Posts by Burge T. Chesterton:
Skinner and Fantasy Football
August 5th, 2010Fantasy football is nowhere near the random discipline that many of us believe. Instead, it is clear that fantasy football is a massive behaviorism experiment based on operative conditioning. We draft players who either reward us or punish us over the course of the season. Those rewards and punishments have a direct impact on who we select in the future. The inescapable reality is that the basis of every fantasy draft lies in the teachings of one B.F. Skinner. Read the rest of this entry “
