So if you missed me mentioning it in several articles, I’m in 4 leagues this year. And it’s pretty crazy.

I’ve never done more than 2 leagues, so 4 this year is quite the jump. For fun, let’s see why it sucks to be in that many leagues:

1. For a month straight in March, I had no life. My weekends consisted of preparing for drafts and then actually drafting. If any females are reading this, I was just kidding. I was actually partying every weekend and I’m a really cool guy.

2. Since I wasn’t able to acquire the exact same players in every single league, I am now rooting for AND against my players. That’s a joy, really. I can’t tell you how great it is to see your hitter in League 1 hit a HR, as you exclaim “yeah! 3 run shot baby”, and then immediately realize your H2H League opponent this week owns him as well, at which point you shout “$hit, Johnny has him too!”.

3. When I’m offered a trade asking for a player I also own on 2 other teams, I think “great, if I trade him in this league, I’m going to have to trade him in my other 2 because I’d still be rooting for him anyway.” As you could figure out, this clearly has a negative effect on me making trades that will help my team.

4. If you think you become too attached to your players in 1 league and begin to overvalue them, wanting to hold on to your sleepers to make yourself feel smart if they pan out, well then, see what it’s like when you have a player on all 4 of your teams! The attachment factor quadruples and there’s just no way that player will be finding his way onto a new team or free agency any time soon.

5. If you weren’t sure before the season began, pretty quickly 1 of the leagues will become your “main” league that you pay attention to the most. This has the bad effect of causing you to care less than you should and become less active in your other leagues that you deemed not quite as worthy as that most important league. No one likes to be the child that’s left out, so try not to do that to your “side” leagues.

So that’s my top 5 of why joining 4 leagues sucks. As great as the allure of winning 4 times the prize money, it just might not be worth it when you develop multiple personalities, each devoted to one league. Feel free to add on to the list!

Questions, comments, criticisms, praise, expert league invitations? Email me at FBGeneralsMike@gmail.com.