fantasy is a way to do that.
And its not just conjecture. Yahoo, recognizing a trend, on Wednesday became the first big player to introduce its own daily fantasy site and app. Participation in fantasy sports of all kinds totaled 56.8 million people in 2014, up about 40 percent from 2013, according to a new survey thats been released by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association.
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