Being the manager of a fake sports team doesn’t sound like something most people would be proud of, but Trey Flint isn’t most people.

Fantasy football is defined as a, ‘competition in which participants select imaginary teams from among the players in a league and score points according to the actual performance of their players.’ but to many, fantasy football is a lot more than just a league.  

“I just draft the people I think are going to do well and then I win,” Flint said. “I like to beat all of my dad’s friends and win money. It’s fun and I like to watch football.”

Fantasy football is taking the nation by storm. It is predicted  that 57.4 million people are playing Fantasy in 2016, up from 32 million in 2010, according to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association.

According to the New York Post, about 40% of the players will participate in more than one fantasy league, spending approximately $4.6 billion.

The strategies of fantasy football can vary between looking at next week’s team matchups and assessing who could do well, or picking between best looking uniforms and coolest touchdown dances.

As well as taking the nation by storm, fantasy football has taken Sandpoint High School by storm, with the Sports Journalism One class starting to participate in the movement.

“I wanted to add more analytical elements to my courses, especially this one where numbers are such a big deal in sports,” said teacher William Love. “I thought it would be a fun way to incorporate math into the class.”

It’s not too late to create a league and participate this year, with several sites offering fantasy football leagues such as: ESPN, CBS Sports, Yahoo! Sports, Draft Kings, NFL Fantasy, and FanDuel.

Leagues are easy to create, and for the most part free, unless fees are added to the league for a winner’s prize. Apps are also created to make fantasy football more efficient, like ESPN Fantasy. Fantasy football is a great way for people to interact with friends, and to get more involved with the nation’s most popular professional sport.