What Is Relative Fantasy Value or RFV?

If you visit this blog over the next weeks, months and hopefully years you are going to see the term Relative Fantasy Value or RFV. I thought I’d take a second to explain exactly what it is. 

Back in the mid-1990's, Joe Bryant of FootballGuys came up with a concept called Value Based Drafting or VBD. The basic idea behind VBD is the value of a player is determined not by the number of points he scores, but by how much he outscores his peers at his particular position. Bryant's concept was created to be used during fantasy football drafts, using player projections and player baselines to determine if you should draft the #10 quarterback, the #22 running back or the #39 wide receiver.

For a more in depth explanation of Joe Bryant's VBD concept check out the following LINK. 

The Origins of Fantasy Football

Before I can share my research here on the Fantasy Football Encyclopedia I have to talk about the origins of the game of fantasy football. 

In the 1994 edition of Fantasy Football Index magazine, Luke Esser discussed the birth of fantasy football. You can view the article by clicking the link below.

THE BIRTH OF FANTASY FOOTBALL

To quickly summarize the article and some of the history, fantasy football was born in a room at the Manhattan Hotel (now the Milford Plaza) in New York City. The Oakland Raiders were on an East Coast road trip in the fall of 1962 when Wilfred “Bill” Winkenbach (limited partner of the Oakland Raiders), Bill Tunnell (Oakland Raiders Public Relations Director), George Ross (Oakland Tribune sports editor) and Scotty Stirling (Oakland Tribune beat reporter) met in that hotel room and came up with idea that became fantasy football, a game played by over 60 million people today.

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Encyclopedia

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Encyclopedia. This site will be dedicated to all things fantasy football from the past, to the present and the future. I have played fantasy football for 33 years in various forms and look forward to sharing with you some of my research. If you have any suggestions or comments I would love to hear from you. You can reply to individual posts/articles or I can be reached at jlculley@gmail.com.