Wall Street Wants Fantasy Football Bros to Start Trading Stocks. What Could Go Wrong?

It was week 6 on ESPN’s popular Fantasy Focus Football podcast. Listeners had already been told about recent injuries and the Kansas City Chiefs' wide receivers. Next up? The stock market.

Kaitlin Mulhere

In recent years, fantasy sports have grown into a multi-billion dollar industry, with nearly 60 million players, according to the Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association. The majority of players are young men in their 20s and 30s with college degrees and higher-than-average salaries. Now the financial services industry is starting to ask, why shouldn’t Wall Street be a favorite past-time for fantasy sports fans?

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