The world of fantasy sports continues to grow at an exponential pace. Websites like ESPN, Yahoo and Draftkings have exploded in popularity in recent years, holding fantasy sports leagues from football to baseball and everything in between.
And for business freshman Brendan McInerney, his newly-formed Fantasy Sports Club aims to bring students together to make friends and have fun doing it.
The club meets at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Geography building across from Snyder-Phillips Hall.
“Right now we have about 20 (students) in the club,” McInerney said. “But once we get the ball rolling it’s going to be a blast, and like Matt said, it’s a great opportunity to meet new people.”
“You feel like you’re with a group of friends and you’re just discussing sports like with every other friend that you have,” co-vice president and freshman Siddhant Chhabra said. “It’s really laid back and it’s fun to talk about sports with really good people.”
The Fantasy Sports Club participates in all types of fantasy leagues including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, March Madness brackets and any other competitive sport.
“We really came up with it (the idea) after Sparticipation after seeing all of these clubs that were really unique and we came up with the idea and just ran with it,” premedical sophomore and vice president Matt Almany said. “Everybody likes fantasy sports and it’s all something we can do.”
All of the club’s leagues are only competing for bragging rights, meaning that the leagues are free to join.
However, McInerney said there are aspirations to have leagues that compete for a cash prize in the future.
McInerney also has high hopes for the club to travel to group outings to Detroit sports venues in the near future.
“Hopefully we can go out to a couple Pistons games during the winter, maybe catch a couple Red Wings games,” McInerney said, “And I think in the spring we’ll be able to find a Tigers game to go to as well.”
The club is completely free to join, and members that join before Nov. 1 will receive a free t-shirt courtesy of SportsManias.
