So you're thinking about playing, now the question is where do I start. The answer: a league. Fantasy football can't be played alone and wouldn't be any fun if it could. After all, most of the fun comes from talking trash to your current opponent and gloating over your previous one (Assuming you won). So gather up some friends and family, co-workers and neighbors and head to one of the following websites, where setting up a league is as easy clicking a mouse and as free as the air you breath.

ESPN.com
NFL.com
YahooSports.com
FleaFlicker.com

While I could break down each of these services individually, I think it would be simpler and more helpful for you if I simply say use whichever one seems the most intuitive to you and your friends. Don't be afraid to create some test leagues on each of the sites, you can always delete the ones you don't use. The important thing here is that the members of your league all feel competent enough with the service, that when week 6 comes around no one I complaining about not knowing how to propose a trade or pick up a player off the waiver wire (We'll get to some of those terms later).

In the next post we'll discuss the various scoring systems that can be used for your league and the implications of each of them, but for now just go find those friends. The pleasure of surfing on their tears can't start until you're all signed up to play.