The League: Online & On the Field

Sports play a major role in just about every guy’s life. The Super Bowl alone draws in over 106 million viewers and billions in television and sponsorship revenue. That’s not a typo; billions of dollars are generated by one single 60 minute football game each year. The bottom line, sports are big business.
I’m right there with most guys. Saturdays are reserved for college football, Sundays for the NFL. Sprinkled throughout the rest of the week I take every opportunity to watch my favorite NBA team chew up the hardwood and attend as many hockey games as I can. For the record there is no better overtime than an NHL shootout and the Stanley Cup is far and away the ultimate sports trophy in existence.
Like most guys my days of playing sports are pretty much behind me. I guess God didn’t bless me with insane amounts of talent and determination; my playing days went as far as second string on my high school football team. Twelve years later, I may not be gifted enough to carve a career out of playing sports, but I still love the competition and comradery that come with the sports world. That’s why I play fantasy football, my kids play everything from soccer to pee wee football, and I relish the opportunity to participate in the occasional pick up game with friends.
A lot of guys are like me, big sports lovers, not such big athletes. But that doesn’t stop us from forming casual leagues and getting together with like minded sports fanatics to relive the glory days and escape reality for a few short hours. And the best way to meet like minded armchair quarterbacks and get involved in the game is to create a sports website for your league.
It only makes sense that in any sport, especially youth ones, sports websites are a must. First you need a place to congregate when you’re not pushing each other around on the gridiron or hardwood. Secondly, the internet is the best place to advertise your leagues existence and recruit new bodies to the fold. For children’s leagues, parents want places to upload and share photos and video taken during practices and games. Websites also offer leagues the ability to create and release schedules, stats, and roster information in one central place. A good sport league software can turn a team sports website into an interactive virtual spots environment and lend your league or team even more credibility.
Even more than the abilities to create and manage league content, a good league website gives your players and fans a place to congregate and enjoy the sport even on days there are no games scheduled. Websites lend a bit of fantasy to the sports experience and allow kids and adults alike to walk in the shoes of their heroes, from Wes Welker to Drew Brees, Steve Nash to LeBron James, no matter what your sport a league website can be a substitute for the bright lights on the field of play. And the more excitement surrounding your league or team the better. So to all my fellow all stars of two hand touch, I’ll be seeing you on the message boards, and then later on the field, that is if I find the time to mow the lawn first.