In 2008 I was challenged to start an all female fantasy football league. It was for women who love and women who hate football.  They either love the sport and don’t have a clue about Fantasy Football or they hate the entire sport and are trying to learn a bit about it.  It’s a fun and easy thing to do. Once the ladies I  invited (max 10)  joined, I had an automatic draft using the default draft settings yahoo provides. We were all assigned players to the team we created and each week played one another, straight through the fantasy playoffs.

The league winner was  given a gift certificate of $30 to the restaurant or grocery store of their choice by me. My goal is to have fun and learn more about the sport. Yahoo does not have a way for me to import the league here, so look for my weekly blog updates, filling you in on the leaders and the progress made each week as I trained my league. I will be welcoming the views of the sport and this league as the season progresses from all of you, not just league members. I would love to hear and publish (with your permission) how this blog has impacted your views on the sport, if at all.

Initially, when I asked women to learn this, I didn’t think of the husband aspect. As I started talking to everyone who joined, I noticed some of them mentioning asking their husbands for advice. My initial reaction was conflicted. I wanted us to empower ourselves to learn this on our own. Then it dawned on me-this was PERFECT! The whole reason I even started this was so we could make Sundays more tolerable for us. Give us a reason to bond with our husbands and turn watching football into a family affair. We’re already getting to the end results and it was barely week one!

I’m happy to hear about the women of this league spending time with their extremely supportive husbands playing this together. I’m also hearing that the husbands love the initiative being taken by us showing a genuine interest in something they care so much about.

I’m not saying all husbands love football, or saying that no women do. I know plenty of women who genuinely love football and some who love football simply because it guarantees them some alone time on the weekend while their husbands watch. I’m merely trying to help the women who WANT to like it so they can spend more time with their spouse, as I did.

I don’t know what will become of this. I just know that I was a hater of this sport and I gave it a chance. So often I talk to other mothers who ask me how I did it. Weekends have been stripped from us as our husbands zone out to cheer for their favorite teams. By learning and involving ourselves, we’re opening ourselves up to new experiences and a way to make those Autumn weekends a family experience to cherish.

I’ll keep everyone posted as their season continued. I’ve asked everyone in the “Momspective Kick Off” Fantasy league to update me on their thoughts and feelings as this progresses, and encouraged them to write posts of their own for me to include in this category. I’ll be posting those in the next few weeks.

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“Julie may cause watery eyes, urinary incontinence, mood changes, terminal smile, hot flashes,unusual thirst, extraordinary thinking, and impulsive electronic envy” -Debbie Lawrence, Bird On A Wire.

Julie Maloney has been an active member of the blogging community for tthree years. In that short period of time she has grown a vast readership and following on both Twitter and Facebook. She blogs about whatever she wants on her personal site, Momspective (www.Momspective.com), and also hosts a wide array of product reviews and giveaways..

In November 2008 she wrote an inspirational story about her journey to weight loss using the Nintendo Wii Fit (www.Momspective.com/Wii-Fit) and motivated people everywhere to get healthy using virtual gaming consoles.

In March 2009, Julie participated in the EA SPORTS Active 30 Day Challenge with 11 other team members, including Allison Sweeney, host of The Biggest Loser. She met one-on-one with Oprah’s personal fitness trainer, Bob Greene, and talked about how to better reach members of her community on achieving their personal fitness goals.

Julie teamed up with the EA SPORTS Active team again when they launched their “More Workouts” series and once again joined up with team members – this time including Nancy O’Dell – to put ourselves through the pre-programmed six week challenge. In two years, Julie has lost about 100 pounds using the fitness games designed for the Nintendo Wii.

When the weather cools and football teams take the field Julie can be found at home, cheering on the Carolina Panthers. She is using her passion for football to help women enjoy the game and help strengthen relationships with their spouses by teaching women about the sport through Fantasy Football. She also managed a bit of press (you can see it on her press page) because of her superstitious “No Pants Sunday” gig. The reason Carolina isn’t good? Yeah. She’s wearing pants this year. Sorry, Carolina.

Julie has over 13,000 followers on Twitter, over 2500 Facebook friends and averages 100,000 page views a month. Julie also has mentions on numerous television outlets and national magazines for her work online. Please refer to her Press Page for a listing of awesome Julie can be found on.

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