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(iDAD) -- The TV is tuned to ESPN. 

The laptop’s out too—for easy access to more scores and for player research.

 

It’s a typical night in the Hopson household.

 

Coy Hopson, the dad, and his two sons, Travis, 12, and Tucker, 10, have become immersed in the world of sports.  More to the point:  Fantasy sports.

 

In fantasy sports you become a team owner, draft your own players and compete among friends, co-workers and, thanks to the internet, even strangers weekly.  You get points when your player makes points. There’s fantasy football, baseball, hockey, golf, Nascar and a host of others.  And besides being a whole lot of fun, it’s become a great way to bond with your son or daughter.

 

BONDING DURING BALLGAMES

 

The Hopson boys’ interest in fantasy sports began quite by accident.  Coy had to go to a “draft.”  He and the other “owners” of the league got together to pick players.  His kids came along for the outing. 

 

“My wife was working and I had them tagging along,” remembers Coy.  His kids watched. Got interested.  Yada, yada, yada, now they’re hooked.

 

Travis has several teams he “owns” with some input from Dad.  Tucker has a couple too.

 

“We talk about it constantly,” says Coy. Travis in particular has gotten so good at picking players and monitoring injury reports, “I ask his advice.  He knows more about it than I do.”

 

Besides the fun of watching sports, Coy says it has brought him closer to his kids.  “They’ll call me in the room and say, ‘Dad, Dad come look at this!”

 

FRIENDLY FAMILY COMPETITION

 

Jon Millman watched sports with his father as a youngster.  Now, all grown up, he enjoys challenging him in fantasy sports.  “It’s a competitive thing.  Competing against your dad is fun.” 

 

While he watches the games from his home on Long Island, NY, he says he frequently picks up the phone and calls his father who’s thousands of miles away in California.  Though they’re physically far apart, fantasy sports keeps them close and makes them feel close.<
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